... THANKSGIVING FOR THE HARVEST. Thanksgiving meetings were held last week at Tonyfelin chapel and at the Calvinistic Methodist chapel, both of which were well attended. The Rev. Mr. Morris, from Llanelly, has been ap- pointed a curate of St. Martin's Church, in this town. He officiated on Sunday last. The additional English service was commenced on Sunday evening, and it was well attended. RHOS ...

... Guildford is one of the boroughs which has been placed in Schedule A of the Reform Act, and in future it will return only one member to Parliament. Both parties are already actively endeavouring to secure the return of their man, and it is difficult to say whether Mr. Onslow or Mr. Garth will be ousted from the representation. The* former hon. member has issued an address asking for perfect ...

... IMPORTANT SALE OF CONTRACTORS' PLANT.—It will be seen, on reference to our advertising columns, that a large quantity of contractors' plant, used in the construction of the Mid-Wales Railway, will bo brought to tne hammer (without reserve), by Mr. William Freeman, proprietor of Aldridge's, London, at Rhayader and Builth railway stations, on Thursday and Friday next, the 17th and 18th instant. ...

... PENARTH. HARVEST THANKSGIVING AT LLANDOUGH.—A large number of the parishioners and friends from the neigh- bourhood assembled in their parish church, on the occa- sion of a harvest thanksgiving service, which took place on Thursday, the 3rd iost. The decorations reflected great credit on the correct taste those estimable ladies who had been engaged in of their execution. The font was encircled ...

... The twenty-three prisoners charged with the murder of Police-sergeant Bimt and the regent outrage in the Hyd^road have now been committed fbr trial. At the last sitting Mr. Roberts called several witnesses for the purpose of establishing an alibi in the case of the orisoner Boylan. John David Fullan, a boy of eleven, staged that Boylan was a teacher in St. Ali^tfa\ School, Every-street, and ...

... We have additional particulars respecting the escape of Garibaldi from Caprera. It was on the night of Wednes. day and Thursday last week that he left the island in his ,,caf,oe,' anVT c°nT*yed to the point of the island of Maddalena which touches Caprera at a point where the posta steamer from Leghorn calls. The night was dark, and all appeared to favour the projects of the General, £ til ...

... BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. MONDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner HILL.) Re A. WHILE, Newport, Coal Merchant.—Mr. Edlin opposed on behalf of the assignees Mr. Beckingham supported the bankrupt. The sitting was adjonrned until the 12th November. TUESDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner HILL.) Re E. MORGAN, Newport, Licensed Victualler.-Thig was a last examination and discharge sitting.—Mr. E. Salmon appeared ...

... fHE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE NORTHERN COAL Mr. Hugh Taylor, of Earsden, after being forty- four y. s one of the executive of the Coal Trade Associa- tion of Northumberland and Durham, and about a quarter of a century its chairman, has resigned that ofSoe.— Northern Dail. ...

... FIRE.—On Wednesday 'night, a fire broke out in a carpenter's shop on the tramroad. The workshop was in a house forming one of a row, nearly opposite the archway leading to the Rolling Mill. The fire was dis- covered, fortunately, before it had succeeded in gaining a hold upon the premises; the vigorous and united efforts of a few persons, who happened to be near, re- sulted in its extinction ...

... On Saturday last, as John Edwards was driving Mr. Watt's trap from Cardiff to this village the tire of one of the wheels came off, and strange to say it was not missed until the trap waa taken out on Monday, to go another journey, ...

... On Saturday last, the members of the Farmers Glory Friendly Benefit Society, held at the Cooper's Arms Inn, Ystrad Mynach, celebrated their thirty-second anniver- sary. At the usual hour, the members met at the Club- room, and after going through the routine of the business of the day, a procession was formed, and they marched to Ystrad Methodist chapel, where a most su.table sermon was ...

... In connection with the payment of the approaching dividends at the Bank of England, a new typographical contrivance will be brought into play, calculating greatly to expedite the process, and at the same time to impart to it an extraordinary increase of precision, while it will like- wise in the end effect a saving of labour. Hitherto in the dividend books the names of all the proprietors of ...