... BrccoitjSiuvc. BRECONSfHRI^ HAMMER ASSIZES. Lord Denman arrived at Brecon on Saturday even- ing, the. 5th inst., escorted into the town by Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, Esq. the High Sheriff, and a numerous and highly respectable party of that Gentle- man's friends, who had previously dined with him at tile Bell Inn. The Commission was then opened, Jind the Court was adjourned to Monday. His ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undcrtdkc. to insert long Communications sent at a late hour, and we take this opportunity of protesting against the exigeant style and dictatorial tone used by some of our Correspondents on the omission of articles which they may deem important. We wish some of these Gentlemen would underta ke the Manage- ment of a Paper for a Month, and they would learn a lesson ...

... have the pleasure to announce, that the Lord Bishop of Llandaff arrived at Landough Castle yesterday. The Rev. William Hoghes, Thomas Thomas, and John Hughes. jun. were appointed, at the last Wesleyan Conference, preachers for the Cardiff station. WONDERFUL SAGACITY AXD ESCAPE OF A Cow.- On Tuesday, the 16tb instant, a favourite cow, be- longing to a family who are enjoying the sea air at the ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN SIR,-In consequence of reading Mr Musgrave's letter in your paper of the 6th instant, recommending that Wheat should be cut before it was full ripe, I took a handful of green wheat, and laid it on a wall to dry. I have examined it this day and, to my astonish- ment, I have found that the grain has plumped up, and is nearly hard enough °for grinding, ...

... A most splendid specimen of the Yucca Glo- riosa, or Adam's Needle, as it is called, has been- iu full bloom in the garden ot J- Haie, jun. lisq. at Springfield, near this city. J he spike cousists of between 400 and 530 distinct flowers; it measures 10 feet six inch, sin heght, and is several feet in cii cumference. The Yucca at present consists of about twenty-three di-tint't vaiieties, ...

... We extract the following paragraph from the Atheneeum we understand that experiments have been made upon a scale which leaves no doubt of the at- tainment of an object not exceeded in importance by any since the application of steam NEW MOTIVE Po\n:n,Rl'ports are current that the Rev. Mr M'Gawley's discovery of the possibilily of deriving a motive power from electro-magnetism, communicated, as ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY. The Consolidated Fund Bill, the Exchequer- hills Bill, the Copyright Bill, the Municipal Elec tions Bill, the Kingstown Harbour Bill, the Parochial Assessments Bill, and the Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill, went severally through Committee. The Tithe Compositions (Ireland) Bill, the Pen- sions'Duties Bill, the Poor Law Loans Bill, the Inns and Alehouses Bill, ...

... CHIT CHAT. Joseph Bonaparte, with his family, and a numer- ous suite, arrived in town on Tuesday fi oi-n America they proceeded from the St. Katharine Docks to a splendid mansion taken for tile illtlstriolls brntilcr of Napoleon, in Park Streer, Regent's Park. An eloquent rogue, in his w«y to the pillory, depre- cated the gathering crowd in these I hope;, Gentlemen, as I am not -t)iltyof ...

... GKAND HOIITICULTUHAL FE-FE.-Oll Thursday se'n- niglit, the celebrated gardens at Down, Bristol, were the focus of attraction for a numerous assemblage of beauly and fashion, from Bristol and the neighbouring counties, who appeared fully to enjoy the splendid exhibition prepared by the taste and spirit of ^Mr Miller. Amongst tiie list of prizes, we perceive that of Mr Bell, the cliief gardener ...

... BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. Bristol, August 22. The proceedings of the meeting commenced this morning at the different section rooms, and were severally well attended; upwards of 1100 members having registered their names. Among the scientific men at present here are Dr. Lloyd (Provost of Dublin), Professors Sedgwick, Whewell, and Henslow (of Cambridge), Dr. Hare (of ...

... The following story is in circulation, and we believe is substantially true:^—A wager Was laid by certain Members of the House of Commons, Radical and Conservative, who find sport in every thing, thatthe majority on the appropriation clause would be under thirty. Tac night came-noses were accu-' rately counted, and the neck and neck character of the bet was clearly ascertained. An Hon. ...

... BALA EISTEDDFOD.—-This festival coni«1 ...