... The Revenue returns have just been published; they present the following results:—The Customs shows a de- crease in the quarter of nealy half-a-million and in the whole year, of near two millions and a half. The Excise shows a similar deficiency of about £300,000., on the year. and about f 340,000. on (he quarler. Against this may be set an increase of near £400,000. in the Stamps, and about £ ...

... POLICE UTELLlGliSCSi. TOWN HALL, NEWPORT, M«ND,U, AP.MI. 6. Before the Mayor, W. Brewer, and T. HuS1,pS, Elizabeth Wan en. who was discharged on Timrsri.iv. after a trial for robbing Thomas Phillips, in company with a man ™IUnd!i'.at Mo,unouth Assizes, was chargcd wirlt going to Edmunds s parents' house, and insisting on a renewal nLj ,l C0ne™n ^tween herself and their son. She was pushed out ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... THE VALE OF NEATH RAILWAY. Some active and intelligent tradesmen of the town, con- sidering that, with reference to the vanous public measures now pending, and in particular to a line of railway calculated to be productive of great benefit to them, the tradesmen of Mfcrthyr had been extremely apathetic, got up a requisition to the chief constable, desiring him to call a meeting of the inha- ...

... THE CONCLUSION OF THE INDIAN WAR. WE hail with great joy the termination of this sanguinary warfare, by which men were being swept off the earth by thousands, as though there were nothing sacred in life, and the mutilation of God's image were one of the first duties of his creatures. The conditions of the treaty which has been arranged with the Sikhs, are upon the model of those which were ...

... BREACH or PROMISE.—At the Exeter Assizes, on Satur- day week, Mil. Ellice, a widow, of Teignmouih, sued Mr. Fenwick, a gentleman of fortune, for damages for nonful- filment of a promise of marriage. Mrs. Ellice if thirty-five years old, a teacher, and has one daughter, eight years old. The defendant is thirty years old, and keeps horses, dogs, it groom, a camekeeper, a yacht, &c. It was proved ...

... PONTYPOOL FATAL AccinIRNT-Oti Friday morning last, a lad, named Jones, was working at the Rolling Mills of the New British Iron Works, Abersychan, near Pontypool, when a sudden gust of wind blew the cap off his head; he instantly endea- voured to catch it, when he fell, and got entangled in the cogl of the mill, which was working at the time. and he was drawn through and came out at the other ...

... They held their first meeting on the 2nd of February last' when they resolved-That there are only five counties with which a junction for the erection of a lunatic asylum would be de- f Miable, viz.: Herefordshire. Brecoushire, Glamoi gansliire, Glou- I cesi^rshiie, and Worcestershire. |/ On reading Mr. Clifford's letter of January 12, informing us I that Worcestershire had determined to staud ...

... MOVMOUTHSHIRE LENT ASSIZES. 10 our last number we gave a portion of the proceedings at the AssiMs, oo the first day, Thursday, the 2nd inst, but were obliged tocurtai) some cases, and leave others for our present impression. We now resume the report, and give below, more copious details of the cases to the close of the business on Satur- day. CROWN COURT. CBAROE OF I RON-ST BALING AT NEWPORT. ...