... 2Thq & J$tei[thp (Guardian CARDIFF, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1867. THE GOVERNMENT AND REFORM. SINCE we last wrote on this subject strange and mortifying events have come to pass. The United Cabinet, and compact phalanx of Con- servatives with which we hoped Lord DERBY and Mr. DISRAELI would have been enabled to settle the Reform question, have been rudely shaken, and while the former has been recon- ...

... RE BENJAMIN DAVIES, ABERDARE. PORTIONS of the Bankrupt's Estate and Effects being, it is believed, in the possession of various persons who have not rendered any account of the same, this is to give Notice, that any person who shall wilfully conceal such Estate, or fail to discover the same to the Court or to the Assignees, will be liable under the Bankruptcy Laws to forfeit the sum of One ...

... POLICE COURT. SATURDAY.—(Before J. C. Fowler, Esq.) A Tatter-Denial ion.—William Hircy, a young man, with a very ragged wardrobe, was charged with wandering abroad, and sleeping in an unoccupied building, being without any visible means of subsistence. P.C. Rees found the prisoner in an empty dwelling-house, near Danyderri coke-house, stretched on the hearth in front of a good fire, which he ...

... ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. ADDRESSED TO TilE EDITOR. the Editor is not responsible for the opinions of his Corres;>on ienti gIB> —Allow me, through the medium of your valuable journal, to say a few words with respect to the present plan on which religious services are held at the Union Workhouse. It is known, I think pretty well, that since the Union House and Iufirmary have been open in Merthyr ...

... THE EXTRAORDINARY BULLION ROBHERY. The removal of two cases of hnmon, valued at up- wards of £2000. belonging to Baron Rothschild, oil Tuesdav night or Wednesday morning, from the fore- held of the Waterloo steamer, while lying in the Thames off the Tower, is still unexplained. The directors of the General Steam Navigation Company, to whom the Waterloo belongs, made inquiries at their offices ...

... LONDON, Monday, March 4. All Paris is in a state of excitement on account of an article in the Liberie, by M. Emilede Girardin, attack- ing and criticising the speech of M. Rouher in the Corps Legislatif. in answer to M. Julves Favre. M. de Girardin challenges and disproves the assertion of M. Rouher as to the brighter destinies of the country by many instances other defeat and failure in ...

... Henham-ball, Suffolk, the seat of the earl of Strad- broke. has been destroyed by fire. Colonel Nelson and Lieutenant Brand have been com- mitted for trial. Colonel Stuart M.P., has slated his intention to resign his seat for Bedford, at the next election. It is stated that the health of the convict Roupell (formerly M.P.,) has completely broken down. The abolition of the Musketry training ...

... CHELTENHAM STEEPLE CHASES.—One of the best lines of country in the kingdom has been secured for this meeting. The course is entirely over old pasture land, with a straight run in on the race-course, and most of the fences are natural, and of the fairest possible description. The Prince of Wales Steeplechase, the Grand Annual Steeplechase, and Handicap Hurdle Race, closed on Tuesday last. ...

... DrATII OF AKXEMCS WARD. —Southampton, March 6.— Avtemus Ward, the American author and humourist, died this evening at. Radley's Hotel, where he had been staying for some titne past. THE SILYER WORKS AT SWANSEA.—We are glad to find that the statement relative to a depression of trade at these works is incorrect, as the works are in a flourishing condition. e understand that a large f quantity ...

... parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, MARCH 4. In the House of Lords the Earl of Derby made an ex- planation of the circumstances which had led to the resignation of three of his colleagues in the Government. In dealing with the question of Reform, observed the noble earl, the Cabinet determined in the first instance, to proceed by resolutions. These, he admitted, were somewhat vague, and, ...

... FRIDAY. (Before R. O. Jones, Esq.) Mr. Wiltshire, the superintendent of the Llanditff and Can- ton District Market Company, supported a summons which had been taken out. on a previous day agamst the police of the borough of Cardiff, for exposing a horse, which had been im- pounded, for sale. The sale was admitted, and the learned Stipendiary reserved his judgment. SMUGGLING AT CARDIFF.—Maclen ...

... To Our. READERS —A pressure on our space of local news compels the omission of one or two articles. LIURAKY READINGS.—At these readings at the Temper- ance Hall, on Friday (this evening), J. C. Fowler, Esq., will read an essay on Music. The programme is other- wise attractive. BANcoR NORMAL CoHjRQK. —At the general examination of trainiug colleges for teachers, held in December, I860, the ...