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... SABBATH SCHOLARS' TREAT.—On the second day of the Newport races, the scholars of the Trinity Church schools, and the Pillgwenlly Wesleyan Sunday Schools, numbering about 500, accompanied by their respective ministers su^ perintendents, and teachers, proceeded to a field on Stow- hill (kindly lent by Mr. Johoida Brewer, for the occasion), and, after enjoying themselves with simple rural ...

Published: Friday 06 October 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 183 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE FARMER'S COLUMN.

... THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY. The Marquis of Londonderry is dead. It was not destined that a man who had seen so much active service during the last war should see the commencement of the hostilities in which England is at present involved. Lord Londonderry was among the now not very numerous survivors of our last great contest with continental Europe. He entered the army as an ensign in the ...

Published: Friday 10 March 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 422 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

TOWrN HALL, NEWPORT.—MONDAY

... Magistrates present: James Brown, Esq. (Mayor), and James Rennie, Esq. James Rodway was charged with being drunk and in- capable in Llanarth-street.—Fined 5s. James Dunk was charged with assaulting Zachariah Patch, on Friday week, in George-street, by throwing stones at him, and striking him. —Defendant denied the assault, and stated that Patch was too intimate with his (Dunk's) wife. This ...

Published: Friday 20 October 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 902 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

GREAT FIRE IN SEBASTOPOL

... THE AFFAIR OF THE DAUNTLESS. COURT MARTIAL.—SENTENCE ON LIEUTENANT KNIGHT. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 10.- A court-martial was held on board the Victory, to-day, to try Lieut Knight, of the Royal Marines, for a breach of the regulations of the service, in taking Matilda Jane Lodge on board the Victorious, hulk to the Dauntless, on the night of Sunday, the 17th September. The court consisted of Rear ...

Published: Friday 13 October 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 585 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

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... LOCAL RAILWAY MEETINGS. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORD. At the half-yearly meeting of this company, held at Shrewsbury, Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., in the chair, The Secretary read the report, which stated that they had received from Mr. Brassey the rent, reserved under the arrangement with him, for the half-year ending June 30, 1854 which enabled them to recommend that a dividend be now declared after ...

Published: Friday 25 August 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1497 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

COMMITTAL FOR wiLFUL MURDER

... 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, ...

Published: Friday 06 January 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 300 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

RED-HOT SHOT

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 06 January 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 195 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

.BLAINA

... BRYNMAWR. BOARD OF HEALTH-WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22. Present-H. Bailey, Esq., (in the chair), J. Jayne, Esq., Mr. D Edwards, Mr. Thomas Hope, Mr. T. Kershaw, Mr. R. Jones, Mr. W. Vaughan, and Mr.. John Evans. Previously to the minutes of the last meeting being read, Mr. Davies, postmaster, who was in attendance, said he appeared before the Board to appeal against the amount of rate charged upon him ...

Published: Friday 24 February 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1799 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

SIR JAMES MACINTOSH

... 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 ...

Published: Friday 20 January 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1869 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

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... 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 ...

Published: Friday 20 January 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 319 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

CHEPSTOW

... BRYNMAWRi SCARCITY OF PAPER.—CAUTION TO LADIES. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—Much alarm exists at the growing scarcity of rags and other materials that enter into the composition and manufacture of paper, and various means have been sug- gested or set on foot, for economising or saving the raw material, or obtaining a substitute for rags. Of many of these saving schemes, I approve; but of the one of ...

Published: Friday 18 August 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 820 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

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... CHARGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 17. CHARGES. How DISPOSED OF. Felony 6 Committed for trial 2 Misdemeanours 28 Summarily convicted 20 Drunkenness 5 Remanded 1 2 16 Obstructions 0 Assaults settled out of crt. 2 -Lodging-house Cases 1 Lodging-liouse convictions 1 Total 42 Total & ...

Published: Friday 18 August 1854
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 46 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News