... female Fashions for AFRIL. [From Le It is just now rather amusing to inspect the novelties of the season; for whist, ou one side, we find all the prettv light, and fresh-looking materials ready tor the first .spntw sunshine; on the other, we have still the-more luxurjuus and rich textures, which we can by no means reliiiqmsjl present. For those economically inclined, it is that in- termedia e ...

... A sad accident, by which five persons^ lost ^heir lives, happened on Thursday evening week, at Flint. Un the chemical works of the well-known firm ofMusprat Co., of Flint and Liverpool, there was a dram used for the purpose of running off waste matter from the works. A boy named Michael Greener, was playing at the top of a shaft 15 feet deep, which had been sunk for the purpose of ventilating ...

... On Saturday afternoon the coroner for East Cumber- land, Mr. W. Carrick, held an inquest in Carlisle, re- specting the deaths of William T'oppin, aged/o, an, the latter's grandson, a fine lad of twoi yearsi o » had, on Friday night, been found tied toget er S neck, and drowned in a dam which supplies t anteed Manure Company's Works, at thewes of the city, with water power._ It appeared, oni-e+ ...

... The Prussian Government intend to extend a tele- graphic system to eve ry town with a population of 1,500. The extension will first commence in the pro- vince of Saxony. The Italian Opera season in Paris will this year be^-in some weeks earlier than usual—that is, in the first days of September; with a view of catering for the guests to the Great Exhibition. An inquiry has been ordered by ...

... CARDIFF POLICE COURT. FRIDAY.—(Before R. O. Jones, Esq.. Aid. Alexander, W. D Bihhell, E-q., and Dr. Edwards.) ASSAULT.—Julia P:u*ies and Dmiel Davies were convicted of having assaulted Arthur Gotitrh, on Saturday last. The feinu'e^lefendaut was fined 10s. and the male 5s. and costs, or 7 imprisonment each. AN OLD OFFENDER.—Ellen Griffiths, a wretched creature, who is perpetual'j- in tiouble ...

... The Dunderbnrg has been purchased by the French Government from its builder, Mr. W. H. Webb, with the consent of the United States Government, and a description of her and her voyage from New York to Cherbourg is given by one of the voyagers. The Dun- derberg is a clipper, sea-going, wrought-iron fort, mounting 18 guns-four 15-inch and 14 11-mch. She was launched on the 22nd of July, 18&>. ...

... THE TRADE OF THE PORT.A correspondent en- closed us a few days since a reprint of some remarks that appeared in our journal, with criticisms thereon, by some anonymous scribbler. Tha Editor of the paper prudently declined to endorse the extraordinarily hyper- critical discoveries and quotations in italics. The defects referred to are, we readily admit, palpable in one or two instances. Our ...

... ANAGRAM. Mr. Disraeli finds fault with the ana- gram of last week, W illiam Ewart Gladstone I, wise Mr. G, want to lead all, and points out that his own name furnishes one more direct and incisive— I lead, sir.—Oni. ...

... LONDON, Monday, March 25. FRANCE. Much surprise is expressed in Paris at the persist- ent silence of the Moniteur respecting the treaties between Prussia aud the Southern States, ever since the publication of which the country has been in a fever of excitement. On Saturday the official gazette of Berlin published the text of the trea y between Prussia and Wurtemburg, the terms of which are the ...

... The brief account which appeared in the second edition of the Guardian last week has prepared our readers for the details of one of the most disastrous colliery explosions ever recorded. On receipt of the information in Cardiff, Mr. Taylor, the manager at the office of Messrs. Davis, at the Docks, went up, with a staff of officials, by special train, and in the evening Mr. D. Davis went up ...

... LLAXDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Feb. 10.—Fifth SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Morning Prayer. Venite,—3- Daily Psalms—61, 62. Te Deum—9, 2. Jubilate—63. Introit—137. Responses—Gladstone in F. Hnnn-GI. Afternoon service at half-past three. Daily Psalms—65. Magnificat—Arnold in A. Nunc DimitÙs-Arnold in A. Anthem, In my distress''—Hop- kins. Hynin—l't.i. Litany Sermon at 7 o'clock in the evening; hymns, ...

... The following gentlemen have been appointed magistrates for the borough of CardiffHenry James Paine. Esq. Henry Jones Evans, Esq. Alexander Bassett, Esq. Captain Johnson. R.X. Edward S. Hill, Esq., and Samuel Nash. Esq. THE INFIRMARY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN. SIR,—In the present deplorable financial condition of the Infirmary, perhaps it may not be altogether useless to draw public ...