... SOUTH WALES NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD FPU 1881. An adjourned meeting of the general committee for the carrying out of the South Wales National Eisteddfod of 1881 was held at the Temperance Hall, Merthyr, on Thursday afternoon, under the chairmanship of Mr David Rosser, president. There was a fair attendance. At the last meeting notice was given by Mr Lleweliyn Williams that he would move the ...

... THE FAIR MAID OF YSTRAD TYWI, A TALE OF THE TUDOR ACCESSION. BEING THE FIRST PRIZE TALE AT THE SOUTH WALES NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD, 1880, BY BERIAH GWYNFE EVANS. Author of Bi'onwen, Roundhead d; Cavalier, Owen Grlyndior, &c„ &e, (All rights reserved by the Author.) CHAPTER XXVIII.-A NEW ACTOR, Arthur and Sir Francis returned to Abermarlaiu, deeming themselves fortunate in having escaped. ...

... VALUABLE DISCOVERT fOR THE HAIR.—If your hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, use The Mexican Hair lltnewer, for it will positively restore in every case Grey or White hair to its original colour- without leaving the disagreeable smell of most Res, torers. It makc9 the hair charmingly beautiful; as well as promoting the growth of the hair on ba!d spots, where tiie gloiias are not ...

... ANOTHElt FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. The boiler in tlie kitchen of Tiverton Infumnry exploded on Saturday. A boy was killed on the spot, and a nurse severely injured. The 100:11 was completely wrecked. ...

... CARMARTHENSHIRE. At the Carmarthenshire winter assizes on Fri- day the following case was heard :— ALLEGED UNLAWFULLY WOUNDING AT LLAXDF.BIE. Thomas Dowen was indicted fr unlawfully cutting and vouiiding William Walters, road lab- urer, at the Cottage Inn, Llandebie, on the evening of the 1st u;st. The parties had a quarrei, and afterwards fought outside the house, when prosecutor alleged ...

... LOCA L I) no BATE CASE. III the Probata, Division of the High Court ot Justice, 011 Tuesday, Sir James liannen had before him au application in reference to the goods and effects of the la'e Mr Thomas Owen, formerly of Swansea. The brother of the deceased, a pilot of Swansea, applied for letters of adminis- tration on the presumption of death. The de* ceased wns a mariner, and in September, ...

... ROaAaTlcTBDUCTiON CASE, 4 (SPECIAL TELEGR.Ur.) At Exeter city assize-i oti Wednesday, before Mr Justice Lopei?, Cuthbert (Granville,a suiait young man, was iuuicted for having taken away r«J*lnmarried girl named Kate Green, v.nder Id, out i't the possession and ag:dn3t the will of iier father, an Exe'er trades :'ani The pri^ner did irgt ⪙.nar to i-jr sfee tiule iff the fit'j-^aud kept ...

... A correspondent states that the Bishop of Man- chester has appointed the Rev. J. B. M'Govern, of Liverpool (who has recently seceded from the Roman Church), to th. cashir* ...

... ABERDAllE COUNTY COUHT. At the first day's sitting of monthly county-court, on Tuesday,'the twi!.k, case of any public interest 'heard w as one iu \yii>^i? John Joues, collier, of Mili st1 eet, sued 70 nieitt^. bers of an un.egistere i cLothiug cL.b. heid ti L, Cross ion, Treoynon, Aberdare, for the tenay- meiit ot a sum of 5;6 18: for a balance of lent. Mr A..1. Iloweils appealed for the ...

... £1.000 CONTRIBUTED BY iXJItD WINDSOR. I 1-- TO THE EDITOR. j? • SIB,— Without permission of the writer 1 eutnre to ask YOll to mak; known the contents the enclosed ktter, because it will not on!y ratify your readers, but may also serve to stiinu- 1a,te the ge. erosity of those who have delayed accepting our invitation to join ill the WOI k. It would be a gracious recognition of-the ...

... :¿ RADICALS AND T HE GOVERN- MENT. The series of public meetings wMch it wa? arranged a few days ago to hold during the preMn? mbnt.h in Manchester. Leeds, Halifax, Nottmg- ham, Birmingham, ?d one or two other to.?? ana at which several Ulster.ijibera.ls andmem? bers of rarIiMnent were to have aehvere? addresses oB the Irish Land question, h?? abandoned, the promoters bemgsatisnedwnh tM result ...

... ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday nint.t, as two men named David ThomRs an't Thomas Edtcunda, were a.t work in the Dowlaia Iron Comiany Cuniery, a piece of atone feU upoj) them, and the theknee.MweUasothernijUtie. Edtuundawas injured about the head, bfit not serious. ...