... At the last annual Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist body a scheme was adopted for the in- troduction of laymen into conference together with the ministers, the new mixed conference thus comprising 240 ministers and 240 laymen. Of the 240 laymen, 12 have seats in the conference by virtue of their official position as treasurers of eight connexional funds; eighteen were nominated by the last ...

... The two children of Captain Grinatead, the master of the steamer Princess Alice, have been admitted into the Masonic Schools. The father was a Free- mason, and his brethren have naturally inte- rested themselves in behalf of his family. The admission of the two children, a boy and girl, has been accomplished without prejudice to other candidates, the sum of 2310 having been paid by the Mansion ...

... LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS. AT the ^examination of the pupils of the Llan- ] daff Deaf and Dumb Schools, Llandaif, held on Friday last, at the Town Hall, Newport, the fol- ...

... FATAL ACCIDENT WHILST BATHING.—A little boy, a pupil at the Monmouth Grammar School, between 13 and 14 years of age, was drowned on Friday last while bathing at the Gamblings, the bathing-place on the Wye. The name of the de- ceased was Charles Jjlewellin, and his parents keep •an hotel at St. Pagans. near Cardiff. The fatal 'accident is alt tbo re sod hnynoyer rose but once, as if he had done ...

... PONTYPOOL COUNTY COURT. WILLIAMS V. EVANS. To the Editor of the Free Press, Sir,—Permit me to rectify an inaccuracy in your report of the above case. The plaintiff's | claim was for ...

... The Accrington Operative Weavers Wages Committee met here on Saturtiay, and the generalsubscrlptions are re. ported as greater than in any week since the strike com- menced (says the correspondent of The Timet) The representatives of the operatives feel a great responsibility thrown upon them by the result of the ballot, and as the local Union funds are becoming exhausted, they are making ...

... In the Hot SB OF LoRDS, May 27, Lord CaTdwell, in the absence of Lord Granville, asked Lord Salisbury whether he could give any information respecting the negotiations be- tween this country and Russia. Lord Salisbury replied that he was not yet able to enter into any details on the subject. He could only say that within the last few days the prospects of a Congress being held had materially ...

... CONGREGATIONAL Ciluiteii.-The Sunday-school an- niversary services were held last Sunday. The Rev. J. Matthews, the pastor, was the preacher. In the after- noon the Sunday scholars gave recitations, dialogues, and addresses. The choir sang pieces suitable for the occasion. On Monday the children's annual treat took place at the Llancayo Farm. Mr David, as usual, did all that was necessary to ...

... ) THE SOUTH WALES COALFIELD, & METHODS OF WORKING COAL IN ITS MINES. The coalfield of Monmouthshire and South Wales extends from Pontypool on the east, by Llantrissant and Swansea, to Caermarthen Bay on the west, and around on its north outcrop by Llandybie, Hirwain, and Tre- degar to Pontypool. This portion of the coalfield is about 58 miles from east to west, with an average breadth of 15 ...

... Before C. J. PARKES, Esq. DRUNKENNESS. Timothy Lynch was charged with being drunk, in Trosnant, on Monday night.—Prisoner, who had a broken arm, was discharged on promising to leave the town. ...

... -fiuLjciGY. merlin Correspondent of The Times writes The strategy and tactics of the Russo-Turkish War are the subject of an important book, just published at Berlin by Captain von Trotha, under the title of Der Kampf urn Plevna. The learned author, who is attached to the Frederick William IV. Grenadiers, judges very severely the strategy of the Grand Duke Nicholas and his staff. He regards ...

... BONAPARTE'S PREDICTIONS ABOUT RUSSIA. At St. Helena in 1817 the Imperial exile, as related by his surgeon, Baron O'Meara, spoke as follows In the course of a few years Russia will have Constantinople, the greatest part of Turkey, and all Greece. This I hold to be as certain as if it had already taken place. Almost all the cajoling and flattering which Alexander practised toward me was to gain ...