... GENERAL IN TELL! GENCE. EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF HOPS.—Mr. Ellis, the large planter in West Kent, bag sold. his ■whole produce to an American'hotise, realising in one payment upwards of £ 20.000. PKOBOGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—It is expectsd that on the formal assembling of Parliament, on Tuesday next, it will be prorogued until the first week in December, aud that then it will be sum- moned for ...

... GREAT MEETING ON SUNDAY LAST IN HYDE-PARK, ON THE HIGH PRICE OF BREAD. On Sunday afternoon last an immense assem- blage of people took place in Hyde-park, as an- nounced the previous Sunday, to discuss the dear-bread question, and to consider what measures should be adopted to procure a cheap loaf for the working man, which he had an un- doubted right to expect after the recent abundant ...

... 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 BEAR WITH A SWEET TOOTH.-Once, while I was in the woods hunting, I heard a noise like that made by a bear while in a tree after nuts. It seemed somewhat strange, as it was not the season for nuts; and after reconnoitring for some time, I dis- covered a bear high up on a dead pine-tree, scratching and paw- ing at the wood very industriously. I resolved to ascertain the cause of his strange ...

... POLICE STATION.—WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10. Magistrates present: L. Powell and H. Bailey, Esqrs. John Davies, late of the Black Lion, Inn, was sum- moned by Superintendent Jeremiah, for allowing drunk- ness and disorderly conduct in his house.—Fined £2 10s. and expenses.—Defendant was also summoned. on another charge, that of having attempted to stab a person named John Meredith, with a knife.-This ...

... VICTORY OVER THE RUSSIANS IN ASIA. We have received the following important intelligence from the Turkish Ambassador. ' ...

... SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday last. W. H. Brewer, Esq., deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Tredegar Arms, on view of the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews, landlady cE the Red Lion Inn, Tredegar, who had been. found depjd in her bed, on the morning of Saturday last. Deceased. was fifty-eight years of age. The jury re- turned a. verdict of Died by the visitation of God. COUNTY COURT—TUESDAY. ...

... THURSDAY. [CONTINUED FROM OUR THIRD PÀGE.] James Jones, convicted on Wednesday, of stealing sun- dry articles, the property of Mr. Firbank, and whose sen- tence was then defeued, was this morning sentenced to four days' imprisonment. LLANMARTIN—STEALING DUCKS. Joseph Hopkins, Thomas Lewis, and John Williams were indicted for stealing three ducks, the property of James Jones, at Llantarnam, on ...

... THE PROGRESS OF IRON SHIFBUILDING.—NEWCASTLE- ON-TYNE, OCT. 12.—Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, and Co., launched three iron screw steamers from their extensive works at Jarrow, and laid down the keels and stems of three others on the blocks left by them immediately they entered the water. The launch of three vessels from one yard in a single tide, is a circumstance perhaps ...

... THE APPROACHING TOWN COUNCIL ELECTION.— FUR three or four years past, meetings of the burgesses of this town have been convened in the month of October, with a view to the selection of fit persons for nomination as members of the Town Council. On Monday evening last, in pursuance of a requisition presented to the Mayor, signed chiefly by residents in the new borough, a similar meeting was held ...

... for this, a somewhat heavy expense must be incu £ fe,d. J 1 the construction of reservors, filters, and piping. 8 all things into consideration, I am in the long run, a more economical and effectal proceeding would be for the Board to undei a little delay as possible, a complete system of' d the district. Nothing is more wanted m Aberdare, a nothing would so much tend to an improvement ...

... MAP OF THE CRIMEA AND THE ADJACENT PARTS OF SOUTHERN RUSSIA. THE great question of Sebastopol having been partially decided by the recent triumphs of the allied armies, and the Russian army having ensconced itself for a time in the northern parts of the Crimean stronghold, the question which now arises in every inquiring mind is, What will be the next probable movements of the belligerent ...