... IM1. ALEXANDER MACDONALD, W.P., ON kOORBlGN COMPETITION. ma TO TIIS ED1TOU. d Sia,-I have read your leader in your MoudAy's id imnse with some care, in which you give Mr. H ?? Vivian as an authority that we are shorty to iaa n ionor iron goods sold in America, sa 10 next the Americans are Likely to drive us out of al the markets of the world. Could I believe that re this gloomy foreboding was ...

... I_ 1 SUCCESSFUL EDUCATIONAL I HBESLT8 AT ABERDARE. Aberdare School BZrd held its fortuightly meetin on Thursday, wrhen there were preent Dr. Pnce (in the chair), Eev. E, W. buoyd, sev. T. lnee, Meets. D. Danves (Cantoneeone), and J. Willam. Aprecept upon the overseers for the payment, on aciont ot the board, of £900e wasw ordered to be issued. The atendsoue offier reported that 4 number of ...

... INTERESTING ENTERTAIN- MNT AT MOUNTAIN ASH. - ?? b4 A. J'VDTNILE CHRISTMAS PL&Y. b On Friday evening last a juvenile Christmas G PlAYU enttled Nursery uha, or the Prince, V the PArty, And the Pie,. wee given at the Work- a, man's-hall, Moutain Ash, ander the direction of oe .the Ron. Sarah Brea and her sisters. The audienee vas a large and appreciative one, a number of children being ...

... I .:THEPt ADVANCE OF GENERAL ROBERTS. PREPARATION TO WINTEE. r3IENDLY DISPOSITION OF TH1E NATIVES. e. je oerd special correspondont, writing !;Ll, on Monday. ?? main body f lor-e oame on to Ali Khoyl on Sunday- . dianotly a change for the better, for the thermometer fell last night to Ve.. degrees above zero, we are sheltered eo . ?? wind which rendered the cold fa ,ioS' rninpportable on the ...

... SPIRIT OF THE WELSH PB*SS. . ?? MOuaN). ' The Aieriean Wasg sates thet Quees rs*tp contributed last year '2,oO% ddollrs towards ts temperanoe cause, end that tour of her. tbu~in are total abetses. It is- ahid sain Xtha must go from homa for news, and the above ills. trates the truth of the atatesomt. We kadw il Wales so little about the Court that we are quits unable even ts gues as to whether ...

... PARIS, Dcznusw 11 Pri While the country is fully determined to have ?? a, conservative Senate but Republican instead of wb lMerarehical, and so obst'ruotive, it is not loss de. lbs cided to have the present Cabinet digpli-y more courage or gtive way to more vigorous adnilois.He tratorso. Ministers collectively arc not ulp to opiflino in point of Republican pluck. As the 5ob Piet oi Jancary ...

... MINE INSPECTION. We, the undersigned^ having been appointed by our fellow- ivorknien to iuspect the Aberaman Col- liery, according to the provisions of the Mines Re- gulation Act, beg to state that we have examined all incline planes, man-boles, airways, returns, to- gether with the whole of the old workings in the four and nine-feet seams, and found the same quite free from gas, and in a ...

... The following circular has been issued :-To the colliers and all other workmen in connection with the collieries of Monmouthshire and South Wales. Fellow-workmen,-In issuing this our half-yearly circular, we desire to draw your par- ticular attention to matters of the greatest im- portance, hoping that all will take them into serious consideration. 1.—The election of members to constitute the ...

... The monthly meeting of this board was held on Monday, Mr Thompson in the chair. There were also present Messrs Edwards, Richards, and Jones. The collector, Mr Llewellyn, reported that the amount of the general district rate, made on the 4th November, was £ 290 18s 7di. The amount collected was C132 44 8d, leaving- a balance out- standing of E158 13s lid. It was arranged that the members of the ...

... A geaman named Griffith Johns, of the schooner Ilertre, of Carnarvon, was killed on Saturday night last, by falling from a plank connected with his vessel on to the beach, and breaking his neck. An inquest was held on Monday afternoon before Mr W. V. James, coroner, when the jury re- i k I WA Wk Q f, A wi Aq 4 w death. ...

... ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES. On Saturday night, at the Jewish Working Men's Club and Institute, Aldgate, a lecture was delivered by Professor Ansted, lAil.S.. on the subject of Accidents in Coal Mines. A great many of the so-called accidents occurring in mine¡:, he contended, might be prevented by pro- per supervision and there was no doubt that, izi this respect, there was a great improvement ...

... PROSECUTION UNDER THE MINES' REGULATION ACT. At Tredegar police-court on Tuesday, Mr Plews appeared in behalf of Mr Cadman, Government Inspector of Mines, to prosecute William Cutley, manager of Rock Colliery, for an alleged in- fringement of the 3rd general rule, and alo one of the special rules. Mr Ward appeared for the de- fence. The matter having been laid before the Home Secretary, ...