... ALLEGED ASSAULTS AT A BIR- MINGHAM TOWN'S. MEETING. TUB MAYOR, AX ALDERMAN, AND MAJOE BOND SUMMONED. O.i li.esday, at the Birmingham police-court, M'plication was male for summonses against M*5 r iayor, the chairman of the watch committee t H. Wright, chairman of the Liberal Associ- > and Riajor BonJ, chief of uolice, for as- aaults alleged to have been committed at the lowa-hall, on the ...

... THE IRISH SCHOOL TEACHERS CONFERENCE. At the congress of the Irish School Masters' Association, oil Tuesday, in Dublin, some conti- dence was expressed in the working of the Inter- mediate Education Act, although tho curriculum is regarded as rather tentative at present. The view taken by the president ia that it will elevate the status of schoolmasters in Ireland. The Irish primary teachers ...

... GAN Y PARCH. JOHN HALL, D. D. Y MAR o dan fy Ilygad, tra yr ydwyf yn yogrifenu gerdyn ymyl ddu o'r~fath ag a anfonwn i'n cyfeillion pan fyddo oysgod angen yn ein hanneddau, fel y gwy- bont am ein galar, an y rhoddant i ni enoydymideoimlad a' agweddiau. Y mae yn yr iaith y mba un yr arferai y Parch. Edward Morgan bregethu yr efengyl a hoffai mor fawr. Y mae yn drllen fel y ?? serehus g6f am y ...

... MR SPURGEON AD Bl CON. GREGATlOJi. BAZAAR AT TliF, MFTROPOIITAN TABERNACLE LECTURE-HALL. [SPECIAL tblbgbamJ HOLD i ne oazaar which it has been arrange** in aid of the celebration of Mr pletion of 25 years ministry was formerly °P#n~r in the Metropolitan /Tabernacle L^ctore-naii. Tuesday afternoon, in the presence of people, notwithstanding that 2s Gd admission w charged. Sad disappointment, ...

... MARCHINADOEDD YD SAESONIG. Hull. Rhagfyr 24ain. Stio helaoth o wenith eartrefdl, an yr oadd y fasnach yn gyfynaedig mown pob math ond y samplau goreu, ao yr sedd y prislau yn debyg fel o'r blsen. Yr oedd yn anhawdd gwertha haidd, oddi eitbr y mathau gorea. Pys a ffa yn dal yr un fath. Ychydig o asl oedd am Indrawn, and y ptisifa yabydiz yn is. L~eedq, Rbagfyr 24ain. Yr oedd gwenith yn dawel ...

... DISTRESS IX SOUTH WALES. 1] rider the alx>ve^ heading a gentleman, signing himself William Williams, writes to the Uaudard from Dukestown, Tredegar. Mr Williams says that the prospect for the future fo 50,000 iron. workers and their families is far more irloouiy now than it was last year, and he believes their actual condition now ia equally as bad as it was then, and to the thousands of the ...

... ADOLYGIAD AR Y ?? 18 878. MoR ebrwydd y mae y naill ?? ar ol y llall yn myned heibio ! Nid ydyw ond megys doe er pan yr oedd y ?? 1878 yn dechreu:-ac erbyn heddyw wele hi yn mhlith y petbau a fu. Ond er nas gallwn alw yn ol un o'r lliaws digwyddiadau pwysig a gymmerasant le ynddi, gallwn en badolygau, a derbyn rhyw fanteision pwvysig i ni ein hunain oddi wrth yr adolygiad o honynt. Ni a ...

... CYNNALIWYD eisteddfod lewyrchus iawn yn y lle uchod ddydd Nadolig. Llywydd, Joseph Evans, Yew., Broh-y-gog. Arweinydd, Edward Davies, Yew., Dolgaradog. Beirniad y rhyddiaeth a'r farddoniaetb, Tafolog. Beirniad y gerddoriaeth, Harmonydd. Cadeirydd y pwyllgor, y Parch. J. R. Roberts. Trysorydd, Mr. David Edwards, Rhos.y-gareg. Ysgrifenydd, Mr. Humphrey Mer. edith, Machynilleth. Rhoddwn grynodeb ...

... LOCAL AUTEHRITIES. T. - as; 'WA3SEA. PARISH SCHOOL BOABD.-A meeting of the school board tor the parish of Swansea Higher and Lower was held on Monday, LraI when there were present the Rev. L. Danes r of (vice-ohcirmaa), who presided, Revs. E. W. sty Bolney and J. Davies, Mesnra. 3. Powell try (Waunarlwydd) and J. B. Jenkin .-The treasurer'a book showed that there war a balance in hand of ...

... THE GLASGOW BANK. OFFICIAL REPORT, The following report wa. supplied officially at a meeting of liquidators ui tre City of Glasgow Bank, held on Tuesday afternoon. A dividend would have been declared pay.l.le at the end of January but for the circuwstanc. that the trial of the directors of the bank has, it. is understood, been fixed to commence on th 20th or the month. The bank books, many ot ...

... SEMI-STARVATION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CARDIFF. At the Cardiff borough police-court, on Tuesday —before Alderman Lewis (Mayor) and Alder- man Alexander—John Gardner was charged with having attempted to commit suicide. From the evidence it would seem that the defendant, in consequence of lack of work and limited food, pro- cured a quantity of ammonia, and drank it. He was attended by a ...

... THE WIZARD, Tuesday.—Wind W, whole crile. We.itber hazy. Barometer, 2J'5. Passed East— Swedish barque Mathilda, of Sumiswall; steamers W estmoreland, of Liver{x>ol; Kins Artlmr, of Whitby Hesieden, of West ilai tiepool; one of Belgian Red Star Line steamers. ...