... CARDIFF RACES.—These races took place on Wednesday and Ihursday, and weie extremely well attended considering the period, immediately preceding a general election, at which they occurred. The sport, on the whole, was good and the weather most favourable. There was an ordinary on the first day at the Cardiff Arms, and on the second, at the Angel, Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., in the chair, who ...

... Among the complimentary presents made to her Majesty on ht-r accession, is a beautiful portrait of herself, drawn by Mr. Minasi with most exquisite skill by a steel pen and Indian ink upon patent ivory paper. We have had an opportunity of specting the work, and can pronounce it a beautiful tpecimcu. How far the labour and skill required may he repaid by a corre- sponding novelty and power of ...

... T0 the CORS OF THE UNITED BOROUGHS MONMOUTH, NEWPORT, AND USK. G INTI.EM EN lIB melancholy loss which the nation has sustained by the rfBJ- death of our late lamented Sovereign, will, in a sho:t pe* cause you to be called upon to exercise your elective ffftQchise. Sit is not, therefore,.premature in me again to solicit the ho- yB>ur of your suffrages which 1 do upon the same principles I have ...

... NEWPORT. List of Anfcvals and Sailings for the week cnú»[; the 14h ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Abergavt^ny, Tuesday, 18th Caerleon Bl Thursday, 20th Castletown, Tue^ay, 25th. B GLAMORGANSHIRE.—CaerphiHy, Wednesday, 19th Ely Saturday, 22nd Gower Inn, Kilvroftgh, Thursday, 20th: Llangafelach, Tuesday, 18th; Merthyr TyOvfl, Tuesday, 18th, Veath, Monday, 31st; Penrice, Monday, 17th. B| BRECONSHIRE.—Talgarth, Monday, 10th. B CARMARTHENSHIRE.—Carmarthen, Monday, loth Llan H ...

... iuloittrottr jÍéWØ. The Supplement to the Gazette has set all uncertainty at rest respecting the funeral, as it appears that Saturday, the 8th of July, is the day decided upon. The prepara- tions are proceeding ttith great rapidity, and considerable progress has been made. The workmen have been busy in St. Georgfe's Chapel since morning, ahd the flooring is nearly laid down; but the vfrhole ...

... HOUSE OF LoanS. JUNE 22.—Several peers took the oaths, after lucii Mel/tour ne entered the house with the message from he; Ahoesty, which we gave in our last. i he Lord Chancellor having read the message, Viscount Met- ourne proceeded to address their lordships, and> avoiding all topic, which might give rise to it difference of opinion, his lordship, with much feeling, expressed the deep sense ...

... ( From the Medical Gazette.) While the King continued to live we abstained from making any comment on his complaint, and even now it is not our in- tention to do more than place on record a brief but authentic account of the disease of which his Majesty died. The principal symptoms during life were cough and oppres- sion of breathing, with a very languid state of the circulation, but without ...

... wmmammmmmmmmm iieuss. About £400,000 in gold was receivtd on Monday atra the Bank of England from Russia. We understand the amount expected to arrive from different places within ;a few days will cause the Bank to have in its possession upwards of £G,OOO,OOO of bullion. THE TEA TRADE, MONDAY.—The clearances last week fwere considerable, amounting to 458,300 lbs. There isS a fair demand for ...

... —Un the motion of the EarI nf Radnor, this bill was read tifij first time.—The bills on the table were advanced a stage. | CO.M.11 VT.KTIOS OF TITHES. | .The Marquess of Lansdowne moved the second reading of this bill. The object of it was to puffin end to litigation, and to procure more accurate plans and surveys for the purpose of ] carrying the present measure into effect. The bill was read ...

... IRON.—The quantity of iron made in this country during thl year 1836, has been estimated at the enormous quantity off ■nillion tons the average price of pig-iron, for the year, bein^ about £7 per ton, and that of bar-iron about £1 J per ton. REMARKABLE PREDICTIONS.—An almanack, published in tin ^B year 1730, has the following very remarkable predictions, w licll ■ ave been fulfilled to the ...

... NEW POOR-LAW ACT. The following case, as illustrative of some of the effects of 'his law, took place on Monday last, at the Guildhall, London : ...