... TO CORRESPONDENTS. T. JONES, Pontypool.—Your letter can only appear as an advertisement. ...

... The Governments of Prussia, Saxony, and Hanover, having agreed in the scheme of a ConStltutlOll, have also established a Provisional Court of the Confederation (or Bundes-Schieds- gerichtj for the judicial decision of all questions that may arise before the final settlement of the Constitution between the Powers who are parties to it. This court is to consist of Imperial judges (or Bundes ...

... The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr. Bernal in the chair. The following votes were agreed to:— £ 110,117 for super- annuation allowances and compensation to persons who had been employed in the public service E4,100 for the relief of American loyalists and other charges iC2,000 for the National Vaccine Establishment; E2,000 for the Refuge for the Destitute CS,900 for ...

... MIII lignru. LIABILITY TO INSANITY.—From a table illustrative of the occupation and civil condition of the insane, it appears that the farmers and labourers, whose natural and healthy employments might be thought to bestow almost an exemption from this malady, afford no less than twenty per cent. of the whole number. The mercantile class, whose anxiety and feverish speculations might be ...

... DR. KNOX ON THE RACES OF MEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. SIR,-The inclosed letter was written by way of a beginning to refute certain assertions, theories, descriptions, and doctrines inculcated in the lectures of Doctor Knox on the Races of Men, in the Medical Times, and addressed to its editor, who excused himself from administering the antidote to the poison, with which he had been ...

... THE COURT, SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and the ladies and gentlemen ot the royal household, attended Divine service this morning at Whippinghatn church. The service was performed and sermon preached by i tie Rev. T. Prothero. The soldiers at Nottingham, who were found guilty by court-martials, of insubordination, have been sentenced to terms of three ...

... THE BURIAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. The Corn-laws are at last decently buried. On Thurs- day week they were deposited in their last resting-place amid national rejoicings. The interment was an Irish sort of an affair. It was a reason of banqueting*. The only tear that we.have heard of being shed on the occasion catue from the lachryniose Duke of Richmond. At Manchester, and at other., places ...

... EXPLOSION* ON BOARD A VESSEL IN THE BUTE DOCK.—It appears that on Friday morning last about six o'clock, an explosion took plaoe on board the Diana, of Bremen, a Danish schooner, laden with coal, in consequence of the hatches hav- ing being closed down over night. We understand that vessels loaded with steam coal should have their hatches left open for a certain period, otherwise the ...

... the 27th. the Duke uf Savoy, eldest sonof Charles Al- bert, was proclaimed here un ier L; to name of Victor Ivnanuel. The Ivtgiish and French Ambassadors came back with him from the camp oJ Radetzky. An armistice has been agreed on for an indefinito period, till a tre itv of peace between Piedmont and Austria can be arranged. The former is to pay a contribution ot 100 mil- lions of francs ...

... The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. ...

... WOOL. MONDAY.—The imports of wool into Hondon last week were 2,146 bales from Sydney, 186 from Germany, and 5 from IN ew York. The private coatrapt market is quiet. The private coatrapt market is quiet. ...

... NEWPORT CATTLK MARKET AND HOLY THURSDAY FAIR,—At the market on Wednesday, supplies were on a limited scale, in consequence, we suppose, of the proximity of the fair, which was to be held next day. Prices in the market being similar to those at the fair, the enumeration of the let- ter will suffice. The supply on Thursday was tolerably large-indeed, larger than on preceding fairs, breeders ...