... WE generally find the persons composing pub- lic boards, however able they may :be indivi- dually, are, collectively, inefficient; affording too often by their actions an excellent target for the shaft wielded by a sarcastic or indignant hand. This seems strange,yet,is rsallynot so; angular tempered, bilious men, come in contact with the amiable; some are lethargic, others love opposition for ...

... BIRTHS. Sept. 13. Mrs. Robert, wife of Mr. K. Roberts, Furnace Manager, Plymouth Works, of a Daughter. Sept. 4th. Mrs. DowLn r, wile of Mr. T. 6. Dewlinfr, School- master of the Duffryu Schools, Mountain Ash, of a bou DEATHS. On Thursday last, very suddenly, the beloved wife of :M r. J Morgan, Cyfarthfa Works. On Thursday last, the infant daughter of Mr. Mathews, No. 2 Courtiand Terrace, ...

... We regret that we have been unable to insert in this number many paragraphs of local interest, such as reports of various club feasts, ivorite festivals, tea parties, &e. Also a letter from Mr. Heathcote, in reply to Mr. D. Jones, and a letter from Dowlais, by Ratepayers of High-street, who complain of street obstruc- tions. We wi.l endeavour to insert them all in our next. ...

... We are again compelled to defer the insertion of Mr. Heathcote's letter, although in type. We have also received letters from A, A Lover of Equity, The Secretary of the Mutual Improve- ment Society Aberdare, and other communications which we have failed to insert in this week's paper. ...

... HIRWAUN, GLAMORGANSHIRE. DESIRABLE PROPERTY. TO fee SOLD by AUCTION, by MR. GAWN, at tne CARDIFF ARMS HOTEL, on TUESDAY, the 22nd September instant, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to the Conditions then to be produced, those TWO neatly & substantially constructed DWELLING HOtTSES, healthfully and pleasantly situated- on a rising slope, a short distance from the Road- side and the ...

... MERTHYR POLICE COURT. SATURDAY.—(Before J. C. Fowler and W. ° Thomas, Esqrs.) ASSAULTS —Evan Thomas, shingler, was fined lOs. and costs for assaulting Evan Jenkins, pud- dler. a fellow labourer in the Dowlais works. THE BEST MAN IN THE DINGLE.-Tkomas Meredith was charged with assaulting P. C. David Crowley at Cwmbach. The complainant said that he was sitting at home about '2 o'clock in the ...

... We have been favoured with a large mass of district intelligence from Tredegar, Blainau, Brynmawr, &c., but in consequence of their arriving on the day of our going to press, we have been compelled to postpone their inser- tion until our next, ...

... NO T ~VTOTICE is hereby Given, that the PUBLIC JLX MEETING for considering the question of Incorporating the Town and Parish of Mer. thyr-Tydfil, announced in last TELEGRAPH to take place on WEDNESDAY Next, SEPTEMBER 9th, is Adjourned to WEDNESDAY Morning, the 23rd SEPTEMBER, on which day it will be held at the TEMPERANCE HALL, Merthyr. at 11 o'Clock. WALTER SYMTH, Sept. 3rd, 1857. HIGH CONSTABLE. ...

... IRON MARKET —Both Welsh and Stafford- shire iron continues steady, and there is no ne- cessity for lower rates to be accepted. Thenum- ■ ...

... NOT very far from our town, in a valley where the evidences of great activity are changing its picturesque and romantic character, the^e was less than two years ago, is even now, but much altered, a little village of white-washed cottages; and here a labouring community lived, loved, and died like the rest of humanity. Colliers dwelt in this village, men, generally speaking, of rude habits and ...

... ESOAPE OF AN EMPEROR.—The Emperor of Austria, who left Presbu.-gh on the 17th ult., by railway, to continue his journey to Hus g ry, had a nairow escape. At Hobulknt the locomotive ran off the rails with such violence that, one of the wheels broke, and the whole train was dr-gged off, and stuck fast in the ground. After some delay hi.. Majesty resumed his journey, and in the even ng reacued ...

... 8B MEBTHYR POLICE COURT. SATURDAY. —(Before J. C. Fowler and TV. Thomas, Esqrs.) E THE QUARRELSOME FARMERs.-Davicl Evans, v. Evan Edwards. This case, which was partly Ih^ard a fortnight since, was adjourned till to-day. It will be recollected, that some time since, the Lt defendant was bound over to keep the peace to- wards the complainant, and that the latter had since annoyed him, to induce ...