... BRISTOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The tleventb ot hibaion of live stock, &c. took place on Wednesday ning last at the new cattle market. The show w»* than usually well supplied with choice stock of a'* .fe# scriptions; bloated bolls, capacious cows, capital c* huge heifers, obese oxen, superior sheep, plethoric and rare rams, were in abundance, whilst lrei»e° ft» turnips and magnificent mangle ...

... It is calculated that the tribute this year will approach £30,000. So much for the stale prosecutions. ...

... A COALITION EFFECTS OF A FIXED DUTY—CONDITION OF THE AGRI- CULTURAL MASSES. As the repeal of the sliding scale appears on all hands to be regarded now as a mere question of time, it is matter for consideration what is to suc- ceed to it,—a fixed duty or no duty at all. Under the pressure of an agitation which is backed by a hundred thousand pounds a year, and is constantly increasing, it would ...

... BIRTHS. On Thursday, the wife of Air. Thos. Clarke, of the Tea Mart, in this town, of a daughter. Dec. 27th, at 2 Victoria Place, Newport, the lady of G- N. Dangerfield, Esq., M.D., of a daughter. On Thursday, the 21st instant, at Snatchwood House, Pon. typool, the lady of John Hopkin Pierce, Esq., of a son. Dec.'25th, at Bryngwyn Rectory. Itie ludy of the Rev. \V. Crawley, of a son, which ...

... THE IMPROVEMENT RATE. We have to Qb- serve, in reply to some enquiries, with reference to the shilling ordered by the Newport Improvement Commissioners, that this increase of three pence on last year'. rate is indispensibly called for in consequence of the insufficiencv 0 the the 9d. rate to meet the expenses consequent upon lighting the town, and other necessary expenses 1 n common wuh our ...

... OCCUPATION OF LAND, IRELAND.— Whitehall, Nov., 1843 The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to he passed under the great seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, nominailng and appointing William, E.r) of Devon, SIr. Afexander Ferguson, bart., George Alex- ander Hamilton, Esq Ihomas Nicholas Redington, Esq., and John Wynne, Esq., her Matty's commissioner for ...

... Mr. O'Connell has just issued the following well-timed address in relation to Ribbon societies. The honourable gentleman also strongly condemns the recent practice of simultaneous bonfires — TO THE PEOPLE OF IRE LAN 17. Fellow-countrymen—Attend to me. Attend to me ear- nestly, and with that perfect reliance on my advice which you have so often exhibited. You have never had occasion to re- ...

... In Ballinasloe, as well as in SlIgo, the government made a sudden demonstration similar to that of the Rhadamanthus ex- pedition to Waterford, as will be seen by the following from the Galway Vindicator :— On Sunday evening two troops of dragoons and a company of artillerv entered BalfAasloe, afier a forced march from Ath. lone, for what purpose none of the wiseacres can discover. None of the ...

... FRANCE. OPENING OF THE CHAMBERS. On Monday the Chambers were opened by his Majesty the King ot the French, in person. His Majesty in his progress to the house was received with loud cheers by the people, who lined the road in vast numbers. His speech is highly satis- factory, and forms a favourable contrast to the long p■alarerof the American President. It adverts to the giowing prosperity of ...

... CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. Suicide.—A sensation has been produced at Paris by ffleUneholy suicide ol Hie maa.i^ing director of the 'al'an Opera, M. Janin and his wife, under ciieumstances ?. painful interest. It appears that a serie3 of frauds in 'issue ot operci tickets had been going on for a long p'iod, to which a clerk was a chief party, and was ar- esi(,d lately. On this occurrence the temper ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—I sincerely congratulate you on your persevering ef- forts in the promotion of the weal of this rapidly rising town and I do so with the greater pleasure, because those efforts are being signally successful. I remember some five years since, vour cotumna ridiculed the absurd notion of a town without names for its streets; and almost immediately ...

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