... The annual ploughing match and dinner of the above association (took place yesterday (Thursday.) The weather was very fine, and a large number of farmers and visitors assembled on the land of Mr. George Williams, Penycoed Castle, where the plough. ing took place in the afternoon. There were on the field 33 teams. In class 1, three teams in class 2, 16 teams in class 3, three teams class 4, ...

... (Before Mr. JAMES-HUMFKKY and Mr. TYNTE.): AN EJBOTMENT CASE. LTPOU the supplication of Mr. W. Delve»r ef Hargate Lodge, Thnbwdge Wells, agent to the MasquiBot Abergavenny, a warrant of eject- ment was issued against Jane Thomas, to recover pos- session of a house and premises, in the parish of Llaa- tillio Perthofey. THREATS-.i- John Dew, Mill-street, charged his brother-in-law, George Denner ...

... THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—The fifth of a series of lectures on the above subject, was delivered at the Town-hall, on Monday, by the Rev. J. E. Symea, M.A., in connection with the Cambridge University Extension Scheme. There was a numerous assembly, and the lecturer was frequently applauded in the oourse of the evening. He now dealt first with the proceedings of the National Assembly of France, ...

... An Imperial ukase was issued in Constantinople on Saturday, specifying the regulations under which Baiptists may exercise their religion. Princess Thyia, the Duchess of Cumberland, was safely delivered of a daughter at half-past nine o'clock on Saturday morning, at Gmunden. Mr. J. L. Uoole, the eminent comedian, on Saturday afternoon, laid the memorial stone of a new theatre being erected in ...

... The Turkish preski preaches a political sermon to the British Government. The people of Gabul, so the papers say, noticed that large boxes were being forwarded to the unwelcome foreign guests, and on surreptitiously making examination found to their horror that the boxes contained Bibles and Korans printed by infidels on infidels' paper. At once it was assumed that the text of the sacred, ...

... THE LATE CHURCH CONGRESS.—The annual session of the Church Congress closed at Swansea on Friday. At the morning meeting a novelty was introduced, a discussion taking place on the Epistle to the Ephesians in its practical bearing on Christian life. In the after. noon a debate arose on the supply and training of young men for the ministry of the Church, and another on the Church literature of ...

... THE REVISION COURTS IN MON- MOUTHSHIRE. LIBERAL GAINS. We have received the following communication with respect to the work of revising the county register of voters :-In the districts of Usk, Rag- lan, Monmouth, Trelleck, Croesyceilog, Blaenavon, Abcrsychan, Pontypool, Cross Ash (including Llanvihangel-Crucorney, Kemeys Suspension Bridge, and a portion of Newchurch polling dis- tricts), ...

... The following proclamation, issued by General Roberts, will be read with interest:— Proclamation to the People of Cabul. Be it known to all that the British army is advancing on Cabul to take possession of that city. If it be allowed to do so peacefully, well and good if not, the city will be seized by force. Therefore, all well-disposed persons who have taken no part in the dastardly murder ...

... [BY TELEGRAPH. ] Since last Tuesday there has been considerable excitement in the trade, and values of foreign wheat are quoted at 3s to 4s higher. English in very bad condition, and the qualities so various that prices are not quoted. Barley 6d higher, maize Is dearer, and oats unaltered. A quantity of inferior Irish oats arrived, and sell at irregula-r rates. ...

... The following, says the Standard, is the true account of the withdrawal of ou-r mission from Mandalay:—Early on the morning of the Cth inst. the Resident sent round a peon with the following circular to the various British residents:—Oct. 6th.—The Government of lndia have decided to remove for the present their representative and establishment. They hope, however, that the temporary absence ...

... ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last an accident, which might have proved fatal, happened to Mr. Sutton, bailiff to H. Parfitt, Esq>, Pontnewydd. It appears that he was engaged gathering fruit, when the ladder by which he ascended the tree gave way. He was precipitated from a great height, and marvellously escaped with a severe shaking and some severe con- tusions. Bostock and Wombwel,l'ik menagerie, ...

... RECENT MOVEMENTS IN THE TRADE. A correspondent of the Daily: News says that G. and W. Underhill, of Wolverhampton, iron merchants of South Staffordshire, have circular notifying a rise of 10s. per ton on all ifjjL that of the five chief firms. Galvanized jR black corrugated sheets they advance 20s. Tj.° they put up no less than 3s. a box. ^essrS'i^yali Son, of the same town, likewise ...