... [FRoM OUR COasesPONDENT.] Before the recent news respecting the where- abouts of Mr H. N, Stanley arrived in his mother country it was a year prior to that that the Govern- ment were supplied with any reliable information of the explorer's doings. During that period the land- able anxiety manifested by Parliament regarding the great man's security steadily increased until a satisfactory report ...

... PWLL EELI. SoUT BZAOIR ETAT: TFNDESs FORt SzA WAL AND PsO=NADs.-T'he follovviug tenders were received by the truetees for carrying out this work; and that of Mr Evan Williams having been accepted, the work will be proceeded with at ?? Thomas Jones, Criccieth, £13116; Meesrs 0. Roberts & Co., Fesliuiio,£58S7; Miessrs Holme and Ling, Liverpool, £5133; Messrs J. Maccale & Co., Liverpool, £4964; ...

... MBRIONETESHIRE AGRIOUL- TURAL SOCIETY. - The annual agricultural show for the conity of Merioneth was bhld on Wednesday ab Bala, and proved most sbucessfal in every respect. It was, in fact, one of the best exhibitior3 ever heldduring the twenty-two years that the society has been in existence. The black Welsh cattle wer6 E splendid lot of animals, and would have anne credittosny show in the ...

... fTIT BRENT -. CHARBG RBOOVB3Y. I I M OI MP O t .T A N T D iUE B A T T' I X' ' A'P R'I. I klM 30 ?? D THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL. ' CA-RRIED.. In the. House of :Commous on -Thursday Mr J( M Tnrna*s, in moving the second reading of the Tithe Rent-charge Recovery Bill, said the Govern- LI ment were 'very sensible that it would not be regarded as a settlement 'of the *hole.tithe ques-. tio, ...

... SALE OF PFURE.BT!?1) PTDIGREE STOCK R AT MADRIN HOUE FARM.- Fine weather aud the sale of far-famed hera of blaicl Welsh oabtle,' by a noted firm of auctioneers. i (Measra W. Dew and Sou). atttraote a goodly t gathering ?? tdryn omeEarm, li which ie owned by the popul-C ' iel Platb,a gpil A-. roan wrho hag dou3 'more than auylotherlmxr oW. aa!; to elevate the imroprtance of cattle breeding inm ...

... NOTES OF THE. WEEK. The academic status of the clergy in the Dioceseot Bangor may be gathered from the following particulars ?? ?? two; Oxford, 22 ?? 31 M.A.a' and 1 Do.L.; Cambridge, 10 B.A.'s and 6 ?? Durham, 3 ?? 1 M.A., and 4 Licentiates in Theology; Dublin, 12 B.A&'s and 5 ?? Lampeter, 2 B.D.'s and 21 ] ?? London University, 4 B.M's. There are 34 St. Boes and 2 Lampetor men -who do not C ...

... LLANB3ERIS ANN-UAL PErZ--MaETINO- OF rTHE DOLBADARN SCHOOLS.-These meetings, which are looked forward to with nmuch interest by both children and parents, were held at the Concert Hall on Friday last. The afternoon meeting was devoted to the infants and loworstandards, and the evening meeting was taken up by the older scholars ; both were presided over by MIr D. P. Williams, J.P., chairman of ...

... DR, (IARLES GBEY EDWARDS, house surgeon of the Carnarvoushire and Anglesey Inflrmary, bas re- sumed Mie duties after his recent serious illness. MR J. SMITH. the secretary of the Carnarvonsbire and Anglesey Infirmary, has received from Colonel McCorquodale, the president for the year, a donation of £20 towards the funds of the institu- tion, IMPORTANT TO LADIES.-Madame Worth's cele- brated ...

... DEN BIG EL. SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.-THUnSDAY. Present : Mr J. II. Jones (presiding), Messrs C. M. Humphre5N , R. C. B. Clough, J. T. Hughes, W. Reepfer, J. Lloyd Jones, and Mr B. E. Roberts, clerk. A LIVELY M5BTINO. A letter was received from Miss Jones, Love Lane Girls' School, requesting an increase of salary, and the Clerk explained that Miss Jones had taught musio to the children by notation ...

... i' AAVXNG LAIN FOR MONTHS IN AN OPEN GRAVE.' - 'Our readers will remember tbe thrilling chapter Recalled to Life, which begins' Dickens' Tale of Two Cities. Cases ocour in a differentfield which in interest and surprise almost equal that of the Bastile prisoner..: What the seret of life 'is and' hom it can be reaehed-and affectedhby any agent within the present knowledge of manD is the ...

... .lbANDUIDNO. THE English Ptesbytgerians beld a conference at the Iron Church.. yesterday (Thursday). Further partioulara next wees Rev. OWEN JorsE.-We regret to say that as we go to press this. aged minister and, townsman was not expected to live throufghout the day, the medical report beiiig thgt he was sinking fast. Mr'Jones,; who bad arrived at the' advanced age of 83 years, waeswidely ...

... PORTEMADOC. T~a FELOwER SHow.--& meeting of the committee of the Portmadoo Horticulturad Show was held on MIonday evening, at the Town Hall, Portmadoc, when further arrangements were made for the holding of the show on the first Friday in August next. It is believed the show will be fully as suc- cessful as hitherto, as, in addition to the usual numerous exhibitors, promises of exhibitshave ...