... Orders have been sent out for one ship froiii the 909 and one from the French fleet to enter the Black under fl ig of truce to approach Sebastopol. they are to inform the Russian Admiral that if he le* port of Sebastopol. he will be immediately fiied I'ress, Saturday. ...

... EBBW VALE. THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. The annual report of this useful society, for 1853, has just been issued, from which we find that— During the last twelve months, the books of the so- ciety show an mcrcase iu the number of members to the amount of twenty notwi.h,landing, d^g ,S several have ceased to belong to it, in consequence of death or change of residence. Upwards of ...

... MR. EDWARDS' PLAN OF PARLIA- MENTARY REFORM. THE various schemes of representative amend- ment submitted by individuals, whatever objec- tionable provisions they may contain, are all of use in informing the public mind, and in maturing public opinion. At the last meeting of the British Association, a paper on The statistics of our Representative System was read by a Mr. Edwards; who has since ...

... Here is a portrait of poor L. E. L. which we find in Colburne's recently ipublshed Tide and Planet :— He directed his glance to a young lady who sat near, and whose quick, ringing laugh came every moment clear and fresh, as though the heart spoke to the ear; she was not beautiful nor stately, but there was some- thing more winning about her than even the glorious woman they had been looking ...

... CALL A HANSOM CAB.—Numerous visitors—of the commercial and shipping interests especially—wonder that Newport has not yet been supplied with a few cabs and flys, for the public convenience. When the length of New- port is taken into consideration, and its dirty Macadamised streets are looked at, there is much reason to regret that some spirited Phillips does not start the desideratum, which, ...

... The Wolverhampton magistrates have committed John Quarlter, an Irish labourer, for trial, charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Price, butcher of Little's lane, in that town, who died en the 8th of August, 1852, and whose death was occasioned under the following circum- stances:—Ou Saturday night, the 19th of June, in that year, he was returning home from NortB-street, through Tin-alley, ...

... The following Inttoi- has h_û muresseq the Morning SIR,—In the Times of this morning appears a state- ment of the Russians bilraingH&evera^furkish villages, by means of Iled-hot Shot. I merely wish to draw your attention ttf a house, in the Commercial-ioad, haviijg a lar order for furnaces, to heat the shot, and take them out when red-hot. order is supposed to be IThssla Nearly 200 have been ...

... In his preface to the sixth volume of Moore's Memoirs, Lord John Russell describes Sir James Mackintosh as being, of all those whose connection is referred to by Moore, The ablest, the mcfst brilliant, and best informed. A most competent judge in the matter, Sydney Smyth, [has said, Till subdued by age and illness, his conversation was more brilliant and instructive than that of any human ...

... ail amnsinj way. Chambers, in his 'Journ^'pgft 'oinds ns ihat Hen Jonson, Sir Isaac Newton. Co ot l^i'n Byron, Macauiay. Lo'a Montes, the h ''ance Donizetti (from Donald Izett) and Jenny k1 all o' p ,re Scottish descent. r When Moore was getting his portrait painted by p# 'on, Sydney Smith, who accompanied the P°e humourously io lie artist, -1 Couldn't you contrive togtjlitf his 'ace somewhat ...

... DURING five-and-thirty years of peace in Europe, and with the elastic energy of our Saxon element of character, we have made great advances, and accumulations in wealth, comfort, and all the ex- terior signs of civilization. We have almost neu- tralised the terrible consequences of our long and sanguinary wars and that awful debt—which upon us for so many years like iEtna on the breast of the ...

... FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA.—According to the advices from Berlin, the Russian Government are said to have resolved upon an increase of £9,500,000, in their paper circulation, to meet the armaments in progress. At the same time, to prevent the distrust that might thus be occa- sioned, statements are given out that the specie in the cit- adel at St. Petersburg amounts to £2Z 500,000, while the ...

... THE Slannmntjisjjirf Stifrliit. NEWPORT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1854. THE OBSTRUCTIONS SO SANATORY IM- PROVEMENT IN CARDIFF AND NEW- POUT. NOTHING can be more obvious than that those who wish to enjoy the advantages which living amidst a commuiii;y possesses over isolation, must submit to certain restrictions for the common good. ï his, indeed, is universally acknowledged in theory; and, in many ...