... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN.' SIR,—The position of the Canton Local Government is now exciting a good deal of attention. The law gave this Board nine members, but there appears to be ten persons acting as such, and either the whole of the proceedings must be informal or one of the mem- bers must have been illegally elected. As far as I understand the state of affairs, the returning officer ...

... S'R'Knowing your anxiety, through the columns of the Cardat limes, to assist any eflort to benefit the inhabitants ot trie town, Will you permit me to call the attention of voor readers to the Bible class which meets every Lord's-dav after- noon in the Cardiff Town-hall, from three o'clock till a quarter-past four. The class is thoroughly unsectarian, and is c-omposed of men of nearly every ...

... A reporter of the Toronto Daily Globe newspaper, In- fluenced, no doubt, by Mr. Greenwood's doings as an amateur casual, managed to get into Toronto- gaol dis- guised as a criminal, and to spend twenty-four hours there in the character, for the purpose of knowing something of gaol life from the prisoner's point of view. How he managed to get in is thus alluded to in an article in a recent ...

... S. To the Editor of the Gfavolo Herald. Glasgow, 14th January, 1869. SIR,-I vwas gratified to find that tberecent letters in the Herald as to Early Steam Navigation have led Mr James Steel, ef Liverpool, to give, in your impression of the 1st instant, an interesting ac- count of a trial made by the late Mr John Wood, shipbuilder, Port-Glasgow, with a screw in the pro- pulsion of a ship's ...

... GRE ENO CK. Tow,, Coi_'cul,.-A rmeeting of this Cistocil was again convened yesterday, but there not being a quorurI of members present, the Lusiness was again adjourned, MIesne;G OF FacULr.T o' PaocuaATOr's.-The annual meeting of this Faculty was held ia the Sheriff Court Hall ?? James Turner in the chair. Some dircuasivn took place upon. a pro- posal to re-elecr Mr Yuille Dean of Faculty, ...

... GREENOCX. MORTALITY Ohs BOARD SHIP. -While the ship Search, arrived in the river yesterday from Old CAla- bar, was on her passage home, two of her crew died from yellow fever. One of the men was named Fleming, and belonged to Aberdeen. The other was a foreigner. SHERIFF? CHIiIINAL COVERT-At this Court, yes- terday, before Sheriff Tennmnt and a jury, Jane O'Donnell or Gorman was charged with ...

... The Gardener. (Blackwood and Sonn, Lon- don and Edinburgh).-This monthly is justly very popular among those whom, it specially addresses. In an address to his readers, the editor says- We have made such additions to our regular staff of writers, including some of the most eminent practical gardeners in Britain, as will enable us to fill the pages of The Gar- dener during the current year with ...

... Friday, 2 o'clock. WITid obtninuld Ptbjd. The Lords Justices of Ireland have intimated by circular to the ministers of the Presbyterian General Assemblv of Ulster that in future the Regium Donum will be paid by the Bank of Ireland. The post of distributor, occupied by the late Rev. Dr. Cooke, is not to be filled up. We are asked to say that on the occasion of the Archbishop of Canterbury being ...

... CAIEFu OF AN A~\IIR1ICAAN ADVA NTUE]I'. I Capt:ll W altor IAL Gibslil hals retimed to Nvew York nr ; geirn of the Sandwich I-lald a ftier ?? (f adeneture io the ifar West nild aiong; the ?? Isltands. h irs enitv ?? Sitgil, firedi 1)tx tie ?? (of Itrifldi .Ilemkc, ticale st;iretill his owr sihlterir fort: CIIaIste ;llong iid Ijitcie Du azl csr lirs and lid s lnegwotiationsl, Ihmovev-r DUICscL ...

... ?? ?? ;, i , - . ? I . I :? 1: . ; ppwgfidlos? StwolffigqL YR ACHOS 0 GODIAD ABLODD SENEDDOL YN Y BYD. MEWx cyfarfod diweddar .o'r eobden Club,rhodd. odd Mr. Duncan M'Laren, yr aelod seneddol'dras ddinas Edinburgh, yr hanes canlynol. o'r hyj a arweiniodd i'w gyfodi ef yn y byd :-Nid- oedd genyf n(meddai) un rbagolwg am ddeebreu busnes arosewy fy hun, a herwydd nid oedd genyf unrbyw gyfaill ...

... The Liberal Association for Montgomeryshire was success- fully started at Newtown on Friday, at a meeting pre- sided over by Captain Crewe-Read and composed of active Liberals from different districts of the county. Before the real business of the meeting began, a proposal was made that the association should include in its opera- tions the registration of the boroughs as well as the county, ...

... We wish to draw the attention of our readers to what transpired at the Carnarvon Quarter Sessions last week. The large sum of 21,027 appeared in the treasurer's accounts as having been paid out of the county rate for special constables at the late election. Had the necessity for their appointment legitimately arisen, no one would perhaps have scrutinized too closely the sum ex- pended or the ...