... gistrid BRIDGEND BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the usual weekly meet- ing there were present—J. C. Nicholl, Esq., Rev. C. LI. Lewellin, Rev. J. Evans, Messrs. R. Leyshon, R. N. Hooper, G. Johu, William and John Thomas (Lantwit), J. Thomas (Cowbridge), J. Cragoe, M. Williams, and G. Powell. A bill of £31 10s. was sent in by Mr. M. Williams, surveyor, for plans, &c., in connection with the drainage of ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN. SIR,—I little thought when I made a few observa- tions in your impression ef the 27th ult., with regard to the New Hotel now in building here, that they would call forth such a sharp uncalled-for letter from the person signing nimself Omikron. In the com- mencement of his letter he states an untruth when he says I also supplied the same paragraph to your two ...

... The washerwomen of Rouen have struck work to better themselves. They get If. 2oc. (Is.) and a glass of brandy (la j'oulte) per day they want 2f, a glass of brandy, and a cup of coffee, and insist that no other starch be used in their laundries but the Glentield.—French Paper. Of cheap wines the first that deserves the attention of the consumer is Oaret it is a pure, light, and exhilaratiug ...

... The pretty village of Llantrithyd was yesterday the scene of unusual rejoicing, on the occasion of the marriage of Miss lyler, second daughter of the Rev. Roper Trevor Tyler, with Captain Hubert Gould, of the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia. The popularity of the Bride and her family, coupled with the circumstance that the Bridegroom has until recently been resident at Ash Hall, near ...

... SIR MORTON PETO'S BANKRUPTCY. The examination under the bankruptcy of Peto, Betts, and Crampton tookplace before Commissioner Winalow on Wednesday. The amount of proofs admitted at the first meeting was comparatively small—not above half a million—and those principally against the estate of Peto and Betts; but an enormous claim was put in by Mr. Linklater on behalf of the London, Chatham, and ...

... fHE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE NORTHERN COAL Mr. Hugh Taylor, of Earsden, after being forty- four y. s one of the executive of the Coal Trade Associa- tion of Northumberland and Durham, and about a quarter of a century its chairman, has resigned that ofSoe.— Northern Dail. ...

... FIRE.—On Wednesday 'night, a fire broke out in a carpenter's shop on the tramroad. The workshop was in a house forming one of a row, nearly opposite the archway leading to the Rolling Mill. The fire was dis- covered, fortunately, before it had succeeded in gaining a hold upon the premises; the vigorous and united efforts of a few persons, who happened to be near, re- sulted in its extinction ...

... (From the RAILWAY NEWS.) THE NEATH AND BRECON AND BRECON AND MERTHYR RAILWAYS. Wales has been, in the matter of the railways, the great battle-ground of finance companies, and in almost every part of the Principality are to be seen thickly strewn the traces of the late severe monetary crisis, which brought their procedings to so sudden and so lamentable a close. Every finance company which ...

... SATUKDAT.—(Before tbo Mayor and Jas. Pride, Fsq.) REFHACTORY SEAMEX.—The Captain of the ship Disiaeli summon* d six of his crew tor i-efn^inyr to work on oau ns ship. The captain deposed that the ship was on her voyage from Newport, aud on the way down the channel he was com- pelled to bring up in Penarth Roads through stress of wea- ther. She left Newport on Sunday, and was compelled to drop ...

... HENRY RICHARD'S return as the leading mem- ber for Merthyr should occupy the attention and mgage all the plannings of Dissenters, until the election has taken place. During the long even- ngs of the coming winter, the teachers of Sunday whoola, and the most inquiring youths in the rarious congregations, might get up periodical meet- ings for the purpose of enlightening the public in the ...

... Another eminent lawyer has succumbed to the hand of death. Cn Monday night Lord Kingsdown expired at his country residence at Torre-hill, in Kent. Descended on his father's side from an honourable family in Warrington and on his mother's from a branch of the family of Leigh, to whose vast possessions near Wigan he eventually suc- ceeded, Thomas Pemberton was born in London on the 11th of ...

... CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY. (Before the MAYOR and W. ALEXANDER, Esq ) DRUNKENNESS.—Thomas Bryan and Mark Style were charged with having been drunk. Defendants acknowledged the committal of the offence, and were each fined 5s. and cosb. THE LATE FIRE AT THE DOCKS, AND THE SELF-CON- DEMNED INCENDIARY. Menehen (on remand) was charged with having, on his own confession, set fire to the ...