... BRIBERY COMMISSIONS. CHESTER. CHESTER, Wednesday.—The Commissioners re- sumed their sitting this morning. A large num- ber of publicans an I other persons in Haudbridge were called to prove the existence ot treating to a considerable extent at the last election. The principal witness called during the day was Mr William Cl rke Deeley, oil merchant and manufacturer, of Saltnev, who acted as c a ...

... MERTHYK. NEGLECTING TO MAINTAIN F-ARENTS.-At the police-court, on Wednesd iy—before Air J. Bishop (sLipelldiary )-Thomas Davies, weigher, Cwni- aman John Davies, collier, Dowlais and Howell Davies were summoned by relieving-officer Jones to show cause why they should not contribute to- wards the maintenance of ti.eir father and mother. Thomas Davies was ordered to pay 2a per week, and the ...

... LITERARY EXTRACTS. ILFBACOMBE.—Ilfracombe is built on the slope of the hills overlooking the water, to which many of the shorter streets descend very steeply. The older parts hll.e little to render them attractive; the newer contain a fair number of well-built and sometimes rather handsome houses, but on the whole there is very little in the town to occupy the traveller. On the brink of a ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. LECTUEES ON ZOOLOGT.—Under the sasP^ of the Newport Natural Science Society there given, at the Town-hall, ou Friday evening ^as first of a series of ten lectures ou Zoology. fessor vV. J. Sollas, M.A., F.R.S.E., F.G.S. 10, was a good attendance, and amoug the audience. many who were prepared to welcome Mr. warmly from a recollection of the scientific »eCt^ he had ...

... LECTURE.—On Thursday evening Miss Marianne Far- mngham, of London, delivered a highly instructive and eloquent lecture on the Women of to-day to a large and appreciative audience, in the hall of the Mechanics Institute. J. F. Rowbotham, Esq, presided, and was supported by Mr. E. Grove aud Rev. J. Morris. On Sunday morning the member of No. 2 and 4 companies of the 2nd Monmouthshire Rifle ...

... Tlio Mayor (Mr H. H. Evam) presided at a meeting or t e Council on Tuesday, when there were also present:—Aldermen Davies, Hareling, Lyne, Murphy, and doaes, and Councillors O, Gos-, Thompson, Hoskins, Maddock, S. Goss, Griffiths, Davies, Jacobs, Sanders, West, Jones, Oliver, Ð. Evan, and Richards, EXTRAVAGANT IMPROVEMENTS. Alderman LU\1t presented tlie report of the general purposes ...

... DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT. In the course of Saturday night some person ot persons entered the Wesleyan Chapel, Bridgead, and besmeared the seats and cushions with tar. The exterior and interior plrtll of the seaUs the handrail leading to the pulpit, the gallery, were plastered with the sticky nuid but the neM and liapdsome orgau was left untouched. When the chapel was opened for public worship on ...

... MEETING AT ABERYSTWITH, Meetings in cm nection Yo ith this college were held on Tuesday aud Wednesday. The Council n.et in the first place on the former evening, and again by adjournment next forenoon. The fol- lowing summary of their proceedings was furnished to our Press representative by Mr Hugh Owen :— A variety of questions bearing upon the state of the college, the position of the ...

... SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT ABER- D A HE. Early on Tuesday morning the remains of loan Cyn >n, a young man, well known in ~isteddfo lit; circle. were found frightfully man- 8'eri, on the Great Western K-ilw.-y, between .p-berdare and Cwiribach. The deceased had been j Aberdave. on Monday, attending the Eistedd- °^» and it is conjectured that in walking home JJ^fcr the railway he was caught by a ...

... A ROY Ah SECRETltllt RI AG E. The reports of a secret marriage between the Emperor of Russia and the Princess Dolgorpukl have, according to the Vienna letter in the burgh Correspondent, beeu confirmed by in form a* tion obtained on trustworthy authority in the Russian capital. The marriage was celebrated early in August, a few weeks after the death and all the usual forms were observed, left ...

... Evening, 8, LEAP YEAR. —At 9.30, WIDOW HUNT.— Preceded, at 7.30, SALT TEARS. Mr. John S. Clarke, Mr. H- B. Conway, Mr. Howe, Mr. Kemble, Messrs. Dean, Dawson, Stone, &c.; Mrs. John Wood, Miss Gerard, Miss Linda Dictz, Edith Bruce, Winifred Emery, Warden, &c. ...

... This Evening, at 8 o'clock, Bellini's Opera, LA SONNAMBULA. Elvino, Signor Cantoni; 11 (Jonto liodoLfo. Signor Quintilli- Leoni; Alessio, Signor Pro : Uii Notaro, Bertoechi ; Lisa, Mdlle, Bauermeister ; Teresa, Miss Purdy ; and Amina, Mdlle. Julie (lier lirst appearance at Her Majesty's Theatre). To-Morrow (Thursday) Evening, Donizetti's Opera. LA FAVORITA, Fernando, Signor Cantoni ; Alfonso ...