... FATAL ACCIDENT. On Sunday last a young man named George Jones, a tailor, residing with. his father in Usk, went in company with his brother and other men., to bathe in in.a stream of the river Usk, known as Pen-y-llyn. Whilst crossing the current,' it is supposed he was sieved by the cramp, for he suddenly sunk, and was carried by the .-rapidity, oi the water into a deep hole at the end of ...

... Latest Intelligence. THE EAST. The Patrie of the 9th says. It is asserted that on the night of the 7th, the Russians made a sortie against the Works and posi- tions in front of the Mamelon Vert and that they were repulsed with great loss. The following Intelligence has been received from General Simpson. CRIMEA, July 9. r To-morrow I intend to open. a heavy fire on the Redan. The health of ...

... BOIREE CASTLE, The Sixth Annual Soiree in aid of the funds of the Usk Mechanics' Institute, took place on Wed- nesday last, within the walls of the picturesque ruins of Usk castle. The weather was somewhat cloudy, but notwithstanding, about noon visitors began to arrive, and vehicle after vehicle was driven into the town from that hour until six in the evening, laden with parties from Newport, ...

... FRANCE. The Emperor made the following reply to the President and members of the Legislative Corps upon the presentation of the bills for the loan and for the contingent of 1856 :— I thank the Legislative Corps for the readiness with which it has voted the two bills which you bring to me, and I express my gratitude for it. I know how onerous are the charges and taxes imposed by war, but I ...

... SEBASTOPOL. THE latest news from the Crimea is dated July 4, which states that the last duties have just been paid to Lord Raglan by the two armies with all the pomp which circumstances permitted. The works progress satisfactorily; and the health of the troops has Improved. The following detailed information, the substance of which have appeared in subsequent despatches, are from the ...

... THE CAMP AT THE experimental camp at Chobham having led to many satisfactory results, our readers are aware that the present camp at Aldershott has been constructed upon a more permanent and enlarged basis, benefitted by every practical experiment that has been previously tested at Chob- ham, and is intended more as a permanent depot or training camp for our numerous militia regiments, than ...

... RIGA is a most strongly forti- fied Russian port, with a popu- lation of 68,01)0, and garrisoned by 17,000 men. The town is entirely enclosed by the fortifi- cations. The streets are narrow and crooked, and the houses generally built of bricks. One of the suburbs lies on the left bank of the river, and the com- munication is maintained by a floating bridge 2,400 feet in length. A magnificent ...

... ROBERT EVANS, 13th Light Dragoons, a young man full of vigour and, with the best in- clination to make use of his sabre in behalf of his country, was, in the ever memorable charge of Balaklava, within six yards of the enemy's guns, when his horse received a shell in his chest, and from the rapi- dity with which he was ad- vancing completely turned heels over head, falling on Evans; while in ...

... A CORRESPONDENT in the Crimea writes under date of June 29th The number of medical officers seceding from the pro- fession of surgery in the army, and adopting that of the sword, is rapidly increasing. Assistant-Surgeon Shaw Phelps, of the 55th Regiment, whose retirement appears in the Gazette of the 15th June, just arrived, was appointed to an ensigncy in the same regi- ment on the same date. ...

... THE annexed engraving illustrates an incident in the attack on the Redan, where an armistice was granted for the purpose of enabling both armies to remove and bury their dead. A line of sentries was formed by the Russians as our burying parties came out, and they advanced so far in front of the abattis that General Airey was obliged to remonstrate with an aide-de-camp of General Osten-Sacken, ...

... WE have received from a private correspondent in the Baltic some interesting sketches of the infernal machines lately discovered by Admiral Seymour's squadron. The following is our corre- spondent's description of the above engraving:— Fig. 1 represents the instrument complete, as it is when in the water. A, the cone; B, the projecting arm acting as trigger; C, the fuze; D, the ring, with ...

... ON Monday last, July 9, the new bronze statue of the late Sir Robert Peel, which has been many months in the hands of Messrs. Robinson and Cottam, was for a second time placed upon its final resting-place, on a granite pedestal at the western end of Cheap- side, immediately facing Paternoster-row. The fine bronze statue is lift. 2in. in height, and weighs upwards of three tons and a-halt. As ...