... BIRTHS. Oct., 11, in Dynevor-place, Swansea, the wife of Dr. Nical M.D., of a son. Oct., 16, at Bute-villa, Cardiff, the wife of Benjamin Mat- thews, Esq., solicitor, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. Oct., 14, at Stringston church by the Rev. W. Comins, M.A., Birt Wyudham Kous Jenner Esq., late Captain in the Bengal army, and youngest son of the late Robert Jenner, Esq., of Wen- voe Castle, ...

... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the said County, will be holden at the Town Hall, in the Town of COWBRIDGE, in the said County, On Monday, the 5th day of April next, at One of the Clock in the Afternoon, when the Justices assembled will immediately pro- ceed to the business relating to the Assessment, Application, and Management of the County ...

... [BY OUR OWN REPORTER.] On Fiiilaylast the General Half-Yearly Meeting of Proprietors in this Company, was held at the White Lion Inn, Broad-street, Bristol. WALTER COFFIN, Esq., in the Chair. The advertisement by which the meeting had been convened having been read, Mr. E. Kenway, the Secre- tary, read the following REPORT I— The Directors have great pleasure in being again able to meet the ...

... EDUCATION IN WALES an Argument for State Inter- ference, in reply to John Bright, Esq., M.P. By a Welsh Incumbent. Reprinted from the John Bull newspaper. A copy of this well-timed and forcibly-written parn- phlet has been received by us. It is addressed to the Premier; and is in reply to imputations made by Mr. Bright: first -That the Church has neglected the educa- tion of the people of ...

... MURDER.-On Friday a most atrocious murder was committed in open day near Rotherbam. A man named Linley, a joiner, was walking along the turnpike road, when he met a woman, 60 years of age, named Susannah Jaggers, when he turned from the footpath and seized her by the arm. She struggled to escape his grasp, got loose from him, and ran along the road. He followed and struck her on the back of ...

... i1.itrratJ2 CHINBSE DEFINITION OF A LIE.—The Chinese proverb says a lie has no legs, and cannot stand; but it has wings, and can fly far and wide. A ROUNDER FOR THE PAPERS.-A black hare was lately shot in the parish of Denham; it was fuU grown, and the fur was the iinest glossy black. PRKTTY minister, at a camp meeting, said- II If the lady with a hlue hat. red hair, and cross eyes, don't stop ...

... MERTHYlt LIBRARY. The annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution took place at the library room, on Tuesday evening, November 2nd. At the appointed hour Atr. Needham, the president, took the chair, and in an appropriate address, opened the business of the meeting. The com- mittee were about to resign their office; and it would devolve upon the subscribers to select and appoint their ...

... Lord Clarendon has been appointed the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, vice Lord Besborough deceased. THE CROPS OF WHEAT in this part of the country (owing to the late genial rains and warmer weather) are greatly improved the early sown spring corn has also at present a very healthy appearance.— Welshman. LOVE-LETTER INK.—SomeYankee has invented a new kind of ink, catled the love-letter ink. It ...

... WOMAN IN TEARS. Does Woman weep! Her order, lower mide Than the bright seraph in the realms of bliss A little! Hush! see as the dew-drop bright The falling tear, and her soft bosom he¡lve! Does Woman weep ? A mother ? Spare, Oh, spire A mother's tears thy being's native source! Yield her due honour, length of days he thine. Does Woman weep ? A sister, stranger, friend, A kindred spir.t, or thy ...

... MEUTIIYR.—On Wednesday, the 18th inst., Henry Austin Bruce, Esq., our Police Magistrate, was sworn in as a Magistrate of the county of Brecon, before the Kight Honorable Sir Thomas Wilde, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. ACCIDENT.—On Friday evening, a young lad, twelve years of age, named Daniel Evans, was injured by one of the heavy red mine trams belonging to the Dowlais Company ...

... ( Cimtiiluedfrom QUr furtlt page). HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. Lord Brougl>am moved the following resolutions in reference to the practice of bribery at elections That it is;the bounden duty of both Houses of Par- liament to adopt at the begiuniug of next session whatever means may be most eHectual for detecting and punishing acts of bribery and corruption which may be committed during the ...

... LINING OF LEAD CISTERNS WITH ROMAN It is generally believed that Uoioan cement will not adhere to lead; but 1 am informed by a gentleman that he had a leaden tank covered with a thin coating of good cement about three years since, which is perfect to this day. If this simple plan were to be generally adopted, no risk, as regards the tanks would be incurred; an occasional inspection, in order ...