... Tn the Court of Queen's Bench on Wednesday the case, M itchell, appellants, v. Brown, respondents, was heard. It was taken under the 20th and 21st of Victoria, and raised the question whether the owner of a tug call d the Tyro had been rightly convicted of casting mud and re- fuse dregged from the docks at Newport, into the river Ufk. Thequestionturnedchi(Hyuponw!)eth°rthe!9!i of George II., ...

... The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Wednesday last, at the Company's Offices, Dock- street, Newport, on which occasion Crawshay Bailey, Esq., M.P., preside.). There were also present Sir Charles Morgan, Hart., Octavius Morgan, Esq., M.P., and Messrs. J. Cooke, S. Venion, C. Conway, W. Burton, G. A. Conway, W. Williams, W. S. Cartwriglit, J. Nicholl, J. Latch ...

... LEAVE WELL ALONE. We dont get Tea so good as this in England, said a British visitant whilst quaffing the pure infusion in a mandarin's verandah.—No, re- plied the grandee, Chinamen send sorts coloured, made better to look, then British Merchant much pleased. Now this though a fact, ia not all; the practice of colour- ing the surfacs of Tea for Engligb supply is resorted to, mainly to ...

... REPRESENTATION or, BnEcoNSHiEE—We extract the following from the Morning Herald: — It is generally supposed that the vacancy in the represen- tation of the county of Brecknock, which has been occasioned by the death of Sir Joseph Bailey, Biirt., will lead to a severe contest; and already there have been mentioned the names of several resident gentlemen of influence who are ambitious of ...

... The Times, in a communication from Valentia, respect- Atlantic telegraph, says that up to the present time. the length which has been underrun, in order to substitute the shore end, has, strange to say, bean found uninjured, though it is notexpecfed that this will prove the case when the whole twelve miles shall have been re- covered and replaced with the stout cable. It is looked upon as ...

... FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE BANKRUPTS.—FEIDAT, NOVEMBER 12. C. aed W. F. COLLINS, Lower Sloane-street, Cheteea, draper g C. J. FBANCIS and H. FEEEK, Great St. Helens, City, wine merchants. J. H. LiyiNGSToy, Whitechapel, High-street, licensed victualler. T- LrviNGsioif, Brooksby-walk, Homerton, licensed victualler T. HEMMXNSLET, Willenhall, Staffordshire, cut nail manufac- turer. T. P. BRANSOK, ...

... At the Mansion-house, on Oct. 28th, Mr. E. H. Cole- man, clerk to the Registrar of Seamen, Board of Trade, Adelaide-place, London-bridge, attended at the justice room for the purpose of calling the attention of the Lord Mayor to the practices of a miscreant who he had every reason to believe had married several wives, and after living with them for a few days had deserted them. Mr. Coleman ...

... The weekly meeting was held at the board on Saturday last, E. David, Esq., in the chair.. f The Clerk read the report of the commItte øt pointed to inquire into the alleged grocery at the workhouse, in which it was stated at tllB of the evidence- J First, that the charge of altering and violas contract was proved.. j! Second, that the quantity of rations supP^eJ paupers had been diminished in ...

... THE RHYMNEY IRON COMPANY. The twenty-second annual general meeting of shareholders was held on Wednesday week. The customary dividend was declared, notwithstanding the disasters of the current year, and the meeting broke up in a way to indicate from the orders in hand for rails to India and other parts of the world, that with the new year an era of unexampled pros- perity in the iron trade ...

... DOWLAIS. In consequence of the great deficiency of coal to carry on these extensive works, the works generally suffer materially, and three blast furnaces have been blown out. ...

... M WWII ■ » WW— w ■ iiHHWWWiHrw DEATH OF ROBERT OWEN. The public will hear without surprise of the death, at an advanced age, of Robert. Dale Owen, the founder of that system of political ethics called socialism. and which in later years assumed the name of its originator in this country, and was known as Oweniam. The news was communicated in a letter from the eldest son of the deceased, the ...

... THE NEW PRUSSIAN MINISTRY. We believe the following will be found to be a correct list of the. new Prussian Ministry Prince Hohenzollern—President of the Council. Baron Rudolph, von Auerswald-Minister without Portfolio. Baron Schleinitz—Foreign Affairs. Von Patow—Finance. M. Flottwell—Interior. Van Bonin.War. Van Bethmann- Hal wag-Public Instruction. The Ministers for Commerce and Justice are ...