... BEDWELLTY. VESTRY MEETING.-On Thursday a very influential and well attended meeting of the ratepayers of this parish was held in the vestry room of the parish Church at eleven a.m. The Rev. W. Johns, the newly appointed vicar, took the chair by virtue of his office. The business commenced at once by the examining of the accounts of the overseers of the poor and the surveyors of the high- ways ...

... An unusual case of libel was heard at the Cardiff police court on Monday, before Mr. R. O. Jones, the stipendiary magistrate. The case was a criminal information for libel, brought by Mr. John Gunn, a retired draper, re- siding at Cardiff, against Af r. Robert McMillan, a draper, carrying on business in Newport. Mr. M. Morgan ap- peared for the complainant. The defendant stated that his ...

... It is to be hoped that the authorities will so arrange it that the Summer Assize and the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society in Cardiff do not clash. Were both to be held the same week, many officials, professional gentlemen, and others, might be put to serious inconvenience. ...

... ST. ANDREWS. The annual Easter Monday vestry meeting was held here on Monday the Rev. D. Howell, vicar, in the chair. There were also present the Rev. F. Jones, curate Messrs. C. Sankey and E. Dawson, church- wardens Messrs. Hoist, J. Morgan, J. Lewis, H. Heard, Aitkin, Robinson, Riches, aring, and Hooper. After reading the usual notice, the CHAIRMAN said the first thing they had to do was to ...

... EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA.—The earthquakes in Southern California began on Tuesday, continuing with decreasing violence for two days, more than 1 000 shocks being counted. Inyo county, the region affected, is an extinct volcanic district, sparsely inhabited. Several small towns have been greatly damao-ed. The loss is estimated at 30 killed and 100 wounded. There are rumours of an active ...

... The rectory of Staveley, near Knaresborough, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Bishop Hartley, M.A. It is worth .£400 a-year, and is in the gift of the representatives of the late rector. The rec- tory of Bartlow, Cambridgeshire, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. A. Watkins, M.A. It is worth .£2dO a-year, and is in private patronage. BRIGANDS IN SPAIN.—The Andalusian train ...

... Mention of the unhappy Pope seems to have same effect upon Mr. Newdegate, as red cloth has op an infuriated bull. A little while ago, when the I*0 Father was deprived of his temporal sovereignty) the QUEEN, in her private capacity, thought fit to him a letter of condolence, the honourable 11113111 of for North Warwickshire got into a dreadful state excitement, and prophesied all sorts of evil ...

... Mr. Robert W. Keate has received her Majesty's approval as Governor-in-Chief of the West African Settlements and Mr. Anthony Musgrave as Lieutenant- Governor of Natal. During the recess M. Thiers so-far anticipates the re- turn of the Government to Paris as to hold receptions at the Palace of the Elysee, which is being prepared for the purpose. The question of the restoration of two hundred ...

... DREADFUL LEAP OVER CEFN BRIDGE —Cefn fair did not pass away without a most deplorable accident. A coach painter of Merthyr, named Joseph Lee, who had gone to enjoy himself at the fair after the orthodox fashion, was returning home at night, considerably the worse for liquor. By some extraordinary infatuation, when on the bridge he became possessed with an idea that his watch was in the river ...

... II A'abiabau Mv'thuakrl. y Tmysg pethau eraill yn Nghyllideb Ffrainc y I d mae y swm o 66,000p. at gynal;y chwareudy. r Ar ryw gyfrif, nid ydyw y swm hwnoand bychan; 0 ar yr un pryd, y miae' yn arddangosiad o I archwaeth Ffrainc, ac yn ddangosiid o un o brif 0 elfenau ei llesgedd a'i gwendid. Y rhesymau a n ddygid dros dalu y swm hwn allan a drethoedd 0 y wlad ydoedd, fod y gelfyddyd ...

... I SYR PERIS. 'Dyma fi wedi dychwelyd yn ol eto, fy mechgyn i; yr wyf heddyw am adrodd i chwi ychydig o hanes fy nhaith. Y mae yn dda genyf eich gweled mnor fywiog a gweithgar. Byd gwyn anghyffredin ydyw hi yma heddyw; ond er ei fod yn wyn, y mae yn erwin erwinol, oblegid nid pob peth 'gIwyn sjdd hyfryd. Y mae fy ngorseddfainc. heddyw wedi ei gwisgo a mantell o ?? a phwy a erys gan ei oerni ...

... EISTEDDFOD' PENYGROES. Dyma un arall o'n cynulliadau mawrion llenydd- Y ol wedi ei restru ymhlith y pethau a fu. Mae yn d dda genym ddeall fod yr wyl hon wedi troi allan yn M ?? ymhob ystyr. Credwn mai dyma y n cynulliad mwyaf a welwyd erioed yn Penygroes. Yr oedd y lle yn orlawn, yn gymaint fel y teimlodd y gi pwyllgor fod yn angenrheidiol helbethu terfynau y ga babell, a threuliasom y rhan ...