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ftttitH to tk bitt. THE FREE LIBRARY. SIH—I frequent this admirable institution daily, and generally turn in about nine p.m., when I find the room im- mensely crowded. The crowd, and the gas, and want of ventilation, render the htmospbere oppressive and almost unbearable. In fact, it is a dangerous, fetid atmosphere." My object in addressing you is to cause the managers of this institution to have the room better ventilated in the evening. It can very easily and effectually be done by causing the windows to be opened at the TOP, and thus, every time the door is opened, which is very often, it would cause a free current of fresh air to circulate. At present it is absolutely dangerous to health.—I am, &c. Cardiff, Feb. 20,1867. INODOROUS. BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. SIR -Dr. Taylor does not seem to be aware that in the original Municipal Reform Bill it was provided that the nomination of fit persons to be inserted in Commissions of Peace for boroughs should be made by the Town Councils. This provision was struck out by the House of Lords; but so much importance did the House of Commons attach to the retention of the clause as it stood, that a conference with the Lords was solicited, and granted. As customary on such occasions, the reasons for the retention of the clause were prepared, and seemed to be prophetic as to the mode in which the recent appointments at Cardiff were obtained. I transmit, for the benefit of your readers, the Comnions' reasons for retaining the clause as it stood :— Because the Comn.ons conceive that in order to enable the servants of the Crown justly to advise his Majesty in the exercise of this branch of his Royal prerogative, it must ne- cessarily be that local information should be sought for respecting the character and qualification of parties who may be put into the several comaaisrions of the peace. The Com- mons further consider it to be of the highest importance that such information should be publicly given by persons acting vpenly, and therefore responsible for their recommendation that if such information be not so given, it must necessarily be sought for through private and irresponsible channels, and the persons recommending will be freed from the salutary control of public opinion, and may be swayed by undue pre- ferences that the Town Councils, freely elected, may safely be presumed to have the deepest interest in the impartial administration of justice, and in the due enforcement of the !aw, within their respect;ve communities, and that there is, therefore, no reason to apprehend that they will submit for his Majesty's approval the names of improper or undeserving men; that, consequently, with a view to the responsibility of those who are recommended, and to the weight and authority of the laws, which cannot be separated frcm the character of those by whom the laws are administered, the Commons are willing to hope that the Lords will not insist on this amend- ment." The Commons yielded the matter in dispute. Lord John Russell, however, declared, that so long as he was in office, he should request from Town Councils the names of persons to whom they would recommend the commission to be addressed, and that the persons so named should be ap. pointed; and he and his party adhered to this rule.-I am, &c., Q.

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CARDIFF POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

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