... Now Christmas is come, Let us beat up the drum, And cali all our neighbours together And when they appear, Let us make 'em such cheer As will keep out the wind and the weather. Much good may it do the heart of the writer of tho above for, as it has been happily said, Or all the old festivals, that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. There is a tone of solemn ...

... Newport Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals and Sailings for th3 week ending December 8. ARRIVKD. Hart racket, Bedbrook, Jersey. potatoes. Swift, Worth, Guernsey, beatroot and parsnips. Tberese, Dejoie, Brest, baHast.—Rover, Thrower Favourite, •Thomas, Barrow, iron ore.—Robertfand Ann, Watts, Gloucester, furniture Mary, Stephens, (jloucpsler, hay. Friendship, Gazzard, Gloucester, fh>t»r.— Bristol ...

... To th>. Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR, AS Newpoit is much frequented by VESSELS arriving from foreign ports, where Cholera exis', and as this place is awfully deficient in sanitary regulat ons, would it not be ad- visable that the auihonties should immediately set about the establishment of a Board of Health, whose duty it would be to inquire rigidly into nuisances of all kinds ...

... STU,—At a meeting of the iron masters, coal proprietors, and other freighters, held at the King's Head Inn, Newport, Nov. 22nd, 18-17, Mr. Martin Morrison made a statement which I consider calls for a remark from me, especially as I was con- nected with Mr. Marsh during the setting out of the lower portion of the Newport and Pontypool Railway, and being still connected with that railway, and ...

... 3 SEVEN LIVES LOS T. jj [BY EXL'IiES^.J j We I explosion of fire-damp which occurred on Monday at the Coal Works of .Messrs. Bailey, TNantyglo, whereby seven unfyrhmate i:>dividuals I Were killed. The circumstances attending (his melancholy occurrence, will be found detailed in the S1 following evidence, taken at the inquest on the J bodies of the ill-fated men. The inquest was held at the ...

... A somewhat curious substance, very much resembling leather in appearance, ahd for which it is employed as a sub- stitute, is io extensive use in this neighbourhood. The composition in question is called Gutta Percha. We believe it is made almost entirely of hark growing upon the Islands of the Indian Archipelago. The article is used by cohesion after wanning by the hre it will successfully ...

... SWITZERLAND. Letlers from Switzerland indicate a curious confusion likely to ensue from the discordant opinions of the government and legis- lature of Neufchatel and its sovereign prince. The cantonal government and the assembly have unanimously agreed on acrepting and submitting to the decree of the Diet, and paying the fine inflicted upon it, for its misdoings in relation to the late war, ...

... PETITION AGAINST LORD G. SOMKRSET. On Tuesday night, or rather early on Wednesday morning-being the latest moment allowed by the standing orders—a petition was presented to the House of Commons, complaining of the return of Lord Granville Somerset for this county. The do- cument, as we understand, alleges various grounds of objection to votes given in his lordship's favour, and also accuses ...

... CAERLEON PETTY SESSIONS.—MONDAY, DEC. 6. Before John Jenkins, Esq. TTin UOBBEHIES AT THE LODGE FARM. John Barry, labourer, Caerleon, was charged by PC James Limbrick with having in his possession two sacks, which had been stolen from the stable of Mr. Henry Rowlands.—Mr. T. M. Llcwellin, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner.—Mr. Row. lands deposed I am a farmer, and reside at the Lodge Farm, ...

... THE COMMISSION OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. To th* Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. My dear Sir,—May I ask the favour of having the accom- panying letter inserted in your next paper. I had felt some little difficulty in persuading myself thus to obtrude, what might be deemed my personal affairs, on the public, I think I might, possibly, be accused of vanity. However unpleasant ...

... WITH silent awe I hail the sacred morn,! That scarcely wakes while all the fields are stilI, A soothing calm on every breeze is borne, A graver murmur echoes from the hill, And softer sin:;8 the linnet from the thorn The skylark warbles in a tone less shrill. Hail, li^ht serene hail, sacred Sabbath morn! The sky a placid yellow lustre throws; The y,ales that lately sighed along the grove Have ...

... MURDER OF FOUR CHILDREN AT BATH, BY THEIR MOTHER, AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERESS. [We last week briefly stated that the above horrible mur- ders had been committed. The following are the details.] The above appalling circumstance took place on Tuesday week, and has naturally created a most painful sensation. The unhappy creature who perpetrated this horrible tragedy was the wife of a jobbing ...