... ASSIZE ON BREAD. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—Allow rlf^through the columns of your very valuable journal, to call the attention of the magistrates of the town aad borough of Newport to th« exorbitant price of bread. It is, I submit, the duty of the magistrates to act in such cases as tbis, to see that a fixed standard weight be emplojed iw. weighing all bread made for sale ...

... THE GREAT BRITAIN. Captain Hosken has sent a letter to the diiectors of the Great Brilnin Company, in which, of course, he clearly shows—as the Eiaminer lately proved would be shown—that he went rhe very course he ought to have gone—or at least, he thought it was the right course and as Captain Claxton pointed out to our readers at first, so Captain Hosken now points out, that it was all ow. i ...

... An explosion of fire damp took place at No. 4 level, Aber- nant Works, Aberdare, on Tuesday morning, killing John Thomas, a haulier, aged 19 dreadfully burning two men, and slightly burning three others. ...

... DURHAM, MONDAY EVENING.—At an early hour yesterday morning, a great deal of smoke having been observed issuing from the mouth of the downcast shaft of the Alexander Pit, at Rainton, near the city of Durham, the property of the Marquess of Londonderry, fears were entertained that during the night an explosion had taken place, and on some of the officers of the pit descending the shaft, they ...

... Before J. Wilson, Esq. Jenkin Jenkins, collier, charged with having assaulted and maltreated one William Thomas, one of the most peaceable and inoffensive of her Majesty's subjects, was discharged—the com- plainant not having allowed his Worship to see his face. Mary Price, the wife of William Price, charged by Anne Jones with having, on the 30th day of September, assaulted her at the ...

... The recent showers having afforded t!:e requisite moisture for enabling farmers to commence ptougn.r.g, field work has been pretty actively begun and for some time to come the prtpara- lion of the soil, and the committing of the seed to the ground, will engage the atteotion of the agiicultuiist. Some falling off has already taken place in the deliveries from the growers, and we must reckon 00 ...

... BRECONSHIIIE. The largest piece of oak timber ever seen in Brecon, passed through the town to the canal last week. It was cut in the woods of the late W. Vaughau, Esq., of Peny- maes, and contained 230 feet of timber; two carriages broke under its weight, and it was at length conveyed on rollers over the pitching of the streets, by the united efforts of sixteen horses and a number of men. THE ...

... The Annual and General Meeting of this Home Missionary Society was held in the Town-hall, Cardiff, On Tuesday evening last—The Very Reverend the Dean Of Llandaff, in the Chair. There were also present, of the Clergy, The Venerable Archdeacon of Handaff; the Iter. R. Prichard, the Rev. Wm. Bruce. the Rev. W. L. ^Wgan, the Rev. W. Leigh, and a few others whose •James we could not ascertain. The ...

... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That A SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the CASTLE INN, MERTHYR, on TUESDAY, 10th Nov. next, at 11 o'clock precisely, for the purpose of empowering the Directors to borrow Money, as provided for by the Company's Act of Parliament. J. J. GUEST, Railway Office, Aberdare, Chairman. 23rd Oct., 1846. ...

... LLANDAFF PETTY SESSIONS., (Held on Monday, before the iievds. Geo. Thomas and R.Prichdrd, and Walter Coffin, Esq ] — John Williams, of Ely, charged by John Crawford, farmer, of Llancarvan, with furiously ruling over him on the 1st of October. Allowed to settle out oj Court.—Kiehd. Rfmbron, labourer, of Llanedarn, charged by James Merry, with cutting down underwood at Wainwenwood, value Is. and ...

... LOCAL MARKETS. CARDIFF MARKET, SEPT. 26.—Beef, 6d. to 7|d. per Lb. 50s. per cwt.; mutton, 7d. lamb, 7d.; veal, 6d. to 6|d.; pork, 6|d. to 7d.; geese, 4s. to 4s. 6d. each; ducks, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per couple; fowls, 3s. to 3s. 6d. per couple; butter, Is. Id. per lb.; eggs, Is. per doz. potatoes, 15s. to 18s. per sack; turnips, 3s. to 4s. per sack. COWBRIDGE MARKET, SEPT. 29, 1846.—Wheat, 7s.. to ...

... Price per lb. to sink the otlal. s. (1. s. d. 0 51 to 0 6 0 6 0 Calves 0 61 0 7 Pigs (per score) i) 0 ..10 0 Notwithstanding the very uniavour.tuie siace 01 uie weauier, our marliet was weli supplied wir.h stock, there being tevera arrivals of sheep and rattle from Ireland, a great portion o which were of superior quality. -,t l.ieast-- were in good (le- mand, and the whole that appeared were ...