... (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) LONDON, THTTRSDAY. An English summer is said to consist of three fine dayh and a thunderstorm. An English winter may be defined as three days' frost and a gale. We have had real winter weather in London since Christmas Day, though the cold has not been nearly so severe as in the Eastern counties, or even in generally mild Devon and Cornwall. Our snow-fall, too ...

... CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY. (Before Mr. R. 0. JoNES and Mr. W. ALEXANDER.) NIGHT CHARGES.—William Harris was charged with being drunk last night in Edward-termce, where it appeared that he was very hilarious under the vinous inHuences of the festive season. When asked if he was guilty, the defendant said that he believed so. Discharged with a caution.—Jane Biown, charged with a ...

... GAS AND WATER COMPANY.-All the shares are now taken up, much to the surprise of some of its opponents, and the first general meeting was held on Thursday, the 23rd ult. The directors for the year were elected, and it was stated that as soon as a settlement was arrived at with Mr. Coe, the proprietor of the gas works, the company will commence operations. BOA'GD OF HEALTH.—At the usual meeting ...

... PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN NORTHUMBER- LAND. The Rev. Canon Greenwell, of Durham, and Mr. C. H. Cadogan, of Brenkburn Priory, have completed some .'highly interesting Northumbrian examinations of prehis- toric burials on Harbottle Peels, on the estate of Mr. TF. Clennell, of Harbottle Castle. The site is on the slope of the hill rising from the river, in the valley of the Coquet—a district which ...

... CHURCH APFOINTMENT.—We are glad to learn that the Rev. Edward Jones, of All Saints, Cardiff, has been appointed to the living of Bedwellty, in the room of the Rev. J. R. Morgan, deceased. This appointment will give universal satisfaction, as Mr. Jones is an effective and energetic clergyman. ...

... THE OHILD MURDER.—The inquest on the murdered child found in a ditch near Mr. Pullin's meadow, on the banks of the Afon Lwyd, was held at the Three Cranes, on Friday, before Mr. Batt. Dr. Williams, who had made a pos: mortem examination, showed that the child was born alive, and that death had been caused partly by a blow on the head and partly by strangula- tion. An open verdict was returned, ...

... THE ENTHRONISATION OF THE BISHOP OF EXETER. The ceremony of enthroning Dr. Temple took place in Exeter Cathedral on Wednesday. The Bishop entered his diocese on Tuesday, and staying during the night at Sowton at the house of the Rev. Prebendary Sanders, his old master at Blundell's School, Tiverton, came over to the city on Wednesday. At the East Gate his lordship was met by the civic ...

... MR.- Hzi'il*G'E~iGIPFAR~, &. AT I 01,i. ?? ,, . .. . ?? i : ,j ý ; ?? : I pi' i pfl k.,fx; ?? ?? £we 'have 'bee.r e r ,teoq ad- i'??pott (,fi tbq gg6t Odunsaevatrve metring heldjA Cardhil ? flici The 'ii t day ev uning]: 1.. .r eif ' *t On4the feitation of the' mbo ers jt Carif C ons- tectiphtire oestitutional j55ssoclatiou, Ar. 'GilFird 'tadressleda ciowdcd o?rlder'uisti oil eetiing of ?? ...

... lionthanMv. GiflVd himself. It is just fixity of tenure 9 which, without inlringing the rights of property in > land (which, whatever he may say, are essentially r different from other rights), succeeds in communi- eating to the tenant that incentive to exertion and » Self-denial without which it is impossible for hiH\ to I tise in the scale of civilised being. A passing laugh at the Welsh ...

... Settrn t0 tl1£ (Biritor. CANTON LOCAL BOARD. SIR,—Knowing your willingness to ventilate any subject that may cause injustice, I am under the necessity of again asking: your kind indulgence in allowing me spaFe to express myself in your columns as to the short-sighted ignorance ex- isting with the majority at the Canton Local ioard. Nov. 13th you inserted a letter asking the Board ,;0 take ...

... Cjiuncit TnAP=nTY,-Thc annual Christmas te a party in connection with St. George's Church Sunday School, 1: wvdR held at the Temperiance Hall on Thursday last,,when t a very fair gathering, considering the very unfair weather, partook of Hnggins'a prime Seaohoig and plhimncako. The tables, as usual, wvere presided over by -Mrq. Leigh and | other ladies-, who getneially tiake an interest' in ...

... TEA MEETING AND ENTERTAINMENT.—The above place has not been void of means to make this Christmas a merry one to the neighbourhood. The Calvinistic Methodists of the place prepared a feast of tea and cake on Christmas day for all who would produce a ticket, with the exception of the Sunday school children, who were admitted without charge. The affair proved a perfect success, and the tables ...