... 1OBTAINING M1NTSAON-sEY BY FALSE I PlREITNCES NEAR NliF'WPORT. I . ?? At the petty sessionsfor thedivision of New- port, held on Saiturday (before Messrs. L. A. Homfir a, F. J. Hall, . Ht. Hamilton. and Catptiin KinoxReikards), Johnt Bowen, aged tS, a shabby laoking fellow, Scaz charged withobtaining various 1 u7. Fiums of money hby false pretenres. The prisoner lie sos nppreltntded -at St. ...

... DISTRICT NEWVS. 5e CARDEF1t1 es- CAN~TON CHUacR.-We have much, pleaure in miel eli stafting- that, notwithstanding, as our advertise- MNo. lie Iment stated, Ithe, love of many has g-rown cold 'ao hetowards the Church Pastorail Aid Soc~iety, after in f etwo eloquent sermons from tho Rev. W1. R. ire Thomas. M.A., vicar of Aberaychen, the offert-ories DYI at Canton Church amnountted 'to £~5 16s ...

... T -lE CYMMRODOIIIONSOCIETY.l ?? n THE REV. ?? CTLANFFRWD THOMAS brc [lo ON `WELSH HYMNOLOGY.' pai Flo ~ ~ ?? AS he A mieeting of the meinbe-rsof the Oymmirodorzion Su ly society was held on Thursday last at thle Free- In ;w intsons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, London, when P`t hie rite chair was occupied by Captain E. H. Verney, ofl ndl IRN. The generally interesting charactercof the thi he ...

... THE PR1OPOSED HIOSPITATL AT BILBAO. The plan of an English Cottage Hospital for saiors at Luchana, Blilbao, is, much to the regret of all interested itn the matter, for the present in abeyance. The sanction of 'he Board of Trade to the scheme has not been obtained, owving to their having received information that the Bilbao Hospi- tal is all that can be desired for English patients. Mistaken ...

... A FAMOUS AndTELSH SATIPRIST'. S cventeen years ngo there was buried ar th-et FE c ehurcliyard of Liwvyei, near Trecastle. one cf It, most brilliint W'elsh writers of the ?? Owen, the son of the parish clerk of Lhinpump13- raint, near Carmarthen. Afte. for some time cn Mr. bining the occupation of a Baptist minister with of that of a village schoolmnaster at Aber, btrweet the LIanfairfechan and ...

... ISVATA .8A,4LF ON R6.-lL-f? s ?? { -- I? N THURSDAY, APRIL 12, BSS.i A d II I SUNDAY CLOSING IN ENGLANi). Th - ' ios-' nAtA 4-1 A, AAm, A ?? X UO - The consistent believer in the efficacy of the la Sunday Closing of public-houses finds it im- PC possible to rest content with sectional pieces at of legislation like the Forbes-Mlackenzie Act, re and thle Acts for Sunday Closing in Ireland gI ...

... :| IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LOIWSP-FRIDAY. Ti The Lord Chancellor took his seat era tire gt.woolsack at a quarter past four o'clock. - ~~RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA. 'J Earl GRANV!ILLE, replying to Lord Granbrook, M I 4said lie hail consulted with the Secretary of Steite Chinl 4 for India, end had arrived at the conclusion that by a it would not be wise at present to lay papers on serm 9 the ...

... PiRLIAMENT, LAST NIGHT. Ho USE OF LORDS. Thleir Lordships mlet at a (jIarter vast four o'clock, THE IRISTI POLICE. lc Earl of MTLITOWN gave notice that to-morrow hie .1 ask the cause of the delay in reporting the results of ' ' igations by the Royal Commission into the ' oaces alleged by the Irish police. lO)RDS WOLSE LEY AND ALCESTER. ( ?? II, in nievilug that the Queen's Message 'r ...

... t The annual meeting of this Board was held yesterday, Yat the Local Board Ollices, Soho Road, Hanudsworth.-Mr. JoSanueY, who was voted to the chairipro tess,, said that the first business was to appoimsta chairman for the ensuing year. They all knew that (luring the past year the busi- nss of the Board had bcen very well and courteously conducted, and that the chairmaan had devoted a large r ...

... PRECAUJTIONS AT PORTSMOUTH. In consequence of information in the possession of the authorities at Portsmouth, policemen in plain clothes have boon detailed to watch tho local branch of the Bank of England and tho Inland Revenue Offices, both of which are situated in High Street. At the same time other precau- tions have been adopted to cusure the safety of the build. iugs. _ _ _ AMERICA AND ...

... WEMTIHER FORECASTS. ?? -smrt wr-l t--l ?? r ine l .a7 s Thme foilowing report wars Issued fronm the Mfeteoroloigical Depsrtineeit at g p en )ceterdsiy ]JeSTRYss'c 1`O11CASTS, I : Sctad E } Southerly or snrutli-westerly winds, fresh iy 2. Jenglaind, N.HL: or strong,; cloudy generally, seine rain. so 3. England, I. INortheily (mt-et and south-east) s0 4Mungln. ?? C rlime-s, moderate; ...

... 'T'1llE FENIAN PLOTS. A. Cork correspoinlent says the enquiry, yesterday, respectinig 1-!eray Morgan, whon vas arrested onl Monday night, was conudliuctd in privnte. Prisoner was remanded. The authorities arc unisually reserved with respect to thoir investigations I but a gentleman, whlo has the means of knowing, states that a conspiracy of a mrost formidable chalactel is becing unIveiled. ...