... BOAltD OF HEALTH.—The monthly meeting was held on Tuesday, the members present being Messrs, Toms, (in the chair) Coleman, Jones, Geake, Cornish. French, and Francis. After the minutes of the pre- vious meeting had been read and confirmed, Mr. Geake said in comptiance with the resolution of the previous meeting, Mr. Toms and himself had taken measures for the filling up of the open ditch ...

... feentl ftefog. The number of wrecks during the past year reaches a fearful total of 2029. The three Federal vessels destroyed at sea by the' Confederate war steamer Sumter included the Vigi- lant, the cargo of which was insured at Lloyd's about three weeks since. This is the firist loss the room has sustained since the present war risks have been acted upon. About a month ago Mr. Gr. Riddiford ...

... THE COWBRIDGE HOUNDS will meet Monday. Jan. 13 Castle npon Allum Thursday — 16 Landow Cross Roads At Eleven o'clock. THE TREDEGAR HOUNDS will meet on Monday Jan. 13 Llanrumney Lodge — 15 Tregwillym — 17 Dutfryn Each day at half-past 11 o'clock. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Traffic for Week ending Jan. 5, 1862 dE4251 16 0 Corresponding Week, 1861 4357 12 2 SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Week ending Jan. 4,1862 ...

... STATE OF CRIME IN THE COUNTY.-The following sta- tistics were appended to the calendar of prisoners for trial at the last sessions :— THE GAOL AT CARDIFF. MALE. FEMALE. For trial at sessions 33 12 45 Ditto at assizes 1 0 1 Convicted at assizes 26 1 27 Summarily convicted 34 21 55 Debtors. 22 0 22 Total 150 NEW YEAR'S EVE.—The departure of 1861, and the arrival of 1862, were announced by merry ...

... AN ADDRESS TO THE JrBW IOUSTAIN AT THE rowir watt Thrice welcome, most auspicious fount! Oh, may thy sight make drunkards count, To what their earnings must amount, Now spent ia public-houses; And if they call on thee instead, They'll have more wisdom in the head— More cash in pockets, and more bread For children and for spouses. If they but try thee, and take heart, They'll soon feel rather ...

... WEEK DAY SERMONS. THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. On a subject so important to every man in the British. Isles, it is but right that the secular preacher of the TELEGRAPH should say a word or two, not in conse- quence of there having been but little said, for every paper teems with the views of editors and correspon- dents, but because too many of them begin in a truculent strain, assume a pugilistic ...

... ABERDARE COUNTY COURT. THOMAS FALCONER, ESQ., JUDGE. His Honour, on hearing the first case in Bankruptcy in this Court, on Thursday, the 16th, said :— The common law relating to debtors against whom judgment was had and who were imprisoned under what were called writs of copias ad satisfaciendum, was singularly severe. The creditor was authorised to im- prison the person indebted to him, and ...

... ST. FAGANS. THE BELL RINGERs.-On New Year's Eve, the ringers partook of supper at the Plymouth Arms (Mr. Llewellin's), after which they rung a merry peal prior to the departure of the old and the birth of the new year. The bells are new, and are well- toned, and the trial has proved that they are all that can be desired. The belis were well struck and brought down, ringing; the changes in an ...

... CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting was held on Saturday morning, John Bird. Esq., in the chair. The Clerk announced that during the past week there had been 62 admissions and 61 discharges, leaving a total of 373 in the bouse, 93 of whom were in the refuge. This shewed an increase on the corresponding week of last year of 55. The only public business transacted was the election of ...

... WE are very apt to [grumble at a certain condition of things, when such condition is due to our own exces- ses, ignorance, rash speculation, or the like, and to grumble superlatively when it arises from circumstan- ces beyond our own control. There is a fine tempta- tion for a display of healthy expletive afforded us by a sample of the latter but we will endeavour to show that the condition is ...

... PRESENTATION TO DAVID WILLIAMS, ESQ., YNYSCYNON HOUSE. (From our own Correspondent.) WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE prominent and noble part which Mr. Williams (Alaw Goch,) has always taken in connection with Eisteddfodau, has endeared himjto his bardic country- men. The active, energetic, and self-denying character of his labours in connection with the recent National Eisteddfod has earned for him ...

... LIST OF ALL THE FURNACES IN AND OUT I OF BLAST IN THE SOUTH WALES DISTRICT. Proprietors'Names. § £ I || c 3 O O w i—i ''Aberdare Iron Co. Abernant, Gla- morgan.. 3 0 3 .GlynNeath,, 3 0 „ Aberdare ,,651 Bailey, Crawshay Aberaman 3 3 0 Briton Ferry Iron Co. Briton Ferry 2 2 0 Booker, T. W. & Co. Pentyrch 2 2 0 Brogden & Sons Tondu 2 2 0 Crawsha}', William. Cyfarthfa and Ynisfach „ 11 11 0 ...