... Site gimuary gmofliols. EXTRACTS. THE INTELLECT OF ANIMALS. In M. Menault's sketch of carnivorous animals, he makes no mention of the feline races but whoever has been thrown much in the way of cats, must have observed in them the perfection of selfishness carried out and concealed with considerable art. We had a cat, called Wissey, as full of wilful ways as an egg is full of meat, who died of ...

... t IJtoitmmttJjsljirt AND SOUTH VV ALES ADYERTISEB, WITH W EEKL Y SUPPLEMENT, (The Paper and Supple/nent consisting of Sixty Columns), PRICE THREEPENCE, Exceeds in Size, by at least 12 Columns (or two Pages) most of the papers published in Monmouthshire and South Wales gives more General News than any other Journal issued in or near Newport and, from the quantity of matter supplied, is The ...

... CHEPSTOW. CHRISTMAS AT THE Wop.KnousE. -In accordance vth the usual custom the children and other inmates a the workhouse were regaled with a substantial cnner of good old English fare, consisting of beef and lum pudding. CHRISTMAS SALUTATIONS.—At the Police Court on londay, before Mr. W. Æ. Seys and Mr. Henry lay, jun., two brothers named Charles and William iryant, were brought up under a ...

... Sir John Ramsden, Bart., M.P., and Lady Gwen- k lin Ramsden arrived in town on Monday evening from Byram Hail. On Monday night, Lord Ardmillan presided at the nnual meeting of the GlasgowYoung Men's Christian Association, and delivered an address setting forth uiencii societies. According to a story now going about, Miss Minnie aauck was once the chief performer in a scene now lopular on the ...

... r A YANKEE YJKW OF THE BRISTOL I ELECTION. The New York Times' own correspondent^xnN! this country, being in the West of England the time, went to Bristol to see the election. He writes to his journal:—Monday morning (November 17. at eight o'clock, the rising sun struggling with a No vember fog, 1 went past the Exchange, and found its whole front occupied about ten deep with Tory roughs. ...

... BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT. -VfO-.IDAT. (Before Mr. Commissioner HILL.) RE SECCOMBE AND LARGE, NEWPORT, DRAPERS. In this case the estate had been taken out of Court under the 110th section, and the last examination and discharge sitting was adjourned till to-day, to enable the bankrupts to file separate accounts. This had been done, and Mr; Press, for the assignees, stated that he was not ...

... RITUALISM WEIGHED THE BziLAXE, AND FOUND WA-NTING. Ritualism has been fairly chalanged in the highst Court of Law, and has been iompletely defeatd. The issue, though limited, is ofntrial significar^e, and the condemnation pronounce( is sufficient to prtve that the position of the Ritualists is wholly untenabe. The case may be very simpy explained. Jr. Mackonochie was originally ciarged—first, ...

... FOUR QUARTERS OF THE YEAR. Spring Quarter commences March 20, Ih. 32. p.m. Autumn Quarter commences Sept. 23, Oh. 28. a.m. Summer Quarter commences June 21, lOh. 4. a.m. Winter Quarter commences Dec. 21, 6h. 23. p.m. ECLIPSES IN 1869. In the year 1869 there will be two Eclipses of the the Sun, and two of the Moon. Of these only one, a partial Eclipse of the Moon on January 27-28th, is visible ...

... £ ieam Caramuuiraton. BRISTOL ANT) NEWPORT. JATjA- '369. TRP TAFF, Captain C. lvANDO. unless prevented bj any unforeseen >ccirrence, is intended to sail during the Mouth of JAN' VI ^nr.vr Between PORTlSttfc, AD llur bkistou; Newport to Bristol Bristol (via Portishead) to Newport- via Po, Railway to TAFF TAFF Portishead. from DAYS from DATS. R'dn'y iristol & Clifton P'shed Whaif Kx. ter ...

... THURSDAY'S MARKETS. GLOUCESTER CORN MARKET. Supplies of farmers' wheat are small at this and the neighbouring markets, and are readily taken by millers, who are mostly low in stocks, at fully last week's prices. Foreign wheat is in steady con- sumptive request at late rates. Barley, both malting and grinding, is in fair request at fully late currencies. The sale for oats is small, at late ...

... ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF IAILS, &0. N E'. v FOR T. MAILS B X closes aI ^Y:R Arrival. Loadcn Day Mail I 9pm. 9 to p.m. 23:, a .l. «onh Mail 4 40 y m. 4 5) p.111. 8 30 a :n * ...

... THE ALTERED FRANCHISE AND \r8 VALUE -p.^e believe the absolute magnitude of the Reform Bill is now shown to have beeu grossly ov- •sr1natpT both by tlie friendly and b/the LtilVeSS which were current at the time of its enactment The registrations were completed with such haste on the very eve of the elections, that it is not yet possible to solve the much-debated question as to the grcss num. ...