... CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the Cardiff mid Mt i't/iyr Guardian. gut.. — When one we ad, mi re leaves the room, seme en- vio'is an I soured spinster, the Mi Candour of her circle, wli le tlKxe round her nr ...

... THE CARDIFF MfiKTHYR GUARDIAX. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 1, 1850. It was at one time our intention to have entered the lists in opposition to SIR BKXJAMIN HALL, on the subject of the COPLKSTON TESTIMONIAL, and to have stated the various reasons which cause us to difler from the opinions expressed by the Honorable Baronet, in the correspondence which we published last week; but as the matter has been ...

... THE Queen held a Privy Council on Tuesday to order the prorogation of Parliament to the 31st of January, for the despatch of business. Afterwards her Majesty held Court, at rvhich the Rev. Dr. Hinds did homage as Bishop of Norwich, and the Rev. Dr. Ollivnnt as Bishop of LlandnfF. Mus. BROWNE'S we understand, is to take plane On Tuesday evening next, at her residence Saint Mary, street. By the ...

... THE EXCISE DUTY UPON PAPER. All men are agreed that taxation is an evil. The hardiest of disputants, who would deny any other self-evident pro position, would stop short, at a denial of this. There needs no ghost to inform the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he who can so place this necessary burden as to make its weight most easily borne by the community, and to interfere in the least ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE. NEWPORT.—On Friday last, Mr. James Garrett and Mr. S. Campbell were appointed Collectors of the In- come and Property Tax in Newport, and Mr. Parfitt and Mr. Jabez Haines, Collectors in the parish of St. WoollosrH The forgery on the MonmonthshireAgricutturai Bank i,till remains undiscovered. Several of the notes were passed in Newport. The annual dinner of the sub commissioners ...

... CARDIFF SMALL DEBTS COURT. [Held before JOHN WiLSON. Esq Judgp,] This court was held on Tuesday last, and a great many cases disposed of, none of which possessed a particle of interest fxcept tbe fol!owing:- William Annear, landlord of the Bridgend beer. house, Bridge- street, Cardiff, applied to the court, 14S an insolvent, for its pro- tection against all legal process. The insolvent was ...

... We have great pleasure in being enabled to announce that amongst the earliest measures to be submitted to Parliament by tbe Government in the ensuing session, will be bills to provide an extension of tbe suffrage both in England and Ireland. We are not in possession of the details, but we have reason to hope that the scope of the propDsed measures will meet the views of a large section of the ...

... TAFF V \L RAILWAY TIME. FROM CARDIFF TO MERTHYR AND ABKHDARE. Week Days — At 91i. 30.-n. Morning; lh. Urn. and 4h. 30m. Afternoon. :uuJa!ls-A, UII. 30m. Morning; aud 4h. Om. After- noon. FROM MERTHYR TO CARDIFF AND ABERDARF.. Week 8h. 15m. Morning lh. lUlU. and 4h. 40m. Afternoon. Sundays— At 8h. 15m.laming; and 4h. lOta. After- uoon. FROM ABERDARE TO CARDIFF. Wp.e]; Days-At Sd. 15m. Morning; ...

... SAil 1II !• I ELD, The anival of cattle and sheep fmlll the continent iuto the port of Loudon dunng the past week was Nmall. Ihe official return is 1240)\11. Ll cows, 57 calves, auu o47 sheep making a total ol 953 head. The following siateinent of the impart of live s'ock frout the contiii'-iit into t £ iiglaml during the year ldi9 is taken from au ollicial source, made up to last Saturday ...

... ADVERTISEMENTS AND OTHElt COMMUNICATIONS, IN- TENDED FOR INSERTION IN THE GUARDIAN, SHOULD BE RECEIVED BY US JSOT LATER THAN THURSDAY IN EACH WEEK. A Curate's letter is unavoidably postponed. Other let- ters are under consideration. The communication from DowUis had better be suppressed,—the assailant is scarcely worth a reply. OUR READERS AND SUBSCRIBERS.We should fee obliged to such of our ...

... LOS lJ 0 S M A 11 K E T S CO J!- A i .C IIA N G E, M ox D.V v. The qaantity of corn reporie.l from ..broad duriii:; lasi work arrnais aa^i-i! about as much as iu the last few w«-cks and liom IreUrni r Sroihtid tl.eie was no signilicant fei.ture iu the su,i;)!us to call for any remark. On Alu:,day the prices of wlicat rather advance!, hat iu sa.cs i-ii ihe Mibsi qui ut inaiket days any ...

... The trade circulars, and the reviews of tra le and industry i in the leading journals from the great commercial and man- ufacturing centres, describe tbe transactions of the past year as moderately and satisfactorily profitable; and look forward to the promise of the year 18od as one of increased proht. The textile inmufactures in wool, cotton, and flax, are foremost in the healthful reaction. ...