... MERTHYR. EMBEZZLEMENT.—At the Police-court on Saturday be- fore Mr. J. C. Fowler, a young man named Isaac Jones was charged with defrauding the overseers of the parish of Merthyr of the sum of 15s. 3d. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. W. J. Jones, the assistant overseer, who prosecuted, that the prisoner had been employed by him as a collector and clerk. Recently something wrong was ...

... MONEY MARKET.—MONDAY. The British Funds have been higher, but have returned to the opening quotations. Eries are better; and in Home Railway Stocks, which are firm, there is a rise of | in Caledonian, of £ in Midland, and of a | in Great Western, London, Chatham, and Dover Preference, North British and North Eastern Consols. In the Foreign Market the tone is firm, with the exception of ...

... MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.—The Rev. Canon Jenkins, M.A., preached two eloquent sermons in St. Mary's Church on Sunday in sustentation of the Cardiff Seamen's Mission fund. SMALL-POX.—The summons issued against Mr. Daniel Smart, at the instance of the sanitary authorities, for hav- ing neglected to take the necessary steps to guard against the spread of small-pox has been withdrawn on Monday, on ...

... The Lower House of Convocation has resolved by large majorities-first, that no alteration should be made in the wording of that Athanasian Creed which is a stumbling block to many good Trinitarian Chris- tians and, secondly, that no alteration in the rubric, making the use of the creed optional, should be made. So much for the inflexibility of Anglican dogmatists- Invidious comparisons between ...

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... which went to repeal all religious tests in the Uni- versity of Dublin, it was felt that the constitution of the governing body of that institution, even if Mr. Fawcett's Diode of providing for it was quite unexceptionable, VYhich some Liberals strongly doubted, did not involve any question of principle which would require them to vote for it at the risk of displacing the Ministry, They felt ...

... HIGHWAY OFFENCE.—At the weekly petty sessions on Monday, before Mr. C. H. Page and Mr. F. C. Vachell, Thomas James, of the Clive Arms, Ely-road, was sum- moned for allowing his cows to stray on the highway, at Pwllcoch-lane. The case was adjourned last week, for the appearance of witnesses for the defence. P. S. Roberts proved the offence, which was committed on the 14th instant. The witnesses ...

... A correspondent sends to the Daily News the follow- ing hitherto unpublished letter, written by Lord Nelson to Captain Bedford :— 23, Piccadilly, Jan. 28, 1803. ? My dear Bedford,—Many thanks for your kind letter only this morning received. I can assure that there is not that man in our service who loves and respects you more than myself. I am sorry to hear that you are not quite so well as ...

... MONDAY, APRIL ;29, 1872. THE agricultural labourer is beginning to assert himself, and political vitality is no longer confined to our towns. In the debate upon Mr. TRE- VELYAN'S motion on Friday night, facts came out of a most encouraging and satisfactory character. It is evident, from the tone of all the speeches, that our rustics are not now-a-days to be classed with the HODGES and BILL ...

... THE proposal to do honour to the memory of Earl MAYO by the erection of a monument or the foun- dation of scholarships in conneetion with the Indian University, will be warmly welcomed by all who are capable of estimating the sterling worth of the late Viceroy. At the meeting held in London, under the presidency of the Duke of EDINBURGH, politicians of every class vied with military officials ...

... NEWPORT. FIRE.-A blacksmith's shop, in the occupation of Thomas Mawkins. on Mill-parade, caught fire on Friday afternoon. An alarm having been raised, the hose and reel was sent for from Pillgwenlly, and after a short time the flames were extinguished, but not until the roof of the building was burnt off. The damage done was fortu- nately consigned to the building in which the fire originated. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. FIVK ? °rcl Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack at E 0 clock. RJIJ T SUPREME COURT OP APPEAL. RESU E J '°KI) CHANCELLOR said he hoped the House would «N'CE T ^LE Adjourned debate, on his motion, with refer- THR Supreme Court before the second reading. HE AMERICAN QUESTION.—POSTPONEMENT OF EARL J> J, RUSSELL'S MOTION- PANER- VSSEL1J, referring to the notice of ...