... THE MANUFACTURE OF WATCHES ANO- A most interesting and instructive cribing briefly, but with great r' ^i 3,111 v progress of watch and clock published by Mr. J. W. « 2S,^Old Bond- atreet, 99, Westbourne ^rove iu the City Steam Factory, 58, and 69, Ludgate Hine bock, which is profusely illustrated, gives a full description 0t the various kinds of clocks, with their prices, and no one Purchase ...

... CORPORATION AND BOARD OF HEALTH.—The ad- journed meeting of the Board of Health and Town Council was held at the Town-hall on Friday, the Mayor in the chair. The adjourned meeting of the Council was held for the purpose of meeting Mr. Williams and Mr. Freeling, surveyor and architect of the Post-office department, to discuss and decide on the plans for the new Post-office proposed to be ...

... CHRISTMAS WEEK. EBENEZER (WELSH WESLEYAN) CHAPEL.—-Ser- vise was held on the 25th, at six a.m., when the Rev. J. Herbert preached from Isaiah 9, verses 6 and 7, a very appropriate discourse. At ten o'clock the Sunday School children were examined in several parts of Scripture, which ordeal they y ?.ssed through to the satisfaction of all present. M two o'clock Bryn Seion Sunday Scholars were ...

... A terrible series of murders has just been com- mitted by a telegraph clerk named Zohrer, employed at Bodenbach. This man had either received notice of a large fortune having been left him, or imagined that such was the case, for it is not yet ascertained which is the fact; at all events he obtained leave of absence, and removed with his family to Vienna. The family consisted of Madame Therese ...

... THE GOVERNORSHIP OF THE CARDIFF GOAL.- At the Glamorganshire quarter session, held at Swansea, on Tuesday, Superintenpant Wrenn, for- merly of Bristol, but for some years past super- intejidant of the Merthyr constabulary, was unanimously elected governor of Cardiff goal, in the place of Mr. Wood, resigned. There were 33 candi- dates. Mr. Wrenn was supported by Lord Tredegar and the High ...

... General N change was made on Thursday in the rate of discount. The funeral of the Earl of Cardigan took place on Monday, at D ene Chnrch, Northamptonshire. It 11 walking funeral, and a great number of the late Carl's tenantry and neighbours were present. On Tuesday morning, shortly after midnight, a re- spectably dressed young man leaped into the Thames from Loi don Bridge. Seve-al perrons ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. A few paragraphs of District News and the Volunteer Appointments for next week are omitted for want of space. ...

... Wgniianoei. But the prosecution did not do so: the pnicemen saw every day what was going on, and yet VOUt any warning they put her in the dock. With •v Mgard to the witness Wood, he oontended that ahe was a prostitute, and that being so, he challenged them to sty what evidence there was on which to convict the defendant; The Chairman, in summing up, said the jury might dismiss Wood's ...

... An explosion of a powder mill took place at a few minutes before eleven a.m. on Saturday, at Fav ...

... CARMARTHEN Elf-PTEDDFOD. We are requested fo'ins'ert the following letter, which has been addressed by W. Meredyth Thomas, Esq., sculptor, to the Secretary of the Fine Arts Exhibition of the Carmarthen Eisteddfod :— SIB, -As this is the last day of the year 1S67, I think that it is a duty which I owe the public of Wales to state the following facts, in reply to the unsatisfac- tory letter ...

... DOWLAIS- THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AT DOWLAIS CHCBCH have this year been of a singularly appro- piiate character. While sufficiently ornate, the em. bellishments have not been exceptionably profuse. Remarkably good taste and artistic skill have been combined with a due regard for the special adorn- ments of which the sacred festival commemorated is suggestive and the effect produced reflected ...

... [TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONMOUTHSHIBB MERLIN. 1 I believe nothing I cannot understand.—Then, my dear sir, you will believe precious little, Sla,-Now that the heat of controversy has in some degree subsided, after the late much talking and Anti- Ritual meetings—perhaps it would be worth while, after so many allusions to Our Reformers, to enquire what our Reformers really did say upon some ...