... I '?zesday, Decemiber 15, 1846. The late discovery that out-door relief is by so much cheaper than workhouse main.. tentince, is anything but favourable to the e sagacity of the now assailants of the poor law, who should have calculated the cost a before giving their assistance to saddle the expensive and obnoxious worklhouses upon. the rate-payers, against their wishes and judgment ; and ...

... FAMINE LTfttELAND. The deplorable fact is now universally admitted, and unques tionably evidenced by dismal inbtances of daily death from destitution, that famine ha* reached its devastating extremity amonest our unfortunate fellow creatures of the sister kingdom. Independently of the > ccounts which reach us by the public journals, lamentable aa they are, private letters from various parts of ...

... SELECT THOUGHTS. It is usual in Turkey, by way of reproach, to blacken the front of those persons' houses who are notorious for tale- bearing, or propagating falsehood if that were the case with us, what a dismal figure would most of the towns in England make! Nothing can be honourable that is not virtuous among the Romans, the entrance of the temple of honour always lay through the temple of ...

... Nature in her wilder forms, whether exhibited in* vast, mountains, the noiseless desert, or the boundless ocean, is calculated to impress the romd of loan with awe, and make him feel the presence of Deity. The enctent aod far stretching forests of the New Wotld, seldom tiodden by Ihe loot of the white man, produce the same tffect upon the wanderer, who visits those distant regions, and the ...

... Mr. Caiver's letter is unavoidably omitted this week for want of room as well as the communication referred to by C. of Cowbridge. J. D.—Full reports of the local meetings at Swansea on the subject of dock accommodation will be found in our fourth page. ...

... THE • CARDIFF AXD MERTHYR fcTASDIAJi. T I-RJ 1 >AMITIHI ...

... Hucvarg Woun FOR COFFINS—01*1 maids should be buried in crab-tree; oid bac'nelors. in elder tree; married people pear tree; chronologies, in date tree hricklayers and plasterers, in liuif.-tree pugilist*, iu box-wood schoolmasters in t'trch; cowards, ia trembling aspen; the honest tar, in the Sturdy oak. .A MI.SSR! —Finding* the narrow path occupied by an immense I poked hlln WIth- my baton, ...

... H(JllKAH FOR OLD CHRISTMAS. Hurr.il) for old Christmas, tin1 hivirty and jolly, Hurrah for old Christmas, the friend of in .111, Who hmsh-i at the frowns of ;;rim-fa,'('11 melancholy. Anil 111111 with transport to t and t small. Up, uj>! 11'1 us drink t the .i ul,1 fellow. Though wrinkled hi. brow, :ii.d hi. io-ks silver Yet his footstep is light. and > i- Iwart, it in mellow As any that ...

... A COUPLE 1OF STRAY LE.AVES. thle LElAF t'llE 2 VIST. 11ae SVell ix 1ltlltlS efter Maloirriage. Tiei- WNel I, my dear, vvill you go to ?? ?? to night ? 1Ird ko!(VV 0 0e have af very Polite hiiitaillo- ?? 1 ?? XI'I~y u ve1113' jilist as YOU p1ase; ytlU l~ttow I lid. I jsitsh to consult goun' plensuic. -2- -Vll fit'ienh, Ih mriei ?? vv go,-thiat is, if 210. Yl.ou P.l ,.fr. ,lV villiog. Ne 0do ...

... 110 RTI CULTURE. ,r TIME TLOWER-GAItDEN AND SHRBlflERIEs. 1b tf Little now can be added here at present, Where 0 bt lawns have not been will atten(led to, throlrh h 1, prcssure of business, another mowving and rolling . d may take place. The bulk] of thc dead leaves e should be removed iminediatcly preparatory to a r it general cleaning. If the shrubs require a com- d , post it is a much more ...

... Christmas Gatherings. God bless ynu merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay.—OLD STANZA. CHRISTMAS is come again, and with the welcom^ day come pleasant greetings, joyous anticipation*! and merry meetings may the festive time be with unmixed pleasure to all our friends round tM0' Blnrenge-may they find those whom they esteem and love, as happy as themselves, in the social cipjf cle, and may it ...

... POLICE IKTELLlfiEJiCE. TOWN-HALL, NEWPORT.—MONDAY, DECEMBER 21. Magistrates present—T. M. Llcwellin, Esq., mayor, J. Latch, and T. Hawkins, Esqrs. Henry Davies, a young rascal well known to the police, was charged with having been found secreted in a loaded tram, with intent to commit a felony.—The case not being clear enough against the prisoner, he had the benefit of the uncertainty, and was ...