... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... CARDIFF INFANT SCHOOL. The annual meeting of excellent institution was held on Tuesday afternoon, Tile Dean of Llaud»fF in the chair. Therewas a good attendance of the friends of the school — IWMiwjIy, Mr. E. P. Richards, Mrs. and Miss Stacey, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, Roath Court, Miss Jenaer, Wenvoe Cuslle, Dr. Moore, Mfs. Moore, and family, Captain and Mrs. Armstrong, and the Misses Armstrong, ...

... We can have no hesitation, says the writer of an article in the North British Review, in assigning the invention of the Electric Telegraph to a humble Scotsman, who has left us only the shadow of his name. Just one hundred years ago a contributor to the Scotch Magazine, dating from Renfrew, published to the world the unell- tion of the Electric Telegraph in terms so distinct that they must ...

... 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 ...

... RESULTS OF SANITARY REFORM. ( Continued from our last.) The Metropolitan Buildings (Old Pancras Road) consist of 110 sets of rooms, 20 being sets of two rooms, aud 90 of three rooms. Attached to each set of rooms is a scullery provided with a sink, a supply of water at high pressure at the rate of forty gallons per day, and the means of carrying off ashes and other solid refuse through a shaft ...

... The Times publishes a variety of despatches Wednes- day morning from lhe Continent. We give them in the order in which they appear — We have received intelligence from St. Petersburg of the dale of the 11th instant. At that time Sir Hamil- ton Seymour had not yet communicated his recall to the Russian Government, and his instructions to quit the empire had probably not yet reached the British ...