... O'rcdcsiiasficat jntfUigcncc. CONSECRATION OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH, KENSINGTON. -On Saturday the Bishop of London consecrated the new church of St. Peter's, Kensington. The new church, which is a spacious and handsome structure, is situated in Onslow Gar- dens, and is designed for a rapidly growing district. THE REV. HENKY CHRISTOPHERSON, who has for many years held a very high position as a ...

... On Saturday forenoon, about half-past eleven, an awful ailway accident took place at Walton Junction, where the ,oudon line branches to Chester, halt a mile from Warrington, rhe 10.23 train from Liverpool to Birmingham and London elt Bank Quay Station ar 11.25, and on approaching Walton function the driver salv ahead a coal traiu, which efforts were leing made to shunt on to the Chester line. ...

... PETTY SESSIONS.—MONDAY. (Before C. H. Williams, and E. W. David, Esqs.) THE NUISANCE AT THE MAINDY SOAP WORKS. On Monday last Messrs. Thomas and Wm. Williams, owners of the above property, were summoned for a nuisance alleged to exist there, on the complaint of the Inspector of Nuisances for that district. Mr. Major and Mr. Gerrett, agent of the Messrs. Ticel, were also summoned at the same ...

... The deliveries in London made up for the week were 1,293,134 lb., being an decrease of 11,238 Ib., compared with the previous statement. ...

... CARDIFF, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1867. LOCAL MATTERS. THE revellers in local intelligence will have had an uncommon treat in the perusal of our pages this and last week. What with reports of a pro- tracted meeting of the Town Council, of the monthly meeting of the Watch Committee,of a spe- cial meeting of the Infirmary for determining the mode in which its Funds shall be increased, and of the ...

... Pigs, it is said, are a happy people. We may talk disparagingly about living like a pig, but it is nevertheless true that to live like a pig is to live like a gentleman. Although it is not permitted by the order of Nature that a pig should laugh cr even smile, he enjoys the next blessing of humanity—the dispo- sition to grow fat. How easily he goes through the world He has no fancy stocks ...

... According to a circular of Messrs. Colchesters and Woolnpr, there has been little alteration in the price of tallow during the past week; but a fair business has been done both in settlements of the month and for the end of the year. The latest advices from St Petersburg state that the exchange had declined to 32!d., an i the price for August delivery to 49 silver roubles, with band money. No ...

... APPEAI. BGSIKKSS OF THE COURT OP CHANCERY.— What is to become of the appeal business of the Court of Chancery ? is an inquiry constantly upon the lips of members of the leg-al profession. Nothing short of a miracle can re- lieve the courts from the existing pressure uefore the long vacation, even th0ngh its commencement should be postponed for weeks. But notwithstanding the numerous arrears, ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE QUART Ell SESSIONS. ( Continued from ovr 1th TRIALS OF PRISONERS. MALIC10VSLY AT GALLTGAER. John Humphrey Jones, 21, collier, Samuel Sims, 25, collier, were charged with maliciously wounding Henry James Lewis, at Gellygaer, on the 25th March, 186i. Mr. Bowen appeared for the prosecution. A right was going on at Gallygaer on the day in question, and the prosecutor went to put a ...

... The monthly meeting of this Committee was held as usual at the Town-hall, Cardiff, ou Wednesday last. The following members were present:—John Bird, Esq., deputy Mayor, in the chair, in the absence of the Mayor from home there were also present Aldermen Reece and Watkins, Councillors P. Bird, Whiffen, Bowen, Flint, and Harvey. The minutes of the last meeting were read. The monthly report ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE. NOTICE is hereby given, that the County Roads Board of the County of Glamorgan, will, at their next Meeting, to be holden at the CASTLE HOTEL, NEATH, on WEDNESRAY, the 31st day of JULY, 1867, at 11 a.m., proceed to the Appointment of a Surveyor for the Llandaff Highway District No. 1. The Salary is £ 130 a year. The Surveyor will be re- quired to keep a Horse, and devote his ...

... NEW CALEDONIA.—A regular trade with New Caledonia is likely to spring into activity. A fair sample of unthreslied rice has arrived iu Auckland. New Caledonia produces also coffee, sugar, cotton, and tropical fruits. Mr. Higginson, who arrived here in the Kecilworth, and who has been eight years iesident there, informs us that the winter is somewhat like our summer, only with frequent rains ...