... GSifEreapcndtents are, requested to send aecfaonts of matches* i c., not later than Tuesday in eaeh week.] P-ONFFIYPO* OL VISBTPKESIDENTS v. CLUB XI_ An interest ting match in connection with the l?dnty@oel Cricket Club was played at the Recreation Grounds, Pontypool Road, on Thurs- day afterm )on week, when a team of vice-presi- dents-and others faced a club eleven. unfor- tunately,, a number ...

... TOPICS OF THE WEEK. TRit Simeon Tms%n toft ovo 100 livingg their gift, many of these being, like St. James's Clifton—to which the Rev. Neville Sherbrooke just been appointed—positions of dignity aa wel us of high emolument. P^te elderly gentlemei iiipense this patronage in the interests of Bvan gelicalism, and the death of Oanon Cadman, recto] of Holy Trinity, Marylebone, created a vacancj ...

... THB laandon County Council have taken a stop which many of our municipal authorities would do well to follow. They have voted £1,600 for bands, and have already made arrangements for 260 per- formances in various parka and open spaces in the metropolis. Of course, the amount voted is con- siderably greater than that possible for er required by any provincial town; but the example is none the ...

... ABERSYCHAN. BAND OF HOPE OUTIN:C;On Monday last the children belonging to the English Congrega- tional Band of Hope, accompanied by a few adults, enjoyed. a trip in brakes to the much- frequented and renowned Raglan Castle. The weather being favourable, the party, which numbered about eighty, enjoyed themselves to the full. PROPERTY SALE.—On Monday last Mr. H. j Jacobs offered for sale at the ...

... A Southampton correspondent saysAmongst the passengers arrived here by the North German Lloyd steamer Lahn was Mr Lohlmann^one of the managing directors of the company. He was accompanied by his wife and two sons, one of whom, Mr Hans Lohlmann, is an officer of great promise in the German Navy. A few months since, whilst cruising in the Bay of Biscay on board the Frederick the Great, Mr Hans ...

... The fortnightly meeting of the Board of Guardians was held at the Workhouse, Griffiths- town, on Thursday morning. There were present Mr. E. J. Phillips, J.P. (chairman). the Rev. F. Foster, the Rev. C. Cook Messrs. R. Greenway, J.P., W. P. James, J.P., C. J. Parkes, J.P., P. Eckersley, J. E. Williams, R. Richards, J. S. Stanfield, F. W. Rafarel, James M. Hillier, and A. E. Bowen, clerk pro ...

... SamS is a man of some eminence in Albany, New York. Lately be visited this city. In passing up Broadway, lie discovered a half drunken man, riding a bay horse thab rather struck his fancy. He thua soliloquised, That's a fine beasb, and how much she look* like my Bess Hud she one white foot, I would certainly swear ib was her I wonder whab sorb of a 'dicken' I could strike up with the owner As ...

... As you go to Boston and Hartford by way of the Boston and Albany Railroad, if you take the morn- ing express, says Bob Burdette, there are two parlour-cars thereunto attached, with all the appurtenances thereunto appertaining, including a porter with a wisp-broom in one hand and a place for a quarter in the other. Now, these two parlour-cars are twins, differing only, as is the case with twins ...

... Mr „-&«wis has held an inquiry at the Kineto Head, Ighingford, into the circumstances attend- ing th«: respective deaths- of Florence Heathcote, aged five years and six months, and Emiljr Heath- oote, aged three years? and six months, th* daughters of Joseph Heathcote, a hatter's sales- man, residing at 66, Eynaston Road, Stoke Newingfcoa, who arealieged to have been murdered by their,mother, ...

... The fujt; concert, as announced by the New Market and Dunellen Vocal Union, was given in the First Presbyterian Church at Dunellen recently. It was a delijhtful treat—the pro- gramme as published exclusively in The Frets biing a particularly bright one, and of such uniform eicellence as to leave the critic.witit, nothing to do but to award due praise to all who Cook part. The singing 01 &e ...

... 4, ol.iaion his occurred' bet ween two. luggage on the London, Chatham, and Dever Bail- way. An up goods train was standing- on Black- friars Bridge when another triia, which had moved out of Ludgate-MU Station, can iinSo it with great force. While a squad of men belonging to the- Chorley Rifle Volunteers were practising, a shot fixed by Private Kay was not .m^ualle l. A man was sent to ...

... President Camot has left Paris for Pontaine- Ueau. The death is announced of N:t, .Itagusfoa Bakot British Ooialml *t V -m- 4 ...