... JOHN FROST. On Friday morning last, after the close of our office, for the holiday, we were favoured with the following copy of a communication, addressed by the secretary of Lord Palmerston, to James Brown, Esq., Mayor of Newport, then in London, ready to present the memorial praying a free pardon to Mr. Frost, as agreed upon at the recent meeting held at the Town Hall: Whitehall, April 11th ...

... THE following description of Cronstadt, given in a Berlin journal, although incomplete, may not be uninteresting at the present moment Cronstadt is situated on the island of Kosline,. at the eastern corner of the Finland Gulf. The island, about one and half English miles long and propor- tionately narrow, is close to the mouth of the Neva and may be regarded as the port of St. Petersburgh, ...

... FAIRs IN APRIL. MONMOUTHSHIRE. WOIICESTERSHIBB. 11 20 Worcester GLAMORGANSHIRE. Shipton-on-Stour •* 24 Cross Inn 14 Belbroughton •• Aberafon 30 BRBCONSHIRE. HEREFORDSHIRE. Dyfynng. ig Dornstone 27 Ta!garth. ...

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... NEWPORT UNION. The Tollowing is the official return of Guardians elected in this Union for the ensuing year :-Bedwas: William Prioe,'Pantglas, farmer; Bettws: Phillip Rees, Cross Wm. Bro, -farmer; Bishton: William Gale, Village Farm, farmer, Caerleon: Thomas Morgan Llewellia, Caerleon, solicitor; Christchurch: Mapson Thomas Smith Winter, ArtrMge Farm, farmer,. 144; William Graham,dun., Gore ...

... A COAST SQUADRON. We have reason to believe that Rear-Admiral Bruce, recently returned from the coast of Africa, will shortly hoist his flag as commander-in-chief of a light squadro a for the. protection of the trade and ports of the northern and north-east coasts.—Morning Herald. ...

... BLAINA. „ INSTRUCTION SOCIETY. — On Thursday evening, April i»! Noad' of London, gave a very interesting and ««tructive lecture on some of the Chemical Principles in- volved in the manufacture of iron. The various gases »ere commented on, and their properties exhibited to the audience m a number of experiments, all equally success- 5^? and a number of very beautilul diagrams showed the .0us ...

... NEWPORT WATCH COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL CHAMBER, TUESDAY. Present-James Brown, Esq., mayor, in the chair, and Messrs. Latch, Burton, Townsend, Edwards, Mullock, Lewis, Wm. Williams, Turner, Jenkins, Iggulden, Bat- chelor, Rennie, Knapp, and Llewellin. It was stated that as the colliers at Risca were likely to resume work, at 2d. per ton rise, the police force spared from the ...

... THIS interesting document has made its way into the light. At any time worthy of perusal, it possesses a double inte- rest at the present season, when We see how plainly the present Emperor has been endeavouring to carry: out the deep ambitious plans of his great predecessor. The fol- lowing extracts are absolutely astounding at this moment:— We must take away as much territory as possible ...

... DEAfH OF MR. WALKlNSHAW OF ABERS-TCHAN. Deeply ile we regret to state, that this estimable gentle- man, whom, .on Wednesday eveitiag, after.the.dinner at the Sa2s»ons, we-saw m communication with his friends, full of health, animated, vigorous, and diffusing cheerfulness around him, met with an awfully sudden death on his home- ward journey, very shortly afterwards, by being thrown from Ms ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TURKEY AND RUSSIA. Accordiug to Constantinople mercantile letters of the 6th of April, Baron Bruck has issued orders to all Austrian ves- sel? to quit Constantinople. Probably the order relates to Austrian vessels of war, in order to avoid the importunities of the Turks that they should join the allied fleets ih the Black Sea. Russian ships of war were seen off Batoum on ...

... STRIKING A BLOW AT STRIKES, IN SPAIN. Our correspondence from Spain has recently furnished us with some description of the manner in which a certain proceeding of what, we fear, we must call a truly English character, has been conducted in that remarkable country. There has been a great strike at Barcelona. The trade of that famous city supports a large number of manu- facturing artisans, ...