... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... -VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the J3I next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE for the said County will be held at the Town HaU, Cardiff, on TUESDAY, the Second day of JANUARY, 1872, at Half-past Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon. All Appeals and Traverses must be entered before the opening of the Court. At Half-past Twelve o'Clock the Justices will proceed with the. business relating to the ...

... INDIAN NEWS. The Bombay papers of November 25th brfag the fol- lowing items of intelligence :— The Ennlishman gives it as a fact not generally known, that from information received, the Govern- ment deemed it prudent to strengthen the guard round Peterhoff, the residence of the Viceroy at Simlft. Mr. J. B. Roberts has been suspended from office as magistrate of police and coroner, Calcutta ...

... Daniel Whitehouse, ESrj., John Lawrence, Esq., £ 5 C. E Lewis, Esq., 1;5: D. Harrhy, £ 5 and a Premium of £ 10. Weight-carrying Hunters First prize, :£20, Mr. G. Thomas, Coedriglan. Cardiff second, £ 10, Mr Charles H. Williams, Roath Court, Cardiff. Light-weight Hunters: First prize, £15, Col. Lindsay, Woodlands, Cardiff second, £ 10, Mr. C. B. Mansfield, Llysonen, St. Clears, Carmarthen. W. S ...

... » LONDON CORN MARKET.—MONDAY. Last week's supplies of foreign wheat were liberal, and of oats very heavy. English wheat, 6,776 qrs. foreign, 44,121 qrs.; exports, 5,571 qrs. The morning's show of fresh samples from Kent and Essex was limited, condition somewhat improved, yet factors had some difficulty in obtaining last week's rates. There was more demand for foreign, and rather better prices ...

... ■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 ...

... MR. R. CORY is doubtless a well-meaning citizen and a conscientious guardian of the poor. His philippics against strong drink are models of style. The Board Room of the Workhouse is the arena of his choicest oratory on the sublime question of beer and tobacco and snuff to the paupers. As an advocate of temperance, Mr. Cory is not precisely a temperate speaker. His spirits are of the most ...