... The Wesleyan Conference commenced its 136th annual session on Tuesday morning at Birming- ham, and was attended by about 600 ministers. Dr. Rigg, the President, occupied the chair. There has been considerable diversity of opinion respect- ing the President for the ensuing year, but when the vote was taken it was found that the 'number for the Rev. E. Jenkins was 75, and for the Rev B. Gregory, ...

... We are glad to say that sons of Mr F. Phillips, of Pontypool, and Mr A. J. Harris, of Pontnewyn- ydd, gained prizes at the recent examination of the boys at Usk Grammar School by the Rev. David Jones Davies, M.A., Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Harris came out first in Latin and French, and Phillips took a prize for Latin. We understand that the last-named boy was most as- siduous in ...

... NEWBRIDGE. THE ANNIVERSARY SERVICES in connection with the English Baptist Sunday School were held on Sunday last. Sermons were delivered by the Rev T. Thomas of Risea and in the afternoon he gave an address to Sabbath School Workers. The singing and recitations by the children were much enjoyed. ...

... The Orontes, with the remains of the Prince Imperial on board, arrived at Plymouth on Wed- nesday afternoon, and came on to Spithead, where she arrived at four o'clock this (Thursday) morn- ing. The body was lowered from the steamship into a specially-prepared barge, and transhipped to the Enchantress, which subsequently started for Woolwich. ...

... Messrs. Schofield and Taylor, solicitors, Batley, to* Tuesday issued a circular on behalf of Messrs. T. C. Taylor and Co., dyers, etc., Birstall, York- shire, announcing suspension of payment by the latter firm, owing to failure of Logie and Nicoll, London. Liabilities are estimated at from £ 50,000 to £ 70,000. The assets consist largely of stock-in-trade. ...

... SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE.— Negotiatior§ for Peace I said Mrs. Muddler, reading a contents bill outside a newsvendor's. Why, I thought they hanged him long ago. But there, he's that olever he a been and tricked them again J —Judy. ...

... At the Central Criminal Court., on Monday, the Recorder advised the grand jury to return a true bill against Hannah Dobbs for the murder of Miss Hacker in Euston square. Messrs. Macmillan and Co. have in preparation a new series of Classical Reading Books for the lower forms of schools, selected from the beat Greek and Latin authors. Miss Florence Hyde and Mr. Ives, members cf Mr. DOyley ...

... At a delegate meeting of the steam coal colliers at Merthyr on Monday, 32,000 men being represented out of 40,000 employed, it was resolved, by a large majority, to concede to the associated masters the ten per cent. reduction asked for, although an endeavour will be made to get the masters to take a less re- duction by taking ten per cent. from the wages of 1875. It was also resolved to ask ...

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... Mr. Tracey Turnerelli offers to return subscrip- tions to 112 towns that contributed towards the Beaconsfield wreath. Leeds only has accepted the offer. Mr. Turnerelli now intends exhibiting the wreath, and lecturing on it& history and-the Premier. ...

... A Times telegram from Simla says: The Burmese situation is still very unsatisfactory, but the tendency on the whole is towards the slow subsidence of the alarm and irritation produced at first by the King's wholesale slaughter of his relatives. The British frontier troops are still on something like a war foot- ing. The exertions of the King to call out what he terms his army have, indeed, ...

... A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO THE LATE JOSEPH KAY, ESQ, OF BLAENAVON. To the Editor of the Free Press. Dear Sir,—The doleful intelligence of the death of Mr Kay has filled many hearts with the deepest sorrow, and this sorrow has not been confined to the town with which his name has been so long and so honourably associated, for there are very many in all parts of Wales, and in many parts of England, ...