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1854
Merlin. 3rd February, 1854 We understand there is a warm spirit evinced by parties now recruiting for able seamen for Her Majesty's Service in this port, and that a corresponding success in securing "heroes to fight the Russians" has been experienced.
This week attention has been called to the exceedingly dirty state of the pavements, crossings and streets in Newport; and suggestions have been made that brooms be furnished to poor fellows who beg for assistance, so that they may pick up a few pence in these cold times of dear bread.
Tom Edwards, alias "Bounce, the Rat-Catcher" destroyed 200 rats at the warehouse of Mr. Rudge, flour and corn factor, near Screw Wharf yesterday morning in less than an hour.
Before going to press, we made every inquiry respecting the result of the memorial to be presented by our respected Mayor and the members for the Boroughs to Her Most Gracious Majesty, praying that Mr. Frost might be permitted to return to Newport; but we are sorry to state that no intelligence has yet been received on the subject.
Mary Ann Walsh was charged with being a drunk and disorderly character at the Newport Dock. Sergeant Long, of the Dock Police Force, said prisoner had been "up" once before for similar conduct. On this occasion she was drunk, and stript to fight another woman on the dock. The Mayor said Mary Ann would require half the time of a policeman to look after her. She said the officer had spite against her. The Superintendent gave the prisoner a bad character. Fined five shillings or one month. She went down "saucing" Sergeant Long at a smart rate.
The enterprising "Prince of Whips" Mr Charles Phillips, always desirous of pleasing the public, has just launched a new omnibus which runs to and from the railway stations to the King's Head, the Westgate and his own comfortable quarters - the William the Fourth. The new vehicle is tasteful and commodious. When drawn by the two showy horses just added to the menage, and these "tooled" along by their master "Charley", a desire to be on the box, or snugly seated within, is the prevailing wish among pedestrian spectators.
A sailor named Cooper was the first person to be buried in St. Woolos Cemetery on the first of July, 1854.
An Act of Parliament under which dogs are not to draw trucks, carts, etc., has received the Royal Assent and is now the law. This statute will be hailed with pleasure in Newport, where unfortunate dogs are often observed dragging vehicles.
The public in the neighbourhood of George Street and Dock Street were much disturbed two or three evenings this week, by a mob of persons who had assembled to burn an effigy of Mrs. Hutchings, who, after her husband had gone to Australia, married a man named Weedon, with whom she found her living. On Mr. Hutchings' return recently from the gold-diggings, a rich man, she had at first agreed to return to him, but was "over-persuaded", and chose Weedon as the husband with whom she was inclined to spend the remainder of her days. The mob, of course, was much incensed, and loud noises and continuous uproar characterised their assembly on the occasion.
On Tuesday evening a large and respectable meeting was held at the Town Hall, Newport, for the advocacy of the Principles of Temperance. Twenty eight persons signed the pledge.
Mr. Charles the "Prince of Whips" and landlord
of the King William the Fourth, has just put on another new and elegant
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