... CYMDELTIIAS Y CERDDOMION- CYNHADLEDD YN NGHAERNARFOXN. A Prydnawn ddydd ?? diweddaf, cynhaliwyd , cynbadledd o gerddoriou Oymreig yn y Guild b Hall, Caernarfon, i'r dyben vo flurfio cymdeithas is gerddorol, yn Nghymra. Yr. oedd yn bresenol yn r y cy!arfod oyntaf y Parch E. Stephen (Tany. r roaria), Dr Joseph. Parry. (Pencerdd America), Afeistri D. Jenkins, Ias. Bae.; W. Jarrett Ro. e berts ...

... ?? L ONIDJ.N LETTER. :,SD_3S, Wu'nSSDANY EVEN'Sfj. I U 9 5 g.O w cci eo ary for the old year, ' *tQatc to lave a moment's regret * ?? last hoara. The NOe Tea, s to- -e generally t,2ged wvith a faoliU-L 2e ?? c s. c-_re chat we have een the last of I to t. e ?? this morning I have . ?? EOmn ?? aspect atll :y r t 1 must admit that I have th 't1 ?? .ol tory ia one of ti1 oa.r,: Tie weather ...

... At Leeds police-court, on Wednesday, Richard Gallkroder, a corn miller's assistant, was com- mitted for trial for having caused the death ot his wife by thrusting the stem of a tobacco pipe up her nostrils during a quarrel a fortnight ,igo. The tobacco stem caused a fracture of the skull and infl,iiirn-ttioti of the brain, which was the imme- diate cause of death. ...

... ITHE TICHBORN\E Cl'AlIMNT. A letter bee been ?? in Bristol from M. Guildlord onelow, by one ot toe Tiaie3:e Claimant Committee,' Cnnt be may expect ' Sr Roger will be released on the 12th oi Jnnalzy Iest. A meeting was held On Wednesday by t,:a Claimant'sa supportere, to nte him to mx, m, firat public re-appearsece in Briatol, At I;-ckbur. co Tulesday JThn labLurar, flS bent to priaoa for ...

... BUKGLAHY AT HARTLEPOOL. On Tuesday a daring bui-glary, as effected upon the premies of Mr Emmerson, jeweller. Chnrch- street, Worst Hartlepool. He had locked his shop for the right at s-ven, and, returning an hour later, discovered that the door had been forcibly opened, the light extinguished, and almost the entire portable contents removed from the pre- mises. How this was successfully ...

... WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.—The marked iron firms to-day advanced bars, sheets, and plates £1. Bars are now and Earl Dudley's JE9 12s 6d, sheets have become to £11. and plates £10 to £11. Buyers on Monday placed speculative orders at a rise of 30s. Hot blast all- mine pigs are £4 js. an increase of £1 on the quarter. Barrow hematites aad Tredegar pigs are 108 to £6. ...

... MONEY IARKET, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. The Exchanges have again been half deserted to-day. The Old Year is dying. and the uni- versal chant seems to be Let him die. We are promised all sort* of good things in 1880, and the question of questioua just now is—Shall we really yet them The probabilities are all in favour of the new coiner, and we 1 ope he I', il n t prove o thorough a fraud as his tin ...

... DYDD IAU, IONAWIL laf, 1SSO. .Y ?? 1879. Mor btelled agey-mae a fyno y deyrnas 'hon 'r flwyddynu-sydd newydd derfynu, yr .ei 6oedd yn un 6.r blynyddbedd mwyaf di- Las lewyrch a dikgoniant o fewn y ganrif. Daeth i mewn yn nghanol oerfel na bu ei o. gyffelyb ekoas ao. leiaf; ddeugain mlynedd. yn Canlynwyd yr oerfel mawr a maith gan. Yu wlybaniaeth na bu ei debyg o fewn yr oes. clh Ac achosodd ...

... SERMON AT MERTBYR. Last Sunday evening, the Rev. Nestor R. Wil- liams, of Merthyr, in delivering: his sermon to his congregation, which was a review of the year now closed, remarked, in noticing the wars in which our country has played so unfortunate a part, viz. On the political aspect of these horrid wars I shall not attempt to dwell. This is not the platform on which party politics should ...

... FIRE.—A hayrick, belonging to Mr Pathson. of Castle Pill Farm, was burnt down on Tuesday night. Rnv the rick took tire is unknown. ...

... ON CORRESPONDENCE. | LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. ilR i. NOBTHCOTK ON ThMi'BHAN'CB—TIIK DIVISION OV CENTRAL ASIA—MB GLADSTONE'S MONTH— THE DEMANDS OF GliEBCE-THE DUCHESS OF MAULBOBOUUH'S Wtiat does Sir Stafford Northcote me\n ? He given the licensed victuallers fair warning that they are no longer to expect the Cabinet to oppose all ticeusing reform. So much is very clear. But be has gone further ...

... PONTYPOOL. DR ScHOLFISl'.D, the popular temperance orator, delivered a powerful, address here on Tuesday evening. He dhcussed the temperance question in its relationship to law and literature, and foundered an extremely telling logical deduction on the Tay Bridge disaster. He explained the bridge had been built, and for what purpose, and while deeply sympathising with the victims, showed how ...