... OCRf Cardiff £ intcs. FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1862. ANCIENT AND MODERN CIVILlSA' TION. TiME hallows the past. A tinge of gloff seems to linger aro.und the memory ofthoSØ achievements which were performed in the early stages of man's history. We neV0f think of contrast, and seldom venture a co0' parison, but take the dreams of the poet, and the tales of the mythologist, as creatio#^ too sacred for ...

... We have seen that an animal species imprinted its form on each epoch: the pliocene age was that of elephants. At the present day no elephants are met with in England, except at the Zoological Gardens; but formerly these living masses wandered about in herds. Gigantic elephants, twice the size of the largest specimens ROW existing in Ceylon and Africa, ranged the British forests, swam in the ...

... A few personal traits may be actded to our brief sketch of the prince who was on Monday laid in his splendid tomb. Professor Goldst-ucker, a fellow-student with him at Bonn, remembers lirin as the only prince who was a real reader there. I believe, says the professor, in a letter which we are allowed to quote, he never missed a single lecture. It was not the way with princes at Bonn. During ...

... The force of the convictions expressed in a numerous correspondence addressed to this jour- nal, and the extent of the impressions prevailing in the public mind, compel us to recur to the subject of the illness of the lamented Prince Consort. It is generally strongly felt that an official account of that illness is due to the nation which so deeply mourns his sudden and unexpected loss. It is ...

... ME. PAINE'S LETTER TO THE LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH. The following letter is referred to in our report of the Board of Health meeting, held on Friday last, and which we reported at length in our Second Edition :— Cardiff, Dec. 27, 1861. Gentlemen,—At the last meeting of your Board, a notice of a motion for rescinding the appointment of the Officer of Health was given. An observation then made, as ...

... THE GUARDIAN. CARDIFF, FRIDAY, JAN. 10, 1862, 1.30 P.M. IT is absolutely amusing to mark the change of tone in the New York Press. It reminds us of the record of the manner in which the French Press veered round when Bonaparte escaped from Elba, commencing the daily announcements of his pro- gress with the Corsican ogre has quitted his den and ending with His Imperial Majesty reached his ...

... BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. BIRTHS. DAMES.—Jan. 6, at 7 Duke-street, Cardiff, the wife of Mr. P. Davies. of a daughter. HO WELLS.-Dec. 31, at Cardiff, the wife of Mr. Edward Howells, Adam-street, of a daughter. BABER.—Jan. 1, at Temperance Town, Mrs. F. Baber, of a daughter. GRIFFITHS.—Jan. 7, at Bridgend, the wife of Mr. Griffiths, Bear Inn, of a son. FACE1.—Dec. 27, at Berkeley-place, Brecon, Mrs. ...

... The Havannah, Cardifflndnstrial School ship, has been certified by the Secretary of State as fit to be an industrial school under the provisions of the Industrial Schools Act, 1861. GROSS NKGLIGNCE.—Notwithstanding we have very fre- quently had to caution the householders of Cardiff, against leaving their premises in a state of insecurity during the hours of night, yet some appear to be ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. RELIEVING OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES.—A singular case was brought before the Board of Guardians, on Saturday, in the form of a complaint made by one Henry Perkins, against Mr. William Jones, Relieving Officer, of Merthyr. This complaint has been sent by the person calling himself Perkins, to the Poor Law Board, London, and was an accusation against Mr. Jones for holding ...

... Arrangements are now In progress for extending the Post Office Savings' Bank system to Ireland. The Russians will hold a festival in August at Novo- gorod, to celebrate the thousandth year of their existence as a nation. A billiard marker, who lately passed his last examina- tion at the London Bankruptcy Court, attributed his misfortunes to the losses he had sustained through his principal ...

... The extreme earnestness—we had almost said vehemence—with which the Times, for two or three consecutive days after the death of the Prince Consort, appealed to the Prince of to decide instantly and finally in favour ot a life of honour and usefulness in preierence to a lire of frivolity and folly, has induced many persons to suppose that his royal highness was hesitating as to the choice he ...

... Instead of this phrase being one of reproach, its origin re- Beets the highest honour on the Sons of the Scissors. In the year 1748, a poor orphan-boy applied at one of the fashion- able West-end tailor's shops in London, in which nine journey- men were then employed. The forlorn, yet interesting appear- ance of the friendless lad, touched the hearts of the benevolent tailors, who ...