... RATING OF SMALL TENEMENTS. THERE have been so many attempts to legislate upon the question of rating, that the public may well be confused as to what is the actual state of the law, now the session is over. One act, however, is now in force, which, in many places, will be of great use. It is well known to all who have taken an interest in parochial affairs, that hundreds of the smaller rate- ...

... SOtffHEnNOOWN, The (oHowifij* articles of local Intdllgauce ic&jljcd tig late to appear in our last number On Saturday, the 1 ?ih instant, between e'ght and nine in the moroing, while Mr. ColHu and others were tikin ...

... Tltfi SLIDE OF ALPNACH. [The follovv'ng interesting account of a remarkable wnfrlc of fir! wns originallv ill Gilbsrt's in 18 I!): ;1tld ...

... The British Association is to meet next year at Ipswich, GOOD TIMES COMING.—The paupers in the work- house of the Axbridge Union are nearly one hundred less than the corresponding week of last year; and out-relief shows a decrease in the expenditure at the rate of £1,100 per annum compared with the like period. —Bristol Mirror. GALVANISM.—PARALYSIS.—The following is well worthy the attention ...

... Mr. Henry Blackhurst, a solicitor practising at Preston wa brought before ihe magistrates of that place on TK.»j ? remanded to the house of correction for a week 1 andr forging a codicil !o the will of his late wife M *r °f Blackiiurst. The prosecution was institute 'h V Val|>eTlner Glasgow, as trustees for a charitable institu'inn'i f1 ,es perty had been left by tbe dtceased ladv.—UUoUh!° Ti ...

... SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting uf the proprietors of the South Wales Railway Company was held ou Wednes- day last, at the Great Western Railway station, Padding- ton, C. R. M. TALBOT, M.P., in the chair. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, and the seal affixed to the register of shareholders, the clerk read the following report of the directors: ...

... SONNET. I LOVR to think on childhood's sunny day. t Of pleasant rambles in the woods and fields f Though I am old now, and my hair is grey, A pleasing solace to my mind it yields. My heart -as light, for then 1 knew no care; Where primrose beds, or violets grew, I'd stray. And gather posies steeped in fragrance rare. Or wanton with the boughs of lovely May. But I have trod a rugged path since ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the Cardiff and Merthyr Gvnrdian SIR,—I have read, with efelings «f sorrow aud intense ...

... ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE. HAVERFORDWEST.—Considerable excitement was orca- sioned at Slebech Hall, near Haverfordwest, the seat of the Baron de Rutzen, on Tuesday morning week, owing to the mysterious disappearance of the eldest daughter of the Baron de Rutzen. It appe us that the young lady, who is not only highly accomplished, but is also possessed of rare persoual charms, had been accustomed ...

... Nearly the wholeof the supply of English wheat on sale in to-day's market was of the present year's growth, and of fair average quality. The attendance of buyers being small, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices. Only 4,370 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand this week, r inedry samples were comparatively scarce and quite as dear ...

... Beef. 4d. to 5(1. per lb, j Mutton..5d. to 5jd. per lb. Veal. 0d. to Od. „ Lamb, Od. to 6d. per lb. Porkers from 7s 4d to 8s. per score. Bacon pigs, from 7s. 6d. to 8s. per score. The supply was greater than the demand in to-day's market, and sales were slow. ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE AND MONMOUTHSHIRE INFIRMARY. A special general meeting of the subscribers to this insti- tut'ou was hold in Ihe committee-room, aud thence by ndjournmentto a tarter room in the institution, on Tuesday August 27th, (or the parpose of electing a consulting surgeon in tilc room of the late Dr, Reece, and a surgeon in ordinary in the room of Mr. James Lewis, resigned; and to examine ...