... Charles Daniel, butcher, of Blaenafon, who did not appear, was again summoned for not supporting his family. Mr Greenway appeared for Mrs Daniel. Mr Wainwright, relieving officer, said that the defendant had sent 25s, and asked for an adjournment to see if he would pay up. An adjournment was granted. ...

... Mr Fletcher said that some waterproof cloth- ing had been given to Robert Knipe, one of the men employed by the Board and he was re- quested to ask for some for the other, William Waters, who was very much exposed to the weather. Tho application was granted. ...

... An inquest was held on Monday at Bristol, on the body of a woman named Harriet Nurse, whose lifeless corpse was found on Sunday morning in a meadow adjoining Cuckoo-lane, Two Mile-hill. From the appearance of the body, it was evident that she had been subjected to much ill-treatment; her wearing apparel had been torn almost to pieces, she was much bruised and scratched, and there appeared ...

... ESCAPING FROM THE SHERIFFS. In London, on Monday, Mr. Charles Levinson Lane, lately an officer m the 7Fusiliers, surrendered at the Old Bailey to take his trial for misdemeanour at common law, in having unlawfully broken prison and escaped from the custody of the sheriffs of London and Middlesex. The defendant, it ,appeared, was arrested by Mr. Slowman, the ahenff S officer of Chancery-lane, ...

... On Thursday evening, Jan. 28, a meeting was held at the Infant School-room, for the purpose of giving rewards to the children of the Blaena- fon Church Sunday Schools. The weather was anything but favourable, but the attendance was very large and highly respectable. The Sunday School committee had asked the vicar, the Rev John Jones, to preside. The meeting was opened with singing and prayer. ...

... MISS SHAW IN A NEW SPHERE. A grand wedding at the Tuileries! (writes the corre- spondent of the Morning Star). Miss Shaw is going to marry M. Thierry, ex-captain of the Imperial Guard, and treasurer of the Emperor's private charities. Miss Shaw's story is well known. Before the birth of the Prince Imperial, the Empress requested a cele- brated Court physician, much consulted on such emer- ...

... Animadverting on the terrible drama so recently come to light, which was enacted on the wide ocean, and which, under the guise of emigration may possibly be enacted again, the Standard remarks Seldom have sailors survived to tell on shore a stranger story of the sea than that which has been ex- tracted with some difficulty from the coolies on board a nameless and mysterious ship, which ...

... NORTH WALES.—(By Telegraph). On Sunday the sea washed away half a mile of the Cambrian Railway near Borth. When it occurred the mail had just passed. The traffic wag interrupted. There was an unusually nigh tide all along the coast of Cardigan Bay, and great damage was done to houses and stock. The tide returned at midnight, and further mischief was apprehended at the time our telegram was ...

... PENZANCK, Sunday. Nicholas B. Downing, Esq., reports that the misehief done by the gale on this part of the coast is tremendous. The railway viaduct is carried away, and all telegraphic com- munication stopped At one o'clock yesterday morning the barque Choice, of Shields, went ashore on the Prae Sands; eíht of the crew were fortunately saved by the rocket apparatus from Porthleven and Prussia ...

... STORM AND FLOODS IN IRELAND.—DUBLIN, Monday. The tide yesterday rose considerably beyond the usual high- water mark. Along the Kingston railway it broke over the embankment, and the line was flooded and the adjacent lnnds. A strong wind prevailed, and the water rolled along the shore in large waves. At the north side the tide broke over the wall, and the Clontarf and Dollymouth roads i were ...

... CWMBRAN. The siding in connexion with the promised new forge at Pontnewydd was commenced on Monday. On Saturday last, a porter named Carter, employed at the Pontnewydd station, had the toes of one of his feet cut off by the wheels of a truck. The Pontypool New Amateur Minstrels gave an en- tertainmeut on Thursday night in the large room be- longing to the Patent Nut and Bolt Company. The ...

... CORK. A telegram from Cork informs us that the southern coast was visited by a severe hurricane on Saturday night, accom- panied by an extraordinary high tide. The greater part of that city was flooded, the water being from three feet to four feet deep in the principal streets. The traffic on the lines of railway on both sides of the river was stopped, the rails being submerged and several ...