... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... ABERGAVENNY. PETTY SESSIONS—WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1. Present-The Hon. W. P. Rodney, and Rev. G. W. Gabb. VAGRANCY. Two vagrants were brought up by P.O. Merewether, of Blaenavon, charged with making use of a false certificate, stating that they were two shipwrecked seamen, who had been taken off a wreck, at sea, and collecting contributions from the charitable. It also appeared that they went to the ...

... Dalton's Flat, Ballarat Diggings, November 19th, 1853. My dear Parents,—' Hope, long deferred, maketh the heart grow sick.' This adage I can most truly subscribe to, having waited so long and so anxiously for letters from you. The last I received, was in answer to mine from the Cape of Good Hope nearly three weeks elapsed be- tween the arrival of the Overland mail (from here April 5th), which ...

... IMPORTANT COLLIERY ARBITRATION CASE. In our Journal of the 22nd of October we gave an outline of the evidence given at Tenby, in the important cases of Child v. Pocock, and Pocock v. Chi'd, which were referred to Mr. YVhitmore, of the Oxford Circuit, as sole arbitrator, under an order of reference made on consent by the Court of Exchequer. Two distinct actions formed the subject of the enquiry ...

... The preparations for war are being urged forward in the most energetic manner. The men in the dock-yards and ar- senals are employed extra hours in forwarding ships and pre- paring stores recruiting parties are spread all over the country the pensioners and naval volunteers are coming in rapidly and there is every reason to believe that in a few days, the magnificent Baltic fleet will be fully ...

... 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 ...

... EAST INDIAN IRON COMPANY, Thereportof the East Indian Iron Company, presented at their first annual meeting held in London on Monday, stated, that of «!0,000 preference shares of £10 each originally issued as scrip, 0,115 have been registered and the rest forfeited and re-alloted that a proprietary of 16,000 shares has thus been created, the remaining 4 00 being reserved for India; and that ...