... THE reasons assigned by the woithy chairman of our Quarter Sessions, for holding them mote fre- quently, appear to us quite cogent. The first consideration is that untried persons should be detained for as short a time as possible. It is an old principle of British law, that justice should not be delayed and it is a gtievous hard- ship for an innocent man to be in pti*on. The question of ...

... Magisirates presellt-T. B. Baclielor. Esq., ,Mayor), and b 1. iiuuhes, Esq. FOHGhtiV BV A SOLOlF.Il. D.vid McCann, a private iu the 14 n Reg.msOt of Foot, wss charged wi.h to-ging .« ordc for e'even shilltng. which m-oey he obtained theieby of Ur.Stew.n, gro.er, H'.h s Wi ol'eit, far the r roecu iou, exam neif Jo o IJr'»l he prose'utor. Sergeant Pe.ke, aod P.C. Hupkto., t, «hose .videooe t' ...

... THE reductions recently made in the expenditure of | county of Gloucester, by the magistrates, have r forth a severe attack from the Times, which those conservative and wealthy gentlemen of having | tated the practice of the levellers of the first French rr volution, and the theories of the socialists of the last | change there, by adopting the Jacobinical principw J# progressive taxation ...

... Ai.h. reoient ol a l-.ver Ol the language aod lifefslure Of Wa es «e publish the spee.h leeen h del.ve.d by ChancsHor VVIia'n.s 'h, EJu auonalCoogiess, he'd at Llandovery. The R'ev.Cheo.elorssi-i: I ■« '«»■ »« ,be have, one nn—an bonout I cer attily did notexpect, Z0,.> eUm'«- straotet amo-gs, >- bu. so deep an interest .io I fe.I in »b« success of the institution, of which you .vViu-t laid ...

... THE CIIURCH-G012K AT LLANDAFF. [TO THii BDITOR ] SIR,-I did not my*ell think it at all necessary to notice a y of tije. atit,t!iuents made regarding me. in an art cle in \our paper of the 29th ultimo, copied as you say, from the Bristol times, and contributed hy a person under llm signatme t 1'lie Church-goer out it has heen repr sented to me, thin t e portion of those stuteiueirs which ...

... PRICE BUTCHERS* MEAT. T;0 iUH EDITOR.] SiR, Allow nI a svui. spice in yonr excellent and exten- sively-circulated pawr. The MERLIN has ever shown itself a warm and strenuous advocate of the weal and best interests of the workingman; its columns from time to time contain- ing salutary and important counsel to them But there are other features belonging to it, which are worthy of co.nnien dation ...

... BEGGING AT [TO THE EDITOR.] SrR.-I have read a letter in your paper, signed A Way- farer, in which, the writer complains that Tie has bee'.i both annoyed and amused during the Christmas time, by swarms of town mumpers: first, by the carol singers, who welcome the glad moru, on which, eighteen hundred years ê.SO, the Prince of Peace was born, when angels sang at liis. birth, Glory to God in ...

... FRIDA I, J VKUARV 12, 1850, THE EXPORTS AND IMPORTS; SHIP- PING RETURNS, &c. The returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending December 5, Were not issued till late in last week. They are highly satisfactory. The exports are greater hy 374,903 than in the corre«pondiu ...

... The c'nu.ge which the we.tthei has undergone since our let maj have tlie effect of chcckmg any funner immediate rise in I tices of whuat; not that u is ltkdv to make any great after&- lion iu supply and demand, but the mere pofsibilityuf the north- ern continental poits being fteed from !ice earlier than in oi inarv seasons ma\, snd ver* likely will, act a. a check on business, by ureventing ...

... Mr J. Phillpott's letter on Touting, next week. The re> eoonter on wr.'nch M writes, lias not i,een a magisterial iueestigation, as asserted. The circumstances of a csli uor-n sbe dtcta'ci ot lili.d affection are Some promised communications, which will not suffer by post- ponement, arf on the file ...

... SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.—Yesterday, the 10th, tha inau- gural lecture of this institution was delivered by the Rev.. D. Rhys Stephen. The talented gentleman delivered a mas terly address on the history of knowledge in ancient and modern times; and elicited the repeated applause of a large and attentive audience. We wish the excellent institution the very best success. ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS. Tlie-e Sessions concluded on Friday last, on which day the following c-ses weie disposed of be!or- Dr. JSithoH, D.( .L John Evans, a m ner, loutid uuiliy on a charge of house b-eaking at Merthyr, wa placed at the bar t.} n-ce vto his te leiice. A document signed on the I¡ri: ...