... In view of the wide-spread publicity of the statement that the treatment of Maximilian previous to the date of his reported execution has been in strict accordance with the laws of civilised warfare-a statement founded on a telegram said to have been sent by the unfortunate prince to his Imperial brother—the following extracts from a pri- vate letter received by a gentleman hitherto connected ...

... ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON THE ECCLE- r„, biASTlCAL TITLES ACT. J.he evidence given bv tta *r j bishop of Westminster flf Iost Reverend the Arch- Act Committee, wm to the the Ecclesiastical Titles creation of a hierarchy is a °rWlDi8' effect: lhat the territorial jurisdiction do*« Purely spiritual act, and temporal power. The cW n°\ assume any civil or bishops was necessary for t^t from ...

... LAW AND POLICE. A NICE POINT OF LAW.—Attention has been directed to a decision which has lately been pronounoed by we Recorder of Liverpool, in a case fraught with great interest to the mercantile community. The circumstances of the case were these:—A man had given an acceptance, at two months' date, in payment for a quantity of timber. Eight days afterwards he called upon the holder of the ...

... THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Blaenafon Auxiliary Bible Society was held on the evening of the 18th inst., at the Infants' School-room. It was moved by the Rev John Jones, and seconded by Mr Hemming, that Edw. Kennard, Esq., be requested to take the chair. After the singing of a hymn and the offering up of a prayer, the Chairman made a very excellent sperch, stating, that as it was his first ...

... FHE ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE III BODY OF MARTHA THOMAS. The second adjourned inquest took place 011 Tuesday last, .),t the Prince of Wahs Inn, before Cox Davies, Esquire, coroner. W. R. Smith, Esquire, attended to watch the case on behalf of a clergyman in the district. Ti e names of the jurymen having been called over, and the previous evidence having been read, a letter was then put in from ...

... The wide heath at Wimldedou is once more aa arena for ritle competitors, audun Monday, for the first time this year, the National littie Association opened its enclosure to Volunteers and the public. Captain Drake, the engineer ofiieer in charge, had this year to rind camp accommodation for 17 regiments, where last year eight were supposed to tax to the utmost the available space Captain ...

... LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A NEW INDE- PENDENT CHAPEL,-On Thursday morning se'nnight the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new chapel, for the use of the English Independents of this town, took place. The affair created a considerable amount of interest amongst the inhabitants. Trium- phal arches were erectcd in different places, and the streets were thronged with people, in ...

... @ur Ronton (L-ovvcsganient. f We jwrn :t right to !'bte that we do not at all timer Vdentify ourselves with our correspondent s opinions. I There is one time-honoured joke—a very good one no doubt when it was first made-which turns up towards the end of every Session. Our old friend the massacre of the innocents again makes his ap- pearance, and he will have to do duty till the end of the ...

... FACETLE. f A London correspondent tells us that it is matter; general observation that when the 2500 BELGIANS down to dinner in the Guildhall, it was a very 9^ I ous affair! The brothers Gog and Magog never Wof^ I witnessed the like. I The servant maids are funny in their questions | answers. One asks Have you seen the Suit Ann ? I is the reply, but I have seen a Beige Ann [ The costermongers ...

... The committee of the House of Commons has passed the Finance Bill of the Great Eastern Company onwards to the House of Lords. Hcrapath says the whole financial position of the company was subjected to a severe exami. nation in the committee-room. The members thoroughly satisfied themselves that the proposed remedy would really make a clean sweep of every liability. The same journal corrects ...

... LETTERS tc f THE RECENT ASSAULT CASE. gjr j am not one of those who think that there should be any difference made in the administration of justice to the rich and the poor, and I have sometimes fancied that the former have often been dealt jwith more harshly than the latter would have been for the same class of offence. I was horrified at the punishment inflicted by our stipen- diary ...

... ADVERSARY.—Last Sunday and Monday the Baptists of this place held their annual meetings. Three ser- vices were held each day, when sermons were preached by the following gentlemen :-Rev.ds. W. Harris, Aber- dare Price Cilfowyr, Pembrokeshire W. Jones, Ebbw Yale, late of Bute docks, Cardiff; Rees, Montgomery- shire Jones, Abercwmby. The meetings were well attended throughout, and the sermons ...