... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of BRIDGEND and its Neighbourhood, and of all other Persons interested, will be held at the TOWN HALL, at BRIDGEND, on SATUR- DAY, the 7th day of FEBRUARY next, at 11 o'clock in the Forenoon, to take into consideration the propriety of peti- tioning Parliament in favour of the Coast Line, which has already received its sanction, ...

... N°^??J^,HEREBY GIVEN, that the NEXT HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of ^is Company will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, Lon- don, on WEDNESDAY, the 25th of FEBRUARY instant, at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely, for the Election of Four Directors and an Auditor in the place of the same number, who will retire by rotation, and for other pur- poses of business. The ...

... POLITICAL NOVICIATES. In these days of unstable opinions, a code is much wanted for the guidance of neophytes. It appears to be the generally received doctrine that converts ought to allow a certain time to elapse before they attempt to act upon their new views of things, or even to argue openly in their favour. A political Pythagoreanism is in the ascendant, which would impose a probationary ...

... TGGF A llCOMMUNICATIONS and ADVERTISEMENTS intend^ for this JOURNAL should be forwarded early the Week-not laterthan THURSDAY. J. W. Your promised accounts of sporting matters always be most acceptable. T.K., Bedminsler.—Did it ever occur to you that keep a ledger, and that former and. long-staodin^ claims should be satisfied before you ask us to graflt you an esteemed favour The air of ...

... MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. We perceive that a Public Ball is to take place at the Castle Hotel, Merthyr, on Wednesday, March 11. upon which occasion Robert Crawshay, Esq., William Davies Esq., William Needham, Esq.and J. L. White, Esq., have consented to act as stewards. William Crawshay, Esq., accompanied by two gentle- men, and Francis Crawshay, Esq., of Treforest, arrived at Cyfarthfa ...

... 0cn?ral j&igccUang* In Sussex, there have been greater floods {than have occurred for many years. On the banks of the Thames, about Wandsworth, much injury has been done. A cargo of wheat imported into Dublin direct from Naples entered into the Customhouse docks on Thurs- dayweek. Good potatoes having risen to the exorbitant price o' 71,ct. per stone, many poor families are substituting Swede ...

... A STRANGE STORY.-Mr. H. Moody, of Winchester, relates the following story connected with the Winchester county gaol: -About the middle of the last century, a man who bad the care of some horses in Winchester, took one of them, according to the custom of the day, to water at the Town Pond, situated at the northern end of the Upper Brooks, which has not been many years enclosed. There he met ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE. MESMERIsM.-)Ir. Hicks has lately been lecturing on this subject to crowded audiences at the Mechanics' Institute Newport, and performed operations on certain townfolks of Newport, perfectly astounding and unaccountable.- CCommunicate d-J NEWPORT POLICE.—[Monday. Before the Mayor, Thomas Hughes, and Thomas Hawkins, Esqrs.]-Wat- kin Evans, Charles Williams, and William Walsh were ...

... MORNING DRESS.- Robe of yellow satin-royal, a double skirt, the upper one is trimmed in the tunic style, with bands and coques of ribbon, low corsage very deeply pointed, draped at top, the folds confined in the centre by a breast-knot of ribbon. Short tight sleeve, lace ruffle. Head-dress of hair ornamented with a lace drapery placed at the back of the head. BALL DRESSES.—Shaded green Italian ...

... To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. must apologise for trespassing on your valuable >pace, but I observe a paragraph in your paper of Satur- day last, which I cannot in justice to myself pass unno- ticed. A correspondent of yours complains of the bad state of the roads from Aberdare to Newbridge, or more operly to the Traveller's Rest, as the road from thence to Newbridge is ...

... From the local interest of a notice by Jos. Dickinson, Esq., F.G.S.,on the strata called Jackstones, at Merthyr Tydvil and Dowlais, read before the Geological Society, we have made the following abstract:—These coarse ironstones, called Jackstones, are chiefly remarkable for their peculiar structure, and for containing a large quan- tity of carbonate of lime. Very few of the ironstones, and ...

... PAPER HANGINGS JUST ARRIVED. ¥A8D. Cabinet-Maker, Upholsterer, & Paper Hanging Dealer, Duke-street, Cardiff; BEGS most respectfully to return his sincere thanks to the Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of CARDIFF, and its vicinity, for the very liberal support he has been favoured with for the seven years he has been in trade more especially since he has resided as above. J. W. begs to inform ...