... GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. I t >X BIRTHDAY OF PRINCE ABTHUB. yg^hday of Prince Arthur was celebrated at W vc,;8. rc'ay by processions and illuminations and eJ°icings. JHOUJ. FATAL FEAY IN IBELAND. Njy 8 Darmody, who was stabbed at Thurles, Tip- dead. The murderer ha s been d for trial. A^JJUPPOSED MURDER OF A BOY. h^orJ'^ a named Smith, was found yester- Qtderelldlng, on Witsey Common, Bradford, ...

... JUBILEE MEETINGS.—Meetings usually held when t debt upon a place of worship is expunged are _design^ jubilee meetings. Such meetings were held in Independent Chapel on Sunday and Monday. ministers that officiated on Sunday were the Revs. ^°5Le yg' Cwmavon, and Davies, Cwmaman; on Monday the D. Jones, Merthyr, and Farr, Cardiff. A great nun: of people attended these meetings, and the amounted ...

... Their lordships met at five o'clock. EARL RUSSELL'S MOTION. Earl GRANVILLE said before the House passed to the orders of the day he wished to refer to the motion of the noble earl (Russell), which stood for that evening. Their lordships would remember that the noble earl's motion had already been postponed, and her Majesty's Govern- ment, while acknowledging the forbearance of Parliament, had ...

... LOCAL TOPICS. THE WATCH COMMITTEE. WHATEVER decision the Watch Committee may come *° upon the application of the borough police for an Urease of salary, their sturdiest revilers cannot charge them with refusing it abundant consideration. Two Months ago it was deferred until the May meeting, and at that meeting, which was held last Wednesday, it was further deferred-till when, and why, we ...

... MERTHYR BOARD OF HEALTH. At the meeting of the Board of Health. held on Wednesday, there wer« present, Messrs. William Jones (chairman), Thomas Williams, W. Gould, W. Rice T. Jenkins, J. Gabe, E. Hawells, W. Harris, J. W. James, and J. James. The minutesof the last meet- ing having been read and confirmed, Mr. Thos. Jenkins reported the result of his visit with Mr. S. Harpur to the County ...

... RHYMNEY VALLEY. SNIDER Guxs.-The fourth battery of the 1st Mon- mouthshire Artillery Volunteers, at Blackwood, have been supplied with the Snider breach-loader in lieu of the carbine. Hoth guns and swords came together. There is also a change to take place in the big guus they are to have seige guns instead of the present field guns. TEA PAITTY -At Penuel Welsh Independent Chapel, at Nelson, a ...

... ASSAULTING A POLICE CONSTABLE.—Daniel Wilson, a s.iilor, was brought up on remand, charged with being drunk and assaulting P C. 33, on Canton road on Wed- nesday night last. The case was reported in our issue of yesterday. Prisoner, in defence, stated that he was in- toxicated when he assaulted the policeman. Sentenced to ten days' imprisonment A MIMTIAMAN IN TROUBLE.— Adaitt Freeman was agaui ...

... Again that air—again that rhyme Dearest of all they are to me Evoking thoughts of bye-gone time, And childhood's purest ecstasy Again those sounds !—the magic art Of minstrel ne'er subdued me more The fount of feeling and the heart With melody are runuing o'er. The first Song 'twas that filled my ear And soul with transports of delight, That touched a chord, and drew a tear. I know not why, ...

... BREAKFAST.—EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND COMFORT- ING. By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws winch govern the operations of digestion and nutrition. by careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately fhvoureJ beverage which may save us many he.y doctors' bills.—Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling ...

... There was a small attendance and very little wheat offering, the quantities in farmers' hands being now almost exhausted. Prices have advanced about Is. per quarter since this day week, values being white wheat, 61s to 62s per quarter: red wheat, 52s to 53s. Foreign grain—maize, 29s to 30s per 480 lbs; Egyptian beans, 33s to 34s Black Sea barley, 25s to 26s per 100 lbs oats, Swedish white, 23s ...

... LLANDYSSIL. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE BILL.—A numerously and fluentially-signed peti ion was, on Monday, forwa1^^ from this place to Mr. Jacob Bright, M P., who has j charge of the Bill in the House, and who will to-D,e (Wednesday) bring it forward for second reading. ...

... MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STRUP FOR CHILDREN Should always be used when children are cutting tet-th it relieves the little sufferers at once, it produces natural quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and tbe '-Ule cherub awakes as bright as a button. It is per;* •'■.Iv harmless, and very pleasant to taste. It soothes the c ma, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regu- ...