... inasmuch as they have carefully avoided bh'Ssii.g 11n district with anything of 111• • kind there is an;pie' scope for tbem_ to reform NI,IQ, caii- ot, but. justice we do expeet. and other means than solicitation be used. Let a, meeting be called whereat; the tradesmen can detail their nihi; .• grievances, and arrange the plan of campaign. There never was a better time than the present.. ...

... J EBROLD went to a party at which a Mr. Pepper had assembled all his friends. Jerrold said to his host, on entering the room, My dear Mr. Pepper, how ghul yon must be to see all your friends mustered. IN Ireland a sharp fellow is said to be as cute as Power's fox. the fox of Ballvhotherem. which used to read the newspapers every morning to find out where the hounds were to meet. WHEN a ...

... ■v 1 We have again to express our sincere regret that a paragraph, headed Pugilism at Troedy- rhiw, was permitted to appear in our impression of the 8th of November last. It was, undoubt- edly, calculated to hurt the feelings, and lower the character of Mr. Lewis Lewis, Glan Taff, to whom it in part referred; and ive, therefore) come forward to offer to him the fullest and most -unreserved ...

... April Itt. at T?oedyrhiw, Louisa Davies. wife of James Davies, and only daughter of Lewis Beynon, an old and well-known inhabitant at Troedyrhiw, aged 26 She waa interred m the Abervac cemetery, o?the 4th inat., in the pr?enoe of many f?? ? ?.?? waa a conaiatent member with the Calviniatic Methodiata, at Troedyrh?, and waa beloved bya?? knew heT., ...

... DEATHS. On the 14th inst, at St George's Terrace, Swansea, Mr. William Gething, aged 84, brother-in-law of Mr. John Bevan, Nantygwenith-street, Merthyr. On the 15th [inst, at Landscape place, Llandaff, Margaret Bevan, aged 83, sister, of Mr. John Bevan, Nantygwenith-street, Merthyr. The above aged persons were much respected, and their deaths deeply regretted by a large circle of friends. ...

... BIRTHS. On Fr day last, at Evans' Town, Rhymney, the wife of .}[r J. Fuell, Contractor, of a son. On the 8th instant, at Pontypridd, the wife of Me Philip Williams, The Foundry, of a son. November 29th, at Spring Hill Villa, Aberdare, the wife of Lewis Thomas Lewis, Civil and Mining ED. gineer, of a son. DEATHS. On the oOth November, at the Morlais Castle, after a lingering illness, itiary Ann ...

... MARRIAGES. On Wednesday, the 13th instant, at Hope Chapel, Mer- thyr Tydfil, by the Rev. John Thomas, Mr. David Mor- gans, Dowlais Office, to Miss Ceeilia Thomas, daughter of the late Mr. John Thomas, Dowlais. DEATHS. December 4th, at Bailey Pit, Monmouth, Mary, relict of the late Mr. William Ford, deeply beloved. On the 5th instant, Mrs. Mary Williams, 9 Pedwranfach, aged 79 years. On the 8th ...

... ABERDARE. LTCTUKE ON CHURCH MUSIC.—On Monday evening last the Rev. E. Lewis, B.A., Vicar of Aber- dare, delivered an exceedingly interesting lecture on 'Church Music, in the Assembly Room. The Vene- rable the Archdeacon of Llandaff presided, and at the conclusion of the lecture made a neat address. The Vicar's discourse was listened to by a respectable and interested auditory, and some of his ...

... DEATHS. On the 19th August, at Mbow, Bombay, George Lewis Russell, Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment of Foot, son of the late Captain Russell, of the 93rd Highlanders, and nephew of George Overton, Esq., Watton Mount, Brecon, aged 28 years. On the 27th ult., at 24, Glebeland Street, Merthyr, Martha, youngest daughter of Mr. T homas Thomas 'prin- ter, Fellten Office, aged 7 years. ...

... ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. The Editor is not responsible for the opinion of his Correspondents NATIONAL EDUCATION. SIR, -It will be remembered by your readers that in your paper of the 6th inst. there appeared the copy of a letter which I had addressed to the Secretary of the Man- chester Education Union, in which I expressed my views in relation to the important ...

... DEATHS. On the S9th uIt., at Harriett-street, Aberdare, Sibyl Catherine, relict of the late Mr. Llewellyn Morgan, of Mill street, in t!ie same town. The deceased had been a stedlast mem e- ot the Kstablisned Church for many ye irs past, and her whole life was marked by virtuous piety. On the 1st instant, at Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Mary Jane, the onlv duughrer el John Llewellyn, Esq., aged 1, ...

... THE Morning Chronicle has reduced its price to 2d., and the Dublin Daily Express comes down from 3d. to one penny. ANTICIPATED LOCK-OUT OF SOUTH YOEKSHIH* COLLIERs.-One of the largest and most influen- tial meetings of colliery proprietors which has probably been held in Soutn Yorkshire, took place on Friday, at the King's Head Hotel, Barnsley-J. Chambers, Esq., in the chair. The greatest ...