... tFRO31 OUR WELSH CORRESPONDENT.] Mr Morgan Lloyd, Q.C., M.P., presided on 'Wednesday evening at a meeting held to present the Rev. R. Williams (Hwfa M3n) with a testi- monial on the occasion of his leaving London for Llanerchyniedd. Mr H. Richard, M.P., who had been expected to take the chair, was unable to be present owing to the death of his brother-in-law. Ill a letter read at the meeting, ...

... A JURY CASE,—At the county-court on Friday —before Judge Herbert the case of Simon freece, farmer, Blaengavenny, v. Thomas Dela- field, brewer and maltster, Abergavenny, was. heard. Mr L. D. Browne for the plaintiff, and Mr Illtyd Gardner for defendant. This was a jury case, and created some interest, having been tried before the judge at the last court, v, hen, after a long hearing, the judge ...

... AN excursion in connection with the Pontar- dulais and Teilo Tinplate Works, left this place for New and Old Milford on Saturday. A] very large number of the workmen and families, as well as outsiders, availed themselves of the very favourable terms which the promoters (the pro- prietors of the works) had obtained from the Great Western Railway Company, to enjoy a day's outing. Under the able ...

... PONTYPOOL. STEALING A SEWING MACHINE.—At the petty- scssioll.3 on Saturday—before Col. Byrde, Mr C. J. Parkes, and Mr A. D, Berringtoll-Enos Cable v.'as charged with stealing a sewing-machine be- longmg to Alfred Davies, of Pentrepiod, on tha 9th instant, and George Macdonald was charged with receiving the same. It appeared that Daviec owed Macdonald some money, and asked Cable to go to him ...

... DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PLYMOUTH. A house and workshop were burnt down in Ply- mouth on Saturday, through benzoline igniting by being poured out for a customer while a gas firf was burning close by. A woman with her babj had to rush through the building shop, and weit burned, and the girl who was serving lies in hospital in a precarious state. The tradesman had no license to sell benzoline. ...

... We notice with great satisfaction that the launch of a new small iron screw steamer will shortly take place at the works of the Penarth Slipway and Gridiron Company. Considerable as- tonishment has frequently been expressed that more successful attempts have not been made for the purpose of carrying on the iron shipbuilding trade at Cardiff, or the vicinity, and although oc- casional efforts ...

... PERHAPS iu the whole history of Local Boards, 110 individual has ever proved a greater thoru in the side to one of these useful organisations than William Gourlay has to the Oswaldtwistle Local Board, to whom he acted as clerk. Mr Gourlay is now In one of the Queen's convict establishments, and his chances of doing any further harm are removed for a considerable time to come, but 110 has left ...

... QUEBEC, June 15.—The official report upon the recent fire states that 1,211 families, consisting of 6,028 persons, were burned out. Two-thirds of the number were uninsured, and have lost every- thing they possessed. The relief committee is working actively to alleviate the distress caused by the disaster. ...

... MEETING.—On Thursday after- noon the half-yearly meeting of the ratepayers was held at the Greyhound Inn, when Mr W. Miles (Berthlwyd) wa; ',c:Iled to the chair, and there were present—Messrs E. Edwards (poor- law guardian), John Thomas and Thos. EdWanls (overseers of the parish), W. Evans (E-ssistaufci overseer), and others. The Chairman moved a rate of lOd in the £ for poor relief and school ...

... A ROMANTIC STORY. A romantic story comes from Plymouth. A young French lady of title, who with her guardian has been residing in the neighbourhood of St. Ives, and up to a recent date incognito, has taken the veil and entered the convent of the Sacred Heart, to avoid a projected marriage with a rela- tive, who is also heir apparent to her fortunes [ and estates. The lady was discovered to be ...

... DEATH IN THE MINE. The Wigan Borough coroner held an inquest on Thursday on the body of a collier named Richard Turner, nged 29. Deceased a month ago was filling dirt and drawing water in the Arley Mine seam of the John Pit Standish, belonging to the Wigan Coal and Iron Company, a tub being at the bottom of the down brow, and 20 yards distant were six others which had been scotched by deceased ...

... VESSELS SIGNALLED AT SWANSEA BAY SIGNAL STATION. SWANSEA, Friday.—Wind SW, light. Weather —steamer Ernest, of London; barque Inverness, of Swansea. ...