... The usual weekly meeting of this Board wns held at the Workhouse on Saturday, E. W. Pavid, Esq., in the chair. There were also present the Rev. T. H. Jones (vice-chairman). the Rev. C. Lewis, and H. J. Thomas; Alderman Pride; Dr. Taylor; Messrs. R. Cory, J. Cory, C. French, P. Bird, W. Ainsley, T. Williams, S. Marks, &c. The Master of the Workhouse reported that. during the week 58 paupers had ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE UARDIAN. SIR,-In your account of the Ch^tmas decotions at St. John's Church, in your last eek's imprsion, you remark that a want of cOlllMeness at uni- formity of design marred the genal effect al pro- duced a result very inferior to thaof last ye. I do not wish to combat thlaccuracy)f this criticism, but, in justice to thetdies whltook so much pains in adorning our pash ...

... DUTIES ON PORTUGUESE WINEs.-The Chancellor of the Exchequer states through his secretary 'hat Her 1 Majesty's Government have, after full deliberation and inquiry, felt it their duty to decline the proposals for reducing the duties on Portuguese wines imported into ( Great Britain which have been submitted by the Portu- guese Government as a basis for the negotiation of a commercial treaty ...

... The directors of the National Provincial Bank oi England have ordered a bonus of 10 per cent to be presented to the officers and clerks of the company upon their salaries for the year 1867. It is rumoured that Her Majesty proposes to show her sense of the valuable assistance she hasreceived in her literary labours from Mr. Theodore Martin by con- ferring upon him the honour of knighthood. ...

... 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 ...

... A DANCING MASTER'S PARADISE.—A hop garden Young ladies are said to be uniformly attracted to mili- tary men. When a person well replenishes a fire, how does it feel ?—Grateful! What is the best remedy for a flagging of spirits ?— A flagon of wine. What perfume smells most of the Roman Catholic Church?—Pot-Pourri (Popery.) A stupid witness, being asked what a certain person died of, said, He ...

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

... FRESH FENIAN OUTRAGES. The Martello Tower at Loaty, near Queenstown, Cork, was attacked on Thursday night by an armed body of men, with blackened faces. They surprised the three gunners in charge, and took possession of a quantity of arms and ammunition. No clue has yet been obtained to the persons engaged, but it is believed they landed in boats on the strand convenient to the tower. About ...

... 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 ...