... 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 ...

... TUE USE OF WIT.—Sheridan pacified a quarrelsome fellow oue evening by obselVillg_ 1 should IJlot like to go up in a balloon with )OU, for fear of ouc falliug uut. Cuius 01' A BAD BREAST llY HOLLOWAV'S OINTMENT AND FILLS. — Mrs. Adams. No.3, Upper Spencer-street, St. George's-in-the-East, had a bad breast fur a consi- derable time, with several large lumps in it, besides this the nipple was ...

... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace, to be holden at Cardiff, in and for the said County, on Tuesday, the 4th day of January next, the Justices then and there assembled will, under the provisions of the several Statutes for amending the Laws relating to the provision and regulation of Lunatic Asylums for Counties and Boroughs, and for the maintenance ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. The. Marqnis of Lansdowne moved the appointment of a select rommitlfe to inquire into the causes of the recent com- mercial distress, in the same terms as the motion made on previou4 evening hy the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Commons. Lord Stanley suggested the omission of the words recent comme,ci.1 and tbe substitution of those used hy her Majesty in ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. Lord Farnliam presented seven petitions from places in Ireland, pra.vinl! rhat active measures mi^ht be a.lnpted to give security to life and property in that country. The noble Lord also .read a letter fiom a gentleman in Roscommon. whose name for obvious reasons, lie declined to give, bearing lamentable testimony to the fact that human life was not worth a day's ...

... 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 ...