... NEGROES AT CHURCH. Dr. HOVSMKI (Trosby gives an account in the Independent oi the negio church in Fioridu.: t'ho school house i tho cove under the moss-hung* oaks is a churefc on Sunday. The blacks come to it from. and ncat-tlio most Gfoot, some Oil mules. are I'iuo Knu'», and Threadbare, and Big Abe, Woodpile*, find Auut Lois, and Shining- Sal, and the rest1 —say fifty in all. The wonder is ...

... THE ERIE RAILWAY. The Railway Nttcs, speaking of the Erie Railway says The wonderful elasticity of American railroad revenue has never yet been fully appreciated in this country. The capital of the company, as officially rendered, is as fol- lows :— Dols. Funded debt 26,458,300 Preferred stock 8,536,900 Ordinary 78,000,000 112,995,200 This is apparently the whole amount of present stock and ...

... PRINCE LEOPOLD AT THE OLD BAILEY, On Tuesday morning his Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by General Hardinge and Collins, was present tho Central CrimintA Court, and the party were accommodated with seats on the bench. The Prince is a witness in the case of O'Connor, who stands committed for pointing a pistol at her Majesty. After remaining in court about ten minutes his Royal Highness ...

... The usual weekly meeting of the Board was held on Saturday. Present—Mr G. T. Clark, chairman Dr Price. Dr James, Messrs R. H. Rhys, T. Jenkins, R. Davics, James Lewis. D Davies, J. Williams, A. Jones, R. Lewis, Pugh, T. Williams, B. Kirkhouse, H. Thomas, George Martin, &c. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the report of the committee appointed at the last meeting ...

... CHANGE OF LIBEL AGAINST A NEWPOltT DRAPER. COMMITTAL OF THE ACCUSED. At the Cardiff police-court, on Monday, before Mr R. O. tones and Mr Alderman Alexander, Robert blactxillan, travelling draper, residing in Newport, was again charged with having written and published a certain false, scandalous, and defamatory libel, upon Mr John Gunn, of Cardiff. Mr Morgan, Cardiff, appeared for Mr Gimn ...

... Mr. Arthur Otway, M.P., denies being the author TJT ™ l)amphlet entitled Who is Responsible for the VV ar r and signed Scrutator. At the marriage festivities of Mr. Robert Clark, Super- intendent of Lowestoft Harbour Works, on Tuesday, a cannon burst on the Harbour Quay, and severely wounded two Coastguard officers, named Smith and Clark. A tiadesman, named Cooper, was also injured in the arm ...

... On Tuesday the Easter Quarter Sessions for the County were held in the Town Hall, Swansea, before Mr. n. 0 Jones, Chairman Mr. J. C. Fowler, De- puty-Chairman, and an unusually large number of magistrates. The grand jury having been Eworn, the learned Chairman briefly addressed them, observing there were only 16 cases in the calendar, and dis- missed them to their duties. COUNTY BUSINESS. The ...

... j fHE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. The correspondent of the Morning Post telegraphs from Rome on April 8th, as follows :—The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Royal Family of Denmark, left Rome by a special train this morning at half-past ten for Florence. Prince Humbert, the authorities of the city, and the mem- bers of the British Legation were assembled at the railway station on the ...

... ARCHDEACON DENISON ON CHURCH AFFAIRS. In his arcihdiaeonal charge at Taunton, on Monday. Archdeacon Denison insisted that the old relations of Church and State were passing away, and predicted the disestablishment and disendowment of the English Church, although doubting whether it would occur in his time. Worse than that, however, he considered was the establish- ment and endowment of no ...

... On Wednesday a deputation of clergymen of Green- wich Rural Deanery waited upon Mr. Gladstone to urge objections against the Public Worship Facilities Bill. The deputation, through Canon Miller, advised that the Bill should be referred to a select committee or rejected altogether. Mr. Gladstone promised to trive his consideration to the subject. ...

... In his arcihdiaconal charge at Taunton, on Monday, Archdeacon Denison insisted that the old relations of Church and State were passing away, and predicted the disestablishment and disendowment of the English Church, although doubting whether it would occur in his time. Worse than that, however, he considered was the establish- ment and endowment of no particular form of faith. Many inside the ...

... EXTRAORDINARY SNOWSTORMS. The weather during a considerable part of March was very severe in Northern America. Mariners arriving at the ports state that for 20 days the weather on the coast had been unprecedentedly stormy. The effects of the storm on land may be gathered from the following:— Toronto, March 20 Reports from different parts of the New Dominion indicate last night one of the ...