... A man named William Wil1imson, a surfaceman! belonging to the north-west of Fifeshire, was on Saturday apprehended and brought to Cupar, on a charge of having murdered Edward Glenning, a grieve, in the service of Mr. Alexander Hunter, farmer, on the farms of Fordell-hill and Strathburn, two farms in the vicinity of Leuchars, the St. Andrew's Junction of the North British Railway. The ...

... THE OCCUPATION OF THE PAPAL STATES. THE INTERVENTION OF FRANCE. The Times says the Government of the Emperor Na. poleon and that of King Victor Emmanuel have taken up their respective positions. The French expedition to Rome, with which the FioreBce Cabinet was threatened, has been resolved upon in principle in full Ministerial Council at St. Cloud. The execution of this resolution has been ...

... BURGLARY.—We understand that the house of Dr. Llewellyn, of this town, was entered, either on Friday night, or early on Thursday morning last, and several articles cf great value stolen therefrom. We trust the perpetrators will soon be detected and brought to justice, fearing the innocent may be accused. One or two rob- beries have, within these few months, been committed, but no one as yet ...

... M'Donnell, the Life Guardsman, is considered in a precarious state. An attempt has been made to blow up the armoury of the Rifle Volunteers at Harrow. Orders have been issued by the Police Commis- sioners for all the constables in the Metropolitan Police Force to learn the cutlass drill. There is a slight improvement in the health of the Earl of Rosse. The weather on Friday morning was very ...

... (Cul/tinlled from our first editiou.) FIRST COURT—FRIDAY. The Chairman, J. S. Batchelor, Esq., presided at the above court on its being opened at 10 o'cloek subsequeutty C. H. Williams, Esq., sat with Mr. Jones. STEALING BEANS AT ABERDAUE. Thomas Davies, 25, haulier, was indicted for stealing 7ilbs. weight of beans and brun, the property of his employers, at Abcidare, on the 3rd of September. ...

... To the Editor of the Free Press. Sir,—It is high time that the attention of the public and the local authorities should be called to the dangerous state of the public road leading from, the tvrnpike road, beyond the Twmpath, to the Race Furnaces and Bhendare. This road i., I believe, the only available route between the town and the, populous neighbourhood about Blaendare but notwithstanding ...

... The Congregationalists have commenced their sittings at Manchester. The Rev. J. R. Campbell, D.D., of Bradford, the president, opened the proceedings with an address. After enumerating the reasons which kept the Independents distinct from other churches, he referred to sacramental ordination, which, he said, the Independents had not among them the reason for its being neglected was that it ...

... COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF GLAMORGANSHIRE.—1st A.V.C.—A. P. Wilks, Gent., to be Honorary Assistant Surgeon, vico Griffith, promoted. 3rd A.V.C.—R. Boyle, Esq., to be Captain. 16th R.V.C. —J. W. A. Stevens, Gent., to be Ensign. MERTHYII AND BRECON RAILWAY.—Intelligence, which we have every reason to^dcein authentic, was received at Merthyr on Friday to the effect that the ...

... THE COAL AND IRON TRADES.—The staple trades in and around this district are, we regret to say, in a very depressed condition. The men are loosing a great deal of time at the iron works, and there appears every chance of short time being the rule during the winter. At Blaenavon the company are erecting new blast fur- naces, but in the forge there has been little doing for the past fortnight; ...

... DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENT PRIZES AT THE CARDIFF TOWN HALL. On Tuesday evening, at the Cardiff Town-hall, a distri- bution to the successful competitors for several prizes, given by the science and art department of the Govern- ment, took place. There was a tolerably good at- tendance, and the Mayor presided. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, expressed the pleasure with which be ...

... SATURDAY.—(Before J. C. Fowler, T. J. Evzns, and F. J. Davies, Esrjrs.) ANIRMHOATH. Timothy Snlivan w.ts charged with being drunk and riotous in High-street, Dowlais, on Sunday night. —In- spector Howlett said he saw him in the street and told him to ...

... On Monday, at Wigan, MichaelFlatley was charged on remand, with placing obstructions on the London and North-Western Railway, with intent to overthrow the trains running thereon. — Thomas Houghton, in- spector of the permanent way for the Company, stated that he examined the up line between eight and half- past onSnnday evening, the22d September, and found it clear. The next train to pass that ...