... The usual weekly meeting of the Board took place on Saturday, G. T. Clark, Esq., in the chair. Tht're were aluo present, Messrs. R. H. Rhys, J. Rhys, R. Thomas G. Martin. J. Edwards. I). Williams, B Kirhouse, G. Mat- thews, G. W. Russell, E W. Scale, H. Kirkliouse,D. Rosser, and L I ...

... CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY. (Before the MAYOR and Dr. PAINE.) ASSAULT IN QUEEN-STREET. William Phillips was charged with assaulting John Davies. From the evidence it appeared that on Saturday evening the defendant was drunk in Queen-street, and his wife asked the complainant to try and get him home. Complainant went up to him for the purpose when he struck him a violent blow in the ...

... The Florence correspondent of the London Standard sends over the following account of a remarkable trial that is going on there Tuesday was the day fixed for the trial of the wife-murderer, Joseph Martinato, and of his mother and sister, his supposed accomplices in the fearful crime, the particulars of which are per- haps still fresh in the memory of many of your read- ers. For those who have ...

... ADDRESSED TO THE EDITOR. The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of his Correspondents. SERMONS. Sm,- I know you have a heavy pressure on your space just now from the number of political meetings which are being held to secure the return of Mr. H. Richard as M.P. for Merthyr. But still, 1 trust you will find room for a re- mark or two on the late sermon of the Rector, who almost ...

... About half-past five o'clock on the evening of Sundajr an alarm of fire was raised in the camp and town of Alder- Bii.it, and a number of people at once rushed to the spot from whence smoke was perceived to be issuing, namely, the straw stores, situated near the centre block 1Il the permanent barracks. The provost, followed by the fire brigade, were immediately on the spot, and pickets being ...

... OUK BUTCHERS AND BAKERS. Taese useful purveyors for our daily necessities are, at the present juncture of affairs, unpopular members of societv. 51 any of the worldug classes especially regard ) them with unmittigated feelings of aversion. ihey J assume that these tradesmen are fattening at the ex- penseofthethewandsinewof the nation, or, in othcr I words, die labouring classes. There i- ...

... For many a year, says the Pallltfall Gazette, mysterious little stories have been wafted to England from the Cur- ragh-hint8 and glimpses of a certain colony of poor wretches there, who lived as nobody else in the three kingdoms lived—poor wretches called wrens, because they live in holes in the banks. And as lately, it is said, that things are not so bad as they used to be some years ago, ...

... OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. LORD DERBY has now & bishopric and deanery to dis- pose of, and in the present condition of the church his difficulty must be considerable. Lord Palmerston ap- parently used to consider that the best bishops cou'd be made out of the must hard-working parochial clergy- men, all other things being equal. Among the bishops whom he appointed were the rectors of Marylebone ...

... Du BARRY'S Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which contains three times the lJounsluuelJt of the best melt, saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, rcstores perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, retreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most. disordered or enfeebled, removing speedily anil effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), ...

... About 40) men, including labourers of all classes, are engaged on the vast extensions and revolutions that are being gradually carried forward at these works. A few weeks ago we furnished our readers with a detailed account of the progress made in the long embankments and the Pier that are in progress of erection. The operatives have made considerable way since that period. The embankment from ...

... BAD NEWS.—The dull and inactive state of the iron trade is proving very detrimental to the masters and workmen of the hill districts. Just now, nearly all the works are suffering more or less for want of orders. Last week, the whole of the mills at Ebbw Vale, were stopped for three days, and a portion of the collierys as well. This week, the workmen at these works have received notice that the ...

... OUT OF HARNESS TO PARIS. No. 12. [CONCLUSION]. Before concluding this series of papers, the writer wishes to advert to a topic that forces itself upon every Englishman travelling in France, and which is fre. quently alluded to in the public press, we mean the re- lative amount of drunkenness in the two countries. The writer purposely watched for such cases, and in the eight days in which he ...