... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MIERCURY. Gentlemen,-This question is now coming seriously to the front; and being one of great local importanoP, it is desirable the public sh ...

... 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 ...

... SOI:ENCE IN 1879. Tar past year has not been marked by any very, startling discovery in the region of science, though it would be a great mistake to infer from this that the army of scientific workers all over the world have been idle. It would be simply impossible in the space at our disposal to give any idea of the amount of work accomplished in science during the year, and equally ...

... All accounts speak of the gale of Sunday night as one of the most terrible ever experienced within memory of Dundee. The captain of one of the steamers which ply to and from Newport states that the spray on the river was flying to the height of a hundred feet, and that the gusts of wind were at times so terrible as to render it ?? for a person tostand inths face of it. It was in a gale of even ...

... A WELSH ROYAL CADEMY OF MUSIC. It is well known that the establishment of a National Theatre would not bring about the results which might be expected therefrom. Art would have no impetus given it, and in all proba- bility public taste would not be educated fuither than it is now. But the Royal Academy is an institution of an altogether different character. Welshmen a Welshwomen have to take ...

... [PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM,! DUNDEE, Wednesday Evening.—The explora- tion of the wreck of the train, now lying in the River Tay, has been prosecuted with great vigour to-day, and has resulted in important discoveries. At the same time, however, it must he admitted that operations hitherto have been slow. The Government have at length evidently taken notice of this, for the Admiralty to-day ...

... ATTACK ON THE BRITISH AT GUNDAMUK. We have received the following from the India Office (From VICEROY.) December 30.-Bright reports Norman attacked at Gundamuk yesterday by Azma- tullah Khan and Lughman Chiefs, with about 2,000 followers; enemy driven off. Our loss, Lieutenant Wright, TL A., and one man killed; one man wounded. Norman advances to-day to re-occupy Sehbaba and Lataband. ...

... NEWNTHAM. COUNTY-CC R.T.—Th^ court was held on Wed- nesday. before His, H-uour C. Sumner, judge. One of the heM: was that of Organ v. Richard Williams. Tie parties live at Cinderford, and the action was bright to recover £167;; Id for masonry at the Teuperance Hotel,Cinderford. Mr Jackson appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Goldring for the dcfeidant. It was contended that Williams was ageit ...

... GEORGE BEVAN BOWEN, LLWYN. GWAXB, NEWPORT, PEM. _7 (1'nROM OUR OWN REPORTEL) Monday, the 29th of December, waa a red letter daywi theeinabitants of the delightful little watering ...

... Thursda being New yea's Day, 13.e as TI uhealth ~icomnimztoc wa weekly weeting of the*.lth rpt -, *le held yesterday t e F nO'P p ied, dale street. Mip Ai au dpesided aef 5, Mousin ...

... ,I -AVY ACCIDENT AT 3RADFORD. _V . ?? L3L t ?? nit eri.eotl lwi Ch ?? soiflo Itlarilla, t) i I n t 1 I a t I- I wilI lot at tendel with ?? airy to Ela1y onue, f r'itiit'li''{l itt-twa-eat thle xcll -litigo Stntion milt S. Diistan's Ct FIIItti oll. ,1ittord. W'itile a. (Beat Noir rit pci 5asid-eCI ( tl:111 vit-'- slllkiliq tt th1C ?? sigatil, tt'-o titacs a V-ii-Kit liltl got 10''SL ill ?? f ...

... 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. ...