... ABERGAVENNY RAIL W A YS. To the Editor of the Mo'wamthx'tire Merlin. Siu, — hi »09wer to your correspondent, 6.D., I beg to say, that rnv reasons (or putting befoir the pu'ilu through the medium of your vitluab'e journal, ihe position in which we are placed heie, as to the railway Hccopjrnodalion thit vve were promised, and of which we Siand so much in need, together with the little likeli- ...

... CARDIFF COUNTY COURT, MONDAY, DEC. 20. AVM. JACOB V. J. B. STCCKDALE. Mr. T. G. Phil I potts appeared lor the plaintiff, and Mr. Thomas Evans for the defendant. Mr. Phillpotts, addressing his Honour, said This was an action brouofit by the plaintif fto tecover ihe sum of 19s. 6d. The defendant was a police officer of this town. Some lime pievious to the lastquarler sessions the plaiutiff' was ...

... POLICE INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT TOWN HALL.—MONDAY, JAW. 17. Magistrates present—William Jenkins, mayor, and Thomas Hughes, Esqrs. Mary Sullivan, a wretched-looking Irish woman, with a pale infant in her arms, was committed to take her trial for stealing coal, the property of Messrs. Allfrey. STEALING A PAIR OF SPECTACLES. Purnell James, a grey-haired old man, who has acquired some celebrity in ...

... FRANCE.—A letter from Paris dated 5 o'clock in th, afternoon of Monday, states, that the contradiction given in the Debals of this day to the report that th King was so seriouslj' ill h.\8 naturally occasioned an im provement in stock and shares on the Bourse. The lis of prices was not, however, to an extent to arsrue the re- establishment of public confidence and this hesitation was ...

... Irf common with a large majority of the thinking people of Great Britain, we have been forcibly struck with the perilous position of our extensive and most important West India Colonies, the impending ruin of which hitherto paramount source of our national strength must command the earliest attention of the British Parliament. 1 he probable, not to say, certain effect on the Slave Trade, and ...

... NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. OUR RBADERS AND SUBSCRIBERS. — We should feel obliged to such of our friends and readers as will send U3 information of matters of local and general interest —meetings and incidents occurring in their respective neighbourhoods. The obligation would be enhanced by the information being authenticated by the name and address of the correspondent. We cannot undertake to ...

... (Continued from our fourth page.) The Rev. Fred. F. Ed warden, of Gilefton Manor, took the oaths on his Institution to the Rectory of Gileston. TRIALS OF PRISONERS. SWANSEA. — Elizabeth Rtpt^y, (wife of George), was charged with having stolen a loaf of bread, the property of Mr. John Stapleton. Verdict-Not Guilty. Mr. Hewson conducted the prosecution attorney, Mr. Tripp. Mr. Grove defended the ...

... EXPLOSION AT NANTYGLO. To the Editor of th€ Monmouth,chi™ •' 'First-born of 1(0016, which, when it saw ihe lovely child, The melancholy Mass, put on kind looks and smiled. —-Cowley's Hymn to Light. SlR,-I do not know any class of men towards whom our sympathies can be more deservinglv drawn than the working co liers, whose incessant labour at this season of the year ex- cLdes them from the ...

... SANATORY CONDITION OF THE TOWN OF ABERGAVENNY. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-Dr. Steele has indeed rendered good service to this place in particular, and to the public in general, by I119 work on the sanatory condition of, or rather the want of sanatory attention to Abergavenny. The devotion of time and attention by professional gentlemen ot experience and talent to this sub- ...

... PRESENT POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES. THE position and proceedings of that young, but vigorous and rapidly-progressing nation, on the other side of the Atlantic, which has sprung from ourselves, cannot be without interest to us and we regret that we cannot take a more favourable view of it than its proceedings, for a long time past, seem to warrant. In years that are past, we have read the ...

... SIR,—In this town there is much need of hot and cold baths (with vapour baths), which could be easily established. by twelve persons putting down a few pounds each, receiving interest for the money advanced ballotting from time to time when sufficient funds are in hand, and, of course, allowing the baths to be let out reasonably. I once was in a dilemma, being, together with a vestry clerk, ...

... The New Zealand papers state that Captain Campbell, of the barque Macquarie, of Hobart Town, had been amerced damage- to the extent of £200 for selling ■ musket to some of the natives of The Independent Order of Oddfellows in Limerick, on New Year's Day, commenced distributing relief to 50 families, com- prising about 180 individuals. The relief is given in best quality bread, at their LoJge ...