... 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 ...

... BECOLLECTIONS OF TRE LATE GEORGE HU DSON. TIhe miembers of the Carlton Club and this froqluiontorl' of I'1 imill Isily- n corriespoiieno t of thlb flu i1 Nvles) lviii fnirlsOIL the liieter bistii' tigora of (eoreO -'son' who, afert 0 II le'g Illito posinh tibseviren front ha Ils naviesantry, hao cinlo 0111n cmercO fehiiliarl to IIWIsrovesto il w1i0 t roig II, lii t too ;) a bs. At I1mv ...

... CARDIFF CORPORPATION. The usual meeting of the Cardiff Town Couinoil was held wicoc yesterday. Ti aor(r C. W. David) presided, and rspa' there were preesaotMsr. Aldrme vnPide, Reese, bain1 and Aleander; and Cosnoillors Bowsen, Bird, Fisher, ls North, Splencer, IbVConnioehio, Jones, Whiffoen, Vasheil, POW( Slopar, and Thompson. sewe a Just Bs the meeting was opened, and before the Town- won]11 ...

... WILLS AND BEQU1ESTS. The vwill of the Right Hon. Lady Anne Blecoett, reli;t of the l ight Hon. Sir John 1leekott, I' C.F, It.S., .P. for Leeds, 155,some time Judge Adlvoratsitlcneiral, weeg proveld in liea Majesty's Court of Probate on the 28th tilt, and the versionaity stvreets inder X1 5,000 Her ladlychibi wis the tilr ledauightor of Wilihun, fit-fit Earl of Lousndle, l;C ailn Lady AlIgusta ...

... I MR, FOl[1IRGILL, ?? AT ME1RTHYR I TAR, TYDFI[h . on Monday evening Mr. Richard' Fethergill addressed a per crowded ansI hiably enthu siastle mweiing at the Drill Hall, c14 The welcome Afforded him equalled haetuism ta o accorded him at Aberdare the Previous week. The usual up, t comfortable Arrangements were made iso on the last cee-. wit sien of the bon. geutloman's appearance. The stage ...

... 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 ...

... At a meeting of the Irish Statistical Society Mr Justice Lawson in the chair—Mr. Heron, Q.C., M.P. for Tipperary, read a paper on the Irish Land Act, One of the first results of the Act, he said, had been that in many counties the practice of serving notices to quit had altogether stopped, except for non-pay- ment of rent. The second portion of the Act, to facili- tate purchase by tenants, had ...

... An extraordinary case of abduction was tried on December 19th before the Assize Court at Havre. A priest, the Abbe Vitet, and two nuns were accused of taking away from her parents a girl of 15J years of age, named Louise Prevost. Two English women named Mary and Caroline Pope, whose respective places of birth are stated in the legal journals to be Turnchapel and Plymstock, were indicted, ...

... It is currently reported that Parliament will meet for the despatch of business on the 23rd of January. ...

... 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. ...

... 0 fawl ar Ddychweliad y Parch. F. SONLEY JOHNSTONE yn aclod o'r Bwrdd Ysgol, TON— Robin yn Swil. I fyny a'r faner i entrycli y nen; Gorclifygwyd y gelyn mae'r frwydr ar ben; Er gwaethaf ci ystrvw, ei gynllwyn, a'i frad, Rhoed taw ar ei ymffrost, mac heddyw dan Ein Johnstone yw'r dyn, cin Johnstone dyn. Rliow'n lioedd fawr wetreiddiol-Ein John tone yw'r dyn. Er gwaethaf dichcllion yr Eglwys ...