... An influential meeting in furtherance of this movement was held on Thursday, at the Westminster Palace Hotel, London, under the chairmanship of Mr Osborne Morgan, M.P. Amongst others present were-Mr Watkin Wil- liams, M.P., Mr Morgan Lloyd, Mr Hugh Owen, Mr John Matthews (Mayor of Aberystwyth), Rev. D. Charles (secretary), Rev. Owen Evans, Rev. M. D. Jones, Rev. Robert Jones, Rev. W. Lloyd, ...

... Wk ABERDOVEY. Pif, Mary and Alice, James, London, sundries PvLv^rry, Belfast, potatoes Velocity, Davies, Aber; ballast; i^iiow Drop, Walter, Barmouth, ditto |Vlv°n, Jones, St. John's, N. America, timber. K^ia —ane Owens, Williams, London, slates; Jane > Lewis, London, slates Seven Brothers, Davies, (W1' slates; Kathrina, Tliuder, Newport, slates; fa^th Margaret, Williams, Chester, lead ore ...

... STEALING A SHIRT. Thomas John Davies (16), imperfectly instructed, bank-book dealer, Swansea, was charged with stealing one flannel shirt, of the value of 9s. Gll., the property of one Griffith Phillips, at Llangefelach, on the 16th February, 1869, and with receiving the same knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Bowen prosecuted. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence Two months' imprisonment in the House ...

... pairingly for him, anticipates difficulty in dealing with it, owing to the great number of clauses. This is a matter of necessity, for what is wanted is a Consoli- dation Act, to include all those at present in force, ex- cepting, of course, the obsolete and inutile, and adding any that the wisdom of Parliament may deem ne- cessary. We have much to be thankful for in what has been already ...

... YSTRAD, RHONDDA. TESTIMONIAL.—The Rev. Mr. Morgan, the vicar of this parish, was presented on Friday evening last, with a very handsome silver tea and coffee service, on his leaving for Llandderiel, North Wales. The rev. gentle- man having expressed his opinion that he could not sustain the ordeal of a public formal farewell, a depu- tation waited upon him at the vicarage. Mr. Davies, Dan-yr ...

... LORD SIAYO.—His Excellency has already become very popular in India. CASHEL ,ELECTION PETITION.—Sir. O'Beirne, the Li- beral member, is unseated on account of bribery. Mr. Slunster, the petitioner, is also disqualified on account of bribery. MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.—The direc- tors of this company have determined on recommending a dividend for the past half-year at the rate of 4 per cent ...

... EPIPHANY QUARTER SESSIONS The Epiphany Quarter Sessions for the county were held, by adjournment, in the Town Hall, Cardiff, on Tuesday last, before R. O. Jones, Esq. (Chairman), and Evan Williams, Esq., of Dufiryn Frwd. The calen- dar contained the names of 32 males and 12 females. Eight had been admitted to bail. Of the remainder, only 7 could read and write, 15 were imperfectly instructed, ...

... THE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND. DEFEATS OF THE NATIVES. Details have been received of the recent defeats of the natives in New Zealand. Intelligence from Hawke's Bay says that the rebel position was attacked on the 5th of December. After a short struggle the Maories were driven in, leaving thirty dead and 6,000 rounds of ammu- nition. From Turanganui. December 4, a telegram from Mr. Richmond states ...

... Livepoo MiAO~i~l ,E O ES, ?? ?? ?? ~~ ?? k' 11 -.1.F° f t0R ?? Y, o'n rjA ptr faich o'ti weledy,,y yn'e gooedddi yn- ?? Sadwri . GYDA theimladay. 0,4fid r l gll griflo yr ydym ieadqw A ono ea'welaeb y gwemiidog enwodg ucbd yflyn a gyriex'dd ¶e ychydi funydau wedi naw o'r gloch nos Iau di- weddaf, yn y Benarth. preswylfod ei fab-yn-nghyf* raith, Richard Davies, Yaw., A.S. Ei oed oedd 72∈ ac ...

... FINE WRITING.—It is hoped that the Chinese, and the Hindoos, and the Persians, and such like haythen peoples, do not read the English newspapers. If they did, what would they think of such a horrible spectacle as is described in the London Standard when it says :— The Conservative chief (Disraeli) has been marked out for slaughter, and may be regarded already in the light of a victim. A few ...

... New Zealand papers have arrived to December 24th, and Australian to the 4th of January. The Melbourne Argus of the latter date says that the news from the seat of war in New Zealand is less doleful in its cha- racter than it was a month ago. There is now no danger at Wanganui; and on the East Coast the movements of the rebels have not been of a formidable character. The Challenger, the Brisk, ...

... LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. We had very heavy arrivals of foreign barley and maize last week, the other supplies being good. Exports, 442 qrs. oats 40 qrs. maize English wheat, 4,689 qrs.; foreign, 16,377 qrs. There was a short supply of fresh samples, this morning from Essex and Kent, mostly in very rough condition. Good dry sam- ples, being scarce, maintained last week's rates the rest were ...