... On Tuesday morning a fisherman named Ben- jamin Edwards, was in his coracle on the river picking up wood floating on the water, there being a heavy flood after the late rain. When near Danyrallt Farm, opposite the tin works, he saw a man on the bank of the nver, near the rifle range throw his hat down and Jump, into the river and disappear. He believed the man to be William Davies, a mason, ...

... NEWTOWN. POLICE NEWS. On Wednesday Richard Humphreys, a labourer, was charged before W. J. H. Blythe with stealing a quantity of tobacca from John Edwards, tobacconist, Broad-street, the previous night. Prosecutor said tho prisoner had been in his shop the previous night for half- au ounce of tobacco. There were 80m3 or tobacco on the counter, some of which he missed. —Sergeant Hudson said on ...

... HIS RESIGNATION REQUIRED. At the Narberth Board of Guardians, on Mon- day there was a full attendance of guardians, presided over by the Rev. W. D. Phillips.—After the usual preliminary business, tho Chairman said they had met in consequence of a notice given that day month by Mr John Liewellin, of Blether- etone, that at this meeting Mr V. B. W. l. Jones, medical officer of health, be asked ...

... THE SINGULAR FRENCH WILL SUIT. TLe case of 1\1, and Afada ne Rivoiro c me on for hearing before the Civil Tribunal of on Saturday. The husband aud wife perished on the 12th ot June in a boat:ng accident upon the Rhone. ihe point for decision is, wliich of the two was the survivor, and the importance of de- ciding it lies in the fact that a fortune of some seventy-five thousand pounds sterling ...

... MOUNTAIN ASH. DYt'l.-RYN JOINT SCHOOLH COMMITTEE.—This connnittae held their monthly meeting at the Abeidare Arms CoSfee Tavern, Mr R. H. Rhys in the chair.—The Clerk read a letter from Lord AberdRi'e. calling attention to the off in the attendance in the boys' schools during the last three weeks. Out of 524 on tllè books only 527 were in actual attendance. A letter from Mr Dowling, master, on ...

... THE JEANNETTE EXPLORING EXPEDITION. ST. Petersburg, Jan. 21,—Intelligence received here from Jakutsk states that nine Americans, under the guidance of Mr Dannhauer, have left that place, and are expected at Irkutsk at the end of the present month. The searches made by Mr Melville for Lieut. De Long and his eighteen companions in an easterly direction from the mouth of the Lena have been ...

... tHE MEETING OF PALLIA MENT. The letter has been issued by the Prime Min!stt-r to his uppnrtCl:s in the HoHSC of Commons:— I'ttm:H'(! ...

... VAGRANCY. John Gratham was charged with vagrancy by sleep- ing at the Varteg Hill Works on the previous night. Prisoner pleaded guilty.—P.c. Saunders said he found prisoner in the locomotive shed at the Varteg Hill Colliery on Wednesday night, when he said be had obtained work, and was going to start in the morning. Witness thonght of taking him to the foreman, but he then denied having sought ...

... THE IRISH IN THE TOWER HAMl4 *Ir. James Bryce, the Liberal member ft' lower Hamlets, was announced to dliver annual address on Tuesday nigntto his constitl1 at the Bow and Bromley Institute, How R* building capable of accommodating 1,500 peopl6, hall was crowded to overflowing, and a consul number of Irishmen, sympathisers with tbÐ prisoned suspects, contrived to assemble platform. The ...

... ANNUAL DINNER OF RAIL- WAY OFFICIALS AT BUILTH. The tenth annual dinner of the employes of the London and North Western, Mid-Wales, and other railways, was held in the Assembly-room, Builth, on Friday evening. The dinner, pro- vided by Mr Philip James, of the Lion Hotel, was laid out in his well-known style The spacious room had been nicely decorated for the occasion by Messrs Tranter, ...

... THE DECISION (\i THE CALLIOPE CASK. THH judgment given In the case of t!is Ciuliope may seem to muny to be need- lessly severe. One na.tumlly sympathiser with the owner of a vessel who, it be :1:ullled, loses quite enough when cargo &nd evcrytlmig else h.tve Tl!.en it lias to be borne in mind thn.t the &i.'n of men ftCCUlllulate and fall :).t last, uot upon those who have been pronounced ...

... [FKOM OUR WELSH CORP.ESFOXOENT.] The council of the Cymmrodorion Society met on Wednesday evening at Lonsdale Chambers, Chancery Lane, Mr Stephen Evans, J.P., Chisle- hnrst, presiding. The following members were present:—The Rev. John Da vies, M.A., Mi- Mr Howel W. Lloyd, M.A.,Mr Brinlev Richards, Dr. Isambaid Owen, M.A., the Rev. i. Morgan, M.A., the Rev. Evan Jones, Mr R. H. Jenkins, Mr ...