... PWLLDU. THE ENGLISH WESLBYAN SABBATH SCHOOL ANJlI- VERSARY was held on Sunday last, when two rermons were preached to crowded congregations in the morn- ing and evening by Mr. W. R. Hutchinson, of Blaen- avon. In the afternoon Mr. Hutchinson gave an address to parents and teachers, after which the chil' dren recited portions of the Catechism, dialogues, and poetry. Great credit is due to the ...

... A CASE OF SUSPECTED MURDER AT NEW BRIDGE. On Saturday week the body of a man, named Francis Garrett, was found in the Canal, at Newbridge. There were several rumours that his death had been occasioned by foul play, and the inquest was adjourned to enable thf1 police to investigate the matter. At the final inquest on Tuesday last, it was satisfactorily proved that there was no foundation for ...

... The Secretary of the Admiralty has issued a circular to the officers of the Navy dated May 15, 1867, on the subject of the length of their whiskers. The cir- cular states that my lords desire to draw the atten- tion of commander-in-chief and senior officers to a habit which prevails amongst their subordinates, and probably amongst themselves, of wearing whiskers of such inordinate length as to ...

... A BRADFORD JURY UNDER DIFFI- CULTIES! The West Riding sprint intermediate sessions were held at Bradford last week. The last case tried was that of Dennis M'Corniie Ik charged with feloniously embezzling the sum of 3s. Ùd., at Halifax. The jury were in consultation in the box for more than half an hour, and were unable to agree. The result was that they were removed from the box, and locked ...

... The death of a very eccentric person at the age ninety occurred the other day. It seems that s ...

... her Majesty's ship Lyra to his wife, residing at Howth, is published in Saunders's News lettei- I think I told you in my last letter that Dr. Livingstone had been murdered in the interior by the natives. We have just received the news that there is no truth in it, and that he (Dr. Livingstone) had sent some of his men down to see after his cattle and other articles. I only hope that it is true ...

... A COSTLY ACCIDENT IN THE PLAY- GROUND. The following Important trial to recover damnges for per- sonal injuries caused by accident has just taken place before the Civil Tribunal in Paris In the month of July, 1865, the Prince of Valentinois, a younger son of the Prince de Monaca, while in the playground of the school attached to the chapel of St. Mesmin, near Orleans, of which he is a pupil, ...

... One fact cannot fail to be noticed in any future de- bates on the Irish Church-that is, the wonderful financial success of the voluntary system among the Irish Romanists. Miss Taylor (of Crimean fame) in Irish Homes and Irish Hearts, gives a history of Irish conventual establishments—threading her way through that vast network of religious institutions spread over the land, in which she ...

... Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P., writing from 130, Picca- dilly, London, on Monday, says :— You were good enough a short time ago to notice the arrangements made by a committee of which I am president for conveying working men to Paris during the Great Ex- hibition. These arrangements promise to be successful. But to make the visit of the working men as useful as possible the committee are desirous of ...

... Mr Milner Gibson, to whom the public a ad the press are already so much indebted, has called the attention of the House of Commons to an incubus under which the press of this country still suffers. The Act of the 16th of George the Third makes printers and publishers give security to meet the amount of the fine which may be payable in the event of conviction for libel, while an Act passed in ...

... VONTYPOOk PAST & PKESEST. V I.XI. T IK MARTYRDOM OF DAVID LEWIS. We now approach a period which utimistake- j v:y shows of what dark and unjustifiable deeds under the impulse of their blind and fury, are sometimes which, when we cu'mly consider them, we can briny ourselves to believe. We sit, ;n!acent)y and commiserate the benighted of the heathen world, yet how far are we, oftentimes, from ...

... POLICE COUIIT. SATURDAY. Befo-re John Thompson, Esq. A NASTY FELLOW. George Cambridge, carpenter, was charged with being drunk and disorderly at Blaenafon on the 4th inst. Sergeant Coombs said On the night of the 4th inst, he was on duty in King-street, and saw the defendant committing a nuisance. He spoke to him about it, and lie began using very vulgar language. Defendant, who said he wfts ...