... ?? I o;: MR. MARTIN EDWARDS, Pontypool, has 2 al. been appointed deputy-coroner for the county of honniouth. e it. A YoUNG WahilAN named Amelia Pratt, whose friends live LU Barton-street, Gloucester, e was drowned in the ship canal, about four mile4 from Gloncester, on Monday evening. AN ORATORIO bearin te title of a Jeremiah, from the pen of sn Alaw, is about to be published. The work is ...

... ITHE BOOTH WALES EISTEDDFOD, M tL:- ?? -r_ - l _. __ .I This grand eisteddfod took place at Cardigan, ho] on Wednesday, when tbouseards of persons were £2 present. A procession marohed to the Guilidhall, a3 headed by the Bronwydd brass baud, and coin- L8 prisiog in its ranks the mayor, town council, Eli mace bearers, officers and men of the Royal Navy up Reserve and CGostgnards at St. ...

... I * C~~ARDIFF. Tuceday was observed almost as a general holi. iro day in Cardiff. Many oft~hetradesmen's shops wre i were closed, numerous visitors made their appear. al ance in the steet, aud large numbers of towns. Ma. people 'agai patrcnised the marine trips to Weston Ur an riBtol. The teachers of various Sunday he schools also held their annua pionio in the as neighbourhood, hevisitors ...

... : gi THE AM.C. AT-EXETER, tc The Annual Movable Committee of the Xaix- D3 chester Unity of Oaddfllows, which now numbers T 526,000 members, willimeet thin (Monday) imornig t at Eeter for the transaction of the businss o *thefotder. It-Nexpected that over 400-delegates r 'wIll attend, aa representatives of the different V - districtg-or eonfeaeratbon of loes. Tho prociee. ingeof the A.M.C. ...

... Plymouth Theatre Royal was burnt down bv a fire, which broke out shortly before midnight. It is doubtful whether the adjoining Assembly- rooms and Royal Hotel will be saved. ...

... ON WHIT-MONDAY the children attending tlh4i Nonconformist Sunday Schools, after having; marched through the streets, headed by their choirs, were regaled with ten. Entertainments were held in the evening. A cricket match was played on Chapel Farm, between the Aberoars and Maesycwmmer Clubs, the local team proving the victors by ten wickets. ...

... HAMADRYAD HOSPITAL SHIP, — Report for the week ending the 13th day of June, 1878 :-Number of patients remaining last week, 32; admitted since, 8 discharged, 6; died, 1; Out-patients treated, 57; remain nj on board, 33. —W. Hughes, medical superintendent. AN ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING of the Council of the Borough will be held on Monday, the 17th instant, at 11 o'clock a.m., at which the ...

... There is a story told about the Vicar-designate of Kensington. A year or two ago the Prince of Wales was about to pay a visit to Doncaster, and proposed to put up at the Glyn parsonage. Mr Glyn's brother was at the time Equerry to the Prince of Wales, and to him the still youthful pastor conveyed an intimation to the effect that, much as he appreciated the proposed honour, he could not accept ...

... WHIT-MONDAY IN SOUTH WALES. CARDIFF. Contrary to the expectations caused by the gloomy weather on Sunday, brilliant sunshine favoured the Whit-Monday festivities at Cardiff, and brought out an unusually large concourse of pleasure-seekers. At an early hour the streets were thronged with the processions from the various Sunday Schools, which, with rtheir flags and banners, together with the ...

... Mr E. H. Jones, the borough analyst of Mon- mouth, was drowned on Saturday. He started in his canoe on Saturday for Bristol, but he never arrived at his destination, and his body and canoe were picked out of the water. ...

... The flagship of the British squadron in the Pacific has recently visited San Fran- cisco. A member of the American House of Representatives proposes to appoint an Anglo-American Commission, to ascertain the basis on which a Treaty between Canada and the United States might be concluded. According to a Cape Town telegram, j dated May 21st, the fiontier war at that date continued, but hopes were ...

... Contrary to expectation, the explorers at the Wood Pit, Haydock, made no progress during Monday night and on Tuesday. At about eight o'clock on Monday night they found that, despite the efforts which had been made to secure proper ventilation, the quantity of gas in the workings had increased considerably. This rendered the position of the explorers dangerous. They could not make any advance, ...