... CAUTIOX TO GOVERNESSES, &c. At the London Mansion House, on Saturday, Sir R. W. Carden said he felt it his duty, through the medium of the press, again to call the attention of the public to the pro- ceedings of a person who signed his name K. V. Fynn, who dated his letters from Wiesbaden, Frankfort-on-the- Maine, and Cologne, and who for aVeat number of years had been engaged in inserting ...

... Present—Samuel Homfray, Esq. (Mayor), and George Gething, Esq. A JUVENILE TILL-IIOBBER. John Regan, a child only eleven years of age, pleaded guilty to stealing a salt-cellar and 5s., the property of Mr. Boon.—The prosecutor stated that the till of his beer-house had been robbed five or six times and on Friday morning last, about nine o'clock, hearing a noise, he discovered his till had been ...

... ACCIDENT.-On the 3rd inst., a poor Irish boy, in the employ of Mr. William Price, farmer, of this parish, was knocked down by a horse and cart, and run over, receiving a fracture of his leg, and other injuries, which terminated in death on Tuesday morning. THE NEW ANNUAL EISTEDDFOD. Whit-Monday of 1855 will long be remembered in this locality, by the first attempt to establish an annual Eisted ...

... The advertisement in reference to the Flower Show, at Chepstow, did not reach our office till Friday morning. THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FIRST SHOW ■ FOR 1855. Notwithstanding the adverse weather of Monday—heavy showers and overhanging clouds, the shining of the sun on Tuesday morning restored confidence to those who had begun to despond, and augured brightly for the success of the Chepstow ...

... A SECRETARY IN TROUBLE. At the New Court, at the close of last week, Charles William Winchelsea Bevan, 33, clerk, was indicted for stealing certain orders for the payment of money, to wit, upon the 1st of June, an order for the pavment of £201 17s. 6d.; upon the 8th of June, one for thc pay- ment of £-17 15s. 5d.; and upon the 20th of April, onj for the amount of £31 16s. The prisoner was also ...

... THE QUEEN AND THE Two GALLANT SAILORS.—A the aumveisary dinner of the British Beneficent Institu- tion, on W ednesday se'r.iiight, General Sir James Mac- douald-the hero of Hougomont — related, in returning thanls for the Army, the following incident that occurred during the presentation of the Crimean medals by her Majesty:—' When (said the veteran) that gallant otficer, ir Thomas Troubridge. ...

... FAILURES IN LONDON.—The old banking house of Strahan. Pauls, and Co.. of 217. Strand, has stopped pay- ment We (Htmld) do not believe that the commercial world will be affected to any extent by the event, the business of the house having been chiefly one of a private and very respectable character. We hear that a noble- man possessing large properties in Yorkshire and the north of England was ...

... DISCOVERY OF A MEDICINAL WELL.—It is stated that a capital spring of mineral water has been discovered in this f neighbourhood—a portion of which has been subjected to analysation by Mr. Herapath, of Bristol. Already mea- ? sures have been adopted to render the discovery of some use, for medicinal purposes. | ...

... The English funds have experienced another rise of a half per cent. to day. Consols for money, which left off last evening at were first quoted 924 to 1; and although there was then a reaction to 92$, owing to a temporary demand for money, they soon again advanced to 92j to i, at which they remained up to the official close. At a later hour the improvement was carried further, and transactions ...

... FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT. at-,1 A shocking accident occurred on Friday last in the of Ash Colliery, at Great Fenton, near Longton. Owing* w the pit engine requiring repair, the major portion of tP, men were not at work, but nine men and# a boy h* descended into the pit, and it is supposed that one of thePjjirs had incautiously exposed a lighted cand'e to a current0 m; impure air, for about ...

... CARDIFF. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. 2 Traffic for the week ending June 2nd, 18oo ioo ,,ROYAL GLAMORGAN LIGHT INFANTRY Mlhn ^e Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Glamorgan -Jon Barret Lennard, Nevinson, gent., to be Ensign. 97TH FOOT.—Lieutenant Harman Hardy, from Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia, to be Ensign, Purchase. MR. CARPENTER'S CONCERT-This talented composei-, with Mrs. an(i Miss Jolly, gave a ...

... THE MEDICAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. An excellent and most philanthropic object has found favour in Newport Among the medical and other professions. At the suggestion of an old and valued-member, the medi- cal profession are endeavouring, to found an asylum for those of their brethren who, from ill-health, want of success, or other adverse influences, have sunk into poverty, and for the widows of ...