... THE WEATHER.—There is still a great deal of rain here. On Wednesday evening there were some very heavy peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning also. CHRISTMAS Boys.-The old custom is still kept up here at Christmas. The boys were out on Monday night with the Mari IJwyd, calling at the shops and principal houses about the neighbourhood. ...

... ANNUAL ENTERTAINMENT.—-The annual entertainment for the benefit of the poor was given at the Assembly Rooms last Friday evening, G. J. Penn, Esq., occupied the chair. There was a large and respectable audience, who appeared very much pleased with the perform- ances, especially with the singing of Miss Thomas, Mr. Joshua Rees, and Miss Duckham. Messrs. Howard and James gave a very nice duet on ...

... F O li E 1 Gr N NOTES. TURKEY AND GREECE. The enthusiasm of the Greek populace in tavour ot war is the most unfavourable symptom of the dispute between Turkey and Greece. They are disposed to forget all the evils of the inefficient government they have suffered so long, and are ready to encounter the disasters of war, pro- vided they are led on au expedition which holds out some hope of ...

... GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—Tiie number oi SWRP^S bedding out plants distributed at the close of the by direction of the First Commissioner of her Ma] Works. &c., among the poorer working masses, > charitable institutions, &c., has amounted this number 17,837 plants were furnished by the «-t>, and Hyde Parks and Kensington Gardens, Victoria Park. ll.S'52 by Battersear ...

... At the Kendal Town Hall, Jonathan Holden, a quaint-looking old man, was charged before Mr. John Whitwell with drunkenness. The following colloquy ensued:—Magistrates' Clerk-Well, what do you say to that, eh ? Prisoner—Oh, I say the same as you says. I was muzzy; that's truo enu'. Constable— The prisoner was mortal drunk anyhow, and making a great row, which —— Prisoner—No, I wasn't; I only had ...

... LThe following appeared in our SECOND EDITION of last Saturday.] ...

... A Fenian Convention was summoned by O'Neill, the president of the order, to assemble at Philadelphia on 24th of November. ...

... A CERTAIN class of cynics have said that the world is made up of criminals and fools-the cunning and their victims. This altogether does not negative the position that some in the multi- tude may combino in themselves both qualities, those of guile and stupidity. The writers of the mcndacious statements in the Merthyr Express, relating to the circumstances of our recent elec- tion, certainly ...

... On Saturday night a young fellow named Edward Heshall attempted to murder his sweetheart in Fox-street, Brightside, Sheffield. The girl is a Miss Marv Ann Barthorpe, a dressmaker, residing with her mother in Wentworth-street. The courtship commenced on the grounds of Wluteley Wood Hall, on the occasion of the great demonstration of miners, and the nuptials were to be celebrated soon after ...

... GRANGE TOWN. THE GRANGETOWN IRONWORKS, which have during the last few years undergone so many changes from° one system of iron manufacture to another, have now come to a dead stand. From time to time an almost new staff of workers have been required, which has drawn men from distant places; for example, the puddlers and puddling displaced the crushers and crushing (of the iron ore) with which ...

... PROPOSED MINISTERS. Tlia Pell Mall Gazette criticises the Cabinet sketched by the Tdegrnph, and says Now, although we know- full.well that at a time like this the citizen's choice is between mounting the popular cockade or being spat- tered with mud, we venture to hazard the opinion that such a Ministry is not a strong one. Setting aside the exceptions, the rest do indeed furnish the most ...

... we were inclined to pun over a serious matter, we might say that the coming-together of Turkey and Greece at Christmas is not at all an unseasonable occurrence. It may be regarded, however, as pre- senting an evil augury for the peace of the new year; and the consideration of this matter leads us. to inquire what are the relationships of the various powers of Europe, as compared with those ...