... FRANCE. I PARIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 28.—An Imperial Decree, published in the Moniteur of this morning, postpones the opening of the International Exhibition from the 1st to the 15th of May, General Bizot, of the Engineers, who was severely wounded before Sebastopol, has been appointed to the rank of General of Division. The Patrie publishes a message from Vienna, stating that the Austrian ...

... Present-The Vicar, in the chair; Messrs. Homfray, H. J. Davis, William Graham, J. Brown, Moore, Dowling, Davies, Morrison, Woollett, and Rennie. The Clerk was ordered to pay the amount of policy of insurance on the cemetery chapels, for £ 500 each. A letter from the architects, Messrs. Johnson and Purdue, enclosing a plan for the gardener's lodge, near the Basselleg road, the expense of which ...

... PONTYPOOL. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY MEETING.—This interesting meeting was held in the new Chapel, on Thursday, tho 10th instant. It was presided over by W. W. Phillips, Esq., who, although belonging to another denomination of Christians, has for severaL years kindly consented to occupy the chair. The report having been read, the meeting waa ...

... COUNTY COURT.-TUESDAY. Oliver Meredith v. the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company.—This plaint was entered to recover from e company £ 3 9s., for damage to eight sacks of potatoes, sustained by plaintiff, through the neglect of defendants. 'rif' 1 a^n> p* Newport, appeared for the company, —-the plaintiff swore that he purchased, on the 5th of February last, a ton of potatoes, of Mr. ...

... THE REMOVAL OF NUISANCES. The following notice is in course of circulation, addresed to the various local authorities having power to remove nuisances, hy the President of the General Board of IIealth General Board of Health, May 12. Sir,-As;.t,he season is now approaching at which cholera has usually made its appearance in this country, I deem it inyilutyto «,Ithe attention of local ...

... I THINK of thee when morning beams On nature's lovely face, And from the earth and silv'ry streams The shades of night erase. When the lark heav'n-ward wings his flight, With glorious melody Sweet'ning his path of golden light, Lady! I think of thee. I think of thee at sunset's hour, When floods of crimson light Stream through the roses' perfum'd bow'r, On fountains, jewels bright. When day's ...

... ABERDARE. THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC NUISANCES. IfTTop»ItiSfi™flv°5 «•»..« I'M. «'» *«• object worihv tho .,+kL +■ depend, is, undoubtedly, an General Board of Healtli w Legislature; and the stricted powers, and with In+htPP01r Wlth 110 very rf can command at their call for tlf1P nc?s whlctl ttie State rities whieh so abound S'J? „ ,rem°Val of tbe imPU' While it must be admitted thlt WP ...

... THE LOCAL LIBELLER. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERLIN.] Sm,- When Mr. Henry Drummond declared recently, in the House of Commons, that the newspaper press was a curse to the country, he said what I think was absurdly untrue; and his subsequent conduct showed a conscious- ness of having, in a moment of irritation, spoken unjustifi- ably. But it is equally certain that amidst the respectable journals ...

... SIMPLE PRECAUTION AGAINST SEA RISKS. In the account of the John, emigration ship, upon the Manacles, there is the usual statement, which might be stereotyped for such occasions, that a boat when lowered into the water, was found to be unplugged and unprovided with thowles. Let us explain that there is a hole in most boats to let out any water that may be in them when they are hoisted inboard, ...

... HEREFORD CATTLE MARKET, WEDNESDAY May 16. Prices ncr 121bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Fat beasts 6 0 6 3 Lambs 0 0 0 0 Calves. 6 3 6 6 Bacon Pigs 0010 Sheep 6 0 6 3 Porkers 6 0 6 GRAIN MARKET. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Wheat old 0 3 9 9 Beans.5660 Ditto red 9 0 9 3 Peas 5 0 5 6 Barley. 3 9 4 0 Oats 3 9 4 0 ...

... THE CARDIFF AND HKRTIIYR GUARDIAN. SATURDAY, MAY 26. 1855. EDUCATION; ITS PROGRESS AND ITS PROSPECTS. THE Charge, recently delivered to his clerical brethren, by the Archdeacon of Llandaff, Thomas Williams, M.A., and which we gave in full in our Supplemental number of Saturday se'nniglit, is one of those cheering and refreshing documents, which, while they excite our sympathy and regret that ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. RESIGNATION OF GENERAL CAN ROBERT. PARIS, Friday, May 18, 7.30 a.m.—The Monite.ur an- nounces thut his Majesty has tpceived the following des- patch from General Canrobert CRIMEA, May 16, 10 a.m.—Mv shattered health no longer allowing me to continue in the chief command, my duty towards my Sovereign an,1 my country compels me to ask you to transfer the command to General ...