... COLLISION AT SEA. LOSS OF NEARLY 70 LIVES, A Lloyd's telegram from Calcutta, dated Mon- day morning, says the British Indian Company steamer Ava, from Calcutta, and the Brem hilda, inward bound from Algoa Bay for Calcu ta, have been in collision 70 miles from Sandheads. The Ava sauk in 15 minutes after she struck. Among those lost are Captain Dickenson, Doctor E. W. Dere, Chief Clerk Mr Cooper ...

... M. 1.. T:\xi1. the athor of an infamous brochure entitie.t. A Bas I'L Calotte, has been summoned to ip-,t-nr before the Seine Assize Court on Thurs- day next, for outr.gfng a State religion. Ii U..U.; n \>rrjiuijx x>i KDioiNK, inconvenience, or expos. r«-*t. red by I,„ LUSFS DKUCIOIS KEYBMCNTA toon, which repairs the mucous membrane of tha atomacli and bowels, ami tho blood r..pidiy cur ng ...

... ACCEPTANCE OF REDUCTION. The colliers of the Cwm Glyn and C m Lickey pits resumed work on Monday morning, accept- ing the 10 per cent reduction. The obstacle caused by the hauliers demanding wages for an extra turn when working on the iliglit shift has been withdrawn by them. ...

... The new bowling green in the Sophia Gardens was opened on Thursday. The weather was 1 j no means favourable for outdoor amusements, and while the attendance of members was very large, the number of spectators was limited. Under the fostering care of Mr Pettigrew, the head gardener to Lord Bute, and the treasurer of the club, the severity of the wiuter had bad but little effect upon the grass, ...

... The weekly meeting of this board was held Thursday, r r J. T. D. Llewelyn presiding. were also present Messrs E. Bath ani K. Daniel (vice-chairmen), E. Roberts, D. E. Thomas, W. Lewi*, Isaac Davies, H. J. A. Rawlings, J. Naysinith, J. PUGH L)avi«S« T. Glasbrook, J. Griffiths, T. Jones P. Jenkii>8» J. Buse, lieea Harris, and the Rov. Richards. The clerk (Mr G. B. Hayues) BROUGHT up a report ...

... About one o'clock this (Friday) morning, a fire broke out in a cabinet maker's shop, occupied by Mr W. H. Thorne, at the back of Havelock- street. By the time the hose-reel arrived at the spot, the building was completely en- veloped in flames, which had made rapid headway upon the lightly-constructed furni- ture with which the room was stored. In the lower portion of the building, which is ...

... ASCENSION DAT.—Thursday being Ascension Dety. divine service was held at several churches in the town in the evening, and at some of the churches morning services were also held. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE HHYJINEY RAILWAY.—AN inquest was held at the Cardiff Infirmarv-before the deputy coroner-on Thurs- day, on the body of Thomas Thomas, a mineral guard, who fell from a train, on Saturday, ...

... SAD AcorD! ...

... AT EIN GOHEBWYR. Lines expressing my gratitude, &c.—Cyn- wysa y llinellau hyn amryw syniadau barddonol, gyda theimlad tyner a diolchgar, ac y maent yn weddol ddiwall o ran corfau a mydr. Er hyny, gyfaill, yr ydym yn ofui eu bod yn rhy bersonol ac y mae percheuogion y papur, fel ein hunain, yn barnu mai nid doeth agor y drws i ganu clod. Credivn mai y peth goraf allecu wueyd fyddai cael y ...

... EXECUTION IN RUSSIA, ST PETERSBURG, Saturday.—The Russian officer named Dubrovin, who when recently arrested wounded two sub-officers of the Gendarmerie by shots from a revolver, was hanged at ten o'clock yesterday morning on the glacis of the fortress of St Peter and St Paul, after the sentence of death, previously confirmed by General Gourko, had been read to him. ...

... All the blows we strike should be for a purpose; every nail driven should be a rivet in the machine of the universe. Nothing is so wholesome, nothing does so much for people s looks, as a little interchange of the small coin of benevolence. Every degree of guilt incurred by yieldir g to Jemptation tends to debase the mind and weaken he generous and benevolent principle of human mature. mr. ...

... WE, DNE, SDA Y, MA Y 28, 1879. At the meeting of the Crickhowell Rural Sanitary Authority a sad case of destitution was brought under notice by one of the members. Four children, who were deserted by their parents, had' been living without proper sustenance, in a filthy stated one of them being in a stitte of nudity. At the Pontypool Local Board on Tues- day, a report was read from Dr. Ogle, ...