... In his Treatise on Food, page 423, Dr. Scoffern writes —li 1 am very partial to tea, aud for above thirty years have ;akell it without milk and sugar in consequence of this my jalate is the more critical as to its fine quality and strength. the b st tea I can find is that imported by the Messrs. floit- NIMAN, London, and sold by their agents; its natural appear- ance manifests it to be tea ...

... Tùia exciting match came off this (Saturday) morning, when the weather proved to be rather favourable to the Cambridge boat according to the opinions of the initiated. Oxford was presumed to have an advantage in case the weather should prove stormy and the water heavy. There was, however, very little wind, and the competitors staited in the presence ot an august assemblage, at 8.5S, and ...

... THE WEAR AND TEAR OF LIFE. IT is almost incredible how much heavy labour the frail body of man can accomplish. You see that puddler, heater, or roller,-he has an old hat which has under- gone successive storms of hot dust and sparks. He has an old coat suited for battles with red hot molten iron. That old coat has seen much furnace service. It has possibly been patched for years, until it may ...

... THEPAttis EXHIBITION.—Spiers and Pond, contractors for the refreshment department of the Paris Exhibition, have arranged with Messrs. Danville and Co., Belfast, for a regular supply of their tine old Irish whiskey during the Exhibition Season.—From, Telegraph, 29th March, 1867. REV. CANON JENKINS, LATE OF DOWLAIS.—Thi»i popu- lar and highly esteemed rev. gentleman has dunngthe past week ...

... COAL AND OIL AS STEAM FUEL.—Preparations ou a large scale for a final trial of oil and coal as stl:am fuel are now being made at Woolwich dockyard. A common service boiler, belonging to theTeaxer gunbeat, is first to be tried with coal, at the common rate ot combustion, and then forced consump- tion, to get the greatest amount of evaporation the boiler is capable of. The coal grates are then ...

... C|e Cardiff Cimes. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1867. THE WEEK. THE Spanish difficulty is being settled in a manner honourable to both parties. The Spanish Govern- ment have agreed to make reparation in the matter of the seizure of the Victoria, and as to the Tornado, the evidence of her being a Chilian pri- vateer seems to have been quite strong enough to justify her having been captured and tried by ...

... A pleasant meeting for popular readings, was held at this place on Thursday evening, the 18th. inst. Mr. Evans, the stationmaster, presided; and in a short speech addressed the audience in a most interesting manner. Next came, in succession, a beautiful selection on the harp by Mr. M. Williams, Pontypridd; reading, Mr. W. Vaughan; recitation, Mr. W. H. Dyer, (Mabonwyson); song, Mr. E. Evans an ...

... SPAlN AND ENGLA.ND.- The Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs informed the Cortes on Tuesday that hi* Government would not recede from its attitude on tha Tornado question. Lord Stanley clearly cannot recede from his demand of reparation for the injury done to British subjects. The other cause of dispute is still more grave. The British ship Queen Victoria was fir, eibly seized by a Spanish ...

... SWANSEA. SUICIDE AT SWANSEA.—A most determined case O: suicide was perpetrated at Swansea on Monday night. last. A respectable young woman, named M 'ria Bro fE. aged 19, residing with her uncle, Mr. Thomas Btown pilot, in Rutland-street, went out for a walk with hei- young man, named Thomas Harris, a shipwright, and returned to her uncle's door about ten o'clock, whers they conversed together ...

... The fate of the barque Stonewall Jackson, which from Cardiff for the Cape of Good Hope on tbe January, has been cleired np by a report from Jones, of the Inman Company's steamer, City of Chester. On the 18tb of Maroh, when the City of cheater was on her outward voyage to New York, when off Kinsale, aboat; 3.20 p.m., a barque, witb British ensign hoisted, union down, was sigbted Captain Jones ...

... On the 1st of April. those of the working carpenters and joiners of Cardiff, who are in the emp'oy of private firms, left work. Six months ago they had, it appears given notice of their intention to do so kt this date', unless an advance of wages was conceded to them. The facts as to the present remuneration, the advance de- manded, the compromises suggested on either side, and the ultimate ...

... SHIPPING CASUALTIES. Adelaida, Cichero, from Newport to Genoa, put into Vigo 18th instant, very leaky. Antoine d'Or, of Nantes, from Newport for Aden, was towed to Valentia, 26th instant, from Dingle Bay. On the 17th she had to cut away her masts when about 80 miles from the Irish coast. Carrara brig, of Shoreham, from Pembrey for London, was fallen in with 30 miles off Queenstown, in a ...