... NEW BOROUGH MAGISTRATES, We understand that Messrs. James Pride, C. W. David, and George Bird, have been appointed magistrates for this borough by the Lord Chancellor. CARDIFF CRICKET CLUB.—The members of this club will be glad to hear that the committee have determined to com- mence their season on the first Tuesday in May. For par- ticulars see advertisement. Mr. Elderton, a London attorney, ...

... Is the question which many a Merthyr elector is sorely puzzled with at the present time. The great majority of voters would like to give their voice and interest for the Ballot, but then the Candidate of most local influence is an anti-Ballot man and then comes the question, which each one asks of himself or puts to a friend, What am I to do ? We fear that there are a great num- ber who have ...

... fEatftets?-, LONDON, MÓRDA'Y,'MAf:CH 28. Purchases are made with more, readiness in Colonial Produce supplies are, moderate, atid this currency rules ftrtfifer. ltatiftnd has tenfoishwi fbr RMsiM Produce, arid lower term# accepted i MltJjPB&h spooks arc not Jarfre. Prices ere fully 9s bighfut articles •nwd to Manufacturing Purposes, and there-are greater-trafisoc- itfcHS. Metals have been ...

... [From Bell's Weekly Messenger. ] The weather during the last few days has been thoroughly April in character—sunshine, rain, wind, heat, and cold, intermingled, and succeeding each other with incessant changefulness. The rains have been very acceptable; and the young seed crops .which had been checked by the previous dry weather have come up in full vigour. The transplanted trees and shrubs ...

... gfetopt Jutal nttlligttttt. Mr. James Vaughan, a barrister of note, on the Oxford circuit, presented himself here on Saturday last offering to stand for the boroughs in the Liberal interest. A brother-in-law of John Bright, and of the same political creed, it was expected that he would be supported, but we learn that one member of the council, and the chief leader of the opposition, refused to ...

... iSpttotnect Neto. Advices from Auckland, New Zealand, confirm the statements of the discovery of good coal in that province. The death of Mr. W. J. Champlain, so many years chairman of the London and South Western Rail- way Company, is announced. The Paris correspondent of the Globe says:— Emile de Girardin is coming out with a Letter to Benjamin Disraeli on Universal Suffrage, recommending ...

... GENTLEMEN, THE approaching Dissolution of Parliament affords me the opportunity of again thanking you for the confidence you have reposed in me for the last seven years. It is my intention to offer myself for Re-Election, and should I have the honor of Representing you in the next Parliament, you may rely on my continuous efforts to promote such measures of Reform as I believe would be best ...

... THE EXHIBITION OF 1861.—The Society of Arts is beginning to move actively in the preliminary preparations for the International Exhibition of 1861. In an explanatory statement of their views, just issued, they state the proposition broadly thus: It is proposed that the works to be exhibited in 1861 shall be selected for their excellence; that they shall be arranged in classes, and not ...

... Housebreaking at Monmouth. Richard Perrin, laborer, and Mary Hannah Rogers, were charged with having feloniously broken and entered the dwelling-house of James Watts Peppercorne, and stolen two brass taps and twenty pounds of lead pipe, at Monmouth, on the 21st of March. The two prisoners were alleged to have stolen the articles from the Tump house, which had been for some time unoccupied. A ...

... BOARD OF ROADS.-A meeting of the rate-payers of this parish was held at the Town Hall, on Friday, the 25th instant, for the purpose of passing the accounts of this board for the past year. Mr. Williams was called to the chair. It was proposed by Mr. Conway, seconded by Mr. Hambleton. and ultimately carried, that the accounts be passed. Messrs. H. Williams, E. B. Edwards, D. Lawrence, Parkes, ...

... A CURIOUS CONSIGNMENT.—A correspondent of the Newcastle Chronicle writes:— Not many days since the Bishop of Durham had a number of foxes con- veyed to his establishment at Bishop Auckland from Inverness-shire. They were in boxes, and after they arrived at the station one of them not being satisfied with his confinement and travelling expedition, gave vent to his impatience by barking. The ...

... CHURCH RATE.—A voluntary rate of 3d. in the pound, has been made for the necessary expenses of the church for the current year. Those persons who have not already paid it, and are desirous to do so, are requested to pay their amounts to Mr. Oliver Davies, assistant overseer, on-or before the 18th of this month, as a statement of the receipts and pay- ments will then be published. SURVEYORS' ...