Mr Cornwall's Royal Olympic Circus
In 1842, Mr Cornwall's Royal Olympic Circus visited Newport and over the period of around a month entertained residents of Newport including the Morgan's at an arena in Clarence Place.
Newport Cornucopia
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Volume 1, Number 29
Lliswerry House for sale, a need for lighting on the Marshes Road, the Newport Queen of Trumps, a fatal accident near Maindee, man changed with cleaning a horse on the highway, Mr Love the ventriloquist and a fire at Duckpool Farm.
Volume 1, Number 28
A dreadful hailstorm in Caerleon, the Carpenter's Arms for sale in 1835, potato stealing, a 'fat, brazen, Amazonian lady', mud on the streets and did the town centre used to have a Fives Court?
Volume 1, Number 27
The Ethiopian Melodists, stealing a spoon, a house for sale near the Court-y-Bella Machine, fighting in Pill and a trotting match between Newport and Cardiff.
Volume 1, Number 26
The Happy Little Japs at the New Empire, a controversial nude painting, summer clothing for the police, furious driving and man dresses up as a women with a hideous mask and scares the residents of Baneswell.
Volume 1, Number 25
Throwing stones at a train, stealing apples in Malpas, a deaf and dumb tippler, cabbies puffing and spitting at the High Street cab stand and installing a gas lamp near the George, Maindee.