... 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. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock for the first time since the Easter holidays. THE PASSPORT SYSTEM IN FRANCE. The Earl of MALMESBURY asked whether the Govern- ment would lay on the table, papers already promised in the other House, in reference to the passport system which had been reintroduced by the French Government, and was still maintained. The noble earl ...

... At the County Court held on Thursday, no cases public interest were heard. At the end of the election for guardians for the T,,P- degar ward, the poll was as follows (the first six being elected) Mr. Charles Brown, 1405; Mr. Charles Hunter, 1322 Mr. D. Price, 1088 Mr Theophilus, Bevan, 1088 Mr. J. Phillips (merchant), 1033 Mr. D. Hughes, 97 > Mr. William Davis, 716; Mr. John Holmes, 547; an ...

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... CONCERT. —A competitive Concert was held at the Baptist Chapel on Monday evening. Mr Edwin Phillips m the chair. Mr. Rees Lewis, of Cardiff, adjudicator. It T^-r a en l' anc' a very pleasant evening was spent. The ISewport choir (Mr. J. Morgan leader), took the first prize, awarded for the best rendering of Mendelsshon's Hunting Song. The Siloam choir sung during intervals. ...

... WHETHER the rumour be true or false that RusSia intends to rebuild the arsenal of Sebastopol, the thought cannot fail to impress the minds of English- men with some degree of apprehension, and not little regret. Of what use are wars or treaties, If few years serve to remove all trace of the effoot they were intended to produce I We can reality believe that Russia seriously entertains the idea ...

... Russia seldom does things in a hurry. She bides her time, content to sow seed which shall ger- Illiliate in years to come. She sees something afar off which shall be hers sooner or later, and of any circumstances that help in ever so slight a de- fine to bring the prize nearer to her, she studiously takes advantage. The step she took last year with regard to the neutralisation of the Black Sea ...

... SEVERN TUNNEL RAILWAY BILL. of (V118 Bill came before the Court for the consideration ...

... 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 ...

... THE LATE MR. HAMILTON HUME.—The morning per- formance at the Haymarket Theatre, in aid of the widow and children of the late Mr. Hamilton Hume, realised over.ello. SHORT TIME MOVEMENT.—This movement has extended to the bakers of the town, who had a meeting last night for the purpose of obtaining concessions as to hours of labour and increase of pay. CALVINISTIC METHODIST CHAPEL, TRINITY-STREET ...

... MERTHYR. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meeting of the Board was held on Saturday, when the following members attended :—Mr. G. T. Clark, chairman; Messrs R. H. Rees, Dr. James, Dr. Price, Thomas Jenkins, R. Davies, James Lewis, David Davis, J. Williams, Arthur Jones, Rees Lewis, Pugh, Thomas Williams, B. Kirk- house, George Martin, H. Thomas, &c. The minutes of the last meeting were ...