... Seti|gr # Jperhrt FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1863. LrVES OF EMINENT MERTHYR MEN. REV. DANIEL DAVIES, D.D. There is one way of entering Dowlais which, if at night, and in the winter, will recall to some kind, Dante's visit with Virgil to the regions of All,ni (Hell) to be matter-of-fact, and, to the many toe exceedingly striking. I allude to the en- raQce by the mill, through the tumble-down sort of o&> ...

... THE RIFLE CORPS.—The 19th Company attended divine service on Sunday last, at Lantwit-Vardre. A very impressive sermon was preached by the rector (Rev. Horatio Thomas), in which the duties of volun- teers were pointed out. The worthy rector concluded his discourse by statipg that the volunteer force was not for the purpose of encouraging war, but to main- tain peace. PRIMITIVE METHODISTS. — On ...

... justice. George, whose tongue seems to be as slippery as his finest lather, talked at a tremendous rate to trie Court, but it turned out that there had been^ some attempt at a settlement; George had received 3s. 6d. and a noggin of gin to recover bis blood.—George Your mother got the money back, and I paid for tiie gin myself, no thanks to you for it.—He has got a strong back and I have not; ...

... COSMOPOLITANISM. MOVEMENTS everywhere indicate the wide- spread interest which mankind are taking in each other. True, we have to lament over Riany things which operate prejudicially to the interests of nations, and the complete triumph Of human liberty; but that only tends to in- tensify the yearnings which men feel for the Universal well-being of their species. Time and space are being, in ...

... POETRY, ON A RECENT DIVISION. Sir John Trelawuy Found the road thorny, When attempting to sweeps oft a rate And—though but by one,' Has brovmly been done In his artful attack on the State. Tho' by the Whigs back'd, The Bads have been whack'd In their crusade against our good Church Defeated once more, As often before, The subverters are left in the lurch. May 15. J. H. + THE BLOCKADE. (GO, ...

... BOOKS. RECEIVED. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL.—This old-established periodical still pursues the even tenor of i sway: its pages con- tain matter of ah interesting and instructive character, which will be found well worthy perusal by all classes of society. CHAMBEBS S BOOK OF DAYS.—The present number of this very useful and entertaining book is replete with selections in connection with the calendar, ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (Continued from our 7th page.) MONDAY. In the IIOTJSE of LORDS no business of importance was transacted. In the HousB of COMMONS, on the order for the third reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bil!, Mr. Disraeli said he wished to call the serious and earnest attention of the House to the state of the public finances, and thought this a fit opportunity. It was argued, ...

... At the Marlborough.street policr-court, on Friday, William Wentworth Fi'zivilliam Viscount Milton, of 4, Grosvenor-square, charged with obtaining by means of false pretences, at 47, New-Pond-street, a pair of ear. rings of the value of £ 100, the property ot Messrs; John Cordy Crouch an! Henry Warre, trustees for Mrs. Sophia Stephens, pawnbroker, of 35, Brewer.street, Golden- square, was again ...

... A special meeting of the governors of this excellent in- stitution was held at Cardiff, on Monday last, under the presidency of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of LlandafF. In addition to his lordship, there were present E. P. Richards, Esq. W. D. Bushell, Esq.; J. Watson, Esq. Rev. Canon Morgan Rev. M. A. Pierpoint A. Bassett, Esq,; W. Alexander, Esq.; C. Thompson, Esq.; M. Grover, Esq. B. ...

... WE to calltthe attention of the musical world to the splendid stock of new pianofortes, recently received by our fellow-townsman, Mr. Taylor, at his repository in Graham-strret. The prices of these excellent instru- ments are extremely low, and we are sure suitable to the depressed state of affairs generally. THE nIFLE VOLUNTEERS had an afternoon's drill on Thursday, in the Vale of Neath ...

... HISTORICAL NOTES. BARROWS, ETC. Barrows are artificial mounds or hillocks, which are to be found in all parts of the world. They have been as repositories for the dead. In some places they have been formed of stones, and are called carneddau cairns. There are many of these heaps of stones to ae seen on the different hills in South Wales. Barrows are common on the Wiltshire downs-a person can ...

... DESIRABLE MONEYS.—Matrimony, patrimony, har- mony, and ready money. AN OLD SAILOR'S Ab VICE.—Don't undertake to kiss ...