... WATCH COMMITTEE AND HOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS. COUNCIL CHAMBER, TOWN HALL, TUESDAY. The chair was taken shortly after ten o'clock by his Worship the Mayor, and there were also present Messrs. \V. Evans, J. N. Knapp. W. Towr.send, E. Dowling, E. Thomas, R. Mul- lock, and S. Iggulden. The Mayor read the Superintendent's Police Reports, and the superintendent asked the committee for an order for ...

... .ctor Hugo has been arrested bv the Belgian police at Brussels, where he concea'edhimsetf under the fatsc Ganvtn(Jacqups). Conduc-edbef.retheProcureurduRot (or having assumed a !a)se name, M. Victor Hugo declared ?atfe had befnobhged to fty with a fa)se passport from i.ar)s, as a member of the c.)mtte de rMtstoCf)? appointed the meeting of the Mountain on Dec. 2. We n.ad in 'he G!l':ætte de ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. The reports of Mr. Blackwell and Mr. Mackworth, alluded to by A Collier, wiii be found in our second ana third pages. Enquirer—Yes. Announcements of forthcoming public events can only appear in our advertising columns. ...

... WHATEVER may have been the indiscretions of that eccentric veteran, Admiral Sir Charles Napier, in any other respects, the public generally will re- gard him as having done a righteous and philan- thropic work in exposing the gross mismanagement of the Admiralty department. The gallant admiral's strictures, and the remarks of some of the papers, have sufficiently shown that a vast amount of ...

... GLAMORGANSHIRE. CARDIFF. TAFF VALE RAILWAY TRAFFIC Fnr Wfifik endincr Jan. 3rcl 1ft;1 Total receipts. f2,230 10 6 SnIP FIRE.—On Saturday night last, a fire broke out on board the brig Dove, of Newcastle, lying for repairs in Mr. Tredwen's Dry Dock. The town fire engine was promptly on the spot, and with the assistance cf hnnd-buckets, &c., the fire was confined to the cabin, which was ...

... FUNERAL OF MRS. HOMFRAY, OF TREDEGAR. On Friday last, the mortal remains of this generally-es- teemed and much-lamented lady, were committed to the tomb; and seldom have we witnessed more decided and general evi- dences of respect, or less equivocal proofs of wide-spread sorrow, than were exhibited in Newport, on the occasion. The flags floated half-mast high from all the vessels in the port; ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. [CONTINUED FROM OUR SECOND AND THIRD PAGES.] NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY. Beef 4id to 5d per lb. Lamb 5 £ d to 6d per lb- Veal 5d to 5}d per lb. Bacon pigs, 7s 6d to 8s per st. Mutton 5jd to 6d per lb. Porkers, 7.s Cd to 8s 6d per st. NEWPORT CORN, HAY, AND STRAW MARKETS. Wheat, (red) 44s to 48s Flour, (French) 35s to 37s Wheat, (white) 46s to 50s s Flour,(English).. ...

... Births, Marriages, and Deaths. BIRTHS. On the 29th, the wife of Mr. Henry Booth, butcher, Com- mercial-street, Newport, of a son. On the 30th, the wife of Mr. W. M. Jack, hatter, Commer- cial-street, Newport, of twin daughters. On the 31st, the wife of Mr. John Stewart, of the Bush Inn and Devonshire House, Commercial-street, Newport, of a daughter. On Thursday last, at Newport, the wife of Mr ...

... RECOLLECTIONS FROM 1809 TO 1818. [CONTINUED FROM A PRBVIOVS NUMBER.] TnE THEATRE.—In 'hese days the Play-house was much frequented by all classes. There was a tolerable company, under the management of Maxiield and Co., who occasionally engaged Stars from the London boards, among whom Matthews and Incledon shone conspicuously; they were great favourites, and always attracted full houses, ...

... FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN 1803, [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,-What say your readers to the fact, that a French gentle. man and scholar was once upon a time prosecuted before an English Chief Justice of the King's Bench, end by a jury fairly elected according to the principles of British jurisdiction, for a libel on Napoleon Buonaparte, first consul of the French Republic. Th s was during the brief and ...

... IRiSH IMMIGRATION.—There certainly is some agency at work, in a most reprehensible spirit, that causes the influx of such hosts of poor starving crAtures into Newport, from Ireland, almost weekly, notwithstanding the penalties which the magistrates of the port inflict on the captains of vessels bringing the wretched and duped outcasts hither, in violation of proper rules. Our streets almost ...

... EBBW VALB. CALVINISTIC CONFERENCE.—A very numerous and highly respectable gathering of the Calvinistic Methodists took place, in this neighbourhood, last week In accordance with arrangements, open air meetings, and others, filling the ehapels of all denominations, occupied the attention of the Public for several days in succession.—Dr Laxton kindly prof- ferred the use of a fine green lawn in ...