... The supply of English wheat here to-day was small, and chiefly composed of Monday's unsold samples. The weather being very favourable for harvest work, and the attendance of buyers limited, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was dull in the extreme, at almost nominal cur- rencies. From abroad, upwards of 5,000 quarters of wheat i jG come Selected samples of both red and white ...

... Of all Suits that are down for hearing, we should say that the lovesuit with a rich widow that was deaf of both ears, w'as about as difficult as any to win.—J^unck. ...

... Monday, 17th—Usk Fair, Tuesday 18th-Tredegar Cattle Show. Wednesday 19th—Usk Turnpike Tolls to be Jet by Auction. Friday 21st-Petty Sessions-Police Committee Meeting at Town Hall, Usk. ...

... THURSDAY, JULY 28. OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.-Lord J. RUSSELL, after laying some official correspondence on the table, prefaced his promised statement respecting the position of foreign affairs by announcing that in that morning's Moniteur the Emperor of the French had declared his intention to reduce both the military and naval armaments of France to a peace establishment. The peace lately ...

... For the Amusement and Instruction of the Young, and othcrs, during Winter Evenings. 1. Take a tumbler, and fill it nearly full of water. Then insert a !■ lump of sugar in the water, and continue to stir it. In a few minutes the sugar will become invisible; 2: Place a candlestick, with a lighted candle in it, in the middle of a table.. Mahogany is best, but deal will answer the purpose. Place ...

... PRODUCE MARKETS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21. The rates of diseoulltare fully as high, there being a pressing demand for money.with a moderate supply. The Mincing-lane markets closed to-day on account of the Christmas holidays, and will remain so .until the 2nd of January, in PtrntTc aiiomuriES uownuca UOll cu aa>, aiiu ratesfCSS Consols foraccount are New Three's, 89; Three per Cent iteduced, 881 to ...

... In the House of Lords, on Friday, the Earl of Lucan brought in a Bill to enable landlords to seize the glowing crops in Ireland. The Duke of Argyll brought forward the case of Mr. Ryland, whose disputes with the local government of Canada have been several times before parliament. The facts appear to be, that in 1841 Mr. Ryland held an office under the Coveruor-General ot Canada, of the value ...

... Magistrates present—C. Vachell, Esq., (Mayor,) and C. C. Williams, Esq. Emma William* was charged with having been drunk and disorderly in S'. Mary-street, on Sunday morning last.— Repri- manded and discharged. William Evans, hobbler, was charged with being drunk and breaking several panes of glass, at the Sunderland Bridge Hotel. —Ordered to pay the damage of the windows; also fined 5s. and ...

... Latest Intelligence. PROMOTIONS. Viscount Hardinge, the General Commanding in Chief, has received her Majesty's most gracious com- mands that Lieut. General James Simpson, Corg- mander of Her Majesty's forces during the late ar- duous and finally successful operations which have led to the fall of Sebastopol, shall be promoted to the rank of General. Colonel Charles Ash Windham, to be promoted ...

... Obttitarp. LIEUT.-COLONEL CHARLES CAMPBELL, late of the 39th Regiment, died at the Mause of Morven, in Argyleshire, where he was on a visit at the time. His death was caused, we understand, by an aneurism of the aorta, which burst a few minutes after the deceased officer had retired to rest on the night of the 30th ult. Eight short months ago, says the Forres Gazette, Colonel Campbell drove ...

... ptaiutmal. THE MANCHESTER MECHANICS' INSTITUTION EXHIBITION.—Two very interesting facts have just transpired in reference to this exhi- bition, which evidence conclusively the truth of the opinion expressed by Mr. Oliver Heywood, in his inaugural address, that a better spirit is growing up amongst us,—that is, between employers and employed. A gentleman in Wales, who is a large employer of ...

... TRIESTE, SATURDAY, DEC. 29. The steamer Bombay arrived 131 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 23rd inst The Indian mail left Alexandria on the 2^ wifh7a •# Calcutta of the 30th of -November Bombav 3rd nf TVCGS I*'0111 Shanghae, 8th of November; Canton, 13th of November; and Hong Kong, 15th of November. ° On the 7th November there was a collision betwpon TT; „ and Mahomedans, at ...