... ONE OF OUR HEROES. soldier, the only survivor out Of four belonging to Siddington, writing to his mother, sayS, I have been engaged in every battle, and in every sortie ol importance, from the mencement of the war, and hope I shall continue to end; but if I fall, be sure send to the War-office and my medal. That will remia you that I bled for my country- ...

... {Selected from Private and Published Letters.) INVESTITURE OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH IN THE CRIMEA.—The place where this ceremony took place was a square court in front of General Simpson's quarters. One side of the court is formed by the long, low building occu- pied by the English Commander-in-chief, two others by stables and out-buildings, while the fourth is open to the downs. This square, ...

... SMITHFIELD, Dec. 3.-Fine upland meadow and rye- gr ass hay, 120s, 125s inferior, 85s, 95s superior clover, 13 0s, 135s inferior, 95s, 100s; straw, 24s, 28s per load of 36 trusses. WHITECHAPEL, Dec. 3. At this market to.day there was above an average supply of hay and straw, with a fair demand at the following quotations :-Good hay from 110s 123s inferior ditto, 80s 100s clover (good) 130s 138s ...

... Monday, 17th—Usk Fair, Tuesday 18th-Tredegar Cattle Show. Wednesday 19th—Usk Turnpike Tolls to be Jet by Auction. Friday 21st-Petty Sessions-Police Committee Meeting at Town Hall, Usk. ...

... For the Amusement and Instruction of the Young, and othcrs, during Winter Evenings. 1. Take a tumbler, and fill it nearly full of water. Then insert a !■ lump of sugar in the water, and continue to stir it. In a few minutes the sugar will become invisible; 2: Place a candlestick, with a lighted candle in it, in the middle of a table.. Mahogany is best, but deal will answer the purpose. Place ...

... PRODUCE MARKETS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21. The rates of diseoulltare fully as high, there being a pressing demand for money.with a moderate supply. The Mincing-lane markets closed to-day on account of the Christmas holidays, and will remain so .until the 2nd of January, in PtrntTc aiiomuriES uownuca UOll cu aa>, aiiu ratesfCSS Consols foraccount are New Three's, 89; Three per Cent iteduced, 881 to ...

... Latest Intelligence. PROMOTIONS. Viscount Hardinge, the General Commanding in Chief, has received her Majesty's most gracious com- mands that Lieut. General James Simpson, Corg- mander of Her Majesty's forces during the late ar- duous and finally successful operations which have led to the fall of Sebastopol, shall be promoted to the rank of General. Colonel Charles Ash Windham, to be promoted ...

... A CORRESPONDENT in the Crimea writes under date of June 29th The number of medical officers seceding from the pro- fession of surgery in the army, and adopting that of the sword, is rapidly increasing. Assistant-Surgeon Shaw Phelps, of the 55th Regiment, whose retirement appears in the Gazette of the 15th June, just arrived, was appointed to an ensigncy in the same regi- ment on the same date. ...

... MAGOR. GREEN MOOR INCLOSURE.—On Tuesday last, the va'ner, Mr. Williar»3, of Bristol, let the several moors in this inclo- sure by public auction; and such was the anxiety evinced to occupy them, (the valuer having stated that this was the last opportunity, aa the allotments woul,1 be made during the ensuing winter) that a very spirited competition took place, and which must have surprised even ...

... To the Editor of the Usk Observer. SIR.-I suspected the Trostrey Weir Association to be a Myth, or a Great Pelican. Now I am told, it is five Gentlemen, some of whom have an un-appeasable voracity for nsh but I can hardly believe it. For sixty or seventy years, and no doubt from ah earlier period, the inhabitants of Usk and its neighbourhood have enjoyed the right of angling for small fry ...

... THE BALTIC. Triumphant Success. THE DESTRUCTION OF SWEABORG. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DANTSIC, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 11 A.M. The bombardment of Sweaborg commenced at 6 o'clock last Thursday morning, and continued until daylight on Saturday. The town itself is burnt to the ground,—not one house left. The dockyards are completely destroyed. All the earthworks and batteries are knocked to pieces. Six ...

... IN describing the accompanying sketches of this celebrated Russian stronghold, we beg to be understood, by, our readers as treating it entirely in a warlike point of view, and speak- ing of it more for its renown as an impreg- nable and unapproachable fortified island, than for its commercial or architectural re- nown, which, in the present crisis, are looked upon quite as secondary items in ...