... The medical professors, who commenced their lectures on the 1st of October, having finished their courses for the session, a meeting took place on Saturday for the distribu- tion of prizes and honours in the medical classes. Notice that prizes and honours were to be awarded was given to the students some time ago, and those who came forward as competitors have been engaged for the last ...

... BLACKFRIAR'S BRIDGE. Blackfriar's Bridge, like St. Paul's, is said to be in a very dangerous state. It is strongly suspected that it will not admit of a thorough repair, but must be allowed to go to ruin—as the building of a new bridge will not be so expensive in the main as repairing the old. The piers are almost entirely decayed; they are rotten to the heart; and since the two feet of ...

... The following is said to be the account given by a Burmese historian of the late conflict between that people and our Go- vernment in the East Indies. It reminds us of the French Bul- letins in the time of Buonaparte, when any success in the slight- est skirmish was magnified into a superb victory, and defeat was either not acknowledged or attributed to circumstances, which always left the ...

... SIR WALTER SCOTT'S NEW NOVEL. Anne of Geierstein is just published. We hasten to lay before our readers one specimen, in which they will recog- nise the ingenuity and power which have proved such un- failing sources of delight to thousands. My lord, my lord, a fiend is in the stable What means this folly ? said the Baron, arising, surprised and displeased at an interruption so unusual. Let ...

... ENQClRY INTO THE PRACTICE & PROCEEDINGS j OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF COMMON LAW. We have perused with great pleasure the first Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the practice and pro- ceedings of the superior Courts of Common Law. The Com- missioners state that they have proceeded to inquire into the subjects embraced by the Commission under the following heads 1. The ...

... MONMOUTH POLIGE.-On Tuesday morning last, Jeremiah Stephens was charged with a most outrageous assault upon a watchman of the name of George Evans. It appeared that the prisoner, late on the preceding night, was creating a great dis- turbance at the door of a public-house, into which he wanted to gain admittance, when the watchmau went up to remonstrate with him, and was immediately knocked ...

... We respectfully submit that An Admirer of Truth has mistaken the natilre of the remarks contained in our last, respecting the appropriation of a pew in St. Mary's church, from a too hasty perusal of them. We do not say that there was any dispute about the pew in question, or that the proclamation from the Ecclesiastical Court did excite angry feelings in any of the con- gregation. Our ...

... MONMOUTH TOWN HALL.— In the alterations and improve- ments about to be made to this building, is it intended to remove the statue of Henry the Fifth 1 This is a question we have been asked, but cannot answer. We venture, however, to sug- gest that it should be left where it is; not perhaps for the fidelity of its resemblance to the original, nor for the beauty of the sculpture, but as a ...

... PORT OF NEWPORT. A List of Vessels which have entered Inwards and cle-ired Outwards at this Port, in the week ending the 2d of June, 1829. INWARDS. Quebec, Julian, from Newry, with potatoes.-Rover, Naill, from Wexford, with pigs.Acorn, Murry, from Cork, with pigs, sheep, and cattle.-Brilliant, Somers, from Youghal, with cattle. -Tredegar, Harwood, from Bristol, with sundries.— Moderator, ...

... SIR,-As almost every district, not only in this but in other countries, has some particular customs, the origin and object of which it is pleasing to trace back through the records of olden time, I feel persuaded that a description of the local usages of this county will not be unacceptable to your readers and with this impression, I now send you the first of a series of essays, which I ...

... Extracted from an old black-letter volume, entitled The Abridg- ment of the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs, from the earliest period of Christian suffering to the time cif Queen Elizabeth, printed in her reign. In the yeere 1216, king John was poisoned, as most writers testify, at Swinsted Abbey, by a monk of that abbey, of the order of Cistersians, or S. Bernard's brethren, called Simon of ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—As you have done us the favour of furnishing us with a Journal devoted to the particular interests of our romantic and beautiful county, I trust you will permit me to direct the atten- tion of your readers to the spirit of Vandalism which, if public report speaks true, is making rapid strides amongst us. Much of my information is hearsay—perhaps ...