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... NEWPORT WATCH COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS. COUNCIL CHAMBER, TUESDAY. Present-Samuel Homfray, Esq., mayor, in the chair, and Messrs. Edwards, Sheppard, Lewis, Burton, Morrison, Enapp, Tovnsend, Turner, Rennie, Mullock, Lyne, and Williams. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER. Mr. Huxtable, the superintendent, read the police re- cords; and the Mayor read a letter from Mr. Price, soli ...
... POSTS' CORNEK. i A MINSTREL'S REPLY. [FOR THE MERLIN.] THE MUSE the soul of minstrelsy— Awoke a Poet's lay :— Sweet mellowed music floated back, Its brilliant Roundelay. Imbued with taste, each flower of song With master-hand he twin'd And charmingly each gem of thought, Portrayed his Poet's mind. If tones have still a charm to wake And thus to mem'ry bring A pleasing solace, thine have power ...
... THE VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION' OF BATH. —There is every probability of a close contest tor the seat resigned by Mr. Phinn, Q.C upon being appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty- Both parties are on the qui vive, and Mr- Whately, Q C., who was defeated at the general election, was in the field as the Conservative candidate as soon as Mr. Phinn's acceptance of the office was known. He ...
... EARL GREY'S MOTION. Earl GREY moved tho following resolutions:— That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, to thank her Majesty for having ordered the protocols of the recent ne- gotiations at Vienna to be laid before us; to inform her Majesty that this House deeply deplores the failure of the attempt to put an end, by these negotiations, to the cala- mities of the war in which the ...
... AN ACCOUNT OF COALS, FROM 1ST TO 31ST MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVELY, BY MONMOUTHSHIRE RAIL- WAY AND CANAL. Proprietors. Owners. 3 Is UTotal jS O TonsCwt. Thomas Powell. New PeEVvan. 1746 5 Lispentwyne .2698 15 Penllwyne 1S02 5 Wood field 1172 3 Gellygrose Butryhatch New Tredegar. 39 5 7558 13 Charles Prothero Havod Van 317 7 North 152 7 Blaencuffin 743 8 „ 549 » New Place 2738 7 Tyr Adam 208 0 Church ...
... PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF'S DESPATCHES. rrince Gortsjhafeoff writes to St. Petersburgh on the Oth The cannonade continues against the bastions Korni- toff and X n. 3. The enemy has asked for an armistice, in order that he may bury his dead. Hid loss on the 7th ex- ceeded 4.000 men. In a despatch previously received the Russian Com- mander writes :— On the 30th the enemy's fleet which had attacked ...
... OH WILT THOU LOVE ME, MARY ? Music by ELLIS ROBERTS. [Extracted from the Works of TALHAIABN, just published.] On wilt thou love me, Mary ? And wilt thou be my brida ? For thou art dearer, Mary, Than all the world beside The world with all its beauty Can bring no joy to me My hope, delight, and duty, Are treasured, love, in thee. I love to see the graces That light thy sunny smile; Thy honest ...
... On Friday last, the 25th ult., Colonel Sir Josias Cloete, C.B. and K.H., attended by his Aide-de-Camp Captain W. Parish, inspected the First Devon Militia, the regiment paraded at 11 o'clock, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. J. Fortescue, in heavy marching order and after having received the Inspecting Officer in line, the regiment marched past in slow and quick time and in ...
... the f—^fay-day was pleasantly observed here by rien ...
... MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH-STREET. SATURDAY. Before the Rev. Thomas Pope and Thomas Gratrex, Esq. STOW FAIR. Thomas Armstrong was charged-with attempting to pick pockets in the fair.—Sergeant Harlow said I was on duty at Stow Fair, last evening, and saw the prisoner try the pocket of a female. I watched him for some time, and f saw him attempt several others. I then took him into custody ...
... THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION. rri. » -i Paris, May 30. The Emperors day—Sunday last —was a complete success. For the first time since the opening day there appeared to be life in the affair and I was often .reminded of some of the lively scenes of Hyde-park in 1851. The Moniteur declares that upwards of SO,000 persons visited the Palace in the course of the day but the general idea is that ...
... CHRISTCHURCH. SERIOUS AND PAINFUL ACCIDENT.—We regret to announce that an accident of a very serious nature, occurred on Monday morning last, to the Rev. Thomas Pope, the respected vicar of Christchurch. The rev. gentleman, it appears, was riding a young colt down the hill leading from Christchurch to Caerleon and on reaching a spot near to Belmont, Mr. Pope's bat feU off this is supposed to ...