... THURSDAY, the 31st of MARCH, 1853. The races of this town, which have, for years past, been the theme and admiration of the surrounding counties, have again come round in thier turn, to cheer up the spirits of the inhabi- tants, and to the delight of the sporting circle, after a long and an inclement season, which up to the present time con- tinues with frosty nights, but fine and sunshine ...

... Before Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Justice Talfourd, Henry Bailey, Esq., High Sheriff. These assizes commeneed last Tuesday. Early in the horning the church bells began to utter forth their merry peals, and the town presented a lively appearance. About 11 o'clock a great number of gentlemen and tradesmen from Monmouth and its neighbourhood, in vehicles and on horseback, were seen going along ...

... v During the past week a very alarming mor- c«ildrejt VTT>eea experienced in this town, chiefly amongst ^teen were buried in Trevethin church- ?. seven adults, make a total of twenty-two— X. £ reater by 25 per cent, than during the most ma- r^th of the cholera. Hooping cough, accompanied CawI 811 i inflammation of the lungs, has been the It w6 deat^8 that have occurred. ITOL *^H,IBYA» CHAPEL ...

... BEYNMAWB. BOARD OF HEALTH IMEETING. [Present: H. Bailey, Esq., High Sheriff; and Messrs. D. Edwards, T. Jones, J. Hitchman, T. Kershaw, R. Jones, T. rp6' Evans, and J. Lloyd, and John Jayne, Esq. The four new members having qualified, the Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, which were duly signed by the- Chairman. A discussion took place relative to the borrowing of the- £ 6000, when. ...

... BUT a small supply of stock, of all descriptions, 'LR A?POA~ance: the}- were much sought after, and on exchanged hands, at high figures. For good horses, any PNCE could be obtained, more particularly for superior saddle ND harness purposes; many obtained five pounds each, more AN their owners contemplated when they left home. ...

... RISCA. COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT RISCA. The adjourned inquiry into the cause of this catastrophe took place at the Albert Inn, Risca, on Tuesday last, before W. Brewer, junr., Esq., when the same jury who examined into the death of Thomas Davies, were charged to inquire into the death of John Williams and George Phillips, two men who died last week, in consequence of injuries received from the ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. The general account of the material of the war department for the year 1851 has just been published, from which it ap- pears the whole value of such material, as far as it can be ap- proximatively estimated, was, on the 31st of December of that year, 448,857,481f.. being 1 l,570.108f. more than at the corres- ponding period of 1850. In the items provisions are set ...

... SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—Through several reports having reached the authorities, to the effect that many passengers are constantly riding in second class carriages, with third class tickets, and, in fact, boasting of their ability to do so, at all stations, when the tickets are collected at the gate, the trains have been stopped within some few hundred yards of the stations, and the tickets ...

... Nos Fawrth, Aivst 17eg, 1852. l st! Ust! fy hoff gyfaill, a welaist ti oleu ? Fe ddaeth o'r cymylau yn ddysglaer ei wawr; Ah, dacw fe eto yn gryfach, 'rwy'n coelio, Na dim sy'n goleuo ar wyncb y IIawr Ow, dacw un arall yn eanlyn yn ddiball- Mae llawer 'rwy'n deall o honyrit yn dod, B'le mae y trysorau He mae rhai'n yn chwareu Cyn dangos eu goleu i ni is y rhod ? Mae'n well bod yn ddystaw, ...

... DIABOLICAL NEGLECT OF INFANTS. A female, named Margaret Bryan, was safely delivered of a male child, in Bermonsdey workhouse, seven days before las-t Friday. She left the workbouse on Saturday last, taking with her the infant, when she proceeded into tne neighbourhood of the Victoria Theatre, and threw the poor child into the passage of one of the houses near the Gobourgh Tavern. One of the ...

... THE TREDEGAR HOUNDS WILL MEET ON Wednesday, April 6th, at Penyland Gate; Friday 8th, at Marshfield At half-past eleven o'clock. ...

... A WHOLESALE POLYOAMIST.—A fellow n»n«ed Jo»eph Wardle was. in September last, c0™ » ? h1^'Str'cl gistrates to G oucester gaol, to await ,i?ray Spring assizes. It hassince been Pnsone ba. married as many a. six w.ve^ aU o ^hom are noW |ivinR —namely, one at Mancher, two in Staffordshire, one^»be Itle of Man, the fifth in Birmingham, • War- die* pl«Q appears lo have been to obtain a8U ney frona ...