... tod 1 ho will of the Ilight HIon. Ton Btllor Yardo-Boilor, wi fg uirst Pron C'hurston, J.P., D.L., many yoers AM.P. for S South Devon, Doputy-Lientonsnt for Devon, aud Deputy. hice Wneclen of the Staunaries, lato of Churston Ferrors aad tt-. tuptonchouse, Brixham, Devon, was proved in London oe the 'Ist tit., uisler XiSQOSjt persoualty, by the testator's grandson, John, Baron tihreston ...

... district J-Uuti. PONTYPRIDD. BURIAL BOARD.—The members of the newly-esta- blished Burial Board have just been appointed. They are the Rev. J. Griffiths, vicar of Glyntaff; Messrs. T. Fowler, D. Powell, G. Griffiths, A. Chivens, Robert- shaw, M. Cule, Daniel Williams, and R. Rogers. Mr. E. C. Spickett was appointed clerk to the Board. On Thursday the members proceeded to Treforest, to examine a ...

... THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. The week has been mostly severely cold and foggy, with now and then a little mild weather, sometimes indicating snow and then ra'n, th e.;h very little of either has fallen. The ,nil has been hardened, and with, this very early v'sit of ten dc^r^es of frost, we fe.ii* Pssnie root ji:N, on1y rovrretl. \yíl1 suffered. The p^K-rul rb-yvie/ o:' yyctation, howcer, for ...

... The number of paupers in metropolitan workhouses last week was 34,276, and 84,193 received out-door relief-making together a total of 118,469. Com- pared with the corresponding period in the years 1870, 1869, and 18B8 this shows a decrease respectively of 18,944, 23,967, and 18,907. The total number of vagrants relieved was 1,064, of whom 795 were men, 224 women, and 45 children under sixteen. ...

... The case of Tichborne v. Lushington was^ resumed on Monday morning, in the Westminster Sessions House, before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and a special jury. Mr. Baigent complained of an inaccuracy in the reports of his evidence, and wished to know if the shorthand notes were correct. His Lordship said he had no power over the press and if the party with which witness acted would not contribute ...

... THE EXECUTION OF ROSSEL. The Times observes that the fate of Rossel will call forth general sympathy. To the last, people could hardly believe that the sentence would be executed. Outside the military profession there was hardly one who opposed a commutation of the sentence. Rossel has perished in obedience to the strict code of his profession. The civil population, who would have shot half ...

... The Dublin Corporation yesterday elected A1' C°lV Durden Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. He Is seryative, and declares in favour of Home Rule. I wo men were washed overboard from the iolet, of Lowestoft, yesterday, and drowned. olliw The house of a farmer named Dohertv, i» Donegal, has been maliciously burnt. p. K The charge against Mr. Alderman Carter, Ly Leeds, for assaulting Mr. Maliisson, ...

... DISTRICT AINELLIGENCE. - `i~ en UARDIFF. to'1 1.BaE.ssn.AZe'e3 FEVAST AT BER AiA CHAMaoe-Tho tic saclred eocutatet (in ten Ecocictie) of Mer. 0. F. Root, who isl '1 lknownc in the musicial world as the anther of the cantattas EL of 'Denial, the 1Pilgrim Fathers, and some of the S I iciesbt popula1r Ancarionn melodies, wats performed cit the el lletlccsnie ChecT'pol, Loudenln-diicsare, last ...

... THURSDAY. The gnycst topic of the (by is now discussed in a more reassuring manner. The bulletins respecting the Prince of Wales are more cheerful, and—it maybe all imagina- tion, but the suspicion was at first general—have less the air of keeping something back. A letter from Lynn tells me that yesterday people about Kandringham were much more communicative, alaI looked much less grave than ...

... CENTRAL SOUTH AFRICA—THE COUNTRY*, ITS PEOPLE, AND THE MISSION.—On Monday evening last a lecture on the above subject was delivered at Groeswen by the Rev. T. M. Thomas, of the London Missionary Society. Mr. Thomas gave a vivid description of the Metebele country, its climate, rivers, and mountains, its valuable mineral resources, agricultural capacities, wonderful trees, fruits, and flowers. ...

... ■B YE-LA If S. VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the rf-v SCHOOL BOARD of the VATNOR DISTRICT, under the powers conferred on them by Section 74 of the Ele- mentary Education Act, 1870, have made, subject to the approval of the Education Department, certain li\ e-Laws, Requiring the Parenta of children of not than 6 years of age, nor more than IS years of age, to cause such hildren (unless thero is ...

... The Pinees observes that in railway practice, as t we know, the theory of competition has lameenta- bly broken down, and all the projects of amalga- s utation which are now so rife are nothing more t than feeble, hesitating, and painful attempts to get back to a position which was deliberately abandoned in 1844. We cannot now repair the mischief which was wrought by the mistaren cal. e ...