... ) 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. ...

... On a stone, placed at the eastern wall of Bromley Church, is the following insonption, which, independently of its being written by so excellent a man as Dr. Hawkesworth, merit! much attention m respect of the nseful instruction it was no doubt intended to hold forth Near this place lies the body of Elizabeth Monk, who departed this life on the 27th day of August 1753 aged 101. She was the ...

... For a considerable time, as the public are aware, Mrs. Girling and her family, as she terms them, of about 80 persons belonging to the peculiar sect known as Shaken. have been occupying cold and in- hospitable quarters in fields and strips of waste land at near Lymington, Hants, the only resource they had after their eviction from an encampment in the neighbourhood. On reading the accounts ...

... A Denver paper, in an outburst of indignation at Jhe advertising legends on Pike's Peak, exclaims— When P«edom, from her mountain height, unfurled her standard J? the air, she little thought that naughty man would adver- tise hop bitters there. The editor of a backwoeds paper is reported to have discovered a New Testament on his desk the other day. He at once wrote an elaborate review of it, ...

... DR. NOBILING'S DEATH. The Berlin Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes Dr. Nobiling's death is fraught with serious dis- appointment to the superior police authorities of Prussia, who had been led to hope that he might be sufficiently restored to health by the care of the emi- nent physicians entrusted with his'case to become an agent in the hands of justice for averting crimes of a ...

... The San Fratudsco Call publishes the following There is probably no city in the world of a similar population that has so large an amount of wealth invested in precious stones as San Francisco. Our citizens of Spanish descent have the partiality of their race for precious stones. They own a vast number, including diamonds, but exhibit a particular preference for pearls and emeralds. The ...

... On Monday afternoon the inaugurated service in connection with the transfer of the schools for the daughters of Wesleyan clergymen, from Beecholme and Five Elms, Clapton, to Queenswood, Clapham Park-road, was held at Clapham Chapel (near Lon- don). The Rev. Dr. Rigg, President of the Wesleyan Conference, occupied the chair, and was supported by a large number of ministers. A very numerous con- ...

... THE TEAR OF SORROW. Long, long ago-well so 'tis said In some old Eastern tale- A messenger from Heaven sped To this most tearful vale. A world which would, if not for sin, Have been a Paradise; And man, the world's false smile to win, Still walks the paths of vice. This messenger, an angel fair, A mission had—'twas this: To search the earth, some gem to bear, To add to Heaven a bliig. Tho' far ...

... THE MISSION STOPPED. The Times of Monday publishes the following from their Correspondent at Calcutta, under date Sept. 22:— Our relations with the Ameer have assumed a very critical character. The Cabul ruler has at last thrown off every semblance even of outward friendli- ness and courtesy, and has chosen to adopt, in pre- ference, an attitude of marked and open hostility. Your Special ...

... 1\f, Wallon, senator, and formerly Minister, has (Galignani says) just performed an act of courage under dangerous and difficult circumstances On Saturday four inhabitants of Paris, a M. Bayard and his two daughters, and a gentleman friend of the family, were bathing in the early morning at Petite8- Dalles (Seine-Inférieure). They swam out somewhat farther than bathers are in the habit of ...

... PONTNEWYNYDD. THE ABERCARNE EXPLOSION.—The Rev A. Davies, of Rhymney, after the close of his sermon in Bethany Calvinistic Chapel on Sunday eveuing last, made some very impressive remarks relative to the effects of this appalling disaster, and the great need of all Christian persons affording every assistance in their power to mitigate the great distress which prevails in that un- fortunate ...