... €|t Cardiff times. FRIDAY, APRIL 36S 1861. THE BUTE AUTOCRACY. VERY simple is the process by which an autocracy may be instituted, even where all the surrounding elements are supposed to be purely democratic. That large commercial interests are entitled to much consideration, no one in his senses will deny; but in claiming that consideration, and enjoying the immunities which such a concession ...

... (From Friday's Gazette.') Thomas Buck, Paternoster-row, City, dealer In electro- plated goods John Cooper, Berners-street, Oxford-street, piano-forte maker William Henry Rowe, Gloucester-place, Hegent's Park, b-.riMer Henry Slollingdale, Hadlow, Kent, hay dealer M;iry Wood, Burntwood, Staffordshire, innkeeper James Smith, New Lenton, Nottinghamshire, lace manu- facturer Henry Pinchbeck, ...

... On Monday morning a handsome testimonial, in the shape of a purse, containing the sum of £ 171 15s. 6d., was presented to Mr. Gibbs, chief inspector at the Slough citation of the Great Western Railway, by the passengers using that line, as a mark of the high estimation in which he is held by all classes, and the courtesy and kindness uniformly shown by him in the discharge of the important ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. NOTICE.—The Railway Time Tables are published with as much care to ensure correctness as possible, but should they contain any errors, the publisher does not hold himself responsible for any inconvenience they may arise therefrom, as changes sometimes take place in the arrival and departure of trains without the knowledge of the Editor. ...

... BRISTOL HIDE, SKIN, AND FAT MARKEr I WEST-STREET, SATURDAY, NOV. 30, icies, 9olb and upwmta —d to old per lb. s „ 851b to 941b —d 5id „ 5 751b to 841b —d 4|J | „ 651b to 741b £ Jd 'J 3|d „ P o61b to 641b —d o^d I 551b and under —d 3id_ t, i 2id ? 2id 0,1 !Iawed aii(I irr(-ular -d Od. si > 171b and -d 5J -d cb. 2s 6s to 7& 8d each ? 0s 0d 0s (id 0s o.l „ 1 1 1 0s Od to Os ild 0d to 4gt! pel ...

... THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD HARVEST.—The cost of the imports of grain of all kinds, as well as flour for the last seven years, were, in the year 1854, £ 21,760,283; 1855,^17,508,700; 1856, £ 23,039,422 1857, £ 19,380,567; 1858, £ 20,152,641; 1859, £ 18,042,063, making a total in six years of £ 119,833,676, and an annual average of £ 19,980,613 paid for foreign grain and flour, while in tbe year ...

... The market on Tuesday was again on the increase, there being a good supply of stock generally, with an excellent attendance of purchasers, and nearly a whole elearaDce was effected early in the day. There were on offer some very good fat beasts from the other side of the water, particularly some belong- ing to Mr. Sparks from Bristol, and Mr. Gerrish of Cardiff. The stock from the immediate ...

... SHE sat upon a door step, The snow was falling fast, More white was her brow and spotless, And there she breathed her last. They pushed her off so roughly, She fell upon the snow, Colder, than the ice she lay on, Was that heartless blow. The falling snow-flakes lingered, As falling thro' the air, And kiss'd her brow, and wondered Who could spurn a thing so fair. They bore her to the dead house ...

... TWO MEN SUFFOCATED AT THE DOCKS. A most distressing occurrence was discovered this morning on board the schooner Speedy, of Waterford, Captain Edward James, now lying in the West Dock. It appears that on Friday night five sailors went to asleep in the forcastle of the ship, taking with them a pot full of burning coal, for the purpose of beating their berth. In order, no doubt, to make ...

... « Setters tn dtfitar* CANTON MARKET TOLLS. SIE,—As perhaps the public is not sufficiently alive to the monstrous grievance of the tolls which the Canton Market Company, by their atrocious and tjiannical Act, are empowered to levy on the wholesale importers, I have thought it right to give a few figures in order to elucidate what was so ably stated by Mr. Alderman Watkins at the meeting of the ...

... Housekeepers are very desirous to avoid the d# pointment that is found to arise from the absurd cttjjj)0 the Chinese have of colouring Tea. Notwithsta^K the practice is so generally condemned by tea 1 appears by the evidence given before the House of » mens' Committee that it is continued, owing to t £ t'»^?le, »{ producers and the merchants finding it very pi'°|j ( 01 for the Chinese, by ...

... R. H. W.—Your number has not taken a prize. We have no letters at present. If any come, they shall be sent. MANCHESTER ART UNION.—The priise-list may be seen at our office. District news, received on Thursday evening, was un- avoidably crowded_out. ...