... 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 ...

... SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. TRAFFIC RETURN. Week ending Sept. 12, 2 6 Week ending Sept. 14 ,1851 £ 1,413 0 7 THE LATE REV. JAMES YORATH.-The Queen has been graciously pleased to subscribe ten pounds to the fund now being raised for the widow and children of the late Rev. James Yorath. The following additional subscriptions have also been received: Mrs. Whitchurch, Grange Villa, Guernsey, JE1; Miss ...

... EBBW VALE. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF IRON.—The cheering intelligence was received at these extensive works on Tuesday morning, that the Staffordshire manufacturers had raised the price of iron, by an advance of 20s. per ton. SUNSHINE AND RAIN.—The weather has been exceedingly fine, up to Wednesday morning last, when the rain fell in torrents, suspending all out-door operations. On Thursday, ...

... PRICES CURRENT OF LEATHER AT BACK-HALL BRISTOL. lb. lb. a. d. Offal, English Shoulder* Sid lOci Crop Hides per lb. 30 35-8 to 81 English Bellies 5 40 48— 8| 11 Foreign Shoulders 6 Foreign Bellies 5 Foreign Hides. 3035- 8 81 Foreign Cheeks. 5 40 45- 8 10 Dressing Shoulders 6 English Butts 16 20— 9J 11 Ditto Bellies s 22 26-10 13 Dressed Shoe Butts 12 Ii 2830-11 14 Harness Hides 10 34 36-12 15 ...

... QUO QUID ABSURDIUS. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,-I have read with considerable interest the caustic strictures that have appeared, from time to time, in your paper, from the pen of Mr. J. Brown, upon the plans and proceedings of the Monmouthshire Canal Co., but while according my most full admiration to their literary excellence,still reserved to myself the idea that the Lion might not be as fierce ...

... HOWQUA'S MIXTURE, AND MOWQUA'S SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDER THE MOST EXQUISITE TEAS AT REDUCED PRICES. MESSRS. BROCKSOPP, SONS, & Co., of High-street, Southwark, London, Sole Importers of the celebrated HOWQUA' and MOWQOA S TKAS, have much pleasure in announcing to the public that, aftera protracted negociation with the growers of these Teas, they have obtained such concessions as enable them to ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRISTOL MIRROR. SIR,—I am inadequate to the task of discussing the possibility of a railway communication to the Old or New Passage, and over the Severn to meet the South Wales Railway, at Ports- kewet, or elsewhere but 1 well know the desirability of such being at once carried out; and going through the country con- tinually as I do, I hear the severe comments of ...

... SCIENTIFIC BALLOON ASCENT. Mr. John Welsh, writing fiom Kew Observatory, says, in the i h. main oiject contemplated by the prr.jeeturs of these Œ:a;,t ¡! ic expedition is, the determination of the laws of change n the temperature and tumidity, as we rise in the atmosphere, 0 her e>:j erim*nts and observations are not lo.'l sight of but It is propose:! to attempt at first only what it is ...

... THE QUEEN'S PROGRESS TO SCOTLAND. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 3n. As to-day was ay v ointed for the departure of her Majesty from Osborne, on her journey to Balmoral. at an early hour the ships in commission dressed in colours from stem to stern. whilst the royal standard was hoisted on the fortifications and at the various government establishments. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and ...

... GARNDIFFAITH. CONCERT.—The Gamdiffaith Choral Societv held a concert, on the evening of August 23, in a large and commodious room, at the Ilanbury Arms Inn, Garndiffaith, which was tastefully decorated with evergreens and flowers, with a crown suspended in the centre. The audience numbered about 300, who, without the opposition of a dissentient voice, were much pleased and gratified by the ...