... THE POSITION OF AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. THE STATUS of Prussia on the great European question is annoying, inasmuch as it is impos- sible to see, without regret, a nation which ought to act an important part in continental affairs, at an eventful period of the world's his- tory, reduced to a nonentity, because its millions of minds are like puppets in the hands of one weak and unprincipled ...

... THE FLAGS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The flags of England and Franee combined, form, in the European Heavens, the Rainbow of Liberty. How full of thought! How simple and grand in their truth, are these words, falling from the lips of the man who ac- cepted power with the mission to close the era of revo- whom empire was conferred, and who pro- claimed that it was Peace—and whose first act, upon ...

... THE CHARM OF MUSIC. THE auction which was to test the estimation in which Grisi and Mario are held by our fellow-citizens, was held at the Castle Garden, on Monday afternoon. At the hour fixed upon for the beginning of the sale of tickets, there were present about 1,200 persons, gathered in front of the stage, both on the ground floor and in the gallery. At half-past three o'clock Mr. Leeds ...

... THE CHOLERA. in. G Phased to find that the cholera is not progressing the tester, where (we announced ill the last iiERLlX) the^f had been one or two fatal cases. At Cardiff, however, ^tal' malady is increasing in number of cases and hgjhty aiKi at Dovrlais and Merthyr, we hear there have &6tl numerous deaths. In #11 these places, the medical Mai ea are incesaant in their exertions to arrest ...

... SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. MORMONISM. (Abridged from the Times J Everybody has heard of Mormonism and Joe Smith and Nauvoo. The history of the rise and progress of this ex- traordinary sect, of the manner in which one State after another of the North American Union found it necessary to eject them from its limits, of the bloody fate of their lawgiver, of their wanderings to the Great Salt Lake, and ...

... Some of the wisest and best men have signalised their love of gardens and shrubberies, that they might be buried in them. Plato, after presiding for forty years over the Academus, was buried in the groves. Sir William Temple, though he expected to be interred in Westminsier Abbey, gave orders for his heart to be enclosed in a silver casket, and placed under a sun-dial, in that part of his ...

... NEWPORT BURIAL BOARD.—WEDNESDAY. Li ewellin Vicar, in the chair, and Messrs. Lately IK6 ri?' ^rahatn, Morrison, and Davis. jr ~'erk read the minutes of the previous meeting, ^6sir' i a'lain reported that he had seen Mr. Jenkins, as ^tairn i ^'e I' 'ard, in reference to the compensation 9ttal'+ ^or ^ls Qxchange of liis land for a piece ot inferior ta»J The sum which Mr. Jenkins required ( £ 5) ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, at CHEPSTOW, on MON- DAY, the 25th day of SEPTEMBER inst., at half-past 11 o'clock in the Morning, Ten Superior LEICESTER VvAiVIS, The property of Mr. C. DUCKHAM, Salisbury Farm, Magor Place and Day of Sale altered of the Estates near Abergavenny. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON respectfully apprise the public that the Valuable Estates of Penrose, and ...

... OUR SUPPLIES OF CLOTHING MATERIALS. ABUNDANT harvests, and the consequent cheapening of food, always lead to an augmented demand for clothing, and other comforts. Already the working man's wife finds that she has something to spare out of the sum which, for a long time, had been required for bread alone, and can therefore obtain articles which hitherto had been done without. Though prices rose ...

... FEEDING OF GRAZING STOCK. • The fact that grazing stock aher this season feed moie than previously, is not undeserving of noti e. p dairyman's herd of some 12 or 14 cows and a bull, are JUSt now grazing in an enclosure in liont of our window, 0..re they have been so for the season In the early part f *hcy were to be seen more frequency lying, or when jading less acti»ely engaged, or not ...

... NEWPORT RACES. J DAY BEFORE RACES.—WEDNESDAY. M»(j^ i„ o. dispiriting, drizzling rain and the Burgess 5s* l^ere the meeting w to come off, looks as swampy ^^6h rsh of the Dobrudscha order. I he nags that are (0 ,.°n this morning, to-get an introductory hint or two, he LINE of conduct -to be pursued by them' to-morrow, ery down in the mouth, and have, apparently, more to return to their cosy ...

... AN AUSTRALIAN EMIGRANT'S LETTER. [The following letter haa been received in Newport, from Mr. F. W. Brogden, who was formerly one of the MERLIN staff :J Melbourne, March 22nd, 18s4. Dear Sir,—I received your letter a few weeks since, from the dead letter office, and, according to your request, have made inquiries about [a Monmouthshire emigrant] and advertised him in the Argus, but without ...