... CARMARTHEN COUNTY ROADS BUARD. THE TURNPIKE ROADS (SOUTH WALES) BILli; IMPORTANT MEETING*. A quarterly meeting fir the Carmarthen Coilfily Roads Board was held at the Shire-haiij Carrnaf- then, on Wednesday, Mr It. JennihgS) Geliydegj pfesidihg. and fchfefe being & large attendance of members. A very long discussion took place on fin appli- cation fro tit Mr J. Waddell, railway contractofi for ...

... Stone's Mill, Ripponden, near Halifax, owned by Messrs Joseph Wliiteley Rud Son, cotton spinners, was on Mijaday morning destroyed by fire. The cause supposed to have been the over-heating irf^the machinery soon after th*' engine started The damage is estimated a|, b-itweeu £ 15,000 aud £ 20.000, mainly covw^UjJ i'.»«v4uce. ...

... LECTURE.—On Monday evening an interesting lectnre was delivered at the Drill-hall by the Rev. J. Harris, of Abersychan. The subject was Shenkin Penydd, the eccentric preacher of Wales. The rev. gintleman told, in a very dra- matic manner, the principal events in the career of this distinguished evangelist, as well as tracing the Welsh in their origin, language, peculiarities, manners, And ...

... LOCAL. CHAPEL DEBTS. THE Nonconformists of Wales have often been tunted with the alleged magnitude of their chapel debts. It has been asserted by those not favourable to the spread of Dissent that chapel-building is taken in hand as a speculation pure and simple, a speculation that often turns out a poor one. Can any of the rarious sects of Nonconformists be blamed if, when they see a number ...

... MANSLAUGHTER AT LIS- WERRY. INHUMAN PARENTS SHOCKING REVELATIONS. An adjourned inquest was held at the King of Prussia Inn, Liswerry, near Newport, on Thurs- day morning, on the body of Rose Emma Bennett, an infant 20 months old, about whose death allegations had been made of neglect on the part of the parents. The coroner for the district, Mr W. H. Brewer, opened the inquest a week since, but ...

... THIRD CARDIFF STARR BOWKETT BUILDING SOCIETY.—The fifth appropriation meeting in connection with this society was held in the Swiss Hall on Wednesday. Mr R. Y. Evans presided. The register number drawn was 065, which en- titles the holder, Mr W. Sheehan, North William- street, to the advance of .S400 free of interest. ENTERTAINMENT.—The Boys' School-room, :at Canton, was crowded with an ...

... INQUEST.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr T. Wil- liams, deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the Bush Hotel touching the death of the lad Morgan, who, as reported in Monday's issue, died at the hospital from the effects of a blocking whu;h he received at the works. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental death. ...

... Y GLODDESTWR. o was diffeth, hen stwffwl—yn wancus Traflynca y cwbwl Un difudd a difeddwl, A phawb wna awffio y ffwl. LLEDBODIAN. ...

... THE PROPOSED COLLEGE. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. The mayor of Cardiff presents his compliments to the editor of the South Wales Daily News, and would further trespass upon his kindness, asking him to kindly acknowledge the following subscriptions to the college fund birii. Keed, K.C.B.,M.P. JB250 0 0 Mr J. Ramsdale,^Cardiff £ 52 10 0 A friend.£52 10 0 Thos. Stephens, Cardiff. £ 25 0 0 4 r i ...

... PKNTM PoucK COURT. On Monday—before Mr Gwilym Williams, stipendiary magistrate— William Hobbs, John Jones, John Churches, William Grimths, and Thomas Smith, colliers youths residing at Treherbert-were remanded for a week on the charge of wounding Isaac Edwards and Daniel Bevan on Saturday night. All the parties, it appears, had been drinking, though not together, or at the same public-house. ...

... A CHINESE MURDER CASE. A horrible story is told in a recent number of the Pckin Gazette. There was a young man of so bad a disposition that his father compelled him to fen chin (set up a separate establishment). One day the old man came to the son's house intend- ing to pawn one of the young man's coats in order to gamble with. The son. re fused, objecting also to give him a pair of stockings ...

... AT EIN GOHEBWYR. Dychweiiad y Gog. Dau gyfansoddiad. Ymddangosant, ond rhaid dweyd y galiesid canu yn well ar y testyn hwn, fel y cewch weled. Y Bore Olaf. -Cymeradwy fel barddoniaeth, er nad ydym yn credu yr athrawiaeth a osodir allan yn rhan flaenaf y darn. Eiliad. -Englyn glew iawn. Rhiban GIas. -Penillion llithrig iawn. Diwydrwydd.—Credwn y buasai y darn hwn yn well pe gadawsid y ...