... THE WEATHER AND.4 TE CXROP& Broken and unsettled weather has prsl X throughout the course of the past week, and ea a day has passed without copious showersd e while the temperature has been loieand theni e especially cold, retarding the advance of: 'sa go and seriously jeopardising the prospects of thsre eicrops on the heavy lands. With the adven of d increased warmth and a cessation of rain ...

... 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. ...

... Five Men Killed.—Several Injured. On the 7th inst. a fearful explosion took place at Silverdale, in a pit almost adjoining the colliery, and in the same seam in which the explosion recently occurred at Apedale, the property of Messrs. Stanier and Co., by which over 20 men were killed. By the explosion on the 7th instant, which occurred through an accumulation of gas, five men were killed, and ...

... THE Newport Town Council have lately been charged with an unwillingness to look the Free Library ques- tion in the face, and with a desire to postpone, if not silte die, at all events to some more convenient season, all thought of carrying out the extension scheme lately brought under their notice. Nothing is easier than to level accusations, and to some, nothing is more agreeable than to ...

... THE EASTERN QUESTION. The following particulars of current events have been transmitted during the week by Correspondents of London daily papers, through Reuter's agency, &c. — THE BERLIN CONGRESS. ARRIVAL OF THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD. BERLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT. The Earl of Beaconsfield arrived a little before eight this evening. He was met at the station by the whole personnel of the British ...

... 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 ...

... A memorial has been transmitted to the Emperew of Russia from the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society submitting that the present Congress affords an appropriate occasion such as has not been presented since the Congress of Vienna in 1815, for carrymj into full and oomplete effect the consensus then ar. rived at on the subject of the Slave Trade and slavery, and in view of the fact that ...

... W11l) iFE IN A SOUTIHI-RNV COUIVTY. - n .,l[ l.- . . 1 .1- - - - - lx-BIRi)S OF1 T'lll CORN-FIELDS. I hk l llthorn hedge runs along some distance below the earth- X t he foot of the steepest part of the hill. It divides th 4 h onfrom) the ploughed land of the plain, which stretches tr flutc miles wide, across to another range opposite. A few stunted ~ e~o at itervals among the bushes, which ...

... NEW FBEE CHURCH AT SANDB.A-eK, HOLY LocH. L The new church was opened on Sunday last. I The Rev. Dr Adam, of Glasgow, secretary to the A . aomea Mission Fund of the Free Church, preached I( in the forenoon, and. the Rev. W. X. Thomson, of Belhaven U.P. Church, Glasgow, in the after- noon and evening. At each of these services there oT wvas a large attendance. The collection was very ueT ...

... After speaking of the recent murder of Mr. T. T. Cooper at Bhamo by one of his own guards, the Bombay Gazette remarks :—Personally, Mr. Cooper was a very amiable gentleman, and as a traveller he performed at least one feat which entitled him to the respect of men of science. He was at one time agent for the Chamber of Com- merce at Calcutta, and in 1868 he resolved to travel through China to ...