... AT the Newport Petty-sessions, on Saturday, Rees Thomas, of Michaelstone-y-Vedw, was ordered to support the child of hid late servant girl, Margaret J ones. CRICKET CLUB.—This club has advertised the matches which will take place this season. They are down for a fair number, and we hope they will prove as successful as at football. CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY.—On Sunday two ser- mons were preached in ...

... So much has of late been said by the Conservative organs. of the country of the disorganised state of the Liberal party as almost to cause the members of that political body to weep bitter tears over their fallen state, if certain events, now and again, didjnot happen to prove that all that emanates from the Tories must not be taken as matter of fact. The recent elections have opened the eyes ...

... DIOLCH AM Y CYMHELLIAD. Anfon ch atom eto, Sibrydai'r Beirniad Fardd Mae'r frawddeg fechan hono Mewn heuldes swynol hardd Dylanwad gwyrf gymhelliad Wna'n dwyn i eurgylch n6s, I gysawd dynol gariad, A goleu dwyfol wres. GOHEBTL, ...

... The Salisbury Plain programme for this year's manoeuvres has been definitely abandoned. The 1st Army Corps will be assembled at Aldershot, and will continue in the neighbourhood of tie fmp during the whole period of lXlOhiiizatinn- ...

... AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS. SATURDAY, MAY 23th, 1878. A DOG RAID AT LLANDAFF. RAIDS on those owners of animals of the canine species who had not, previously to the visit of the lynx-eyed official, the Inland Revenue officer, procured licences for the same, have been general of late. N o doubt these raids Avere ordered by the Government, and, in the end, have done no harm. Tlie onslaught, ...

... THE SCOTCH DEPUTATION TO MR GLADSTONE. In consequence of a large number of Scotch members of Parliament desiring to accompany the deputation of Scotch ministers to Mr Gladstone to-day, the right hon. gentleman will receive the address at the Westminster Palace Hotel, at three p.m., instead of at ten a.m., as originally arranged. ...

... CANWYLLAU CYRFF. (0 Lyfr Jones o'r Tranch.) Joshua Coslet, who was a man of sense and knowledge told me of several Corpse-candles he had seen, but of one in particular, which he saw in a lane called Heol-bwlch-y-gwynt, that is Wind-gap-lane, in Llandeilo-faxvr Parish, where he suddenly met a Corpse-candle of small light when near him, but increasing as it went farther from him. He could ...

... NOTES ON AGRICULTURE. [E V A PRACTICAL FA EXES.] CORN. LONDON, Saturday.—There is nothing whatever to say of the corn trade beyond the ordinary mar- ket reports, where it will be seen that the trade in everything has been depressed, and a decline of Is per qr. has necessarily taken plaoe where sales are forced. This is mainly attributed to the greater hopes and more favourable prospects of ...

... CARDIFF COUNTY COURT.- THE BANKRUPTCY ACT. At the Cardiff County-court, on Thursday— before Judge Herbert—Mr Dunn, barrister, of the South Wales Circuit, made, in reference to the case of Woodfield and Sons v. Venzi, gun-maker, Bute Docks, an application to his Honour, to intimate to the Superior Court, from which the case had been sent down, that from the facts, as* brought out in the ...

... COWBRIDGE. THE CREMONA MUSICAL UNION.—Under the able management of Mr Leach, of Cardiff, a per- formance cf the above-named musical family was given in the Town-hall, on Menday night. The whole of the vocal and musical entertainment was warmly applauded by an appreciative audience. A COURT LrrT for the Manor of Llanblethian was held on Wednesday, at the Bear Hotel, Cowbrldge, before Mr W. ...

... VERDICT OF MANSLA TIG H Tiro 0.. W. 11..Brewer, held an inquest at the Workhouse, Newport, to inquire into the death of a child aged 3 years, named John Moore. The father of the child has been brought before the magistrates, with the woman with whom he cohabited, on a charge of neglect, and has been remanded. The child b,d been in the Union for some days, in a very serious state, and on ...

... MILITARY RIOT IN IRELAND. A military riot occurred at Clara, Tullamore, on Thursday, between two detachments of Mayo and Westmeath Militia Reserves. Both were ordered to proceed to Cork by special train, but, while waiting in Clara, the men got drunk and quarrelled. A general melee ensued, in which belts were freely used. When at the railway station the men broke the carriage windows. ...