... REV J. MORRIs,-We have received your letter, but the teetotalisin of the question is not the topic of dis- cussion, but the disregard of the fundamental princi- ples of Liberalism displayed by the school board. Had the lecturer been appointed to demonstrate the beneficial influence of alcohol on the system, we should have denounced the action of the board in unmeasured terms. JUSTICE.—Although ...

... TO THB KDITOR. Srit,-The friends of any orphan girls in South Wales between six and twelve years of age may obtain forms of application from me for admission to the forthcoming election to the excellent Orphan School and Homo at Hainpstead.-I am, &c., MARK WHITWILL, Bristol, June 7th, 1839. ...

... LETTER. (FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) SPECIALLY WIRED. f LONDON, Tuesday Night. e condition of affairs in the ju'.t now little understood, but wbiqb, in pinion of high authorities!, is likely at an date to fotce itaetf P26iniully upon public tion. It is one of those troublesotno nsbery 'ons smouldering for years, and just now \ening- to burst !')to i! ...

... COMMITTAL OF THE LAD. At Tredegar petty sessions on Tuesday—before Dr Brown, Rev Rees Jones, and Mr Oolquhoun- William John Pester, aged nine years, was charged on remand with stabbing William John Green, aged 11 years, at Cwm, on May 9th. Mr T. G. Powell appeared for prisoner. Prosecutor, it will be remembered, with some other boys, were going from Waunyllwyd to Cwm, when they met the ...

... THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK ON THE ACT. Speaking at the annual meeting of the local branch of the Church of England Temperance Society, held at York on Wednesday, the Arch- bishop of York said, alluding to the closing of public-houses on Sunday, that it had worked well iQjIreland and Scotland,and would, ha believed, prevail in the long run. They bad had it passed for Wales, and now there was to be ...

... SHEEP SHEARING MATCH.—The third matoh for the district comprised within the parishes Esrlwysilan, Gellygaer, Lianvabon, Llanwonno, Merthyr Tydvil, Bedwas, Bedwellty, Machen, end Mynyddislwyn, was held on Tuesday after- noon at Eglwysilan. The weather was tine, and there was a numerous attendance. The judges wore Messrs Wilham Williams (Splotlands, Cardiff), Roger Vaughan (Abercanaidl, and ...

... NORTH DOCK, June 18.-Estiier, 45, Barrow, pitch. Tom, 23, VYatchet, tin boxes. Capt Cook ss, 153, Dublin, general. Ethel ss, 151, Cork, light. Annie, 37, Briton Ferry, acid. SOUTH DOCK, June 18,-Velindra ss, 65, Ilfracombe, passengers. PRINCE OF WALES DOCK, June 18.-Thunder ss, 382, Cardift, general. SAILINGS. NORTH DOCK, as, Mawhinney, Newry. Sir Galahad ss, Luty, Huelva. York ss, Sowden, ...

... THE DISESTABLISHMENT QUESTION. MR GLADSTONE CRITICISED. At the annual meeting of the Baptist Associa- tion of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, held at Newbridge-on-Wye on Wednesday and Thurs- day., Mr E. Morgan, Newtown, presided. WELSH SUNDAY CLOSING. Mr T. PAIUIY JONES submitted a resolution expressing the conviction that the Sunday Closing Act for Wales bad done infinite good in the ...

... I SPECIAL TELEGRAMS FROM LLOYD'S AGILVTS. I The steamer Morven, previously reported ashore at Westra Grundet, has put into Stockholm leaky. The steamer Fairfield, which was aground near Lulea, has been floated and taken to Holmsnnd- The ketch Antelope, of Harwich, from Newcastle for Colchester, is aground on Blakenev Sanus. The steamer Navarra. from Bilbao, grounded in the Mersey, but ...

... TRELEWIS. At the board schools on Whit-Monday after- noon a social tea-party was held in aid of the St. Mary's Church funds. The day was dull and cloudy, with a cold north wind blowing, Fitill there was a large number of visitors from the neigh- bouring districts. ...

... THE WEATHER. A Sheerness telegram states that boisterions weather, culminating in a violent gaie, prevailed at Sheerness on Monday, shipping movement being almost entirely suspended. Several water- men s boats have been swamped or partially wrecked, bathing machines damaged, and trees uprooted. Her Majesty's ship Mermaid was compelled to seek satety by proceeding to fresh moorings. The s ...

... MER1¥R. WEPESDAY.—Beiore Mr ,WIR.Li.-iM3, Dr DYKE, alJd Dr THEFT OF BOOTS,—-Da' Miles was charged with stealing a pair °l)oots, value 15s, the property of David PbdllPJD the 4th instant.— The boots had been tal¡ from a bag which prosecutor, a p3stInater Quaker's Yard, bad with bim at the Bail ourt public-liouse.- Prisoner's defence waR :ttJ he bad bought the boots. He was fined 30-v'r flay, ...