The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1876-07-14 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THANKSGITING FL ND.— It will be remembered by many of our readeis that the Synod of the Fresh, tenon Church of Englond itsolvid, at it, recent meeting in Liverpool, to celebrate the union then consuntmated by collecting a thanhsgising fund of not leas than £250,000, which it Is propesed to employ In helping poor congregations, in church extension, and in the suppoit of foreign or Jewish 111191601111. The scheme is very elastic, and the opportunity is given to donors to designate the specific objects to which their donations may be given. We undtritand that, taking advantage of the latitude thus aflorded, Mr. Robert Barbour, of Manchester, who has been distinguished by the support he has always given to the Presbyterian cause in England, has devoted a sum of £lO,ts,o to the foundathui of a professorship in the l'reellteriou College, Queen's -quote, London. Several re her munificent gifts hive been snrounced. It is contemplated, we understand, early in the autumn to hold an aggregsti public meeting—probably in tt e Free Trade flail, Msn. chester —to celebrate the union, and this will probehly be followed by • series of oongregstional meetings, with the special design of promoting the thanksgiving fund. —dfaxehegttr Examieur.  A train of carriages ran off a siding on the Great Western Railway, hist week, at Worceeter, and broke through a wall, falling into the river Serern. Several carriages were smashed, hut no one was injured. The barge Clio was run down and mink in the English Chat net a few days ago by En Austrian steamer. Two of the crew of the former were irovrortl. the remaining eight being landed at Cardiff on Faturday. lir. &Ahern has rtrirmed the directorate of the London iloymarket Theatre, nEd intsods heaceforth to take up his permanent abode in Amerim, n ruing over to Europe, however, occasionally to fulfil shcrt, 'engagements.  SUICIDE OF AN 'Els!' FARIIER,—A respectable farmer named Dunne has committed suicide near Edenderry, King's County, in consequence of a threatening letter ehTii he received. A mouth since he purchased a large farm, and had no so net- taken possession than he was threatered with beM, shot. This affected him so ttttt eh that he became insane and hanged himself on Saturday. A mar. named Cahill wa.; shot near Dunne's house last November. Previously Mr. Irving's Riehard ia we ere is lhave a spell of Shakespeare's play at Drury Laos ;Theatre, with Mr. Barry Sullivan in The title rac. The lesst is not ye • settled, and. belied, the timer is advertising for artists for the season, which commences on September •...3rd. Six hum:red pounds datmges have been obtained 4 It is signiticant f the progress of "sr irilualism," the widow of r Great Northrni pointaman from the so ceded, or "Spiritism. as ,oine will have it, that a North Eastern Railway Company Re ehtunonsation far new edition—lamely the twenty-fourth -of Allanthe lees of her husband, who Wili lined at Leeds. The lis.rdez's "Philosophic. Spiritueliele has it.st been 'action was broAriht ror du: widow by the Amalgamated publiebed atrar.c.—statcru-sm, Riociety of Baii.vaY Servant*.