... It is to he war, then. No one is surprised. No one could have supposed a different ending to the anxious suspense of the last three montha. No one 5S3E& ZSJS Up 7 hen, T H ar 2 t„V'rSrmn*acrd morfth 7 mdeath- No one is surprised, any Smn I I auditory are, who have watched, th ough the agony of a long trial, the chain of evi- dence, slowly, but surely winding itself round the ■n!na!' wllen the ...

... FRIDAY, MARCH 31. 1854. THE RUSSIAN ARMY. IVING, in our last number, given from OLIPHANT'S Russian Shores of the Black Sea, an encouraging id, we believe, a correct) account of the condition the Russian Navy, we extract, from the same elligent Traveller, some important information ipecting the Army of Russia, for which, we are rry to say, the minerals of the Merthyr District ve furnished the ...

... Mr. Clare, cf Liverpool, has introduced metallic masts and yarns for vessels. 1 hey are made of wrought iron, cased with wood, and are alleged to be lighter, stronger, and more durable than the ordinary wooden ones, while the first cost is the same in both cases. We are informed that the Duke of Norfolk is at pre- sent in a very precarious st..te of health, at Arundel Castle. It is understood ...

... PORT OF HIGH BRIDGE AND THE SOMERSET CENTRAL RAILWAY. NO TICE is hereby given, that Arrangempnts for 1. TRANSSHIPPING GOODS at this PORT, in connexion with the Somerset Central Railway, and the Junction of that Line with the Bristol and Exeter Rail- way, at Highbridge, are now completed. By means of a powerful Gantry Frame (capable of lifting Ten Tons), Vessel may be loaded and unloaded ...

... TEMPERANCE HALL The third of the series of Welsh Lectures in connection with the Cymmrodorion Dirwestol, was delivered on Wednesday evening, the 22nd of March, by the Rev. William Williams. The subject of the lecture was Africa, famous as the field of missionary enterprises; and the lecturer was well qualified to treat it. He is understood to be the writer of several able articles upon ...

... THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT.—A great portion of hia Grace's Monmouthshire property is to be offered for sale by auction, in the course of the spring. TREASURY APPOINTMENT.—|Mr. Raglan G. H. Somerset (son of the late Lord Granville Somerset) has been appointment to a junior clerkship in the Treasury. MILITARY APPOINTMENT. —. Lieut.-Colonel Mnndy, Assistant Quartermaster-General at Kilkenny, has been ...

... MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. TEA-PARTIES.—Several religious bodies availed them- selves of Easter Monday to have tea-parties for the children of their Sunday-schools and among the number were the Welsh Wesleyans and English Baptists, both of whom entertained several hundred juveniles at their respective places. There was atsoanotherteapartyof greater pretentions at Adulam Chapel, having for its ...

... When it was known that Admiral Dundas would have to enter the Black Sea, Captain Brock, an officer well acquainted with it, was sent out to the Admiral to assist in its navigation. The captain is related to some of the most distinguished families in Guernsey. The following is au interesting extract from a private letter from Cant. Brock to a relative in that island, and which was pub- lished ...

... A curious and interesting report has been prepared by Mr. Finlaison, the actuary of the National Debt-office, upon the subject of sickness and mortality among the male mem- bers of friendly societies in Eugland and Wales, as shown by the returns made by them to the Government for the five years 1846—1850. It appears that the proportion on the sick list in the course of a year is one in four, ...

... DEPRESSION OF THE FLAX TRADE.—In consequence of the war with Russia most of the flax mills in Scotland are going on short time. The manufacturers have more orders than they can execute, but for some time to come, until supplies are obtained from other quarters than those hitherto chiefly depended on, they cannot execute them. In consequence of this stoppage in the supplies of flax by Russia, ...

... FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE—BANKRUPTS Thomas Ashley, Coleman-street, Camberwell, licensed vic- tualler William Henry Dean, Fleet-street, auctioneer Desire Le blond, Soutbwark-bridge-road, hot manufacturer Henry AnUey and William Watson, Birmingham, drapers J-mes Ridden, Camborae, Cornwall, mercer Robert Roberts, Liverpool, tailor William Suicliffe, Eutietd, within Clayton-le-Moors, Lan- cashire, ...

... (Continued from our fourth page.) HOUSE OF LORDS.TUESDAY. Lord Beaumont asked the Earl of Clarendon whether he w*s *ble to bef°re Parliament any document or papers which would explain the slate of our relations with the German government. The Earl of Clarendon stated that a protocol had been signed at Vienna on Sunday last, the tenor of which was as sati>\factary as he could have anticipated. ...