... It would be as well if our great moral teachers and social reformers would in their endeavours to regenerate society, look to the present position of the weaker portion of creation, and asked them- selves whether their position is one calculated either to promote the happiness of woman herself, or to elevate the general tone of the community. The poet has put our argument in all its force when ...

... JOE HOLBItoOR;AT —This eminent comic gentleman and his troupe gave two of his entertain- ments in Mertbyr this week, on Monday and Wed- nesday, to crowded houses. The performances passed off with great eclat-Bones doing wonders, and Joe carrying all before him, rousing strains of mirth by the broadness and piquancy of his jokes and songs. Confessedly, while the entertainment of Master Holbrook ...

... While in Edinburgh lecturing on Italy, under the auspices of the Garibaldi Italian Unity Committee, Signora Mario received the following address from the Ladies' Emancipation Society:- Madam,- Will you allow us to tender to you our heartfelt acknowledgments for the services you have rendered to the cause of the poor slave in America ? We have been associated for more than thirty years as an ...

... OVERSEERS.-A t the Petty Sessions, on Friday, the 4th April, the following Overseers were appointed for the several parishes in the Usk Division :—Usk— John Richardson and James Davies. Gwehelog John-Jones and Walter Blower. G lascoed-J ob Lewis and Thomas Edwards. Gwernesney—Thos. HaHen and James Jenkins. Kemeys Commander- Philip Phillips and Wm. Griffiths. Llanbaddock- Wm. Williams and James ...

... Raglan and Monmouth Intelligence crowded out. T,, o or three Advertisements and some other matters arrived too late. WANTS.—Advertisements for persons wanting Servants or Servants wanting Situations, are inserted at ONE SUJL- LING each, if they do not exceed THIRTY WORDS, if the. are PREPAID. If above that number, they are charge 1 scale price. ...

... FARMING AND GARDENING. MANY of our readers must. have noticed lately in the papers an appeal, printed as a placard, and circulated in the form of a round robin, signed on behalf of four or five smaller varieties of the feathered race-a plea that, as destroyers of insects and vermin, it is very unwise and cruel to permit their exterminat on by thoughtless young persons. No doubt, many birds ...

... Progress of Bins. The Whipping Bill and the Pier and Harbour Act Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed.. The Crown Suits (Isle of Man) Bill, the College of Physicians (Ireland) Bill, and the Netley Hospital Estate Bill were read a second time, and The House adjourned. ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HO 17 EE OF LOItD S. THURSDAY, MARCH 27. Progress of Bills. The Charitable Uses Act Amendment Bill was read a second 'The India Stocks Transfer Bill passed through committee The report of amendments of the Lunacy Regulation Bill was ^TrJohn Soane's Museum Bill passed through committee. The Indian Licence Tax. The Earl of AIELIE askeil whether it was true that the Indian ...

... FISHGUARD. THE DINAS ORPHAN FUND.- The Committe beg grate- fully to acknowledge the receipt of P.O.O. from Mrs Peregrine Lort Phillips, for three guineas; stamps from Mr H. Stephens, Haverfordwest, 2s.; Mr Alfred Griffiths, London, 2s. 6d.; a Friend, 2s. Gd.; also, some friends per Mr William Edwards, 6s. lOd. THE NEW PIER.-The works in progress at the new Pier are progressing rapidly. The ...

... To the Editor of the Pontypool Free Press, Sir,—As I could not attend the meeting of the rate- payers on the 25th ult., I must beg of you to allow me a small space in your paper for a few observations which I trust will not be considered misplaced. First, with regard to the double salary. I am in- formed by some friends who were present that there was but one opinion at the meeting as to its ...

... Towards the close of the last century, Northumber- land and the border were terribly infested by those- to the bucolic mind—particular obnoxious specimens of the genus thief known as rievers or lifters of cattle. Almost all the rascals who followed this not un- lucrative profession trusted chiefly tc mere brute force to carry out successfully their nefarious schemes. There was, however, one ...

... gtarluts. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE—MoNpAY. During the past week the supply of home-grown wheat was exceedingly short. Flour limited. Barley, beans, peas, and seeds small. Malt and oats rather more plenti- ful. Scotch oats almost nil, and Irish very contracted. The foreign arrivals of wheat were again small, mostly American, and a small snpply of American barrels of flour. Oats beneath the quantity ...