... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The second edition of the Globe, of last evening (Thurs day), corroborates the report of the morning, that the Pleni- potentiaries of the high contracting Powers, have deemed it expedient to consult their respective Cabinets, in reference to the third point of the bases of a pacific solution. Scotch pig iron, 59s. 6d.. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The Newport Corporation Bill, ...

... BALL AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM. The ball at the Worcester Lunatic Asylum took place on Tuesday evening last. It is a matter for congratulation, to find that the harsh treatment formerly exercised towards thoiiewho. from divers causes, have lost that priceless gift —intellect—has ceased before the enlightenment hnd in- telligence of the age, and been replaced by words and actions, from which the ...

... EBBW VALE. MAINE LIQUOR, LAW.—The committee of the Tempe- rance Society having succeeded in obtaining the services of Mr. G. E. Lomax, the celebrated lecturer, have issued the following programme for a course of six lectures:— Monday, March 19th, in the Girls' Schoolroom, Ebbw Vale; subject—Our Young Men—their position, pur- suits, dangers, prospects, and power. Tuesday, 20th, in the ...

... Monmouthshire Easter Assizes. MONMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. Tb6 excitement attendant upon the half-yearly visit of she Judges, was visible early on Wednesday, upon which day, the commission of oyer .and terminer was -opened by Mr. Baron Martin. Happily^ the calendar of prisoners for trial, was neither heavy ia regard to numbers, nor of the gravest character in respect to crime. There were, ...

... iOUTfl WALES RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION BILL. (Continued from our 3rd page.) London, Wednesday Evening. The Committee met to-day, at noon, but was occupied for ipWards of two hours in going through and amending the lauses of the Llynvi Valley Railway Bill, which was Itimately passed, subject to the introduction of some new lauses prepared at the instance of the Admiralty. The proceedings upon the ...

... We have been handed a letter, dated Melbourne, Becem- ber S, 1854, which contains the melancholy details of the death of a young gentleman formerly of this locality. We extract the following passages :— Three weeks ago he started from the diggings with a full intention of returning home but little we thought, poor fellow it was the last time we should ever behold him he was so stout and so ...

... ABERTILLERY. The inhabitants of this neighbourhood were recently gratified with a very pleasing lecture from J. Harrison, Esq., of Newport, on Russia and Turkey. The lecturer treated the subject in a lucid and able manner, and many appreciated the philanthropic feeling which prompted him to lecture gratuitously for the benefit of the trustees of the British School in this place, who will ...

... THE VII. There are two such tokens now extant In the county of Carmarthen. One is a drinking horn, called Hirlas, in the possession of Earl Cawdor, at Golden Grove, and the other is a silver flagon, with E. P. Lloyd, Esquire, at Glansevin, presented by Henry the ith, when Earl of Richmond, to Einon ap David Lloyd, an ancestor of the present owner of Glansevin, at Wern Newydd, in the parish of ...

... BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 3.—The iron trade of South Staffordshire, now the frost has taken its leave, is repre- sented to be more active than for some weeks past, but irre Tar from being abundant, and some works are only par- tially employed. An ironmaster states that the advices from the United States are decidedly improved; and although the new year has commenced unfavourably,lie believes that ...

... FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—The rumonr of a visit by the Emperor of the French to England, has often been circu- lated since the alliance between the countries, and is at last likely to be realized. The visit has been decided on within the last few days, and in official quarters it is affirmed that it will take place on Easter Monday. As for the journey to the Crimea, nothing more can be ...

... THE MERLIN'S NOTES OF THE WEEK. The Emperor Alexander has ascended the throne amidst, we are told, the acolamations of his people, and inaugurates his grasp of the imperial sceptre by flinging his gauntlet in the face of Europe, declaring he was not only prepared to follow in the steps of his father, but to carry out the traditional policy of his House-those politico-patriarchal traditions ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. The Earl of LUCCAJT again read certain letters, forming part of the documents in his case, and gave notice that he should move, on that day week, for further papers con- nected with the affair at Balaklava. Lord GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Secre- taries and Under-Secretaries of State Bill, the object of which was to do away with the illegality of more than ...