... PUBLIC DOCKS AT SWANSEA. [BY OLR OWN REPORTEII.3 On Friday last. the 11th instant, a most important moetinj of the Swansea Town Council took place at the Guildhall, Sivmoen, c. for the purpose of taking into con«i deration a Notice from the Solicitor of the contemplated Swansea Dorks. PRESENT: — T. TI. Esst-ry, in the chair. Mr. RiWiard Aubrey, Mr. Joseph Martin, Starling Benson, M. J Michael ...

... Ru rF. DOCKS.—Arrived, the Ontario, Joues, Barrow.. St. (ieorge, Clusotne, 1' irlsln ail, iron ore.. (lanueit, Dunstan. Bridgwater, li^lit .Laurel, lt. vnol.ls. Ko.vey Kiner.ill, Inuiaiis. Fowev.. I'rovidence, l'lulli|M, (iloitei, itonore.. William, Cullins, Port Kerry, limestones.. Ilea-rice, Alexander, Q tebec. timber.. Dolphin, Gower. Uloster, irn ore. Itejjina Weynolds, Quebec, timber. ...

... *(, FRIDAY1.—II. Brooker, Hi^h-street, Peckham. grocer. Williams, ilriest-court. Foster-lane, warehouseman. W, Boltie, Dover, grocer. W. llodsoll. South Ash, Kent, farmer. Stuart, Stoekbridge-terraee, l'imlico. baker. T. (raining King-street, Seven Dials, aud J. Mott, Broad-street, chees«j mongers S. Cunningham, Minerva-street, Hackney-f0^' sawyer. It. Ilallam, Newcastle-under-Lyme, grocer. A• ...

... 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 ...

... THE NORMAL SCHOOL AT BRECON.—The first Annual Report of the Welsh Educational Committee has been lately published, from which we learn that the Institution is in a flourishing condition, and is progressing rapidlv. The Institution was opened on the 1st of January last, under the superintendence of E. Davies, Esq. —Silurian. BRECKNOCK UNION.—The Guardians of this Union have come to the ...

... tyottrg* A LAMENT. The dream is over, the vision has flown- Dead leaves are lying where roses hfre blown: Withered and strewn are .the hopes 1 cherish'd— All have pefish'd but grief alone. My heart was a garden, where fresh loaves grew- there were many, and a few; Cold Wlivls bleu, and tin- t'r i-t ran: thither, And will wither aurl weeds nonew! Youth's bright palace is overthrown— With its ...

... EFFECT OF TitE IMAGINATION. Melancholic madneSs may be met.with in every desire. indiYidual may ,at first he metely sad ,atyl desponding, sub,se- qumtJy becoming much depressed, and »• last bein;; actu^llv the subjeet of a :6xl'(l hallucination. Mere hvpochoudria-M- cannot be called -Insanity, however selfish, or however In per- boltciil .the estimate u £ a pa1ieut) bodily feeliQgs and ...

... COLONEL R. C. MANSEL, K.H. We copy from the Limerick Chronicle the following admirable and well-merited tribute of respect to the character of a gentleman who is closely connected with several of the first families in this county, and deservedly held in the highest esteem. We are con- fident its insertion will afford much gratification to our readers generally, especially to those who are ...

... Second Call, £ 5 per Share, making £ 10 paid. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a Resolution of the Board of Directors, flie Pro- prietors of Shares in this Company are required to pay the third instalment of 15 per share, on or before the 15th day of January next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers. LONDON Messss. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills & Co. LiYEnrooL—The Bank of Liverpool. ...