... 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'(! ...

... (Before His Honour Judge HERBERT.) v. DULONG.—His Honour gave judg- ment in this case, which came before hun at the last court. The plaintiff a Spanish mer- chant, and defendant a Freach captain. The claim was for the value of a deck cargo, which the defendwit threw overboard from his vessel tempestuous weather to save the ship and the rest of the cargo, the latter being the plaintiff's pro- ...

... LOCAL LIQUIDATIONS. fFROM Tl'ESDAV NIGHT'S GAZETTE.] John Williams, 3. Market-street, and Chapel- street, Pontypridd, grocer, trading as J. Wil- liams and Company. Wm. Green, of Pontyrhan Vicarage, near thyr Tydvil, cl -rk in holy orders. BANKRUPT. James Raphael, of 35, Crichton-street, Cardiff, tailor, draper, and outfitter. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Lloyd Jones, at the date of the petition, ...

... AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH AT MAESTEG. Mr Howell Cuthbertson, Neath, held an inquest on Tuesday, at the Castle Hotel, Maestejj, touching the death of Catherine John, age 71 years, a widow, of 19, JcJm-street; wlvo died very suddenly on Saturday evening last. The deceased was a very excitable woman, and on Saturday she had some cross- words with one of her grand-children. Soon after she went into a ...

... THE LOTTERY FRAUD IN CUBA. NEW YORK, January 5.—A despatch from Havana of yesterday's date, relative to the recent lottery fraud, states that the person who sold the ticket which was represented to have won the first prize of 500,000 dols. has been arrested, as well as the author of the false telegram purporting to come from Madrid. It is added that Messrs Borjcs and Co. have stopped the ...

... LOCAL- MILITARYMOVE- MENTS. The London Gazette of Tuesday niglit, contains the following:— War Office, Pall Jan. 10. MILITIA ARTILLER* (ROYAL MO9%OURMSIHIR E)„ —Lieut. Joseph Alfred Bradney to be captain, vice R. R. Williamson, promoted. Dated 12th inst.—Sydney William Ernest GilVeat, gentle- man, to be lieutenant. Dated 11th inst. MILITIA INFANTRY (3RD BATTALION THE ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS). — ...