... RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 9. The Emperor of Russia has conferred on Francis II.. and his Queen the military order of Sr. George. Prince Paskiewitch will be the bearer of the insignia of the order. ...

... MARK LANE, MONDAY, MARCH 11. Market, very firm for English WHEAT, with ready purchasers, and supply mostly of inferior quality. Prices for white ranged at 43s to CSs; and red 41s to 64s per quarter. Foreign in good demand, and rather higher, sales at Cos to 74s; Russian 548 to 58s; and American brings 60s to 70s, A fair trade in INDIAN CORN, at SSs to 403. Much business in FLOUR, and prices ...

... EIGHTH MON. RIPLKS. — On Monday last, as per announcement, the members of this corps mustered to the number of between 60 and 70, at four o'clock in the after- noon, the object of the meeting being to pay a compli- ment to their drill sergeant (Colour-sergeant Williams, R.M.M.), who was about leaving them. At the time mentioned the men fell in at the armoury, and were marched to the front of ...

... DEATH BY HANGING.—A collier, named Tbos. Reece, who formerly resided in Mayer's buildings, Sowhill, Pontypool, whence he removed to Crumlin, and who had been missing for nearly a week, was discovered suspended by the neck from a tree, in a wood between Newbridge and Crumlin, on Thursday last. Deceased, who has lett a wife and two children, was out of employment, which circumstance is said to ...

... ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTI- TUTION. The 46th anniversary dinner of this institution took place on Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern. Mr. Cowper, M.P., was the chairman, and he was supported by Sir C. Eastlake, Mr. D, Roberts, Mr. Maclise, Mr. Cockerell, Mr. Hook, and Mr. Redgrave, Royal Acade- micians Messrs. Dobson, Horsley, Faed, and Lane, Associates of the Royal Academy; Mr. Holman ...

... ABERGAVENNY. Tiri IIRONORABLE W. P. ROBNEY.—It afforded the pubhe; of this towy- infinite satisfaction on Wednesday last, to find that this worthy gentleman had returned to discharge his wonted duties on the magisterial bench. The kind and conciliatory manner in which he delivers his admonitions to the wicked, even makes him beloved by themiand his uniform urbanity and kindness to the pub- lic ...

... MONMOUTH. MONTHLY MARKET, WEDNESDAY, MA-RCn 6.-This market was supplied with an average show of stock. Pigs ran high. Siieep sold off at 7 to 7J per lb., sinking the offal. Barrens (cattle) sold well. Fat beasts scarce, but changed hands at good prices, averaging 6 I. to 7d. per lb. Bacon pigs, 10. 6d. per score. Porkers, 10s. 6d. ditto. LECTURE.-S. Bosanquet, Esq., Dingestow Court, near ...

... THE GREAT LEATHER FAILURE.—Wednesday was the day appointed by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd for delivering judgment on the certificates of Thomas Lau- rence, William Mortimore, and Francis Benjamin Schrader, leather factors and merchants, of St. Mary- axe, and of Liverpool. The discussion of the case had already occupied the court during twelve long sitting. The court ordered that the certificate ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. ao not hold oui selves responsible for the sentiments of our correspondents. TOADYISM EXTRAORDINARY. [To the Editor of the USK OBSERVER.) SIR,—One of your contemporaries favoured its readers, a fortnight since, with a paragraph containing one of the nice,st bits of toadyism that I have met with for some time. The paragraph in question contains the following passage: No man on ...

... THE INSURRECTION AT WARSAW, We have received full accounts of the émclltèat Warsaw on the 25th ult, A letter from Cracow, dated the 27th ult., says For some time past there has been much public excite- ment at Warsaw, and a great popular manifestation on the 25th of February, the anniversary of the battle of Grochow, was publicly spoken of. The Agricultural Society, which numbers more than 3 ...

... JL.xciisr corxC'z~poi*'d.-311C3 rsspcCtiC^- acfairs ±11 China has Twist been presented tc the House of Lords- t relates to the op^cit7 £ ci tns tTro ports of Es.AA-lxa.ii and Kva-fcang in the Taug-tze to foreign Mr. Brace writes to Lord John Russell on Dec- 2.1SSO, that under the treaty of Ticn-tsin we had technically no right to insist on the immediate opening of the river, but the capture of ...

... During a fearful gale, at 6 a.m. on the 13th inst, the cable of a coasting sloop, the Mary and Ann, cf Newport, Pembroke, snapped asunder, close under the cliffs, about half a mile below whsre the French invading force, under General Tate, landed on Pencaer, 67 years ago. Intelligence of the wreck was brought to the Fishguard Lifeboat Station, and the lifeboat was expeditiously manned and ...