... Information was received at Rotterdam on Thursday ;hat the cholera is prevailing in the capitals and various )ther places in the Kingdom of Sweden and Denmark, ind also in St Petersburgh, and a long list is given of ( mfected places. THE QUICKEST LONG STEAM PASSAGB EVER MADE. 1 —The new paddle steam ship, Valetta, built by Messrs 1 Mare and Co., at Blackwall, with engines by Messrs. ( Penn and ...

... WESTERN VALLEYS RAILWAY. Greenwich time is kept at all the staiions on this rail- way. t'lie Station Doors, at Newport and Bldina, will be closed turee :t))nutt;s before the departuie of each train. Ul'. WEEK DAYS si-NDAY ilst2ndjlst2n(ijlst2na ls'2nu lsi2iTd STARTING FROM &3rd|J ...

... PEN-AND-INK SKETCH OF FESTUS. WHO is that unostentatious, but somewhat singular-looking gentleman, walking up the Derby-road? His hat, which appears a size and a-half too large, shades the upper part of countenance; and his eyes are fixed upon the ground, as ough he were intensely studying one of the sermons W tu ^eeP gazer ^ds even in stones, reading as he • His features are dark and ...

... The merciful hand of death has removed a long-suffer- ing victim to the manifold abuses of our lunacy-legislation, from a life marked throughout many years by every form of legal persecution, by ceaseless violence, and by never- ending affliction. No case could illustrate more forcibly or more painfully than Mrs. Cumming's, the wrongs and the cruelties that may be perpetrated under the name of ...

... rpj TRUE IVOEITES' SOCIETY. |e Anniversary of the above society took place on Tues- as^» at the Old Bush Inn, Newport. The weather, CQgg? ^or a long time past has been unfavourable to pro- aboutQS' ausPiciously altered on the above morning. At heal °ha °'cl°ch, the brethren formed in procession, and, SentJojJ y a car decorated with evergreens, containing several Ct,Uise tfn' together with the ...

... AN AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT'S LETTER. Geelong, December 28, 1853. DEAR MOTHER,—I am glad to inform you that I am doing very well at present, but I don't expect it will last long, as it is at present, because there are so many coming out to answer the demand for them. Carpenters and sawyers and watchmakers, are among the best trades in the country, and most in demand. I am sorry to say that a ...

... The commission for this assize was opened at the county town on Friday last; the occasion being remarkable for universal quiet, and the absence of that ceremony which so frequently characterises the commencement of an assize. We have heard that on one occasion, a judge who was adverse to all display, rode towards Monmouth on a quiet hack, having discarded his carriage at the last town; and in ...

... ABERGAVENNY. HOLIDAY.—On Friday last, a five weeks' holiday was given to the boys who attend the Abergavenny National School. Mr. Webber, the master, addressed the boys in affectionate terms previously to their vacation, and to those who had been most regular m their attendance lie gave nicely-bound books as rewards. The Rev. Ihomas Williams, M.A., of Trinity, was' present; he also proposes ...

... NEWPORT TOWN HALL.—THURSDAY. resent--s. Iggulden, Esq., mayor, W. Evans, and R. F. T Woollett, Esqrs. to John Dennis, charged with being a vagrant, was ordered leave the town at once. 0 William Haggerty, a child between nine and ten years of aSe, Was charged with stealing the iron of Messrs. Crutt- eU, and commited for a month. 1 George Booth, marine store dealer, was charged with fe- ...

... BRECON. BRISTOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. FRIDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hill.) Re David Rees, clothier, Brecon.—Mr. W. Bevan, on be- half of Messrs. Bromage and Snead, bankers, of Brecon moved the Court for payment of £300, less the costs, the proceeds of the sale of a judgment debt for £880, assigned to them by the bankrupt in 1828, and now in the hands of the official assignee. The ...

... We regret to have to notice the demise of the Countess of Miuto, which melancholy event took place at Nervi, in Piedmont, on the 22d inst. Her last moments were peaceful, aud free from pain. Her ladyship, who was the eldest daughter of l'atrick Brydone, was married to Lord Minto iu 1806, and was the mother of Lady John Russell. Letters from Odessa state the British Government has sent three ...

... GoOD WARE MAKES QUICK MARKETS/AS every wise customer will have a genuine article, so every wise trader will take care to deal in such only. No man who wants to see the same face a second time in his shop, will take good money for bad goods. Here hes the secret of the unparalleled succcess of Kayes Worsdell s Pills. They are genuine and efficacious. He who has had one box is sure to return for ...