... THE mati is ruined—hopelessly ruined. The words startled me. So bad as that? said the individual to whom the remark was made. Even so bad. Of whom are you speaking? I ventured to ask. Of Jacob Atwood. I started to my feet. He was one of my old, inti- mate, and long-tried friends. did you eay? That man ruined? Im- possible J There is no doubt of it. I received my informa- tion from those ...

... I fi BY PLANETES. No. 5.-SMACKS AND SMACK-HANDS. From Billingsgate to Smackland is as natutal a tran- t ,ition as from broad acres to the six feet of narrow ti earth which form the reversionary freehold of every ti ma upon this earth. I do not desire to imply that the on subject of smacks is a painful or disagreeable one-far c from it. The simile c;iuld not be said to admit of this ol ...

... ILATEST INEWS.1 j1i THE COURT, &c. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN AT . W IDSO ' R. t The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Beatrice d L and Princesses Victoria and Elizabeth of Hesse,a attended by Lientenant-General Sir H. Ponsonby, Colonel the Hon. H. Byng, and the Marchioness of a Ely, arrived at the Bulshbury Junction of the Great . Western Railway at five o'clock yesterday morning I from Scotland. ...

... MI= -NEWS. -- Wssr Coast orF AslmlcA.-The A'fricanStashto Gam- ?? pany's royl mail steamship Odessa, with pasgers :v o and mails from the West Coast of Africa, arrived in the ish Mersey yesterday. ed a.sa.srow, Soa 24,-The White Star royal mail r sted msap Germanic, from Liverpool, arrived here at l.S' 10 20 aI., embarked mails, and proceeded for New ?? York at four ?? Canard royal mail ...

... NK-- , -U- MARY l tt hvnng ?? hukut: tf-'av.l ta 1 -7'tI'I Oai aid abtdtlianitl ofr ii~t ' t ?? tll Mira in' ?? C ~ ~ tkl tort' to it ~,Z IZC ThO ~t.x t~n tlktl;} xi h VaxO~i'a: at, a 0, 2rh id Li'cii quat.-; * ?? N '101 S'(l the a * ' 'Vsit t''itlat Qalditlt r 'F 'me p, 17'14xi:' to the ( nt ?? aT tihe iii ?? ehlC C * . , V ?? ?? I\ ?? Iva t ?? t I` * -, 't t:'J Na~ lS ?? VO PI Bultt' * ?? ...

... ANNUAL REPORT. th The thirteenth annual report has just been SC issued. Thle following are extracts:-' The society a ay firly be considered to be in a satisfactory T Istate. Duing the year 1880 33 new members in joined the society, eight left the neighbourhood, th and 33 resigned. The committee have much plea- of sure in calling attention to tim fact that no mem- In hers have been lost by ...

... SCOTCH PRIVATZ BILLS Ir - TARLBL4AM9g. TH|~ HosUj op LowDs, Monday, ji CTHE ALDONhIAN RAILWAY (L ANAlK.t dSIRE LINES) BIrLL AND TiE NORITH BRITISH RAILWAY (ADDITIONAL, POvE RS) BILL. 1 The Select Committee appointed to consider the s merits of these bills reassembled this morning- i i Viscoult Siailnoth ir, the obair--when the follow- 3 ing evilence woe tai ens:- Mr Christie, factor to Col. ...

... Rl9G~sTR>Wn].-iIXJ:JL.s Ri~E'UI'NS. The weekly return of bilt-, beats and n rd riraS iL tfl' giht printt:ipi towvLiS >00 £l tat:ld :rul the woek entixug >;.iturdav, Julle i-, ,aysv The deata-rate ill tile eighl 'itiu ?? a;1 ?? tule veek enhuii Lit'l -h tr:nay tn- ?? .Iuut l wil was 21 - per ?? 0. ntilutlu! LA,'P: - tiotv. T.is !.irte is lIII ni, Vy toO iw r tlue c Jr epondii'g neck f east sear ...

... IT comes from America, to be sure, and there is this to be said of it by reason of its Transatlantic origiu that some things which we get thenco as gospel truth, go in at one ear and out at the other, and arc treated just as much as fables as we treat the time- honoured handiwork of old .iEop. Here it is, the correspondent of the London Standard being our authority for the brief summary of ...

... [bPilCIALLY AVUtED,] fey (Wl GALLERY COIUIESPONMNT.] LOXDOX, THURSDAY NIGHI, I understand that the Duke of Argyll is seriousiy ill. He is not a strong wain at any time, and attempted to make too smtit of his recent convalescence. He was try hit ve been in the House to-night to raise » jiteiiniiiKay debate on the Irish Land text of the Bessborough Couiau^.sioii. But this evening his medical ...

... SERIOUS SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT.-A. serious aoci» dent happened to a plasterer, named John Va dcli. of Jones-street, on Thursday morning, a3 he at work for Mr Job Thomas upon a scaffold ii West-street. He fell heavily to the ground, one was injured about his head and lower limbs. Hf was removed to the Infirmary, where lie is pro- gressing favourably. CIIURCII MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-At a meeting 01 the ...

... TO-DAY the MERTHYR TELEGRAPH pays its last visit to its numerous friends. For a period of twenty-six years it has supplied a large circle of readers with the local and general news of the week. Journalism is conducted now under very different circumstances from those with which this paper had to contend in its early days. To many persons the year 1855 may seem a comparatively recent date, but ...