The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1878-08-16 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART.  MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.  ADVANCE CLIPPINGS FROM THE " ATHENALU7d."  Cheltenham will receive the members of the Social Science Congress in October next. Lord Norton, (better known as Sir Charles Adderley) is the President for the year, and Mr. W. H. Michael, the recently. appointed Queen's Counsel, will preside over the Health department. At the Annual Meeting of the Council of the Royal School of Mines. the Royal Scholarship of .fi2s. was awarded to Mr. It. Lancaster and two of .215 each for first students to Messrs. it. G. Scott and Mr. Wm. Cross. .  We learn that the mechanical power of the falls of Niagara is to be utilized. A company has ben formed in America who propose to employ the falls to transmit to Buffalo—a distance of twenty-two miles—a constant supply of compressed air, to be used in the large establishments there.  It is interesting, and that not only from the heraldic point of view, to note that the arms of Cyprus are borne on one of the shields on Queen Elizabeth's tomb, in Westminster Abbey. The shield is on the western frieze of the tomb.  A marble bust of Izaak Walton, has just .been placed in St. Mary's Church, Stafford—the town in which the quaint old fisherman was born. The ceremony of unveiling was performed by the Earl of Lichfield. The bust has inscribed on it, " Izaak Walton, Piscator. Born in this parish, August 9, 1593; baptized in this church September 21, 1593. Buried ia Winchester Cathedral, December 19, 1683. Erected by public subscription, 1878."  "Ethics and. /Esthetics of Modern Poetry " is the title of a volume now in the press, by Mr. James Buchan Brown, of Selkirk, N.B. It consists of articles contributed to Blackwood's Magazine and the Cornh ill, with considerable additions. Mr. Brown is a frequent contributor to various periodicals, his nom de plums being "J. B. Selkirk." Australia, as might have been expected from its climate, so analogous to that of Italy, is producing some good singers. Letters tell us that Miss Amy Sherwin, from Tasmania, has created a pimp° in Melbourne as Lucia, and that Miss Pitt, who, although not a native, has only had the advantage of a colonial training, has achieved an equal success as the Page in "Un Ballo in Maschera." It is also mentioned that Miss Beata Francis, who appeared not long since at the Albert Hall, is a daughter of a judge at Sydney, who is nearly related to the celebrated Sir Philip Francis.  A correspondent remonstrates :—" Sir Edmund Beckett's characteristic letter to the Times, of August Bth, contains an °minions announcement that he hopes to see the restoration ' of the west porches ot St. Albans Abbey carried out, and accordingly labourers at° now clearing sway the wall which has hitherto saved the porches from the injudicious handling of wealthy enthusiasts. John de Cella's work deserves all that has been said in its praise; but it has been so damaged that its restoration is to a great extent out of the question.  The marriage of the vicar of Aberdare with the Hon. Jessie Bruce will be celebrated next month, and a movement is on foot for presenting the vimr, with a public testimonial in honour of the event.  At Shoeburyness, on Thursday, the third prize in the 10-inch gun competition was woe by a detachment of the Third Glamorgaushire Volun. teer Artillery.  Selina Wadge was on Thursday morning executed at tladiuni fur the murder of her child. The modeinued woman walked firmly to the scaffold without assistance.  Baron Pollock, one of the vacation incises, granted an injunction, on 'Thursday, restraining Messrs. Dixon and Blease from iuterb-ring witL the running cif trains by the Swanaes Tramway Company over the line to the Mumbles. The weavers of Old!,a,ui resumed work yesferdLy morning at the ma,,tei t qins, namely, live per cent. reduction. There were over 1.000 me4.l on strike. At the Sheffield Town Council mout4ag day, it was resolved to invite the Wash Associa.. tion to hold its next mniu.4 meeting in Sheed,  _ Tim"s! keys:clic:As Lain diCkseanncsa. -AU sofkriic•r4.lll irritotfoo f thO throat mid hoarcenese t :any •:upriser( at tin: ahnoct immediate r, 1. • •,1 by th..• usa of " Brown's Bronchial Ti ~• fatuous " lozenges" are now sold by ctahle chemists in t country WI is l e.,el hox. Pcople troulAed with a " haakiiif c•ola." or bronchial 0110iilill5t Poi tt: •.,...,et allowl.d to "lilt iii ce1..,, k'litloUaty and Isthmatie • • . "Brown's Bronchial ,01 ;he Government Stamp around • - Valt,,fatattina by Joan I. BROWN SZ BONN !tilted States. Depot, 493 Oztord-streik Lim t• tlur: •