... THE FKBSMWWI'an S tlol ■ liorl a Diiblic meeting which took place at the Guildhall, at twelve o'clock on Monday, the object being to form a local committee to receive subscrip- tions for the relief of the widow and orphans left by the late sad calamity. The meeting was but thinly attended, owing to the unpropitious state of the morning, there being a considerable depih of snow oil the ground. ...

... THE CHURCH. The Bishop of London draws attention in the Times to th-3 following paragraph, which has appeared ii, (n(,- or two papers:—The committee of bishops on the Natal i question has unanimously reported, ana its report has been accepted with equal unanimity by the general body assembled (at Lambeth). The decision of the Conference. ther i. that, it is the duty of the diocese of Natal at ...

... THE LANCASHIRE FFND AND ITS RECIPIENTS. — The Lancashire Cotton Relief Fund, which remains in the hands of the Mansion-house Committee, is at length about to be disposed of. A resolution lias been unani- mously passed to submit forthwith, for tiie sanction of the Court of Chancery, a scheme for dividing the balance of the fund now in hand, amounting to about £ 0.800, among the principal towns ...

... FENIAN ALARM IN BRISTOL. On Saturday the chief of police at Bristol, Superin- tendent IJWldcock, received information to the eff-et that a plan had been organised for'attacking neeuslj the different works of the United Pistol Gas- light Company, and that advantage w .dd be taken of the supervening darkness to attach and destroy, by means of Greek fire some of thf chuiches and public buildings ...

... HIGHLY BOARD.—On Wednesday a meeting of the Highway Board was held at the Police Station in this parish, R. p L. Jenner, Esq., in the chair. Mr. J. I-I. DavIS, of the parish of Caira, bad a case against Mr. Eckley, the surveyor, in the matter of stones for repair- 109 the highroad. The measurement by the surveyor was 1:38 yards, but Mr. Davis doubted its corrtctness, and offered his services ...

... December 11th, 12th, and 13th, 1S07.—(Before Mr. Judge Herbert.) Came List.—Adjourned 26 not served 31; new plaints 385 judgment summons 30 bankrupts 2 total 474. Suit to Recover a Legacy.—Price v. Jenkins.—Mr. Cox Davies, of Crickhowell, appeared for plaintiff, and said his client was entitled to a sum of £;30, which the will would prove (was put in and read by his Honour). The estate had ...

... NEWSPAPERS FOR AMERICA.—The whole postage (two pence each) must now be paid in advance on all newspapers addressed to the United States, otherwise they will not be forwarded. THE ROYAL CAMBRIAN THEATRE.—This theatre continues to be well patronised, and the many novelties continually being produced speak well for the enterprise of the pro- prietor. MB. WEST DIGGEs.-This accomplished ...

... AN ECONOMICAL COUNTY COURT JUDGE.—His Honour Judge Falconer, of the Merthyr and South Wales circuit who is probably one of the hardest worked judges in the country, lias just published in a statistical form a return of the number of miles travelled, the cost of his travelling fare, the number of days during which his court sat during the eleven months of the present year, together with the ...

... On Monday, at the Salford Borough police-court, a young woman of Irish parentage, named Mary Ann Quirk, was charged with shooting at, with a pistol, Police-constable Sowerhy, with intent to murder him. Police-constable Sowerby said he was on duty on the previous (Sunday) evening, about eight o'clock, and was in the direction of the Pendleton-street police-office, when the prisoner overtook him ...

... PASSING EVENTS, RUM OURS, i The evacuation of Rome by the French troops has gre mortified the French officers, who rather hoped to into collision with the Italian army and it is fearci many that all remembrance of the brotherhood of the '• paign of 1859 has evaporated on both sides. Cert the French speak as bitterly of the Italians as of Prussians, and consider that their Emperor has acted ...

... What is higher and handsomer when the head is off? —A pillow. I am transported to see you, as the convict said to the kangaroo. When is a steamship like a very exacting man ?— When she's a screw. When does a burglar resemble vinegar ?—When ho is put in the stone jug. KNOTTY.—Some say that European affairs are in a knot; others that they are not. Why ought dentists to be good cricketers ...

... The usual half-quarterly meeting of the Town Council was held at the Town-hall on Monday. In the absence of the Mayor, H. Bowen, Esq., was called to preside. There were also present—Councillors E Whiffen, P. Bird, E. S. Hill, C. Thompson, D. Lewis, D. Jones, J. P. Ingledew, J. McConnochie, ainl W. Yachell. During the progress of the meeting Aldermen David and Watkins entered and took part in ...