... THE GELLIGAER EISTEDDFOD. For sixteen or eighteen years an Eisteddfod, or Bardic festival, hath been held at the Harp Inn, Gelluaer, on Christmas day. And, indeed, much piaise is due to Mr. n. Davies, the landlord, for his lasting energy in getting his neighbours to subscribe, and for his own liberality in giving five or six pounds annually without any ccrtainty of getting any returns. » Let ...

... BKiS ;s. A Kiil'P. Y xMi Wi.i>NEsr>> DKC 27. (Before Mr. Com:iiissiv,nir Ilill.) Re John Price, Newport, draper.-A motion to annul the adjudication in this bankruptcy, or to remove ihe mes- senger of the Court out of posses-ion, was a.ijurueu r in this day for the purpose of hearing further aiiiJavks and arguments. !\1r. Ediin appeared on behalf of Mr. George Masters, the petitioner in the ...

... BY NICHOLAS MICHELL. Author of Ruins nf Many Lands, Spirits of the Past, &C. NOT lightly, but with reverence lay 'lh^ old Year in his solemn tomb, For high events have marked his way— Events of glory, fear, and gloom. He joins his myriad fathers dead, Ring out his knell, in yon deep sky! Calm be his sleep in that dark oed, The graveyard of eternity I And Memory watch his ashes well, While ...

... GROSMONT. GcN ACCIDENT.-We regret to have to record a dis- tressing accident which occurred on Thursday week last, to T. T. Trumper, Esq., of the Lawns, Grosmont. Mr. T. was, with some friends, out cock shooting. The day was frosty, and the ground slippery in crossing a small brook at the bottom of a dingle, Mr. T. fell, the gun flew out of his hand, and in the shock, exploded, carrying away ...

... ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN. A serious accident took place last Wednesday night, on the Great Northern Railway, at a short distance beyond the Leeds central fetation, to the train which leaves that town at 6.25 p.m., and arrives at Doncaster at 8.10 p.m. The train was passing over a crossing oil one of the viaducts, when the first carriage behind the engine struck against the points, and ...

... THE REV. H. WYBROW. An address, from which the following is an extract, was received this week from the Rev. H. Wybrow, and trans- mitted to the pew renters and others of the congregation of St. Paul's Church, Newport :— No words of mine can express all I have felt during my long, but unavoidable, absence from you and from my duties at Newport. I may truly say, that I have been in a strait ...

... MILE0SD HARBOUR OF IIEFUGE-Tiie haven opposite Milford has, for some time past, appeared more like a huge dock than anything else. Numbers of magnificent ships and smaller vessels haAe been glad to find a refuge here from the stormy Atlantic. The homeward and outward bound vessels have been equally anxious to reach its hospitable shores. If the South Wales Railway had only come to this ...

... MERTIIYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. INQUESTS.—An inquest was held ou tiie 20th instant, before George Overton, Esq., the Coroner of the district, on the body of a young woman named Ann Williams, aged 24 years, who appeared from the evidence to have died suddenly, while in the pains of childbirth. — Another inquest was held on the 2nd instant, at klie Three Horse Shoes public-house, on the body of ...

... POffTYPOOL- [CONTINUED FROM OUR 2ND PAGE.] CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. On Wednesday last, R. R. Williamson, Esq,, the deputy- coroner, held an inquest at the Clarence Hotel, on the body of Cornelius Reidy, a labourer, formerly residing at the Race. The jury empanelled were—Messrs. Henry Hughes (foreman), Wm. Wood, James Brown, Wm Pegler, Lot Holder, Absolom Russell. William Goodall, Thomas Jones, ...

... Further contributions from Shirenewton, to the Patriotic Fand, up to January 1st, 1855 C. ptain E. Hawkins 0 Mr. William Overton Jones 2 6 Subscriptions of Is. each 5 0 £5 7 6 The Christmas Festivities at Shirenewton, passed off as usual; the bells, merrily ringing, ushered in the day, which, however, was a gloomy, wet, and windy one. The village lads, following out the ancient custom, went ...

... J CASSELL'S ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.—This volume is from the pen of J. G. Goodrich, Esq., better known as the original [ Peter Parley, author of some of the most entertaining and popular works that have ever been written for the use of children and youth. The style is simple and easy the descriptions are full and compendious, and the maps and other ...

... Lord Aberdeen, the tirst Minister of the Crown, stated in the House of Lords, August 2, 1853 (spe the daily papers of the following morning), he had learnt from the best possible authority, the head of the (Inland Reve- nue) department that the coffee of that man (John Cassell) had been repeatedly analysed, and found pure. This shows that John Cassell's coffees are what he really represents ...