... T. W. Hill, Esq.. has resigned the office of Stipendiary Ma- gistrate for the Merthyr District, having been appointed Judge of the Court of Requests at Manchester. It is generally be- lieved that John Wilson, Esq.. of the South Wales Circuit, and Recorder of Carmathen, will be his successor. The Morning Post gives the following rumour:—Colonel Wood, member for Brecon, is to be rewarded with a ...

... LLANDRINDOD WELLS, BRECONSHIRE.—There is a nu- merous and fashionable party stopping at this Spa; where no- thing can exceed the salubrity of the waters, except the fasci- nations of the social circle, and the skill and judgment of the whist and chess players. CONFLAGRATION AT SOHAM,-The Cambridge Chronicle gives a deplorable narrative, under the head of a fire, which occurred on Friday ...

... INQUESTS.—On Saturday last an inquest was held at the Shipwrights Arms. Cardiff, on the body of Thomas, aged 13. It appeared that deceased was a native of Tongwynlais that he was employed in a boat plying between Cardiff and Aberdare; that the boat had arrived at Cardiff on Friday. About four, P.M., the boatman went to look for his horse, leaving deceased standing on the cabin. He had not been ...

... THE IVORITES.—The societies known by this name in Mer- thyr, committed, on Monday morning last, a piece of unmiti- gated absurdity, of which, as men, and as Ivorites, they ought to be greatly ashamed. At about twelve o'clock we were woke up from our pensive occupation by most vociferous shouts in the street. Hip! hip! hurrah! wafted on the fainting wings of air, rapped quite uproariously at ...

... LLANDAFF FAIR. -This fair was held on Monday last There was a tolerably good supply of stock, and considerable business was done. Prices were rather high for beef and mut- ton. Several horses changed hands. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. At the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the Taff Vale Railway, held at the White Lion Hotel, Bristol, on this present Wednesday morning, Walter Coffin, ...

... DOMESTIC NEWS. INQUESTS ox FIRES. We perceive that an old Act of Parliament, not yet repealed, has been revived at Bristol. Coroners have power, under this Act, in the event of fire taking place, where suspicion attaches to the owners of the property destroyed, of holding an inquest, to ascertain whe- ther the fire was caused through the means of the owners or others interested, or otherwise ...

... TEST TOR COLOURED RED CLOVER SEED. Fill an ounce phial one-third full with the suspccted seed, and fill it up with muriatic acid diluted with two parts of rain water. II, after standing three or four hours, the liquor be coloured green, or greenish yellow, the seed is doctored or, provided the seed be clean and free from dust, and the acid is made cloudy or opaque, it is doctored. Ti-sr FOR ...

... POSITION OF SUBSCRIBERS IN SCHEMES AT PRESENT UNPREPARED FOR PARLIAMENT. We have recently expressed our opinion,to the effect that (except under peculiar circumstances), the postponement a project to another session does not exonerate the allotees. And w. have also argued that subscribers are not con- clusively bound,until the declared capital is duly subscubed for. But on this latter point, ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—In my letter on this subject, inserted in your adverti- sing columns last week, there are two typographical error? which I shall thank you to allow me to correct, as the one makes a sentence rather unintelligible, and the other may lead to misapprehension as to matter ot fact: The highest Jewish CHUitCH, at the top of the second column, should ...

... The late Fatal Explosion at Risca. ADJOURNED INQUEST. i, On Wednesday last, the day appointed for the resumption ii Of the investigation into the cases of the ill-fated colliers who lost their lives by the explosion at the Black Vain pit, on the 14th ult., the quiet village of Risca was the scene of more than v fesual excitement; and many, anxious to hear the result of the a I enquiry, ...

... FEAnFUL DISASTERS IN ALGIERS.— EIGHT HUNDRED FRENCH SOLDIERS DESTROYED IN A SNOW STORM. The following letter appears in the Toulonnaise of January 21 SETIF, JAN. 10, 1846.—You may remember the dreadful weathei which prevailed in the early part of the monlh. General Levasseur's column was then at filteen to twenty leagues from Setif, on thslstthpy were under march, and on the 2nd had reached ...

... The Rev. F. flose, incumbent of Cheltenham, hat addressed a letter to the tradesmen of that town, calling attention to the fact, that several shopmen have withdrawn their subscriptions from the Church of England Reading Society, on the plea of their late detention in business. Mr. Close solicits the trades- men to obviate this state of things. At the Mansion House Committee in Dublin, it was ...