... PROPOSED POSTAL ARRANGEMENT. —Government pro- pose thdt letters whose postage is a shilling, as in the case of Australian letters, shall be charged twopence to the Post-office, on the piinciple we presume, of a penny for the collection here, and the same for delivery in the colouy, and that the remaining tenpence shall go 10 the »hi^ cuuvejinjj Uie letter i5,000 utiles*—Itifetyvul Albiun, ...

... (rrom the February No.of the ATorrA British Review.) Alter npiMking of the Irish and Scotch branches of Celtic music, the wriier proceeds 1e and last pure branch of Celtic mmic is the f, f A't|,ough of a kindred, if not the same origin, as u ris- and Scotch, its conuexiou with them must have b*;en early severed, for it has assumed a distinct character. vV e lear l from Hantner's Chronicle ( o ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. L'i&t night (Thursday/ Sir George Tyler presented a petition troni UUmur^aiisliire, in lavour'of Reformatory liHtitniions |-or Criminals. LLKUTLIN ANT-('OLONEL TIIE HONOURABLE W. II • ^liMiELUY I'our.MAN, is promoted to lie Colonel ...

... LOCAL MATTERS.—An extraordinary case of attempted felonious assault, will be found in the police report, in the 2nd page other important local arti cles are also inserted in that and the following page. ACCIDENT. -On Tuesday afternoon, a little boy was knocked down and ridden over in High-st., by an incautious young man, riding a spirited horse. Though stunned, the child was not much injured; ...

... FUNERAL OF THE LATE CHARLES RODNE* MORGAN ESQ., OF RUPERRA CASTLE, FOR BRECON. Yesterday morning, the interment of the remains of the late Charles Rodney Morgan, Esq., of Ruperra Castle, took place at the family vault, at the parish church of Bassaleg, amidst the deep grief of his bereaved relatives, and the sincere regrets of a large concourse of persons* (many of whom had known the innate ...

... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SIXTH HALF YEARLY ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Briton-ferry Floating Dock Company will be held at the CARDIFF Aaau. Catditt. inthe Couuty of the 25th day of February instant, at Noon precisely. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 1Slh day of February instant, and will not be re opened until after the day of the said General ...

... 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 ...

... A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DAFYDD AB GWILYM: [A WELSH BARD OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.] (Continued from our last.) WE may take it for granted that Dafydd ab Gwilym must have lived in habits of intimacy with the poets of his time, —amongst whom many, perhaps, were to be found not insensible to the charms of the mead-horn; but he does not seem to have been much devoted to it himself, for among those ...

... NEWPORT AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. THURSDAY MORNING, Feb. 9.—This day the mortal remains of Charles Rodney Morgan, Esq., lale M.P. for Brecon, were brought by the mail-train, via Liverpool, to Gloucester, thence to Newport, and onward to Tredegar Park, the seat of his ancestors. They were afterwards consigned to the family vault at Bassaleg. The tradesmen of I^ewj.9:l partially closed their shops from ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF BRECON. —The premature demise of C. R. Morgan Esq., M.P., has left a vacancy in the representation for the borough of Brecon and the town of Llywell. We are informed that a requisition is in course of signature, requesting the lord lieutenant of the county, Colonel John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins, who was formerly the member for the borough, to come for- ward again upon ...

... NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL QUARTS^ MEETING. TUESDAY. Present —Joseph Latch, Esq., in the chair, in tb:Ëd of the Mayor; and Messrs. Davis, Jenkins, & M Turner, Lyne, Llewellin, Lewis, Dowling, Burton, Townsend, Knapp, Homfray, Mullock, Webb, Williams, and Batehelor. re The Deputy-Clerk read the minutes of the V p, Council meeting; and the Board considered ta reports (watch committee and Board of ...

... AEDENAWC. PRAITH IV. SWLL I.-Yn y tir cefn, ceir pell oliog ar ddinas Minerfa a'r mor. Yr ochr asicy i'r rhaglawr, uchedd creigog wedi ei icisgo a llwyni, 0 ba un mac llwybr cul yn darwain i'r rhaglawr. Y CYMERIADAU. PENAETH MINERVA. POLIDOR, Madcrydd, MYRON, Ar- fogwr, NEOCLF.S, AMYNIAS, EUPHEXOH, LYKOX, Pysgodwr. PENAETH MINERVA. POLIDOR, Madcrydd, MYRON, Ar- fogwr, NEOCLES, AMYNIAS, ...