... Haydon, the artist, in his autobiography, gives the following reminiscence of his residence at Walmer, while taking a portrait of the Great Duke:— He told me to choose my room and get my light in order, and after hunting lie would sit. I did so, and about two he gave me an hour and a half. I hit his grand, upright, manl) expression. He looked like an ragle of the gods who had put on human ...

... FRIDAY'S LONDON G AZE I'T E. — BANKRUPTS. Thomas l'icUl'urd, Greenwich, Kent, butcher Michael Cautield, llasin^'hall-street, Loudon, wo.)lieu ware- houseman Joseph Heath, Chcftham. Ruckinghamshire, chemist & druggist Charles John Kelson, liristol, ajiutheeary tea dealer, but now of Bristol TUgS().o\ Y'S LONDON Charles Crake Hamilton, Little Queeu-street, Lincoln'i-iun« fields, ironmonger ...

... SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Week ending Sept. 11, !8o3 £ -i:i03 14 11 Corresponding Week, 18.)2 £ 'GU1 2 6 ...

... THE QUEEN IN IRELAND. The close of the Parliamentary Session has emancipated the threc estates of tile realm. The Lords and thc Com- mons have betaken themselves to the moor, the mountain, orthepca-sidc. Fashion liS well as poltt;ca is lit the ehb tide in the metropolis. The West-end is deserted; and the Queen, following rather than setting an example, has sought the change of air IInd scene ...

... The Heath, near Cardiff, Sept. 20, 1853. SIR,—In your last Saturday's paper you publish a list of the prizes awarded at the Wauntreoda Flower Show, held at Llandaff, which is, as far as I am concerned, most incorrect; and I am sure your love of fair play will en- deavour to correct it in your next. You state that I only won some six or seven prizes, whilst, in fact, I won nearly 3U, a list of ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian. DEAR SIR, — A Stranger, in a letter inserted in your paper of last week, has committed an error in stating that there is no English Testament in the Refuge. There is, and there was when he visited the Refuge, a Bible and Testament bound together, a Prayer-book, and Testament besides. Yours, &c., ONE WHO IS NO STRANGER. THE ...

... The eighteenth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the South Wales Railway Company was held on Friday, at the Paddington-statiou, Mr. C. R. M. Talbot in the chair. The following report was read by the Secretary:— I. The directors are enabled, with much satisfaction, to report a steady and material increase in the traffic during the half-ye»r endinK the 30th of last June, The rcveuue ...

... SEVERN NAVIGATION.—Something appears to be looming in the fllture in respect to the navigation of tne Severn. 1 ;ie Lords of the Admiralty have recently applied to the authorities here with the view of ascertain- ing what depth of water and what nature of anchorage can be obtained in the Severn between Gloucester and Kmgroad, and the answer has been supplied, from which it appears that at neap ...

... An important demonstration of colliers took place on Mon- day last, at Wakefield- object of the gathering was the organization of the colhers of the West liidiog, so as to enable them to support demand they have made for an advance of wages proportionate to the advance in the price of coal. Coal having risen lUd. a ton, they ask that 3d. of that lOd. should go into the pocket of the miner. The ...

... John Winter, .Sandhurst, Kent, builder, trader, and brick- in iker. Robert Sorton Palrv, Lcadenhall-streot, 1.01111011, bookseller Charles John Kelson, Clifton and Bristol, apothecary Joseph Barnabis Higueit, Liverpool, salt and commission agent Michael Wood and John Wilding, Opemhaw, Lancashire, boiler-makers John Combes, Manchester, ironmonger William Pimlott, Manchester, bread baker and ...

... FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853. WE have again to urge every one in this town to bestir himself in abating all nuisances within Ills reach. inasmuch as there is a marked prevalence of disease of a choleraic type in various parts of the country; and although Cardiff is now free, we know not at what moment the enemy may be at our doors and the most dreadful ravages be committed. Un- doubted cases of ...

... FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—In virtue of an act passed at the close of the last sessio>u, friendly societies may now in- vest their fuuds otherwise than required by the Friendly Societies A.ct. Societies nvailitig lh lUse I ves f this act are not to invest any further portion of their funds with lhe Debt Conunis.siouers. Societies not having an accouut with the con. ruissionets after the passing of ...