... Jftarfuts. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 7. Arrivals of Precious Metals are on the increase, and demand for Money beins; less pressing, Prime Bills are in some cases done rather under the Bank rate; and ia America monetary affairs are still improving1. In the market for Public Securities there is more activity; consols for Money are 91f; for account 911; Bank Stock 213; Three per Cent. reduced aoj to i ...

... [Before the Mayor and W. Evans, Esq.] John Bressemor was charged with being drunk and disorderly in a train upon the South Wales station. It appeared that defendant got into the train near Newport, and in crossing over from one compartment to the other, he put his foot into a passenger's face, and on being re- monstrated with became so violent and insulting, that when the train arrived, the ...

... A public meeting of the inhabitants of Glasgow, called by the Lord Provost, was held on Thursday evening, for the purpose of expressing their apprehension ot the appalling consequences of the final stoppage of the West- ern and City of Glasgow Banks, and their opinion of the public expediency of maintaining these banks, as well as to consider ths propriety of memorialising her Majesty's ...

... SEPOY CRUELTY.-We (Bristol Mirror) regret to state that a young lady, the daughter of a highly respected clergyman of this city, who married a gentle- man connected with the Indian service, about a year since, has just returned, not only widowed, but terribly mutilated. The Sepoys have cut her tongue out, and inflicted other injuries. The melancholy circumstance has created much sensation, for ...

... The Revue Contem/poraine contains an interesting article by M. N arcL,se Uutr,e on the political and social state of the empire of Morocco, ffom which we condense the fol- lowiog account of the administration of that country :— The whole system is compared by the author to a wine- press, of which the political hierarchy is the screw, and the Sultan Abderrahwan the motive power. What the said ...

... awtrentss an)) COLLISION AT DUDLEY PORT, STAFFORDSHIRE. -An accident of a very serious nature, but fortunately unattended by loss of life, took place on Saturday last, at the South Staffordshire and Stour Valley Junction, Dudley Port. The train which left Birmingham at eleven o'clock, a.m., arrived at Dudley Port at twenty- five minutes after that hour, its usual period, and was promptly ...

... VACCINATING DOGS TO PREVENT DISTEMPEK.— A ccirespondent of the Medical Times says be had Ltely t. set. a patient in the country who is master of a pack of h turds, and he found this gentleman's huntsman vacci- nating a litter of puppies as a preventive ^against dis- temper. The huntsman said he had done this for some years past, that the success was quite complete, and that the practise was ...

... NEWPORT, SATURDAY. DEC. 19. 1857. AGRICULTURAL Societies have of late years risen so rapidly in the estimation of the public, that in almost every county a larger number of shows take place in the course of twelvemonths than were formerly held throughout the entire king- dom. This fact is only one of a number which might be brought forward to prove that the Art of Agriculture is now more ...

... LECTURE ON INDIA, By THE REV. J. HARDING, WESLEYAN MINISTER. We mentioned last week that a leoture on India had been delivered by the Rev. J. Harding, at the TemPe* J5ce-hall, in this town; and as the lecture embraced any points of much public interest, we append a few extracts for which we were unable to find room last week After tracing the earlier history of India, and affording a mass of ...

... TOWN HALL, NEWPORT.—SATURDAY [Before the Rev. Thomas Pope, Sir George talker, Bart., and T. Ll. Brewer, Esq.] John Meredith was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly at the Rhymney Station, and resisting an officer of the line in the execution of his 'iuty. He now pleaded guilty, and was fined 2s. 6d. a^d costs, it being his first offence. Thomas Farmer was charged by P.C. Trewartha with ...

... MARK-LANE, MONDAY, DEC. 14. A fair supply of English WHEAT to-day, and demand being limited, rates gave way, and rule 2s under last Monday. Prices for white ruled from 44s to 53s; and red 40s to 47s, a clearance not being made. Supply of Foreign much exceeds demand, and the rates taken are rather under those of last week, ruling at 46s to 60s; and for Russian at 44s to 50s. In floating cargoes ...

... (Exwm OF RIDDLE FOR THE CITY. Oh I why, my friend, is a joint stock Concern like, yet unlfke a clock ? Because it may be wound up; when, Alas! it doesn't go again. A HERO'S SISTEB.-Lieteunaut Salkeld, the soldier who gloriously blew open the gate of Delhij is no more. Mr. Punch has but one word to say. It ha3 reached him that the heroic Salkeld's sister is admirably doing her duty as governess ...