... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Louis Napoleon's new administration, like every ad- ministration which attempts to govern with a Parliament and without a party, finds its unwieldy boat somewhat difficult to trim. Twice this week it has been within a hair's-breadtli of defeat—once on a question ot foreign, once on its domestic policy. First, the Government asked for an uncontrolled dis- cretionary power of cashiering the ...

... GRANDFATHERS [l'RIZ EJ ENIGMA AN old man sat in his antique chair, Searching his lockrs, an. 1 their store; A rusy-facei boy, with golden hair, Accepted thp treasure to count them Said he—Grand-Pa don't go away, Until you've given me all, 1 pray Then the ulJ man drew the youth to hi? side, And with cheerful hutnour tilus complied 11110 the kerchief which lies on jour knees 1 place d. swarm uf ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. ONE OF THE RESULTS OF A STBIKE.—Lnst week some blood-thirsty villains who were with a poor workman at Heol-y-velin, Aberdare, for going to work, tired several slugs through the window of the room in which he slept, some of which were found fixed in the bed-post. A reward of £20 has been offered by hand- bills, and it is hoped that the cowardly perpetrators of this ...

... B1H.TdS, MAR til AGES, AND BIH.THS. Jan. 7, at Cardiff, Mis. John Williams Vachell, of a son. Jan. 3, at Dyuevor-place, Swa.llea., the wife of Dr. Nicol, M.D., of daughter. Jan. a, the wife of W. H. Michael, Esq., sur;eo:1, High-street, Swansea, of a daughter. Jail. 7, the wife of m. S, Brown, muter of the Patent Fuel Co.'s brig Fire Ply, of Loudon, uf Ii daughter. Jan. 6, the wife of Mr. ...

... 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; ...