... FUNERAL OF THE LATE TOM HOOD.—On Tues- day the remains of the late Tom Hood were interred inNunhead Cemetery, where, in spite of the inclemency of the weather, a large of friends and admirers of the deceased attended to pay the last tribute of respect. The chief mourners were Mr. J. Krell, uncle of the widow, and Mr. H. Sampson, a colleague of the deceased. The other mourners were Messrs. E. ...

... THE TACTICS OF THE INCORPORATION OPPONENTS HAVE formed the subject this week of public com- ment throughout the town. No doubt every man has a perfect right to form any opinion he choses on the question of the advantages to Merthyr, or the disadvantages, of a Municipal Corporation, but when men so far forget their duty to their neighbours as to deny them the expression of their views on the ...

... On Wednesday, at the Pontypridd petty sessions (before Mr Gwilym Williams;, Mary Jones, Ellis Jones, and Rowland Davies, natives of North Wales, were charged with having attempted to murder a female child at Cwmyfelin on the 16th of this month Robert Griffiths Meyrick said that he was a weigher, and lived at Merthyr. On Monday, the 16th instant, he saw the female prisoner coming into the ...

... MASTERS' MEETING AT CARDIFF. ANOTHER REDUCTION IMMINENT. The necessity for a further reduction in colliers' wages has been pressing itself upon the masters for some time, and a meeting of the members of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Colliers' Associttion was held on Tuesday at the Royal Hotel, Cardiff, to consider what steps should be taken under existing circumstances. The meeting was a ...

... Her Majesty the Empresa of Russia is re- ported to be somewhat better. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday. All the Ministers were present. Mr. Gladstone is stated to have 8ent.. copy of his pamphlet to prince Bismarck. The famine inAaia. Minor continues toinexeaao in intensity. The Marquis of Londonderry is staying at Buxton, having recently been suffering from a severa Abtaek of ...

... WHOLESALE POCKET-PICKING ON WELSH RAILWAYS. A clever capture was made last week by the Neath borough police of a notorious pickpocket, named Mary Ann Morgan, alias Mary Ann Jenkins,^ and Margaret Jenkins She has previously been convicted from this place for robbing a young lady in the Town-hall during m entertainment It now appears tha she has become associated with a regular band of thieves, ...

... lHE MIDLAND RAILWAY CHANGES, IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE SHARE- HOLDERS. A large meeting of the Midland Railvaysbareholders and directors was held at Derby un Tuesday, to consider the new policy proposed by the directors. A very large tumber ef shareholders were present, and considerable confusion arose, the room in which the meeting was held being totally inadequate for the purpose. Mr. ELLIS, ...

... THE international mvrfEirnAX, ASSTTR- ANCS COMPANIES.—Vice-Chancellor Malins had before him on Monday the case of the International Life Assur- ance Company and the Prudential Assurance Company. The International Life Assurance Company, which h&d carried on business in England and America, ordered to be wound tip in lqfi9. In the course of the winding-up it was arranged by a deed between the ...

... (From Punch.) t-- Mt M NKWXT-MARRIHD.—The Economist. tTjicOKSCloWABLK.—Head of the Firm: Want a •olid*/ ? Why you've just been at home ill for a fMAth Dwrvrrnoyr.—The Sea-Serpent.—Mr. Glad- dion- coming forward like a Viper, and assailing St. barque. HILFINQ HIX ON.—Oldest Inhabitant (to Nervous New Curate): 1. Now, you may sit dowr and read a bit ho. aw, and then you may give me a shilling, ...

... Favourable accounts have been received .of Lady Anna Stirling-Maxwell, who met with a serious accident a few dayt ago at Keir by falling on to the fire. Xe docks at Snarfness Point, Gloucestershire, erect, d at a cost of about £ 200,OiK), and capable of accoiuuiodating trading ships of the largest size, wera opened on Wednesday. A testimonial is to be presented to Sir Alfred Slade at Tar.ron, ...

... NOTICE.—The Railway Time Tables are published with ah much care to ensure correctness as possible; but should they contain any errors, the Publisher does not hold himself responsible for any inconvenience that may arise therefrom, as change nometitnes take place in the arrival and departure of trains without the knowledge of the Editor. ...

... NEWS FROM INDIA; Files of papers, bringing news up to the 2IJd inst., have been received. Tie principal events of the week: are thus noticed in the Times India: Dr. Bellew takes to England the presents from the Atalikh Ghazee to the Queen. Railway communication between Madras and Bombay has been entirely interrupted during the past week, owing to the heavy floods which have occurred. Several ...