... THE revenue for the quarter shews, as must have been expected, considering the large remissions of duties upon articles of consumption, a decrease of some extent, amounting, on the gross reve- nue, to £360,000, but on the net revenue, to £293,000. The cause of the falling off is clearly explained by its occurrence in those departments in which duties were abolished or lowered. Its amount, ...

... Present: Thomas Ilughes and R. F. Woollett, Esql's. OH! THIS LOVE! John Thomas, a seaman, was charged with committing a breach of the peace. This was a curious love transac- tion. The complainant was named Mary Owen. She was formerly the beloved of Thomas, who, in the days of happy courtship, went to sea; Mary vowing eternal constancy to him, when they bade each other adieu. During John's ...

... A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DAFYDD AB GWILYM: [A WELSJr BARD OF THE FOURTEENTH CE.XTURY.] ( Continued from our last.) WHATEVER tnay have been the inconstancy of Dafydd ab Gwilym in his general conduct towards the fair sex, he appears, in two instances, to have entertained a sincere and honourable passion-the objects of which, under the names of Dyddgu and Morfydd, he has celebrated in some of his ...

... Tis long ago—we have toiled and traded, Have lost and fretted, have gained and grieved, Since last the light of that fond faith faded, But, friends— in its day—what we believed! The poet's dreams and the peasant's stories, Oh never will time that trust lenew Yet they were old on the earth before its, And lovely tales,—had they hut been but true! Some spake of homes in the greenwood hidden, ...

... A gentleman, who writes anonomously, calls upon a cer- tain influential member of the Board of Health, to reconcile his former energetic agitation for retrenchment, with a re- cent vote or two of his, where the public money did not appear to be considered with due regard to economy. ...

... TO BE LET, With Immediate Possession. FTp HAT well-accustomed Beer-House, called the GRIFFIN, situate in LLANARTH STREET, in the Borough of Newport. Incoming from £50 to £60. Apply to Messrs. CORNELIUS EVANS and SON Auctioneers and House Agents, 61, High Street, Newport. SALE THIS DAY, At the BUNCH OF GRAPES INN, Skinner-street, NEWPORT, Monmouthshire, Of nearly-new Household Furniture, Iron ...

... FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, THURSDAY. The rumour I could not trace to an authentic source, when I last wrote you, has been fully confirmed, and the Turkish arms have obtained the most signal successes over the invaders of the Danubian soil. Even the Vienna au- thorities—ever active in suppressing truth and propagating falsehood—cannot now gainsay this and the reluctant ad- mission is made ...

... The year 1853 closed, it is to be hoped, with the present disappearance of cholera from our shores. For the third time in the modern history of our country, this fatal scourge has claimed its multitude of victims, and has made the whole of our population tremble for their existence. But, aided by government interference rather than private enter- prise, the disease has been apparently checked ...

... - Died, on the .5th instant, Mrs. Lvne, mistress of the Nantyglo School.—The cause of popular education has suffered a severe loss by the demise of this worthy and zealous instructrefs, who in the earnestness of an active mind, T'as indefatigable, successfully to carry out the great object of her important mission. She was trained by'the National-school Society, to go cut to Jamaica for the ...

... POLICE COURT—SATURDAY, JAN. Before John Thompson, Esq-, and the Rev. David Jones Patrick Murphy was charged with being on the prorert- of the Pontvpool Iron Company, for an illegal purpose. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was discharged on the payment of 5s. 6d. or in default, seven days' hard labour. Edmund Bevan was cbargad with assaulting Wilb'nni Hudson. Settled, by paying 6s. 6 £ cost. ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT DISPENSARY. At the January meeting of directors, held on Wednesu** last, the Rev. Edward Hawkins, vicar, in the chair, lists of subscriptions reported by the treasurer, as recsi^ since October last, were read over—Amounting to— I1 or November 13 o For December 15 13 The total before •-r>p;t-ed being 271 H 2300 8 FUND.—Anamnt I T -eported. £ 712 18 Cyrus H 'Bf.r Esq ...

... In reply to a circular addressed by Viscount Palmerston to the Mayors of all the towns on the iyne and Wear, en- quiring whether they were aware of any construction of vessels in those ports for the Russian government, the Mayor of Sunderland states that there are no vessels of the kind building at that port: but the Mayor of Tyne- mouth has ascertained that in the Tyne, two iron vessels, 140 ...