... THE BBA83 BAND.-On Saturday evening the Llan. trissant brass band visited Hensol Castle, where they were hospitably entertained. During the evening they rendered the following programme exceedingly well Qaickstep— Mayflower selection- Martha, Flo- tow Welsh airs, R. Martyn valse- II Trovatore, Verdi selection- Lucrezia Borgia, Donizetti cava- t.ina— Lurline, Wallace polka Ems, Jullien ...

... OPENING OF THE ENGLISH WESLEYAN CHAPEL.—On Sunday last the opening services in connection with the above place of worship were commenced. The chapel has built by Mr John Thomas of this place, from de- signs furnished by Mr J. Griffiths, of Cardiff. It is a s-UB.-vtantial, well-finished building, affording accommoda- tion for nearly 500 persons, and reflects credit on archi- tect, builder, and ...

... BREAKING INTO A SCHOOLROOM.—AtthePettyS essions on Monday, before Mr G. Williams (stipendiary), James M'Donald, Pentre, and Michael Gleeson, Pentre, two boys, were charged with breaking into the Ton Ystrad British School, and stealing therefrom some prepared chalk, slate pencils, copybooks, blaeklead pencils, pens, -inkstand, and several books. The prisoners had been remanded from last Monday ...

... FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. The return for the past week of foot-and-mouth disease in East Sussex is as follows :—Cattle, 2006 sheep, 2770 and swine, 33. ...

... We are informed that notwithstanding the tedious labours in Parliament which the member far the Pem- broke Boroughs underwent during the last few weeks of the Session, he is still remaining in town engaged, to a reat extent, upon the affairs of his Constituents. The Milford Dock Company, of the Board of which he is, as our readers know, the chairman, have been holding very frequent meetings ...

... ] ODDFELLOWSHIP. On Saturday the members of Lodge «« King William the Fourth of the I.O.O.l. beion n to trie M. U. of the Blackwood district, held at toe Batchers' Arm,, M tl.eir »» village ait'llerv brass band, the members, wearing tHe the;r lodge.room. wherp, they found a splendid dinner, h d been removed the toast list was proceeded with, and was well received. This lodge is in a flounsmng ...

... Wesleyan CHAAEL.—ffhe anniversary services of this place of worship Were held on Sunday. Sermons were preached by the Rev. J. Colweli (Bowden, near Man- chester), the Rev E. Thomas, Baptist Minister, also taking part in the service. In the evening the Rev J. Colwell preached to a very large congregation, the capa- cious building being crammed. Mr who has a beautiful voice, at each service kept ...

... ENGLISH BAPTIST MEETINGS. The English Baptists held their quarterly meeting on Sunday. The Rev. A. Tovey, the minister, preached morning and evening, and the Revs. J. Lewis, of Tredegar, and A. Davies (C.M.) Bethlehem, preached in the afternoon. INTERESTING GATHERING.—The Welsh Baptist Church of Zoar held a quarterly meeting last Sunday in connec- tion with their Sunday School. The meeting was ...

... Early on Monday morning some workmen engaged in re-building the house of Mr Thomas, g-unsmitb. Joad- street, placed near the edge of the foot pavement a large heavy box. A little girl named Jones, living in Womanbv- street, pushed against the box., which fell upon her crushing her severely about the legs and the lower nart of the body. In the afternoon a labourer named John Eth^ny. re- siding ...

... Judgment was given onWednesday in the Board of Trade :t i irv at L:verpool, into tbe abandonment of the schooner Leader off the Smalls, a-d while on a voyape from Llanelly to Limerick. Tne t ourt decided that the captain was not to blame lor le ,vi =ig tbe vessel. The vidence showed that the foremast was perfectly rottf« snd tbe riggin? unsound and defective, and it wa« also c^ea-that'the ...

... RHYMNEY RAILWAY. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of r.he above railway was held on Tuesday, at the Cardiff Arms Hotel. Mr John Boyle in the chair. There were als > present, Sir Thomas Dakin, Mr C. H. James, Lieut.-Col. G. H. Tyler (directors) Mr D. Davis, Cwm; Mr Thomas, Merthyr Mr M. Graver, Cardiff Mr \V. P. Stepht-n- son, Cardiff; Mr E. S. Hill, Llandaff; Mr J. Jllliott, ...

... THE DEATH STATISTICS. THE publication of the REGISTRAR GENERAL'S Returns affords a much needed check upon the action of public bodies, and gives the people at large reliable informa- tion as to the comparative state of danger or safety in which they exist. The quarterly pamphlet serves to prevent supineness amongst those who may be inclined to feel content with things as they are, and places ...