... HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. SEPT. | Morning. Evening. 21.. 9 3 9 25 .Monday 22.. 9 31 9 50 Tuesday .23.. 10 0 10 31 •yednesd&y 24.. 10 57 11 5 Thursday 25.. 11 46 0 35 *nt,ay 26.. 1 34 2 10 Saturday 27.. 2 54 3 19 ...

... MERTHYR LITERARY INSTITUTION. MR. STEPHENS' LECTURE. On Thursday evening, Sept. 11th, the members of the Merthyr Literary Institution and Debating Society held their fortnightly meeting. In tbe absence of Mr. John Thomas, the permanent chairman, Mr. L. Reynolds pre- sided, and some preliminary matters having been gone through, Mr. Stephens was called upon to deliver his promised lecture On ...

... On a moderate estimate, the railways already in existence and to be executea may oe taken to COlt. £ laO,UUU,UUO The gross profit on that capital, at 8 per cent., would be 12,000,000 From which a deduction of 35 per cent. for expenses (the lowest expenditure of any large company) would amount to 4,200,000 Leaving the net profit of quite 51 per cent. upon the capital. In other words, to afford ...

... HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. SEPT. Morning. Evening. Sunday.0 28.. 3 51 4 10 M ouday 2& 4 38 4 57 Tuesday .30.. 5 20 5 37 Wednesday, 1.. 5 58 6 14 2.. 6 33 6 50 3.. 7 7 7 23 Saturday 4.. 7 40 7 58 ...

... On Friday afternoon week the neighbourhood of Ber- moudscy was thrown into considerable excitement in enll- sequence of the remains of Nlr. Patrick O'Connor, a ganger in the Customs, being discovered at No.j, Miuerxa-place, occupied by a person named Manning, who was dismissed by the Directors of the Great Western Railway com- pany, souae time itgo, for being concerned, with Ts'i^ht- ingale ...

... Danygraiff, Brecoiishire, Esq., Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY~GIVEN, That a Fund has been set apart to answer the Debts remaining un- paid, and the Creditors can receive the amounts due to th ...

... THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FRANCE. —The very exciting contest for the ofiice of the first Pre sidcct ot the French Republic, iis virtually concluded. Prince Louis Napoleou, contrary to the predictions of the journalists of Paris and London—ilespite the direct an. indirect inlluence exercised by the French Executive, lists been returned by a majority of four to one over liii mos: formidable ...

... Mr. G 1 ant's letter on the Cromlech question is in type but with a mass of other correspondence is put aside till next week. CEPHAS, on the antiquities of Lantwit Major, shall cer- tainly appear in our next. Oun. READERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. — We should feel obliged to such of our friends and readers as will send us information of matters of local and general intere»t j — meetings and incidents ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE. NEWPoRT.-On Wednesday last, the Brethren of the several Lodges of Odd Fellows, in Newport, celebrated their anniversary. They walked in procession to Saint Woollos Church, where an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. E. Hawkins; and the Brethren afterwards returned to their respective Lodge-rooms, and dined together. IT is currently reported, and we believe with truth, ...

... BANKRUPTS.—^Frctm the London Gazette.) FRIDAY,—T,Reeve, Ann's-place, Hackney-road, & Castle- street. Long-acre, victualler. Constantine Wood, Ityde, Isle of Wight, hotel-keeper. John Winter, Hatton-garden, plate- glass-factor. Thomas Taylor, Nicholl's-square. Hackney road, wine merchant. John Marland, jun., Sun Vale Uoller Works, Todmorden; Lancashire, roller-maker. John Law and Eli Hudson, ...

... FRANCE.—A letter from Paris dated 5 o'clock in th, afternoon of Monday, states, that the contradiction given in the Debals of this day to the report that th King was so seriouslj' ill h.\8 naturally occasioned an im provement in stock and shares on the Bourse. The lis of prices was not, however, to an extent to arsrue the re- establishment of public confidence and this hesitation was ...

... Irf common with a large majority of the thinking people of Great Britain, we have been forcibly struck with the perilous position of our extensive and most important West India Colonies, the impending ruin of which hitherto paramount source of our national strength must command the earliest attention of the British Parliament. 1 he probable, not to say, certain effect on the Slave Trade, and ...