... FAIRs IN APRIL. MONMOUTHSHIRE. WOIICESTERSHIBB. 11 20 Worcester GLAMORGANSHIRE. Shipton-on-Stour •* 24 Cross Inn 14 Belbroughton •• Aberafon 30 BRBCONSHIRE. HEREFORDSHIRE. Dyfynng. ig Dornstone 27 Ta!garth. ...

... LLANGIBBY. SCHOOL EXAMINATION.—The examination of the chil- dren of Llangibby school took place on the 1st instant, when they were examined by the Rev. E. A.Williams, the much-respected curate. The reading was extremely cre- ditable. Geography, scripture, ari hmetic, and grammar, were subjects of examination, and the readiness with which, the answers were given, elicited much commendation from ...

... On Monday, the commissioners for victualling and trans- port service issued contracts for the supply of 500,0001b. of preserved boiled beef for the use of the forces in the Crimea j also for the conveyance of 2,400 tons of provisic ns from Deptford and 1,100 from Gosport to Malta.; as also 375 tons of powder to Malta. Contracts were also issued for the supply of 22,300 pair of boots, one half ...

... We were pleased the other day with the poetical and re- trospective turn given to the present war by a distinguished English author. This is not the first time, said our friend, that the English will have fought on the banks of the Danube. Illustrious youihø that left their bative shore To march where Britons neve* m6.rched before. The great Duke of Marlborough carried our arms to the banks ...

... t (From the Gardener's Chronicle.) THB FLOWER GARDEN AND SHHL'BBERIES, continued col4 northerly winds render the °f bedding stock unusually difficult this 8ar 'r0m '8 st* (^al,Serou8 to risk even the hardier j, Under the protection of glass. AII-that can faP ...

... 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, ...

... NEWPORT SHIPPING LIST. ARRIVALS. Active, Harris, Barrow, iron ore; Mary Ann, Lewis, Barrow, iron ore Tartar, Whitlock, lron or ...

... WANTED, some OATS and OATMEAL.— T V Address, stating quality and price of Oats per quarter of 3201bs., and of Oatmeal, per ton, in casks, delivered at Br,col1, to B. H., Post-office, Brecon. DIOGiSS OF LANDAFF. LORD BISHOP of LLANDAFF V purposes holding his at the times and places hereunder mentioned: — At LLANDAFF Tuesday. 1st August next COWBUIDGB •••» Wednesday, 2nd August NEATH I I,.ui ...

... CARDIFF. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An explosion of gas from steam cod occurred on board a vessel, namod the Saint Croix, in the Bute dock, on Saturday night last. The whole of the hatchways, and several planks, were completely blown into the air by the force of the explosion. One of the crew, named Prouten, 35 years of age, has since died from the injuries received by the accident. INQUESTS.—An inquest ...

... CARDIFF. At a Court held by the Rev. Chancellor Williams, at Llandaff Cathcdfal, on Thursday, the 18th instant, the Rev. William Davies, incumbent of Llanwonno, was ap- pointed a surrogate for the diocese of Llandaff. TONDU IRON WORKS.—The proprietors of these works have recently erected a now rolling mill, which acts re- markably well, and will give employment to an increased number of hands. ...

... LORD CAMPBELL AND THE DOCTORS.—The Lord Chief Justice of England, when playfully (I presume) alluding, in the celebrated Bainbrigge case, tried at the Stafford Assizes, to the evidence of the three physicians who had recorded their opinion in favour of the insanity of the testator, observed, after they had retired from the witness box, The medical men who have just been ex- amined, need not be ...