... BRIDGEND. HORSE SHOW.—On Saturday, a meeting of the promoters of the annual entire horse show was hold at the Wyndham Arms. Mr J. B. Jenkins, of Tregroes, occupied, the chair. The hon. sec. (Mr A. B. Price), explained the business of the meetiug, and it was agreed to hold the exhibition in April next. A committee was appointed, and the prize list agreed upon. HIGHWAY BOARD -VESTING;.—Tiie'way ...

... MEETING OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. The first meeting of the central committee, ap- pointed in connection with the forthcoming visit of the Church Congress to Swansea in 1879, was held at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, Herbert-place, S wansea. on Wednesday, under the presidency of the Right Hon. the Lord Bishop of St David's (Dr Basil Jones), and there was a large attendance ...

... WELCOME TIle inhabitants of Llandiio have determine I tt give Lord Dynevor a war:n welcome on the occ» eiou of taking up his residence at Dvnevor Castle, lie acceded to the title and estates last Am'u.it, and has made one short visit, but, owing to the oeath of ins father, notning was done at that ii ne. A meed g was held at the King's Head on day evening, when a committee of the lend-in ...

... ABERDARE. REVIVAL SERVICES, ;t correspondent writes, are being coudncted by Mrs Shepherd and her daughter. The former came here some months ago, and distributed handbills broadcast, announc- ing that if one desired to escape future torment, and learn the road to Heaven, he, or she, was in- vited to go to the Temperance-hall, and listen to Mrs Shepherd. Since her advent Mrs Shepherd has been in ...

... Messrs Thomas Stephens and William Charles, students of the above college, have passed the matriculation examination in the London Uni- versityl this month. Mr. Stephens was Eng- lish prizeman': in 1877, and Thomas scholar in 1878, at his own college. ...

... CHURCH VERSUS DISSENT. A lively, if not courteous, discussion took place during the meeting of the Aberdare School Board, on Thursday. The Chairman (Mr B. H. RÍJys) said he was going to make a charitable appeal to the board. Before him was a list of the clothing made at the Town Schools during the last thrae or four years. There was now in Aberdare a cloth- ing club,in which were the Hon. Mrs ...

... BRAVO MONMOUTH THE Conservative party of the County of Monmouth will probably see fit, for the moment, to laugh, as one of our humourists has it, with the wrong side of their mouths. They have hitherto looked upon Monmouth- shire as a Tory preserve, and Monmouth Borough as an appanage of the ducal house of Beaufort. If the proverbial straw on the surface proves anything, the Conservative ...

... 1 oxs, Simon. Abergavenny, ma le on behalf of Waiter Waters, for a wholesale licence for beer, to be sold oft the premises, at a house at Cwmbran. 'i he application wa= oppo-ed by Mr Greenway, PontypooL on behalf of some publicans n the neighbourhood. Decision reserved.—-John Brewer, J farmer, Cioesyceilog, wasjjeharged with driving a fl-k o'l sheep, aifecicd witli sc-dj, along the lu;:ii- way ...

... T, A Boston telegram reports that the schooner liapiu is missing, with a crew of four hands ut., f 3A?AC?M AM> PODOPHTILIW.—A fluid eom Dn i°n or derangement ot the lirer, particularly when arising from skylit congestion. By jreritl}- stimulating tae aot-lort ot the liver ami slightly moving the'bwvwte, the:hear?, clroway feeling; with sensation* of fulness, ofMn head-ache, pain beneath the ...

... THE SCOTCH RE-UNION AT CARDIFF. The fourth re-union of the natives of Scotland :md their friends took place on Friday EVENING at the assembly-room of the Cardiff Arms Hotel. An excellent working committee had been appointed, and the arrangements made were such as to insure Lhe most perfect success to a re-union which has now become an annual event at Cardiff. The room was gaily decorated with ...

... PRESENTATION.—Miis H.u rios. the daughter of the superintendent of the Ely School-, has been presented with a very handsome copy of Dr Farrar's Life of Christ, as a recognition of her services in playing the harmonium at the Wesleyan Chapel, Ely. LECTURE.—On Wednesday evening the Rev James Birch, of Bristol, delivered an eloquent lecture on Albert the Good, or lessons from Royalty, in the ...

... The result of 12 elections of candidates to the French Chamber of Deputies, on Sunday, was the return of seven Republi- cans and three Conservatives. In the other cases a second ballot is necessary. A telegram from the Viceroy of India, dated the 3rd of February, states that General Sandeman expects a probable satis- factory settlement of the dispute with the Alazais at Chaman, that General ...