... CUTTING A CHANNEL THROUGH THE CANAL BANK. A few days since, four men, name I respectively Evan Davies, John Gorman, D. loer, and John Samuel, were detected in the act of cutting away a portion of the Neath Canal bank, for the pur- pose of floating a barge from the canal to the river by a short route. It appears that in order to avoid taking the vessel round by Briton Ferry, a distance of 12 ...

... The fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Dr Ollivant, Bishop of Llandatf, occurred ou Thurs- day, and the inhabitants of Liandaff had pre- viously determined to present to the Bishop and Mrs Ollivant a slight expression of their apprecia- tion of the services whfch Dr Ollivant rendered to the Church in the diocese during bis episcopacy, and to Mrs Ollivant for the interest she has taken in ...

... LOSS OF THE CHEW, Lisbon, Saturday.—Advices from Oporto itate that the English steamer Bittern has been wrecked oil Fmisterre. She was pro- ceeding to Liverpool with 152 Pc tuuese oxen. ...

... FINE OF £1,737. At Hull poHce-po.'irt, 0.1 a. ware- houseman, named was imd £1,737 for I e:ei ring iuto his warehouse over a. ton of tobacco and cigars, whijh had been. smuggled. ...

... The Hon. Cecil Ashley, second Liberal candi- date 10:' Berwick, at the next election, has issued his address to the electors. Ho advocates the opening of burial grounds to Di-senters, the ex- tending of the household h-ar.chise, and opposes the Permissive Bi!I. He thinks the Government, by their Eastern policy, have committed us to what must prove either a serious responsibility greater than ...

... THE HOSPITAL.—We append an abstract of the resident medical officer's report to the weekly board, from September IVth to ,jth:- In- door patients—Remained by last report, 4U; ad- mitted sinie, 14—G3 discharged, cured and relieve!, 10; died, 0—10; remaining, 53. Out-door patients, — Remained by last re- port, 484; admitted since, 45—520; dis- charged cured and relieved, G3: ùieù Q-G3 i ...

... NEWPORT. THE REGISTRATION. — On Thursday Mr T. S. Pritchard, the revising barrister for this county, held his court at the Town-hall, for the revision of the burgess list. The proceedings possessed but little interest except to those im- mediately connected with the Liberal and Conser- vative Associations. Mr W. H. Brown, secretary of the Liberal Association, attended on its be- half, and Mr C ...

... W OXEIS Squabbles.—At the weekly petty- sessions, on Monday—before Mr C. W. David and Mr Griffith Phillips—Ann Jones was charged by Jane Snook with hirring committed wilful damage to certain tiles, the property of com- plainant. A cross-summons charged Jane Snook with assaulting Ann Jones, According to the statement of the complainant in the latter case, she was pulled into defendant's house ...

... BEMELLTY CATTLE SHOW. The second annnal horses, cattle, sheep, poultry, sheep dogs, dairy produce, vege- tables, fruit? flowers, implements, ...

... SSEWEN. CHURSH PARADE.—There was a church parade on Sunday of the Briton Ferry, Neath, and ckewen Artillery Volunteers, under the command of Captains Moore and Ryding, and headed by their band. The men attended St. John's Church, when the vicar ofheiated. ...

... A MESSAGE FKOjI THE SEA AT PEMBROKE DOCK. On Sunday a young ii, tn named James Harrison picked up, in West Llanion Pill, a bottle in which wa' a piece of paper with the following written on it:—Dear friends,—I write you the few lines to tell you that my ship, the Dolphin, has been wrecked near Cabiy Island. All on board has wrecked near Caldy Island. All on board has been lost but myjelf, the ...

... Tile minirs of the Soutli Walas coal-field, however have become so disgusted by the utter faiure of their local Miners' Union that it wil be a difficult, if not well nigh laiposaibli, undertaking to organize and rry illtl effect a successful local relief society for their spccial benefit. Several attempts lave been made since the collapse of their Miners' Union to resuscitate it, giving it a. ...