... FRIDAY MORNING. Many of the regular colliers escaped, having been prevented from going to work through illness. One collier feeling unwell the night before stayed at home, and kept his two boys, who worked with him, at home also. Their joy at their own escape was extreme. By wise arrangement the bodies were not brought up until dark, and then altogether. Had they been brought up in detail, and ...

... The Vienna papers mention a handsome donation made by the Prince of Wales for the benefit of the sufferers by the inundations and unusually severe weather, which latter has greatly aggravated the misery of thousands of poor houseless wretches, driven by the waters from their homes with the loss of everything they possessed. « It is much remarked that at the sitting of the Assembly of Nobles at ...

... CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. Weekly meeting, February 15; R. 0. Jones, Esq., in the chair. The Master reported that the follow- ing was the state of the house. Admitted, 116; dis- charged, 91; remaining in the house, 406, of whom 103 were in the refuge increase, 105. A letter was read from the Poor-law Board con- firming the appointment of the master and matron to the refuge, and stipulating ...

... JAPAN. According to the latest advices Japan is quiet. Prince Muto was reported to be dead. His son was making efforts to apprehend the assassins who attacked the British legation. CHINA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of Wednesday published news from Pekin, according to which the insurrection in Sbangtong and in the central pro- vinces is making progress. The insurgents have informed the ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. In reply to Viator's inquiry, we are not aware of a place of worship in Cardiff, for members of the Russian, Greek, or Eastern Church, neither can we inform him what place of worship residents from those countries usually frequent. Can any of our readers give the latter information ? Those of our friends who wish to favour us with their sentiments must bear in mind these ...

... SPORTING NOTES. [WRITTEN BY 'PERCEPTION FOR THE CARDIFF TIMES.] On making my first acquaintance with the readers of your journal-at least with those who hear or peruse with pleasure any information re- lative to the National Sport, I cannot but ex- press a hope that ere the racing season of 1862 is numbered with those that were, the pro- phecies of Perception which will be given at various ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 12. Several private bills were brought in and read a first time. The usual list of members excused from attendance on com- mittees, as being beyond the age of sixty years, was read and agreed to. The report on supply was brought up, and the committee of supply was fixed for to-morrow. A supplementary naval estimate was laid on the table by Lord C. Paget. ...

... THE STEWS BUDGET. A copy of the bill which Mr. Cowper, the First Commissioner of Works, intends to introduce into Parliament, on the subject of the Thames Embankment, has been forwarded to the Metropolitan Board of Works. The embankment is to be confided to a commission to be specially appointed for the purpose. Four members of the Metropolitan Board and two of the City com- mission of Sewers ...

... JUSTICE IN ROME. tinder the present regime, in the Eternal City, it is a matter of child's play for the rich offender to escape panish- ment by bribery, and for the Government to wreak its ven- geance on all suspected of disloyalty, and to make a show of justice by unmitigated severity towards the poor and friend- less criminal. The stories current here illustrating these assertions are quite ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. THE AMERICAN WAR. Earl Stanhope inquired if it were true that six more vessels laden with stone were sent out for the purpose of being sunk in Charleston harbour? He had hoped that the vigorous remonstrance of the noble lord would have prevented the recurrence of such acts. Earl Russell said he had received no information on the subject, but he was glad of the energetic ...

... AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNICATION,—Much re- spected and benevolent sir,—Winsley.near Batli.-Allow me to thank you for the means of recovery from one of the most distressing coughs to which any person could possibly be subject. Before taking your Pectoral Lo- zenges I had been troubled witb my cough eight years, and. had been, of late, accustomed to consider it quite con- stitutional; it had also ...

... DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—Ann Dunning, a widow, of Upper High-street, Taunton, has recently died, at the patriarchal age of 105. The Commander-in-Chief; according to the Untied Service Gazette, has prohibited the metropolitan volun- teers from attending the contemplated review at Brighton, on Easter Monday, unless under the command of a general officer. Another frightful aceident has occurred to ...