... THE KING OF THE FRENCH. The details of this crime have now reached us. On Thursday last, the King was returning from a ride in the forest. In the first chur-à-banc were on the first seat, the King and the Count de Montalivel; on the second seat, the Queen and her Royal Highness the Princess of Salerno; on the third, her Royal Highness Mme. Adelaide, the young Prince Philippe, and her Royal ...

... -Review of the Corn Trade. Whether the proposed alteration in the corn laws will or will not be made, remains as much a matter of doubt as ever and the continued uncertainty keeps business in alanltuid state. »V ith this all-impoitant point undecided, it is utterly impossible to foresee the probable range of prices. Up to the present period. holders of wheat have manifesied considerable ...

... TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT NEWPORT. IIlGH WATE11 DEPTH AT MORN. EVEN. DOCK. GATES. APRIL, 1846. H. M. H. M FT. IN. 12, Sunday G 59 7 17 31 10 7 33 7 49 32 0 14, Tuesday. 8 6 8 24 31 9 lo, Wednesday. 8 42 9 0 30 9 9 18 9 39 29 4 10 0 10 23 27 10 18,Saturday 10 48 11 23 25 7 WEEKLY CALENDAR. April 12.—Easter Day. Morning Lessons-Exodus 12. Rom. 6. Evening Lessons— Exodus 14. Act 2, to v. 28. Moon's ...

... MARCH 25. Bristol and Birmingham railway, Bath line—peti- tion of George Byng, alleging the signature of Chas. Dyer to have been improperly affixed to the petition complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders, referred to the select committee on petitions for private bills. Resolution of standing orders committee That in the case of the Newport and Pilgwenlly Water Works petition, ...

... TEN YEARS AGO — —-That time is past, And all its aching joys are ;io\v no more, And all its diizy raptures! Not for this' y.iint I. nor mourn. nor murmur. Other gifts Have followeù for such loss. I would helieve Abu..dant recornp,mse. WOIlDSWORTH.. Tfih years ago—ten years ago, Life was to us a fairy scene And the keen blasts of worldly woe Had seared not then its pathway green. Youth and ...

... THE WHISTLE NUISANCE. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin JZ-~Verkr' for the *econd*>««. to call the attention f the agents and captains of our steam boats to the whistle nuisance. Ihe Avon and Swift arrived some half an hour ago- aud ever ..nee they have continued whistling, one at the other' own To addTT^ peaceable inhabitants of the Avon Jml £ J- dm ansl»g ^e shrill whistle of the ...

... imnttng in t1)e THE PRINTERS CHAPEL. TwAS evensong time, when, after s. da, of listleness, the three pno'ers in the Almonry at Westminster prepared to close the doors of their office. This was a tolerably spacious room, with a carved oaken roof. The setting sun shone brightly into the chamber, and lighted up such furniture ss no other room in Lon- don could then exhibit. Between the columaa ...

... The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the Diamond, 28, and the Tribune, 28, to be laid down at Sheerness; and the Niobe, 28, to be built at Plymouth, on Ihe plans of Sir Wm. Symonds. They asp to carry 26 broadside-guns and two heavy guns on a pivot each. According to the lines given, they must prove remarkably fine vessels—roomy, commodious, stiff under canvas, and good sea-boats—totally ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE —— NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET.—WEDNB»DIV, 'AFXIS 8 Price per lb. to sink the offal. II. d. 8. d. Beasts. 0 51 to 0 6 Sheep 0 71 0 4 Calves 0 7 0 71 Pigs (per score) 8 0 9 Owing to the several arrivals of Irish stock, the market vrafl rather over-supplied s and, in consequence, stock was sold at a shade lower than on former days. There were good supplies from our own neighbourhood ...

... NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET.—WIDNMMY, 4 Price per lb. to sink the offaL s. d. s. &• f| Beasts 0 to 0 6 || Sheep 0 7i 0 8 | Calves 0 7 0 1\ I Pigs (per score) 8 0 9 0 M Our market to day was fairly supplied with fat stock tr0 ] neighbourhood, from Gloucestershire and Somersetshlre, Bristol steam paeket, and from Ireland, per sailing vess present, but in a short time there will be steam sbip* stock ...

... BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. n o, BIRTHS. »Vi U • r January last, at Monte Video, South America, On the 4th inst., at Kingsdown, Bristol, the lady of Thomas iidmuad Gouldsmith, Esq., of a so*. At Poet's Corner, Westminster, the lady of Charles Frerc, Esq., of twin daughters. MARRIAGES On Saturday, the 4th in.t.at the Baptist chapel, Chepstow by the Rev. T.Jones, Mr. William Williams, of ...

... On Wedoesdsjjri| £ «j last, between 9 and 10 o'clock, «a the Jupiter steam-vessefwas coming up the river, by some means she ran 00 shore, a little below the Round Point, about a mile from the dockl, The tide was then on the ebb, and the utmost con. sternatioh prevailed among the crew and passengers, who felt not a little uoessy upon the score of their safety. Although active exertions were ...