... FRIDAV, FEBRUARY 3. 1854. HER MAJESTY re-assembled her Parliament Tuesday in person, and in a speech which will be found in another portion of our paper. Her progress on goin^ and returning was one of tumultuous ap* plause, which on thia occasion had an emphatic meaning beyond the usual character of such loyal demonstrations. The Queen's reception by the con- gregated thousands spoke ...

... 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. ...

... A most influential public meeting was held in the Assembly Room of the Cardiff Arm* Hotel yester- day, Thursday. 16th February—having been con- vened by the subjoined advertisement:— «' PORT OF CARDIFF—The undersigned request a meeting of the pioprietors of land, minerals, and col- lierie*. and of ironmasters, manufacturer*, traders, and all psrties interested in the port of Cardiff, to be ...

... 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 ...

... JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND CRIME. On Monday last, nn inlfuential public meeting was held in the Crown Court of the New Town-hall, Cardiff, having been convened by circular, of which the subjoined is a copy The Mayor resentfully and urgently reqne«ts your attend- ance a Public Meeting, lo be helit at the Crown Court ot the New Court# of Justice, on Monday next, at ore o'clock, for the purpose of ...

... THE BALL.—A bachelor's ball came off at the Busb Ion on Thursday evening last, when there were about 80 persons in attendance. The ball was an exceedingly pleasant one, and the refreshments were, as usual, ol the best kind. We should have been happy to have given the names ot the ladies and gentlemen present, but wert- unable to obtain a complete liat, a considerable number being strangers. ...

... EPIPHANY SESSIONS, 1854. E VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the EPI- JR 1>| PHANY QUARTER SESSIONS of the County R of Glamorgan, will be holden by adjournment at the JR TOWN-HALL, in the Town of CARDIFF, io the said County, on TUESDAY, tbe 21at day of FEBRUARY, ( 1854, at Eleven o'CIock in tbe Forenoon. for the Trial of Prisoners in tbe County daol and House of Cor- rection at Cardiff, when and ...

... FRIDAY'S LONDON Henry Chancellor, Gieat larrnouih, taiiur Jacob Stone, Little Moorfields, coachmaker Lucy Martin, reigiiiiiout li, baker Henry Hud-on, Huddersfield, cattle dealer Thomas Proctor, Lincoln, engineer TUKSDAY'S LONDON GAZBTTR.—BANKRUPTS. Henry Chancellor, Great Yarmouth, tailor Francis Paxon, B I ooms bury- square, scrivener William Cnarlton, Basingstoke, grocer Louisa Matilda ...