... THE PRICE OF MARTIAL GLORY. (From the British Banner.) In a former article we expressed a hope that the proposal for National Defences would tend to fix the minds of men on the subject of our naval and mili- tary establishments. If this shall be the result, the author of the panic will, after all, prove himself a distinguished benefactor of his country. Every school boy knows that Rome was ...

... THE RE FORTS.—We understand that, the evidence of the Rev. H. L. Davies, curate of Troedyraur, has been trans- lated into Welsh, printed, and circulated throughout the parish. We may naturally infer the amount of excitement existing in reference to it from a letter in another column, in which the statements of the rev. gentleman are trium- phantly contradicted, Mr. Davies, it appears, was for ...

... CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. MASSACRE OF FIVE BRITISH OFFICERS. Information has just reached the Cape from Kafir- land, of the death by the hands of the Kafirs of five British officers, namely:-—Captain W. L. Y. Baker, Lieut. Faunt, and Ensign Burnop, of tlie 73rd regt.; Dr. N. S. Campbell, surgeon of that corps, and Assist- ant-surgeon Loch, of the 7th Dragoon Guards. From the various accounts which ...

... INDIA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. The intelligence from India by the Overland Mail is satisfactory so far as regards the general condition of the country,—the prosperous state of affairs in the ...

... PWNCAU SCHOOLS. MR. LINGEN'S EXPLANATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. SIR,—I am glad to find that the Rev. Edward Harries is ashamed of the sentence in this district, &c. but I do not think he can blame you or the editor of the Diwyg- for misunderstanding Mr. Lingen, because in the Report (p. 21) it is quoted as a note of a conversation, and in the Report (p. 254) we find the ...

... CARMARTHEN I I)EBTOIIS'Couit'r.-On Thurs- day, of the Small Debts Court, s.it to hear the Insolvency cases. On taking his scat, Mr. E. Lloyd Hall rose to renew the motion he made at the last court, that exclusive audience be granted to counsel in all cases in the Insolvent Court, and in all actions for JEo and .'Upwards in the Small Debts Court. The learned counsel entered into a very ...

... EVIDENCE OF THE REV. H. L. DAVIES, TROED- YRAUR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. SIR,-In perusing Mr. Commissioner Symons's Report on Education in Wales, you could not fail noticing the ac- count given by the Rev.H. L. Davies, curate of Troedyraur, of the state of morals and education in his parish. It is ex- pressed in such strong language, and contains such grave and direct charges, that ...

... SERMONS FOR THE VICAR OF ABERDAR. No. II. Yea, they arc greedy dogs, which can never have enough » &e ISAIAH \1. II. 1^. O > DEARLY BELOVED COUSIN,We trust our last sermon has proved of singular edification to you. Your intellect seems somewhat confused, but by perseverance we hope to work a thorough cure on you, though your symptoms are often variable and always obstinate. Y°,u endeavour to ...

... AN ENGLISH AND WELSH DICTIONARY. By D. S. EVANS, St. David's College. Denbigh Gee. THE first part of this Dictionary is now before the public, and it is our duty to report upon its merits. The author is a young man, and proof positive must be given to the public that he is competent to so ar- duous a task as the compilation of a good English and Welsh Dictionary, before such confidence can be ...

... body. A post-mortem examination wan i a J when it was ascertained that the man had been poisoned. An inquest was held on the body before Thomas Hughes, Esq. coroner, and a resectable jury, at the Hanbury Arms, Llanellan, on the 7th, and by adjourn- ment, at the George Hotel, Abergavenfty, the 14th, 21st, and 22nd of January, 1848. The coroner addressed the jury in an impressive manner, and ...

... VALUE OF SALT. The application of common salt as a manure pro- duces this effect, in one mode, which is evidently doubly advantageous to the farmer. We allude to the destruction of insects, and the conversion of the sub- stances of which they are composed into the food of vegetation. It is needless to enlarge; upon the count- less tribes of insects kinds, which tenant the farmers' lands, and ...

... CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR FEBRUARY. There is hardly a single farming operation directed to be carried on during the last month which may not be continued in this. Spring, however, it must be remembered, is now drawing nearer, and of its approach the farmers' crops will speedily be affording some very clearly expressed intimations; the turnips begin to run, many plants in mild seasons now show ...