... The Queen and the Frin.teis Beatrice have just reviewed the 42nd Highlanders (Black Watch). The Prussian Cabinet is, it is said, now con- sidering the advisability of instituting a regis- tered national debW ...

... FORTH. ELZCtION OF BURIAL BOAM) FOR DISTRICT OF LU.!IWOIIIHO.-A veetry meeting was held at the Forth Hotelz on Monday afternoon, for the par- pose of electlD a burial for that aection of tne parish of Hanwonno recently incorporated by Act of ParEament with the Y ...

... THE DISCONTNrr OF THE BOERS. CAPETOWN, Dec. 30th, via the TransvaaL— Volkstem, the organ of tin Boers, say3 that if Sir Garnet Wolseiey forcibly prevents tlie-nicetiiig of the Volksrand, he will iic;.ir the terrible responsi- bility of for ever Smiling the two white races in South Africa. According to the sama paper, Sir Garnet stated at a recent dinner at Pretoria that Her Majesty's Ministers ...

... YR HUSTYNGWlt. Pwy ydy w'r Hustyngwr ? Pa fodd mae adoabod Y cyfryw gymeriad Judasaidd a ffrom ? Un ydyw o linach Afagddu a Phechod, Ymdreigla inewiigwarthrudd, fel hwch yn y aoml Rhyw ng aChang ydyw cJecwr peisyddol, Gan agos cysylltiad y naill wrth y Ei emu sydd debyg i fynydd Hosgfaol, Neu uu sydd yn chwythu tAn-fegin y fall. 'Run fath a sarff dorchog mewn g'aswell t yn cuddio Mae'r adyn ...

... TENBY EISTEDDFOD FOR 1880.—The 1'enby Eisteddfod Connnittee has decided to bold an eisteddfod this year. an'l the date has been fixed August Had, Bank HoHJay. The arrangements will be on anex.ten.ive scale, and proceeds are to be devoted to the Baptist Building Fund. Mr H. William, Frog-street, ia the secretary, and the prizes and pieces already decided on in- crude the foUowing:—First prize, ...

... GENERAL. THE nÚSH FAMINE. THE food supply of the poor Irish people is becoming smaller from day to day. Ar- rangements have now been made to dis- tribute the relief which has been raised; but much suffering has been allowed to take tlace before the process of distribution has een carried into practice. Certainly, many thousands of pounds have been raised, and ttiany thousands more will be ...

... TL > WOULCV AT PAHTYFFYNON. A rrci, orks is to be erected on the ■ J vyndu ;;v ear Pantyffynon, by a few Oianelly gentK: who have been very fortunate 33 to their The siding is ready, fruf a -.rorka will be commenced forthwith. ...

... SCENETn jTcpRGHYARD. At the Notts county-sessions, on Saturday— before the Hon. Henry Strwtt and Colonel Seely —Henry Fisher and George Hackett, the latter a boy, were charged, under separate summonses, with assaulting the Rev. Thomas Ratcliffe, the rector of Stapleford, near Nottingham. It appeared from tha evidence tl at ill-feeling against the complainant had recently been displayed. On the ...

... SWANSEA. BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—A weekly meeting of this body was held at the union house, on Thurs- day, Mr Edward Bath presiding. The Clerk read a letter from the Local Government Board sub- mitting a copy of a communication addressed to the Weal Government Board by Mr David GlaslMok, applying for compensation for loss of emolument as registrar of Llarigafeiach sub- I district, caused by the ...

... ?SRy?.A?o POLICZ-COU? ??J' ?' court—?-?' ?J.—On Wednesday, at the pohce- ?c-wt?etore Messrs G. W. Walters and P. A. imams—David Morgan, of the Rhonos Farm, Clydach, was charged by the overseers of the poor of the parish of Hanelly with non-payment of Poor.rates. The bench made the usual order. ...

... BoARD OF GoAUMANS.—At the fortnightly meeting, held on Saturday, Mr S. Boaanquet pre- sided, and Lieut.-CoI. Davies occupied the vice- chair—The master's report '.hewed the number of inmates to be 183, against 190 the preceding week. and 213 the corresponding week of last year; vngrants relieved during the fortnight, 113; im- becilea in the house, 13; children attending the workhouse school, ...

... A CHIIJD BURNT TO DEATH AT TREHERBERT. A child named Mary Ann Jones, age l seven years, whilst playing with a fire in a field at Trel erbert, with other children, was burnt so severely on Tuesday that she succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday morning. ...