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SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1869. MB. GLADSTONE may accept the amendments, of which notice has already been given by Lords Ia rI-- - - - - ~"Iuuuy liven given oy Lorqs RUSSELL, GREY, LIFFOPD, and SHAFTESBURY, as a kind of foretaste of the mode in which the Irish Church Bill will be handle

BI2ECON v- M.ERTHYR. An interesting matchl was played on Friday last, on tho Brecon Criclcet tround, between thie Brecon and Merthlvr Tydlfil cricketers. The weather on the occasion was cold and bleak, neverthsless it did not seem to dalmp tile ardour or spirit of the players. P

The House of Lords will go into Committee on'the Irish Church Bill to-morrow, and several sheets of pro t posed amendments have been printed, the principal of which have already appeared in the Western Mail. The t? Pall Hall Gazette thus describes the purport of these several pr

SWAINTSEA. LiG}HT WEIGHTS AND UNJ>SU5T SCALES AND MEASURES. -At the Police-court, yesterday, before J. T. Dillwyn LIewveilyn, J. T. Jenlin, and N. Cameron, fEsqrs., another batch of 10hopicepers wvas summoned at the instance of the Inspector of 'Weights and -Measures, for having

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On Tuesday morning both Houses of the Province of Canterbury assembled at Westminster for the despatch of business. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided at the meeting of the Upper House, which was held in Queen Anne's Bounty-office. The Bishop of Ely presented a petition from

. ' OXFORD AND CAMBRiDGE UN1IVE1SITIE8 *, Thi match CRICKET MATCH. This- matc was, resumed at Lord's yesterday. The weather was fine, the ground in much better condition than on the previous day, and the company large and fashionable. When thewiekets were pitched, the position o