... ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.—On Monday evening last, while one of our miners was coming from Sirhowy to Beaufort, he was attacked by two men when near one of the Ebbw Vale ponds. The fellows stopped the man by holding a pistol, and threatening to blow his brains out if lie did not deliver up his property. He replied that he had nothing to give them, and at this moment the sound of approaching footsteps ...

... ANOTHER CURE OF CONSUMPTIVE COUGH BY DB LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAI'ERS.-Extract of a letter fiom J Mr Thomas Dean, 150, Scotland Road, Liverpool. Gentlemen,—! have great pleasure in communicating sSiT; herself it settled upon her lungs. She was trouoiea t 1. a d eadful cough, and every tion She applied to her medical man, but did not obtain any relief; when, upon the recommendation of a friend s e ...

... ABERDARE. ACCIDENT AT MOUNTAIN ASH.—On Wednesday a poor fellow got one of his legs broken in a pit at Aher- cwmboy through the falling of a mass of coal. The stif- fen r's parents lived at Hirwain whither, he was conveyed on a board (a distance of 8 miles) the fractured bone was set when he arrived at hiE parents' house. SPECIAL DEVOTIONAL MEETINGS were held each even- ing last week in the ...

... THE EXPLOSION AT RISCA. THIRD EDITION. RISCA, SATURDAY FORENOON. It was announced in a second edifion that the task of recovering the missing bodies from the ill-fated Black Vein Pit was being vigorously prosecuted but the names of those extricated up to Friday night were not then to hand. The bodies of the undermentioned, twenty-two men and boys (five of whose namps were given in a previous ...

... TREDEGAR. BRISTOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, FEB. 2nd. (Before Mr. Commissi iner flil).)-Re John Dunlop, Tredegar, draper and grocer.—At the dividend meeting under this estate, Peter Dunlop, a brother of the bankrupt, tendered a proot for X56 5.. for salary alleged to be due as a ser- vant of the bankrupt. Mr. Press, on behalf of the assignees, objected to the proof, and examined the party by whom it ...

... Outturn in gmtcr. The corporation of the city of London have resolved 'to present to Capt. F. Leopold M'Cliutock, lt.N., the freedom of the city in a box of British oak of the value of fifty guineas, in admiration of his dauntless spirit, exhibited in repeated efforts to rescue. 1*8 of his fellow-countrymen; anrlm te., timony of his having after many years of unsuccessful se-irch, ascertained ...

... ELECTION OF BOROUGH SURVEYOR.—A meet- in» ot the Town Council with reference to this matter was luld on Tuesday. The members P^sent »ere ThJa.G.atr.x.E.q.. Mayor, in the chair; Aldermen Tlomfnv Edwards, Mullock, and Townsend m! srs Lvne, H. J. Davie, Brown, Williams, Moore, ? 88 Httrrhv, John Lewie, Sheppard, and Morgan. Mr. Jones, H«r J, applications had been examined biur^mittee according to ...

... K'LOWLY the gloomy funeral windB, Around the lofty mountain's base Perchance it is some hallowed friend They're bearing to his resting place. Still, still, they oomo how long the train Of mourning relatives and friends The lar t sail tribute of respect That rich and poor alike attends. Anll now upon the still air fleets The solemn requiem of the dead Those warning votes that tell arouud, ...

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... THE QUEEN v. CHARLES BURTON FOX IN THE COURT OE QUEEN'S BENCH. WESTMINSTER HALL.—JAN. 31. Mr. Phip!.on If your Lordship pleases, I am to shew cause against a rule obtained by my friend, Mr. Welsby, calling on Mr. Charles Burton Fox to sheiv cause why the Muster of the Crown Office should not tax the costs of the prosecutor, ON the proceedings in iwror, in addition to the costs which have Leen ...

... INQUEST. —On Tuesday last, E. J. C. Davies, Esq., held an inquest at the Griffin Hotel, on the body of David Davies, miner, who was killed by an explosion of powder, in the Nantyglo mines. It appeared by the evidence that the deceased after boring a hole for the purpose of blasting, filled the same with powder, and after firing the fusee, he went away, hut seeing 110 sign of it taking any ...

... NEWPORT TOWN COUNCIL. FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. The fortnightly meeting of the Watch Committee and Board of Health, comprising all the member s of the Town Council, was held 011 Tuesday. ihe Mayor, James Brown, Esq., presided. There were also present—Alder- men Latch, Mullock, Edwards, and Towusend; and Messrs. Hairoy, Jones, nnd Knapp. WATCH COMMITTEE. Chief Superintendent Huxtable read his report ...