... Forwards and backvvards—'tween pillar and post, Was a saying of which we could formerly boast; But now that old saying is gone to the ground, Since pillar and post both in one can be found. Merthyr, Dec., 1858. SCALLOP. ...

... FRIDAY. Before R. 0. Jones, D. Lewis, and J. H. Insole, Esqrs. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A WiFE.— Thomas strange was charged with heating his wife, on Thursday night. She was in bed, when the defendant came home, sober, and pulled her out of bed and kicked and beat her over the eye and on various parts of her body. He was sentenced to three months hard labour. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY AT MR. EDMONDS'S. ...

... The year hath passed away Swift as the gliding stream, And all its scenes appear Like relics of a dream! Spent are its griefs, its joys are flown, And memory holds their trace alone. Frail fleeting life! how soon May thy probation close; And they who prize the inost- In the still grave repose! Thy joys are brief-they cannot last, And change comes o'er thy season fast. Then pause, my soul, and ...

... ^hc sixth annual «>nfereoce of the A»«ociated Body of Jjourch S:hoolma«tern in England ami Wales was held in °ri»tol on Wedoerdsjr and Thursday. In the morning the ^••nbers and friends of the «s»ociation attended Divine a'r.ice at the Cathedral, when the Rev. Canon Moiety, tb.plaia in ordinary to the Queen, preached a sermon i,1'>r°P'Ute for the occasion from one of the pro»erb»:- rraih up a ...

... POETRY. METRICAL EPITOME OF THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS, AS BBCODBD IN THE FIRST CHAFTBB OF GENESIS. Be CBBATIOJT'S DAYS rehears'd. I. Hark, the call, on Day the First! LIGHT !—from the Darkness LIGHT liath-burst. If. Day the Second saw th' EXPANSB Spread before th' ALMIGHTX'S glance. in. HRBBS and TBBBB with Day the Third, On this Earth a chann conferred. IV. With the Fourth Day, see the SUN, Moow ...

... Mr. Scholefield, M.P., has just returned from America. Baron Pennefather has resigned his seat in the Dublin Exchequer, from ill-health. The death of the Hon. Mrs. Anson, last week, wae oc. casioned by taking laudanum in mistake for a draught. The officers of the India House have presented Mr. John Stuart Mill with a pretty silver testimonial. Mr. Couch, of the Norfolk Circuit, is to succeed ...

... BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. ANDDEATIFS. BIRTHS. BATCHELOR—Jan. 22, at Newport, the wife of Tom. Batchelor, Esq., of twins, daughters. COE.-J an. 22, at 54, Loudon-square, Cardiff, the wife of Mr. J. B. Coe, of a son. JONES.—Jan. 25, the wife of Mr. Jones, grocer, Cowbridge of twins; a son and daughter. STRICK.—Jan 20, at Brunswick-place, Swansea, Mrs. Ndiir. Strick, of a daughter. HABERSHON.-Jan. 19. ...

... LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL. Swansea General District Rate was settled at their Board of Health meeting last week at Is. 2d. in the pound. The same rate at Cardiff is Is. 6d. The Judges for the Oxford Circuit of Spring Assizes aro Mr. Justice Crompton and Mr. Baron Channell. For the Western, Mr. Justice Crowder and Mr. Baron Watson. BUILTH.- W e learn with much pleasure that Godfrey C. Morgan, Esq., ...

... A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NHW YcAR. Mr. Editor, at this genial season of the year, so inspiriting and gladdening to the whole family of man the great an- niversary of the birth of Him who came to seek and to save them that wpre lost, and to bring Peace on Earth and good-will to Man; when angels visited the earth to announce the astounding intelligence: in anticipation of the important ...

... CHRISTMAS ATXRAirriOXS IN CARDIFF, Our publication day Win- that previous to the general market, we were prevented last week from doing more than taking a enrsory glance at the preparations being then made for a Christmas display; we have now much pleasure in entering more into detail. The butchers of Cardiff and its neighbourhood came out in their usual first-rate style this year; their shops ...

... In one of the law courts lately, the audience were much amused by an unintentional admission, on the part of one of the counsel defending a party who had been copying the Name, Labels, and forms of packages of tha celebrated GLBNFIBLD PATENT STARCH. The judge coul I scarcely conceRl his indignation at the fraudulent attempt, and told the counsel to advise his client to alter the appearance of ...

... A THOUGHT IN SEASON. Boll on, fair Earth, although yon never xtMV, Yet to us mortals there's a reckoning day And at rotir cliiniro of season w should think Of our approaching nearer to the hrink Of that last silent home where all must, lie Until awakened to Eternity. Mertbyr, Dec. 18,1858. SC ALLOP. KING CHRISTMAS. Come hang o'erbead the mistletoe, Bedeck the walls, and bring The gnarled and ...