... CONCERT AT THE SOUTH WALES COLLEGE. The members of the University College Lite- rary and Debating Society, aviated by members of the Musical Society, gave, at the loctore-hAll at the University CoUesre, a concert and dramatic entertainment on Friday evening, which drew from all parts of the town, in spite of very unfa- vourable weather, & large number of the principal residents. In consequence ...

... LOCAL PATENTS. The following patent record for South Wales and Monmouthshire, for the week ending Decem- ber 16th, is suppled by N. Watts, A.M.I.C.E Ofnce, for Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Registration, 4, (Jrockberbtowa, Cardiff :—Patents were applied for by Isaac Thomas, Aberdare, for a hre and burglar alarm, and by Henry James James Saunders, Rock Fawr, T'ndu, for im- provements in ...

... ELECXIOITOF RROPK i K TRUSTEE CF SWANSEA The result ot iiie election of a trustee of the Swansea Harboav on MordVvw miavour of Mr John C>w Richards, bv votes, agiunsc ^35 obtained by oh Th' ->n brow;, the majority thus btii.g 74. ...

... An extraordinary outrage took place at Macollop graveyard, near Ballyduff, County Waterford, on Sunday night. The vault which contained the remains of the late Mrs Hillier, wife of CoJ. Hillier, of Macollop Castle, Ex- Inspector-General of theRoyal IrishConstabulary, was broken open, and the coffin, containing the remains, taken out and thrown into a glen, ...

... MAES rEG. LLANGYNWYD VESTRY MEETING.—The anuu.il vesa-y meeting in connection with tho Llaugyu- wyd Burial Board was held on Saturday after- noon at t1w National s ...

... [BY AP HYWEL.] \Ve heartily welcome the advent of old King; Christmas, and greet our friends with A merry Christmas to you and happy New Year when it comes. Some add and many of them. The more the merrier, and merriment M the prevailing mood of the season. In the approach of old King Christmas we have hoary antiquity at the door, and the memories of thousands of years. His jovial reign has ...

... [ STANDARD TELEGRAM.] VIENNA, Monday.—The Polilische hears from its London correspondent that Arabi's friends at the Khedive's court have recently been actively workingforhisre-habilit-ation. In Egyptian Govern meut circles a general pardon for political offences is spoken of. ...

... FAMILY GRIEF. He was a busy man,, and she was a society woman. One evening he suddenly looked up from his paper and said, By the way,, didu t we have a baby in*this honse about the time Mitil«« ...

... DR. THOMAS REES, ABERTAWE, Llywydd Undeb Cynulleidfaol Cymru a Lloegr. Yn urddas patriarch harddaf,—wele Wylaidd Rabi doethaf, Dihalog eneiniog Naf, A mawl Iais o'r melusaf. O'i sedd lan, swydd ele^i,—fe rydd Gyfarwyddawl wersi; I uniad doeth mewn teithi, Grea nef rhwng Lloegr a ni. TRODTOTAB. ...

... NARROW ESCAPE.—On Saturday a young man named Dudley Morris narrowly escaped being drowned. While proceeding over the new bridge his hat was blown inco the river Cleddau. With the view of recovering it he entered the river, which was very much swollen by the heavy rains, at the foot of the New Quay, when the current took him off his legs, a.nd he drifted with it about 150 yards, when he was ...

... The Earl of Ravensworth was out riding on Monday afternoon, and while in the act of leaping a hedge, near Ravensworth, his horse stumbled and threw him forward. His lordship fell upon his head, and is suffering rom a slight concussion but no serious results are anticipated. ...

... GORDON REINFORCED, [REUTER'S TELEGRAM. ] CAIRO, Wednesday.—A telegram from the Mudir of Dongola of yesterday's date, announces that a Bedouin has arrived here from Omdiir- man, which he left 15 days ago. The man, after having been a prisoner there with the Mahdi s uncle, was sent with a letter to Mohammed El Khair, the Mahdi's Ameer at Berber, stating that in compliance with the latter's ...