... THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF SALMON. The following extract from a letter by Mr. Lex, of Basle, under whose superintendence the operations 01 the French Government in the culture of salmon are being carried on, will be read with much interest:— In the establishment for fish culture, near Huningen, they have impregnated list year, and in the beginning of 18.54, nearly 1,800,000 eggs of salmon, ...

... Magistrates present: Rev. Thos. Pope, and Rev. Chan- cellor Williams. A POLITE YOUNG WAGGONER. Wm Groves, son of a farmer residing at Kemeys Inferior, was summoned for riding on his waggon, on the high-road, on the$J8th April.—Mr. Lucas said he saw the three horses of defendant rattling along with the waggon towards the Bridge turnpike gate, at a dangerous pace the defendant being in the ...

... At the moment when we are beginning a new war, we have to announce the death of one of the heroes of our last great struggle—Field-Marshal the Marquess of Anglesey, in his 86th year. If any sense of relief mingled with the regrets for the death of Wellington, it was that the Waterloo Banquets came to an end. As more and more of the Waterloo heroes dropped off, the ceremony came to have more of ...

... THE SUGGESTED CHANGES IN THE LONDON CORPoRAd'loN. On i.lit that the folio u.g changes will be submitted for the consideration of the Legislature i hat t lie Court of Aldermen should be abolished, and th it. the Aldermen should form a p union uf the Court of Common Council, arid that a qualification should be re- quired from ear-11 person appointed. I ,nat. the cnsei vaticv of ihe river Thames ...

... Til! I'M K.N'T OF THE MILITIA. | No ol-jecrioo wV.' Iv 55 a 'e to the granting to the Crown iiic• r;cvl povrrs with to the Militia hut there was nmcli for-e in the remarks ni-i'l.' on by Karl Grey. when the [louse of L.rls were voting an address upon the subject, a id we should have been better pleased ii' the Duke of Newcastle had given to them a wore uni t sei s ed reply. I he distinguish- ...

... MSRTHYK- rOLICB COURT.-WEDNESDA [Present: J. C. Fowler and Wm. }tillg David Stephens was charged ^Lmneiit- Gordon.—Fined £ 5, or six weeks impi is Catherine Rees was charged with bei g .fi orderly.—Fined 5s. \r„f,wvs were 5^0^ Gweiillian Rees and Eleanor i nn,njrty with wilf'.dlv breaking a fence, the p P Smith. Fined 2s. Id. each, and costs. (T Jane John was charged with assaultioD To pay ...

... DOCK EXTENSION BILL. We regret exceedingly that it was deemed fittitl ea' offer any opposition to the passing of this bill a sure on the success of which, so much depended the carrying out of which, in all its integrity, an(* fulness and plenitude of its powers, the future of may be said greatly to be involved. Nature h*3 much for our port—art and enterprise but little. ^fe v elbow-room —we ...

... Extract from a letter from one of her Majesty's ships in Admiral Plumridge's squadron, Baltic fleet, dated the 18th of April:— ce There arc letters for us on board the Admiral's ship, but we have not been able to get them yet. I have had no let ters or papers from any one for nearly three weeks. We have been cruising in the Baltic and Gulf of Finland for the last fortnight, never having had ...

... TERMINATION OF THE CONTEST. PRESTON, MAY 1.—The power-loom weavers have at length retired from the struggle in which they have been engaged for the last 35 weeks and the Preston strike is virtually at an end. Failing funds have hastened this re- sult-not lack of firmness on the part of the people. It became evident, from the proceedings at the delegate meet- ing yesterday, that the chief ...

... NEWSPAPER CIPvCTJLAl ION. Return to an order of tho House of Commons of i obittary 23, lijji:— SOUTH WALES 1851. 1S52. 1853. Mon-soutilsliit-n Devlin 83,000 91,000 S3,000 Monmouth Herald (*ltar) > oi ni av\ Established Aau'. 27, 1352 J UJ 0-40 Monmouthshire Beaeoa 29,530 30,525 34,000 Merthvr Guardian 63,000 00,000 03,000 i Silurian 22,325 32,5-JO 3G.OCO Cambrian 50,0)0 Go,000 GO,000 Swansea ...

... BLAINA- BLUN.V INSTRUCTION SOCIUTY. On Tuesday evening, May 9th, Mr. Harrison delivered an interesting lecture ou the present all-absorbing topic, the Rosso-1 urkish war. He considered it essentially a tyranny against liberty and from this alone, he was led to consider the almost certain victory of the latter, lie thought the government much to be praised for having exhausted all attempts to ...

... DEPARTURE.-We learn with much regret, that Mr. and Mrs. Style, son-in-law and daughter of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., are about leaving this neighbourhood for Ireland. Among the poor of the district where they have resided for the last five years, and where their charity, affability, and christian kindness have been so extensively and deeply felt, there is but one sentiment—that of heartfelt ...