... THE Weather AND THE CROPS.—A gentleman who has been travelling in Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Monmouth- shire, speaks most encouragingly of the hay crops. Mowing has begun in many places, and the grass falls heavdr III many plac ...

... The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held on Saturday last at the Board Room of the Union Work- house, E. W. David, Esq., chairman, presiding. After the usual minutes of the preceding meeting had been read by Mr. Stephenson the recently appointed Clerk of the Board, The Chairman stated that he had received a com- munication from Miss Jenner, complaining of a nuisance at Wenvoe which she ...

... To the Editor of Sg man's Monthly Meteorological Magazine. SIR,-J ust before your notice of Col. Capper's book Oil Meteorology, I had perused that woik, ail copie out the rainfall table to send to you. That table is not to be relied on as an accurate account of the rainfall in this district, the true quantity being very nearly double the colonel's measurement. There is no reason to suppose ...

... Jitteltir^m;?, LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. June 23rd.-SUNDAY. Morning Prayer. Venite—61. Daily Psalms—125. Te Deum—1, 3. Jubilate-139. Hymn—150. Kyrie—Nares in F. Hymn—135. Afternoon service at half-past three. Daily Psalms—127. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis- Nares in F. Anthem-In Jewry is God known, Clarke. Hymn—136. Litany and Sermon at o clock in the evening. Hymns 189, 200, 10. June ...

... MONDAY.—(Before R. O. Jones, W. Alexander, and W. D Bushel), Esqrs.) ALLEGED ASSAULT.—Mr. Phillip Bird, wine-merchant, &c., of Bute-road, was charge(1 with an assault un Mr. Harry Couch, Canvasser for the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. Mr. Thomas Stephens appeared for the defence, complainant conducting his own case. It appcareù that complainant went on Tuesday morning bst to the house of tile ...

... AN AmttL SoMw.—A thumb-screw., CON. BY lb. CAUDM.—Why is a wife likely to bd come equestrian ?—Because she's always on the nag. A DISGUSTING FEAT.-The man who bolted the dooif with a boiled carrot has paid the penalty of his glut- tony. He is suffering from internal hinge-eries. Didn't you tell me yon could hold the plough? said a farmer to an Irishman he had taken on trial. How could I ...

... BIRTH. On the 22nd instant, the wife of Mr. H. Hall, grocer, Tredegar, of twins. MARRIAGE. On the 24th instant, at St Margaret's Church, Mountain Ash, by the Rev. D. Jones, Incumbent, Mr. James H. Daniel (Messrs. Wilkins and Co.'s Bank, Carmarthen), to Catherine Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John W. White, chemist, &c., of the same town. DEATH. On the 15th June. 1867, at Liyerpool ...

... THE DRESS CIRCLE AT PARIS.—Be it known that ladies' evening dresses are now made with beau- tiful landscapes printed on the skirts. But we are led to make this reflection. All artists seem to agree that the human form in its utmost simplicity, and especially the female form, which is seen in this very exhibition in every possible pose and of every possi- ble material, on canvas, in bronze, in ...

... TUESDAY.—(Before Mr. Commissioner Hill.) Re J. HARVEY, late of Fairford, Builder. Mr. E. Salmon (from the office of Mr. Henderson) appeared for the mortgagees of the bankrupt's pro- perty, and stated that some time ago they brought an action against the bankrupt, and obtained judgment by default. The bankrupt bad been holding posses- sion of the property, and refused to give it up and he (Mr. ...

... ORIGINAL, COliKliSPONDajNCE. ADDRESSED TO TIIB EDITOR. I'h.3 Editor is not re sponsible for the opinions of His SIR,—I used an illustration at yesterday's conference with reference to Mr. Fothergill, which, on calm reflection, I think was unnecessarily severe and irritating. I regret it and withdraw it. Yours, &c., June 2Gtli, 1807. CHAS. H. JAMES. WELSH NONCONFORMITY. SIR,—A Nonconformist ...

... THE TAILORS' STRIKE.—Though the bearings of this agi- tation are not as important in an economical sense as those of other movements of a similar nature which concern manufac- tures having certain localities as their particular centres, re- sults have been already produced by it which will probably in a veiy short time alter the conditions of an extensive trade. In the first place a wider ...

... Cardiff has lost one of her oldest and wisest sons-and by the death of Mr. EDWARD PRIEST RICHARDS, which we announce in our obituary to-day, the chain of sequence between the pre- sent and the past generations has been deprived of one of its most important and material links. Born in our Town, and descended from the Richardses and the Priests, who have for cen- turies possessed a fair share of ...