... PONTYPOOL. LOOK UNDER VOUR BEDS.— AD event wh'ch has caused no little excitement in this town, occurred some few evenings since. A respectable tradesman and his better half, on retiring to their wonted repose in the arms of Morpheus, were somewhat sur- prised to bnd their wardrobe, and ether receptacles of that which is valuable, somewhat distuibed from their accustomed security. The good lady ...

... BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS BIRTHS. At Blenheim Palace, the Duchess t'ow^ T On the 26th ult., Mrs. Charles Harman, of this town, of a DAUGHTER' MARRIAGE At Prestbury, Cheltenham, onf^d *7 t^eT?Rev- 7 Wlwarri* vicar Edward Marrell, k«q., of Mach Birch. Ross, to Elizabeth Isabella, youngest daughter of the late Colonei hS& £ £ £ .t 'S?11 sir Robert Houstoun, Bart, C.B., of Clerkmgton, ...

... LUNATIC ASYLUMS. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sitt,-At the present moment, when the care and treatment of lunatics is a subject of deep interest to the country at large, but more particularly to those counties which, under the power of a recent Act of Parliament, (8th and 9th Vic., cap, 126,) will properly be compelled to provide suitable accommodation for their pauper lunatics, ...

... TREDEGAR The Rosewen fox hounds had a splendid run for three hours and a half, almost without a check. This was among the best sports of the crack pack, as was freely acknowledged by those who had the pleasure of joining in the old and gallant amuse- ment. The old fox was unkennelled near Bedwelty place he took his ground to Gellygaer Church, thence to Quakers yard, back to TWYIl y-Woyne to ...

... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the said County, will be holden at the Town Hall, in the Town of COWBRIDGE, in the said County, On Monday, the 5th day of April next, at One of the Clock in the Afternoon, when the Justices assembled will immediately pro- ceed to the business relating to the Assessment, Application, and Management of the County ...

... FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1347. THE GREAT WESTERN' STEAM-SHIP COMPANY. THE proceedings at the recent meeting of proprie- tors in the Great Western Steam-Ship Company, appear to us to establish, beyond all doubt, the opinion that the shareholders have ground tor very grave complaint against the directors. When the unfortunate accident happened to the Great Britain, on the cause of which untoward event ...

... CAERLEON DISTRICT OF TURNPIKE TRUST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TOLLS arising at the Toil-Gates upon the Turnpike Roads in this District, called or known by the names of the Goldcroft Gates, Penyrheolhyr Gate, and the Christchurch Gates, will be LET by AUCTION, to the best Bidder, (subject to such Conditions as will be then and there produced), at the House of ANN GIBBY, called the HAN ...

... | We are happy to learn that there exists no falling off in the arrival of orders, such as generally is the case towards the close of each quarter, and more particularly might have been expected from the drooping condition of many other trades, combined with the adverse state of the money market. On the other hand, we are informed that the order-books at some of the first houses are now better ...

... linperial rarnament. HOUSE OF l.ORlDS,-JONDY, ALIARCHl S. Lord B3ROUGHAill took the occasion of the presentation of a petition to repeat the statement holhad made on a previOlus niglht, of the misalp- propliaiinn of thc funds for the relief of the dis- Itress in Ireland, and gave the authority of the Iproprietor of a local paper, in support of the state- ments he had niade with reference to ...

... Our Philadelphia correspondent, under date of February 9, writes,— A few days since there were at one lime 67 vessels loading (chiefly with biead stuffs)at New York for England 13 in Phi- ladelphia, a similar proportion at Hoston, Baltimore, and in the south. The demand for ships is unprecedented, and it in evident that Indian corn, meal, and flour will henceforth, and perhaps for ever, be ...

... STRAUSS AND IIIS 15AND. The orchestra was placed in a little ornamental temple m the garden, in front of which I stationed myself, for 1 was anxious to see the world's waltz-kiojr, whose magic tones can set the heels of haltChristendom HI HIOIIOII. After the band had finished tuning their iu.->i ruaicnts, a middle-sized, handsome man stepped forw-ud with long stiides. with a violin in one hand ...

... CAERPHILLY EISTEDDFOD. This meeting of the Bards aod ether inhabitants of Caerphilly and the surrounding district, took place on ThufidllY the 11th instant, in the spacious and commodious long room of the Boar's Head Ion. which had been most tastefully decorated for the occasion. In addition to the numerousattendants from the town and the immediate neighbourhood, the fineness of the weather ...