... l'A.P.)!tr. EJIIGEATION.—The Pope is reported to have laid to tho seamen of the French frigate now at Civitft Veccliia: You are here to help me, my brave sailors. Who knows but we shall not have one day to make a, littla voyage together. There is no Certainty about it, but if it is decided upon, I shall be glad. to under the guidance of such bravo fellows as you- TIIF. MARRIAGE OF FATHER ...

... STATE OF CENTRAL AMERICA. The Central American newspapers to hand confirm the statements already published as to the disorganised state of society existing in the various republics. The government of Salvador was warned that on the 6th and 12th ultimo a revolution would be .got up by the reactionary party, chief among whom were Archbishop Pinol and the Jesuits. On one of the days fixed for the ...

... The King and the tfount of F^df0%ign dflemen after nine o'clock yesterday, and wlien the King were paraded on the banks of the riv > Civique and his staff rode along the rftnks* e 0I1 the opposite and about 5,000 regular tr°°Ps de tQ the pj bank of the river. Tbe KmgJhen &?ce d'Armes, and all the troops ma h iastic receptio S looks well. Hi ...

... THE SPEECH OF COUNT SCLtpiS. The judgment of the Geneva Court of Arbitaiticfli been signed by four members of the Tribunal, loot these being representatives of England. In the fill t of the award now published, the vessel for whose e»( ment and depredations England is held most respow is thus referred to Whereas with respect to the called the Alabama it clearly results from all the factt ...

... RT MAESYC WMMER. J ALDSWORTH'S CHARITY.—On Saturday afternocn a i ecting of the ratepayers of the parish of Bedwas was ld at the Assembly-room of the Angel Inn, when Mr. ichmond, secretary to the Charity Commissioners at- nded. The object of the meeting was to consider the ove charity, wkich was left many years ago, to educate tie poor girls of the parishes of Bedwas and Eglwys- ilian, by Mrs. ...

... MERTHYR. The annual meeting of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society has been held during the past week in the county town of Taunton. During the course of the meeting our tj\insman, Mr. G. I Clark, of Dowlais House, read an interesting paper on Taunton Castle. • AfYiiC-K p CH0,0L VI Tte erdinarv monthly meet- mg of this Board was held yesterday at the Temperance Hall, Cefn present: Airs. ...

... EXPLOSION OF AMMUNITION. » AJI explosion took place in the house of a volunteer l instructor at Stowmarket, at eight o'clock on Satur- ay morning. Sergeant-Instructor M'Arthy was loading rifle cartridges, when by some means yet unex- J^ined the powder'aud cartridges bl«w up, killing the eldest eon, and seriously injaring himself, wife, and duughter. The cottage is a total -reek. THE BALLOT ...

... THE NAVAL FORCE OF FRANCE. The Globe gives an account of the French navy. From statistics recently published it appears that tne French fleet now consists of 104 war vessels afloat, of which seven are armour-plated, and 73 on trial or in reserve, including 17 armour-plated* making a total of 181. The navy com- prises 27,993 men. Next year the fleet will consist of 94 T?ssels afloat, eight ...

... PLG STRAYING.—At the usual weekly sessions, held on Wednesday, before Mr. G. Williams and th«Jw- WilUams, Maria Roderick, landlady of the Wheat Sheaf inn, Pontypridd, was summoned for to wander about the thoroughfare- Rned £ cth quit the Bridgend inn, Gyfedlon, on the Wth nit Fined 10DRUNK1S RIOTOUS.Wimain ...

... THE BANQUET TO THE JAPANESE EMBASSY. At the banquet given to the Japanese envoys now in London by the Lord Mayor, the following speech was made by his lordship in pioposing the toast of the The English nation, he said, had been always distin- guished for its to obtain information relating to remote legions of the world. A long time had elapsed since we first attempted to get a knowledge of ...

... AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. —The fifty-fifth annual show of the above society was held in a field in Llanfaes, Brecon, on Thursday. In consequence of the prevalence of the foot and mouth disease, the show was confined to the ex- hibition of horses only. Although the day was wet and cold, a. large number of animals were exhibited, and the attendance of spectators was large, but the receipts were ...

... RHYMNEY. when the Rev. L. Probert, Bodring.llt ™re«™ d Thi were very numerous, and large collections were made at the close of the ...