... 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. ...

... IF among ourselves, ladies are sometimes known to take the initiative, we see no great reasons for nrudish excla- mations. or fny severe judgment on their conduct. The proof of the pudding, they say, is in the eating and the best proof of the wisdom or propriety of any step, is to be looked for in its results. Owing to the rigid adherence, in this country, to the custom above alluded to, we ...

... We select the following importantly suggestive obser- vations from a pamphlet, entitled Results of Sanitary Im- provement, by Dr. Southwood Smith, whose zealous efforts in aid of the Metropolitan and other societies, for improving the physical condition of the industrious classes, and whose practical information on the subject of vital statistics, give him a high rank amongst the benefactors ...

... THE POSITION OF AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. THE STATUS of Prussia on the great European question is annoying, inasmuch as it is impos- sible to see, without regret, a nation which ought to act an important part in continental affairs, at an eventful period of the world's his- tory, reduced to a nonentity, because its millions of minds are like puppets in the hands of one weak and unprincipled ...

... A NEW COMMUNITY. 'HE emigrant who lands at Melbourne must not expect ) find it a reproduction of London, or any other civilized apital; in numbers it might equal many, but as its exist- nce is. comparatively speaking, but of yesterday, social elations are not yet established, nor are the public works dequate for the requirements of the population. The .ifference between a community long ...

... jUc MACHEN- cer*1* ^ew CHURCH.—We have been informed that lItentio elllony of laying the foundation stone of the above- JjM eli H ckurch is fixed for the 22d instant. A beautiful aite has bsen presented to the parish by Sir Bart., with £ 100 towards the erection of > and the various collieries, works, and railways w'ith the district, have also liberally subscribed to ^hic|j desirable object. ...

... MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH-ST., NEWPORT. SATURDAY. Before the Rev. Thomas Pope, Rev. Chancellor Williams, and Thomas Gratrcx, Esq. BONING IRON. Thomas Crawley, an old offender, was charged with stealing some scraps of old waggon iron, the property of Mr. Collins, Duffryn farm. The prisoner was noticed by Sergeant Trewartha, carrying a bag full of what the officer suspected to be stolen goods. ...

... NEW MARKET. A rumour is current, and obtains cre- dence in the town, that a capacious market, for meat, fish, vegetables, &c., more in character with the importance and requirements of Newport, than the present confined pre- mises, is contemplated in influential quarters; and that the site is likely to be between Bane's Well and the South Wales Railway. We shall be happy to report progress in ...

... LATEST NEWS. THE BALTIC FLEET. COPENHAGEN, MAY 8. ,The fleet, reinforced by the Cumberland, the Prince Regent, and the Austerlitz, sailed from Elgsnabbon on the 5th inst. The Magicienne carries to England four prizes, captured in the Gulf of Bothnia. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. According to advices from St. Petersburgh of the 3rd, a vast camp will be formed at Kaminietz, in Podolia, near the ...

... 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 ...

... THE following description of Cronstadt, given in a Berlin journal, although incomplete, may not be uninteresting at the present moment Cronstadt is situated on the island of Kosline,. at the eastern corner of the Finland Gulf. The island, about one and half English miles long and propor- tionately narrow, is close to the mouth of the Neva and may be regarded as the port of St. Petersburgh, ...