... A SctDAY PUBLIC HOUSE CASE.—At the monthly sessions on Tuesday, P.C. George Mitchelmore charged John Stephen Ebeworth, of the Beach House Inn, Pendine, with keeping his house open on Sunday, the 3rd inst., and six men were charged with being present. Mr Howell defended. Ebsworth was fined 10s and 14s costs, and the other defendants 153 each. ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—Evan Howells and Hannah ...

... About eight o'clock on Monday evening, two men, armed and disguised, entered the house of James Curtin, Coom, neai Castle Island, by the back door. Anothe.r man kno. kod at the. rout doer, and was admitted by the first two. Curtin and his wife wer,1 sitting before the kitchen fire. She gave him the child for protection, and stood between. The men charged Curtin with refusing sites for ...

... THE ANCHOR LINE STKAMER AUSTRAL. This fine steamer had her trial trip 011 the Clyde on Saturday, and subsequently steamed round to Liverpool to prepare for her tirst voyage to New York under the flag of the Anchor Line, the owners of the well-known steamer City of Rome. The Austral is built entirely of mild steel, and has a double bottom, with a space of over 3ft. between the inner and outer ...

... LOCAL BOARD.—The following are nominated for the four vacant seats on the Brynmawr Local Board of Health Messrs G. Hicks, T. Hughes, T. Richards, J. Watkins, D. Morgan, D. Lewis, and Wm. Williams. ...

... NEW BAPTIST CHAPEL.—On Monday afternoon the memorial stone of a new Welsh Baptist Chapel, in course of erection at the above place, was laid by Mr David Williams, of Aberdare (son of Mr Williams, formerly of Ynisawdre). The contract for the building is being executed by Mr George James, of Bridgend, and the edifice will accommodate 400. A silves-plated trowel (the gift of Mr Wm. Williams, ...

... THE WEATHEU AND THE CROP. [FROM MONDAY'S MAR'{-r,ANE EXPRESS.] The welcome rainfall has improved the position of the autumn sown crops without causing any important hindrance to outdoor work. On all sides autumn cultivation is in an unusually forward state, and in the later lands the ploughs are wait- ing for the removal of hurdles. The damp atmosphere has affected the condition of farmers' ...

... SIR AUGUSTUS PAGET, G.C.B. Tuesday's Gazette contains an announcement that Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget, G.C.B., late British ambassador to Italy, and the father of Lady Windsor, has been appointed ambassador to Austria. Sir Augustas Paget dined with her Majesty on Monday evening, and on Tuesday kissed hands on his appointment as ambassador at Vienna. ...

... THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF THE SHIPPING LAWS. About a month ago, the Board of Trade issued a circular to shipowners and others throughout the kingdom, containing a number of statements and proposals directed towards an amendment of the law, with a view to lessen loss of life at sea. The circular also included a list of shipping casa- alties, showing the increasing fearful loss of life which ...

... At the Pentre police-court on Monday—before Mr Gwilym Williams—Wm. Lewis, George Davies, Evan Davies, Edwin Phillips, Henry Trueman, Dd. Griffiths, Jno. Thomas, and J no. George, were brought up in custody charged with breaking and entering into the Lamb and F.1ag public-house, Pontypridd, on Sunday evening last. John Davies, landlord of the Lamb and Flag, was called and said that he and his ...

... THE EXPLOSION FUND.—At a meeting of the committee of management of the above fund, held at Newport on Saturday, Mr T. Cordes pre- siding, it was reported that the number of widows and orphans remaining on the fund was sensibly decreasing. Two or three years since the weekly amount distributed was £4-2; now not more than j325 was needed for the weekly payments. Ihe treasurer had remaining in ...

... The New Zealand Shipping Company's steam ship Tongariro arrived at Plymouth on Wednes- day, after an unprecedented passage of 37 days 20 hours and 32 minutes, from New Zealand, steaming time, This is tho fastest passage on record. ...

... THE FALL OF BERBER, GREAT MASSACRE. DONGOLA TO BE INVESTED, A Haifa telegram in the second -edition of the Times of Thursday, says :—The Berber garrison fought till the ammunition was exhausted. The rebels then entered the town, and massacred nearly all the soldiers and inhabitants. Hussein Pasha Khalifa, Governor of Beber, and the chief of the Fagara tribe, are badly wounded, and are ...