... THE BRISTOL SCHOOL BOARD.-At a meeting of the Bristol School Board on Friday, Mr. Wilson, master of the St. Michael's National School, was elected clerk at a salary of £ 250 a year. ...

... THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON, The Emperor Napoleon has not yet received from the Emperor William or Count Bismarck any formal notification that peace has been concluded or that the period of his captivity is at an end. It is be lieved that such an assurance will not be given to the Emperor until afterthera ification of the terms of peace at Brussels. Should Count Bismarck in- form the Emperor that he ...

... (To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin), SIR,-The success of an institution founded for the purpose of encouraging the cultivation of an intellec- tual recreation, such as music, among every class of the community, without reference to rank, must in- terest all who take pleasure in watching social progress and the means by which it is ensured. The National Music Meetings were organised two ...

... The cost of the illustrated copy of the freedom of the city of London presented to Sir Albert Sas- soon, and the copy of the resolution for presenting the freedom, amounted to J6465. HORRIBLE CHARGE OF POISONING.-A singular trial is now being held before the criminal tribunal at Yverdon. One of the accused, a woman of the name of Marendaz, is charged with having poisoned one of the four ...

... GELLYGAER. Christmas is always a festive season in this district, and in no way is more marked than in the care and taste displayed in the decorations of the Parish Church, and al-i the heartiness and zeal thrown into the services. Tile walls of the Church were adorned with several emblems and appropriate texts. The font was beautifully ornamented with holly, ivy, tea., snrmoupted by across., ...

... On Saturday evening, a little after five o'clock, there was an accident on the Water Lane Junction, near Leeds. A luggage train came up from Huns- let, and as the engine was turned the wrong way, the driver went up the triangle to turn it near Nin- eveh Bridge. While it was thus on what is called the triangle, or what is locally described as the elbow the Derby slow train, due in Leeds about 5 ...

... Horatio Suckling, nineteen years old, in thE employment of an engineer in London, has been arrested at Antwerp for the theft of a cheque- book of which he made use. Being a former pupil of the Institute of St. Vincent de Paul at Malines, where 140f. were still due for his board, Suckling went there, handed over a cheque for £20, and cashed the difference in good Belgian money. Ralph Hunter, ...

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... Mr. E. J. Reed/ALP.the Liberal candidate for- the uoited boroughs bridge, andLI&abrissaot, addressed the electors of Ckrdiff on Monday at the Markethall, his reception being most enthusiastic Br. Edwards presided,.and about two tbousaBd 'peraooa were present. In reviewing the action of the^ Govern- ment, he stated he-believed that there waa^a great deal of reform to. do. One- thing was to give ...

... A special meeting of the Newport Town Council was held on Tuesday at noon, at the Town- a o consider the resolution of the last ...

... MR. CRAWSHAY BAILEY AND THE BKYNMAWR JSTFLK CORPS. — Mr. G'rawshay Bailey, who has for a large number of years been the most liberal Captain of the Brynmawr Rifle Corps, has for certain reasons sect in his resignation, which has caused much regret in the Corps. THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF PART OF TREVE- TO THE ABERGAVENNY UNION.—At the Board of Guardians on Thursday the 22nd inst., the Clerk ...

... USK AND EBBW FISHERIES. We have been favoured with a copy of the report issued by the Chairman and Hon. Secretary to the Uak and Ebbw Board of Conservators, for the year ending December 31st, 1877. We make the following extracts The fishing season of 1877 was generally wet and as a consequence the nets have done badly, but the putt and putcher fisheries have bad an average take. The anglers, ...