... Before the Rev. W. Powell and J. Jenkins, Esq. James Williams and four others were each fined the usual 5s. a nd costs, for fighting and drunkenness in Caerleon. Mr Evan Roberts, Llantarnam, was summoned by Jeremiah D onovan, for refusing to pay the sum of £2. 6s., for labour.— Referred to Mr. Williams, Halfway House, Llantarnam. .Mr. Morgan, Church Farm, Malpas, was charged with an ass ault; ...

... SPEAK, B. 6, and teH me true, How dost thou pass the night, Clad in that coat of coarsest blue, And cape of oilskin bright? What dost thou think of in thy walk Along the gloomy street? list the midnight stragglers' talk That come across thy beat ? Or dost thou curse the pelting storm, And shiver in the wind And think it must be nice and warm Within yon lit-up blind ? Dost listen to the ...

... Before the Hon. W. Powell Rodney and Rev. G. W. Gabb. William Bagnall was charged by Philip Piilinger with having assaulted him.—Case dismissed. v 1 1 «r.r. Mary Newman and Charlotte Berry were charged by Mary Willia.ns with having assaulted her-Bound over to keep the peace. and pay 5s. costs between T\ j r u.r.roA hv Georee Plummer. of Govilon, David Jones w is charged D> & » » u nf bacon out ...

... RE-APPEARANCE OF THE APHIS VASTATOR UPON THE POTATOE PLANT. Sir,—I regret to announce that the aphis vastator reap- peared last week upon the potatoe plant in every district round London; At present it may be found sparingly upon the under surface of the leaf, and though within the last few days it has multiplied twenty lold, several plants must be examined before it can be detected. The ...

... Only a moderate supply of English wheat has been received up to our market since Monday and the show of samples here to-day was small. Still, however, the demand was in a very inactive state, at unaltered quotations. The imports of foreign wheat this week have amounted to 9.820 quarters. That gram was exceedingly heavy, but prices were not lower. With barley we were scantily supplied, while ...

... THE appearance and retirement of Mr. Salomons, as a candidate for Marylebon e,-triv ial events as they may appear amidst so many others of a similar character,—suggest to us thoughts which we are not disposed altogether to refrain from uttering. The old system, of requiring from every candidate a sort of shibboleth, has long been gradually breaking up; and in many places, where it is ...

... OPENING OF THE NEW BRITISH SCHOOL —A public service took place on Monday evening last in tbe spacious room recently erected in thb vicinity for the instruction of the children of the various bodies of nonconformists on the unsectarian system of the British and Foreign School Society. The large number of upwards of .800 tickets were sold, and the room was crowded to overflowing; wreaths of ...

... Letters from all parts of :hc country speak in gratifying terms of the great abundance #f vegetables such as cabbages, turnips, parsnips, beans, peas,&c., &c and quantities of peas are being imported from Franc*; which is caused by a general desire experienced in this and tther countries, to provide some kind of substitute, should the jotatoe unfortunately be lost to us. But apprehension ...

... The coroner's inquest relatiug to the murder of ThomasFioni- gan, whose body was found in the Morpeth Dock, was concluded on Friday last at the Adelphi Hotel, Birkenhead. It will be remembered, that on the uight he was last seen alive he had been to the festival of some club at Tranmere. Several days after, his corpse was discovered in the dock, a handkerchief was found stuffed half way down ...

... the nTonwiouthshire merlin. id- ;°3 FRIDAY, JUNE 2o, 1847. fndJ THE ELECTION FOR THESE J. BOROUGHS. M(1 IT is a gratifying thing to be able to state that the hU completion of Mr. Blewitt's canvass, through ace Monmouth, Newport, and U ske, has placed the >nd honorable gentleman's success, against all comers, on. beyond possibility of doubt; and really we ?a* see no ground now to anticipate ...

... WOOL FAIR.—The wool fair at Usk on Friday, the 18th, was well attended, and a greater quantity of wool offered than we remember for several years past. The price given was low, averaging from 10s. to 1 Is. per stone. It has been the practice for a great many years, for farmers to keep their wool several days after the fair, until a woolstapler, who gene- rally bought the whole of the wool in ...

... ROTHERHAM, FRIDAY.—The quiet town of Rotherham has to-day been thrown into a state of great excitement by the perpetration of an atrocious murder, which has been committed this forenoon, between ten and eleven o clock, on the turnpike-road leading from Rotherham to Rawmarsn, a village about two miles off, on a woman who was passing on the road.. From inquiries made on the spot, it appears ...