... ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. Oa Monday morning last, Miss Murdoch, a young En- glish lady, temporarily residing with her grandmother at Kirn, near Dunoon, went into the sea to bathe, accom- panied by a young girl Earned Shaw. The latter bad not been long in the water when she went beyond her depth, and Miss Murdoch rushed forward to rescue her, in which she happily succeeded but she had scarcely ...

... NEWPORT AND POXTYPOOL RAILWAY. \Y I-: I:K JIAYS. S y > 5> -r ,30 •I' i • is ,2 (2 (2 S I- J ts i s £ £ Starting fro a. JSi; !f5 « j3 .5 — -j & *« 3 w «'Js ...

... On Friday morning Lieutenant Mann, the tb* took one hundred of the prisoners out ioi exo ve South Downs, and, as this was the first time enj0?. outside the walls during their incarceration, tn Jt ia the change, and the weather was Leantifuliy tin. (^val9' tended to take them out in detachments, ai s officers a guard of pensioners acvolllpanyiug them, are on parole in tho town (sixteen,) have ...

... BRISTOL DISTRICT COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. A (Before Commissioner Mr. Sergeant Stephen.) lpril26, Williams and Williams, Golynos and Varteg, Mon- mouth, shopkeepers, choice of assignees, 11 j C. F. Thomas, Bristol, rope and sail maker and broker, examination of witnesses 11 b i-pril 28, T.' G. Phillipps, Newport, grocer, last exam., 11 J.S. n Ward, Bruton, silk throwster, certificate, II. (Before ...

... PIUCES CURRKNT OF LEATHER AT BACK- HALL, BRISTOL. {\J.lb. d. d. Offal,Eng Shoulders UdUd Crop Hides per lb.30 35—-12jio13^ English Bellies 9 10 40 48-13 15 Foreign Shoulders 94 11$ 5060-15 16 Foreign Bellies.. 1) 9, Foreign Hides. 30 :55-12 13¡ Foreign Cheeks. 8 40 45-13 14 Dressing Shoulders 10 10.J i EnglIsh Butts 16 20-15 16l DittoBellies 9 9.J 22 26—15 16} Dressed Shoe Butts 17 24 28 ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. Statement of Traffic Receipts, week ending November 17tb, 1855 :— £335 11 3 Goods and 1890 9 11 Total £ 2226 1 2 ...

... THE ABERGAVENNY CYMREIGYDDION. The great dramatist of his day pertinently asked— What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Ad' J°0 s^eeP and feed ? iu this age of material progress, the spirit of the ques- ces^ 1S- °UC ^ieh *s vcry desirable to cherish. The ne- our ari°S We mus^ obtain but having done this, all remaining energies should not be devoted to the mere he S° Mea^k> ...

... WESTERN VALLEYS RAILWAY. Greenwich time is kept at all the stations on this railway The Station Doors, at Newport and Blaina, will be closed three minutes before the departure of each train. UP. WEEK DAYS. _SL'ND»VS. jlst2nd lst2nU|lst2r,J Ut2nd'lst2ud STARTING FROM & 3rd & 3rd; & 3rd & 3rd & 3rd Class Class Class.j Class.! Class. A.M. NOON. P.M. A.M. P.M. Newport 7 0 12 0 4 4-3 9 30:5 0 ...

... THE SHIPPING AND TRADE RE- TURNS. THE official returns for the month, and eleven months ending December 5th, were not issued until the afternoon of Saturday last. The total foreign-going vessels entered inwards during the month, were 2,377, with a tonnage of 521,780 tons, against 3,118, with 597,071 tons, for the corresponding month of 181f>, shewing a de- crease of 541 vessels, and 65,285 ...

... NEWPORT, ABERGA VEN NY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. Return of Traffic for the Week ending December 9th, 1855, and corresponding week, 1854. 1855. 1854. Passengers, Parcels, Carriages, Horses, and 9 2 £ 222 6 7 Merchandise, Minerals, &c. 494 11 0 £ 388 11 1 £755 0 2 2610 17 8 ...

... HIGH WAFER. DEPTH AT DAYS. MORN. EVEN. D3CK GATES. December, 1857. H. M. H. M. FT. TN. j 19, Saturday 8 0 8 18 25 7 20, Sunday 8 37 8 55 24 10 21, Monday9 14 9 33 24 0 2-2, Tuesday 9 53 10 13 23 2 1 23, Wednesday 10 36 11 0 22 4 24, Thursday .••« 11 28 11 30 21 8 25, Friday 12 1 12 34 21 6 ...

... PRICES CURUKNT OF LKAtllKH AT llACK- HALL, BRISTOL. lb.lb. d. d. Offal,Ens Shoulders lid 13d Crop Hides per lb.30 35—I2jt013j English Bellies.. 9 10 ...