... A decision has been given by the Stipendiary at Merthyr Police Court which is worth the attention of friendly societies generally. The Guardians of the Union sought to obtain from the Rhymney Lodge of the Ancient Britons Friendly Society the sum of £ 8, payable to the widow of a deceased member on his death, on account of arrears due for his maintenance as a lunatic at the county asylum. The ...

... DESTRUCTION Olf GLASGOW THEATRE ROYAL BY FIRE. One of the largest and best equipped theatres in the kingdom was on Sunday morning destroyed by fire. At the close of Saturday night's per- formance, curiously enough the last performance of the season pantomime, the theatre doors were all locked, Mr. Knapp, the manager, and a few gen- tlemen remaining inside. Shortly after midnight Mr. Knapp ...

... INCREASE OF ENGLISH PAUPERISM. The comparative statement of pauperism for December, 1877, and December, 1878, shows that the number of paupers in England and Wales at the end of the Christmas quarter of 1878 was 736,340, which was an increase of 51,122, or 7-5 per cent; compared with 1877, and 62,207 or 9*2 per cent. compared with 1876. In the three di- visions of England in which the ...

... MR. ARCH AND THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS' UNION. At a largely-attended meeting of delegates from the various branches of the Oxford district of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union, held on Saturday At Oxford, under the presidency of Mr. Willet, chairman of the district, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:— That this meeting deeply regrets the present position of the ...

... THE CITY OF GLASGOW BANK TRIAL. PASSING SENTENCE. After the twelve days' trial, the six directors and the manager of the City of Glasgow Bank had sentence pronounced upon them on Saturday by the Lord Justice Clerk (Baron Moncreiff). There was intense excitement in the city follow- ing upon the verdict of the previous evening, finding all the prisoners guilty. The excitement, of course, centled ...

... [FROM THE TIMES. J If there be a point in Lord Hartington's ad- dress to which exception might most usefully be taken, it is, we think, that he omits a caution with which his recognition of the influence of academical teaching greatly needs to be balanced. When he urges young men to form fixed poli- tical principles at the universities, and to grasp them firmly in after life, he is in cAnger ...

... BAD WATER AT PONTYPOOL. To the Editor of the Free Press, Sir,—I shall feel obliged by yeur publishing the en- closed correspondence relating to this vexed question. Yours, &c., Masons' Arms, Pontypool, JOHN WILLIAMS. Jan. 29th, 1879. [COPY.] BAD WATER AT PONTYPOOL. Masons1 Arms, High St., Pontypool, x 18th January. 1879. Messsrs Duncan and Sons, Cardiff. Gentlemen,—A letter was published in ...

... EASTERN ROUMELIA AND THE PRO. POSED MIXED OCCUPATION. HOSTILITY OF THE BULGARIAN POPULATION. The plan of a mixed European occupation so discussed of late, has produced among the much younger and more impulsive portion of the Bulgarian population quite a storm of indigna- tion, venting itself in the most passionate declamation, and forbodiug desperate things on the part of the Bulgarians should ...

... Tne rut liliZQ in diamonds of Benchers, lJ,o,, f the 5th series j) the thirds a river of diamouds by Foutenay, (No. 1/73,582 ilth series ;) the fourth, a nvttr cf diamonds by Dumout, {024-.613 let series.) ...

... The ordinary general meeting of the London and Provincial Bank (Limited) was held on Wednes- day, at the Cannon-street Hotel, London. Mr C. E. Lewis, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, presided. The Chairman, in the course of his speech, said that the capital had not increased in fair propor- tion to the business. Their reserve had largely increased, but it was necessary that, having ...

... EBBW VALE. DEBATING CLAss.-A few evenings since the mem- bers or tais cUs. met in the Presbyterian Schoolroom, when Mr 1 .Jo ins^ presided, AND SHORT readings were [ given by the following GENTLEMAN :-MOSBM. Wall W Thomas, T. E. Evans, — TFAOMAS, F. W. Gretton, &r,. POPULAR ENTERTAIWMEXT.—LAST week another of the series of entertainments giV5M LLNTJAR AUA. pices of the friends of the Zion ...

... Lovers of pate de foie gros will probably be pleased to learn that there is little chance of a failure in the supply of the cherished delicacy. Geese-cramming, with a view to the ultimate manufacture of pati de foie gras is on the increase, and it is said that there are 250 people engaged in the business at Stras- bourg, in which city this strange branch of industry has thrived for more than a ...