... NBWGATE AND LE AD EN IIALL MARKEl' THURSDAY. Only a moderate business was transacted in the markets to- day, yetpnees were well supported. baef. from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d.. mutton, 2s. tOtl, to 3s. t(M.; veal, 3a. 2d. to 4s.; and pork, 2s. Sd. to 4s. Od. per 81bs., by ths earcase. THE TREDEGAR HOUNDS WILL MBBT ON Monday, January Utti, at Tredegat Hons*; Wednesday, lflth, at Marshfield; Friday ...

... I he instant a letter is committed to the post office it is no long-r the property of the sender. A young African lion was put up by auction in London, last week, and realized £1[;0. Nlisv Aduck, of Lauehtertoo, near Gainsborough d ed last week of locked jaw, produced by having her cheek accidentally cut open by a carrier's whip. Edward Henry Simmonds, late relieving officer of the Southampton ...

... SESSIONS COURT-LAW'S UNCERTAINTIES. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR, The inconvenience arising from the wart of proper accommodation ia tho Uak sessions court, h, more than once been commented upon in your valuable paper; and I wish now to add a few words on the subject. At Monmouth, there is a waiting-room, set apart for witnesses to remain ia until called before the grand jury There is no such rcotr. ...

... Are intended to ply Daily during the ensuing Week between BRISTOL and NEWPORT, as follows:- From the Hotwells Bristol. From Newport. JANUARY..b'CT,AHIY -1 19 Saturday, 9J morn.. 19 Saturday, /J morn.. 21 Monday, 10 morn.. —— 21 Monday, 81 morn. 22 Tuesday, 11 mom. Tuesday, 9 i morn. 23 Wednesday, 12 noon.. Wednesday, II morn.. —- 24 Thursday, — .» lj after 24 Thursday, ..12i after 2« Friday ...

... TIIE CRADLE FOR HKR MAJESTY.—We have seen with much pleasure the progress hf thss important f-ppcimen of the art of wood-carving. The sideg, w! ich are finished, are carved in the choicest box. IU the upper portion are friezes n ielief, haying aw alternate introduction of roses and poppies,' ...

... WE very much regret, and altogether condemn, the riotous proceedings which took place at the recent Pro-corn-law meeting at Stafford. To interrupt a meeting, even by cJamcur, is contrary alike to jus- tice and to common sense, and is, what every man who pretends to be a rational being, ought to be ashamed of; but to use violence, is to be guilty of tyranny, to do great damage to the cause of ...

... Shipning Liitelllgence. NEWPORT. Imports and Exports tor the week ending Jtf 16. IMPORTS. ATTAS, Mtndus, Bristol, iron.—Brother, Tuiltn.r, Uriitol, iron.—Hope, Caiter, Porthc»«l, iroa- Jo»Df and Wary, Wilkins, Bridgwater, li»y.—Unanimity* W'iihyoombe, Bridgwater, flour.—Dtsher, Squirei, Bideford, oats. -Itenia Packet, Jonet. Carnafon, sUtM.—Dee, Keymn, Gloucener, flour. Induatry, Fryn, ...

... A strong effort will be made in the coming Session of Parlta. ment to obtain a repeal of the tax on adveitisements. Looked at from any point of view, this tax is perhaps the pettiest and most mischievous on the Chancellor's list. Its advantage as a source of revenue bears no tolerable proportion to its disadvan- tages in other respects. About three o'clock on Saturday morning last a savage en- ...

... [ADVERTISEMENT.] Case of peculiar HanMsip. Monmouih Gaol, Dec. 10th, 1819. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-I believe it may be said, with perfect truth, that a case of sterling merit, on the part of those suffering under dark cir- ^umsiances of wrong and oppression, was never fairly brought before the people o( Newport, without exciting their sympathy, causing their ...

... [TO THE EDITOR.] cjo May I trouble you with a few lines in reply to A Tof Truth, who has takon no small pains to decry my statements as to Bogging in Chepstow, dragging in texts of scriDture to prove -iiotiiiilg. To proceed seriatim :—I did not discommend carol-snigmg ffor nobody likes to hear a good Christmas carol better than mvself), but the practice of nightly knockmgs at the door for a ...

... The. balls got up by the gentlemen of this spirited neigh- bonrhood.may well be considered as exemplars of such enter- tainments and that which took placo on Tuesday evening last, was, by general consent, pronounced the best that has yet been given, whether in reference to the number invited- the completeness of tho arrangements-tho elegance and taste of tho assembly-room decorations-tho ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. MERLIN OFFICE, FRIDAY MORNING. There was an assembly in the House of Lords on Wednes- day, when parliament was again formally prorogued to Thurs- day, the 31st of this month, when it will meet for the despatch of business. On Wednesday evening, the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a splendid dinner. Covers were laid for seventy. Lord John Russell, and other members of the ...