... HOLYI [EAD. CHRISTMIAS bfl'lGS.' . The leading features in- our Christmas week .are the extraordinary, number of vessels that swarm the lhar bour,. and the very general disposition in all the inhabitants to' show their mutual good will to all around. InI fact, pend- ing tha pouring ip of bakers', grocers', tailors', dtoeors',, and ishoemakers' bills, everybody bas lbeen indluede to, put on a ...

... CHARLES WILLIAMS DAVID, ESQ., MAYOR. LIST OF THE COUNCIL, WITH EXPIRATION OF OFFICE. NORTH WARD T. Evans, J. Bird and W. Nell- 1867 W. Vachell, E. Whiffeo, and H. Bo«ren—1868 • E. U. Spencer, — Flint, and Dr Taylor- 1869. SOUTO WARD R J. Todd, T. Harvey, and J. Win- stone- 1867; H. Clements, S. D. Jenkins, and J. P.Ingle, dew—1868; D. Joues, Joseph Elliott, and P. Bird- 1869. ALDERMEN-Charles ...

... ECLIPSES is 1867.—There will be four eclipses in the course of the present year. 1. An annular eclipse of the sun, March 6, visible at Greenwich 8h. 17m. morning. 2. A partial eclipse of the moon, March 20, invisible at Greenwich. 3. A total eclipse of the sun, August 29, invisible at Greenwich. 4. A partial eclipse of the moon, Sep- tember 13, visible at Greenwich, begins at lOb. 57m. evening ...

... LITTLE MILL. J ABSCONDING 1>ROM THE KEKOB.MATwRY AD itr- CAPTUKB OF THE TBDANT. -A named William Prosper, who had previously absconded from the Re- formatory at Mill in this county in 18t)40, and vras taken some months asjo after being time at sea, again abseouded on the morning of Deceatbttr 2 S', b. It was his office that day to cany water from Lie weii, which is only a few yards from the ...

... NEW YEAR'S DAY SroRTs.—A pigeon match came off on New Year's Day, about two o'clock p.m., the prize being a fat pig, value £ 1, given by Mr. Potter, the land- lord of the Boar's Head Inn, entrance, Is and Is. 3d. each bird. Twelve persons competed for the fat prize; four of whom tied, viz., Mr. Gumbley, Mr. Belcher, Mr. Wm. Davies, and Mr, J. Morris (represented by Mr. Flyn). It ended by Mr. ...

... EISTEDDFOD SALEfE, COEDGRIFFITH, GER ABERYSTWYTH. Cyznali wyd yr eisteddfodl hon prydnawn dydd Nadol- ig, 1866i pryd y gwobrwywyd yr yiogelswyr baddugol ar y testynau caulynol. Dechreuwyd y cyfarfod cyntaf am 2 o'r gloch; ac i agor yr-eisteddfod, canwyd Repers gan gor ussdebol Cwmsymnlog, dan arweiniad Mr L. -ierce, yn hynod o swynol ac effeithiol. Yna, wedi neillduo y Parch Isaac.Jones (B), ...

... ftortD '-&atcE cbroutcle. I BANGOR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5,'1867. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Her Majesty's new year's gifts to' the' poor of a Windsor and Clewer were distributed ?? under the superintendence of the local fce'gy. It t is stated by the court Jowernal that the Queen t caught a cold during her visit to the mausoleum r on the anuiiversary of Prince' Albert's death, and 11 tlhat it resulted in ...

... INLAND LIETTioRs-These inoluda letters passing be. tween plooes in the United Kingdom, and also the Orkney, Shetland, Scilly, and Channel IslanJd, and the Isle of Man. The rate of postage it regulated y weight, irrespective of distance, and if paid in advance, ia as follows Letters weighing not more than 9 ox Id It more than i 01 not exceeding 1 oz 2d II 1 oz 1 £ 08 3d I 14 ol 2 o. 4d I And so ...

... Her Majesty Queen Aleundrina. Victoria, only daughter of H.R.H the late Duke of Kent, born May 24, 1819 Tn°n0«e9i 1^7 Wi1]|am IV-. 20 proclaimed ♦* 7 or.own«d -Tune 28, 1838; married Feb 10, 1840, to her cousin, H.R.H. Prince Albert, of Saxa Col ni' £ pecember 14,1861- Has issue— horn Nnw aln Louisa' pncesa Royal, w n J married January 25, 1858, to H.R H Frederick William, Crown Prince of ...

... [TO THE EDITOR OF TUB MONMOUTHSHIRE MERLIN.] SIR,-ln the days of yore there was a good o;d practice ext icised by the bell-iingers of our parish churches of ringing the oil year out and the new year in. The giddy dance or the j yous song was for the moment stopped to hear hose meiry pea's welcoming as into the era of a iien age. Alas! why is tt is good old custom abandoned at the venerable ...

... Ysbytty i'r Undeb.-Dydd Mercher, yr wythnos ] ddiweddaf, cynnaliodd aelodau y pwyllgor a bennod- wyd i ymdrin a'r ysbytty cynnygiedig, yn y Board- c room yn y totty. Yr oedd yn bresennol yr An- c rhydeddus Arglwydd Penrhyn (yn y gadair), Mri. C Bicknell, George Simpson, R Hughes, R Evans, a John Roberts. Y penderfyniad a ddaethpwyd iddo e oedd mai dymunol fyddai adeiladu adeilad anghys- C ...

... ,RP'ORT OF THE MAYOR O1'',,NARVON TO I ;;'THE LORDS OF HER ,MAJESTY'S PRIVY COUNCIL. I.. I Ihave to report as desred for the information of the t Pri ?? that'Dr. Seaton's report was this. day laid before the. Ldcal Board, and to express my coiudc- dehiic-~nd that of the Board in the remarks of Dr. Seaton, that had water, overcrowding, bad drainage, de'E fective privy accommodation,, and (in ...