... WORKHOUSE MASTER WANTED. nVfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Guardians J3I of the Cardiff Union will, at their Meeting to be held on the 22nd January, 1870, proceed to ELECT a MASTER for the WORKHOUSE. Salary, £ 67 10s. per Annum, with the usual rations (including Beer), Furnished Apartments in the Work- house, and Washing. Candidates must be Single Men, or Widowers without encumbrance, and ...

... ABERDARE MARKET AND SLAUGHTER- HOUSES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Thirty- 11 fourth HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET- ING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the Aberdare Market Company will be held at the Directors' Room, in the Market House, on THURSDAY, the 13th day of January, 1870, at Twelve o'clock at noon. By order, THOMAS EVANS, Secretary. Aberdare, Dec. 28, 1869. [4644 ...

... PRINCE .ALFRED'S VISIT TO CHINV —The China papers state that the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to Hong Kong was marked by a number of amuse- ments, among which was a cricket match between eleven of the United Service and eleven of the Hong Kong Cricket Club, in which the latter were worsted. A match at bowls was also played between the Duke and the officers of the Galatea and the Hong Kong ...

... A VILLAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE.-The village of Sardon, in France, has been almost entirely destroyed by fire. The inhabitants are in the greatest misery. THE SUEZ CANAL FETES.-It is estimated that the ftte8 at the opening of the Suez Canal have cost the Khedive £ 1,320,000. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.—On Tuesday as the Rev. Mr. Bicknell, vicar of Salhouse, Norfolk, was composing a sermon, he ...

... NEW PERIODICALS. THE CORN HILL MAGAZINE.—The new number of the CornhiH is of average merit. From Shamrockiana we cull the following sketch of the great Irish orator Grattan: It was said he took Chatham for his model, and there were certainly many points of resem- blance between them. Still Grattan's manner was distinctive enough to reject all idea of imitation, and there were traces of that ...

... BURNT TO DEATH. 0,1 Tuesday, at the Windsor Royal Infirmary, Mr. H. A. Martin, coroner, held an inquest upon the body of Mrs. Martha Batterbury, aged 6 who was burnt to death at Windsor on Christinas-eve. Private Henry Batterbury, of the 90th Regiment of Foot, said that he was the son of the deceased, who was a widow. She was in her GOth year, and resided at 24, Bexley-street, Windsor. On the ...

... THE NEW BANKRUPTCY ACT. The leading provisions of the Act 32 and 33 Vie., cap. 71, are sufficiently well known but it may be of service to the members of the commercial community to point out the principal alterations which this statute will effect in the proceedings and practice of the Court of Bankruptcy. Much has been left by the Legislature to the Lord Chancellor and those gentle- men by ...

... ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE, LAMPETER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GUARDIAN. SIR,—The holy season of Christmas has been one of truce even to the poor, battered Rector of Merthyr. Surely there never has been such a storm raised in a tea-kettle before as that which surged in your column* of late such a hustling together of Bishops, Deans, Canons, Rural Deans, Rectors, and Curates I never witnessed before. ...

... girths, cfftiiijuiages, and Seatlts, BIRTHS. BAYLY.—On the 19th ult, at Glanymor, Penmaenmaur, N. Wales, the wife of John Bayly, Esq., of Debs- borough, Nenagh, county Tipperary, of a son. CARLISLE.—On the 24th ult., at 38, Clarges-street, Pic- cadilly, the wife of Richard Carlisle, Esq., Llanvapley, Monmouthshire, of a son. LOWRY.—On the 21st ult., as Glasburv House, Radnor- shire, the wife ...

... THE POPE'S REVENUE. The ways and means of the Popo have long been the wonder of Christendom, and just now they are more marvellous than ever. For the last few weeks Bishops have been arriving at Rome from all parts of the world, and nearly every one is the bearer of the offerings of the faithful. A bishop from the Pacific coast of South America brought £6,OUO in coin. The Editor of a Turin ...

... their corporations and seized on their endowments. Such was the course which Henry took in dealing with the monasteries; but Mr. Gladstone, in his treatment of the Irish Church, has adopted another and a different course. He brought no charge oi immorality against the Irish Establishment. We are not aware that he ever accused it of inefficiency; we believe that he never said that it was a nui- ...

... BRIDGEND. GAS AND WATER COMPANY.—The first general meeting of shareholders of this company was held on Thursday, 23rd ult. Mr. P. Price presided and said all the shares are now taken up. Negotiations are still in progress with Mr. Cox, the present owner of the gas works, and as soon as these are completed, the company will commence operations. Eight gentlemen were elected as the directors for ...