... SCRIPTURE tLLUSTRA TIOSS- (No. 7.) Upon the land of my people shall come np thof briars. Until the Spirit be poured upon u*, tJ on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, j$/' fruitful field be counted for a forest.—Isaiah xxxii. One reason why it is difficult to depend t ought on the agency of the Spirit, and yet co^'gpi active, is, that it is not matter of consultatlOu, the that it ...

... POETRY THE GRAVE OF A POETESS.- BY MRS. HEMANS- I stood beside thy lowly grave;- Spring-odours breathed around, And nusic in the river-wave Passed with a lulling sound. All hitppy things that love the sun In the bright air glanced by, And a glad murmur seemed to run Through the soft azure sky. Fresh leaves were on the ivy bough That fringed the ruins near; Young voices were abroad-tut thou ...

... BIRTHS.O0 At Swansea, on the 8th inst the lady of John J»c Price, Esq. of a son. I On the 8th instant, at Geneva, the lady of Capt- Hall, R.N. of a son. lody On Saturday week, at Ynyslas, near Llandilo, the of the Rev. Herbert Williams, of a daughter. At Moccas Court, Herefordshire, the lady of Sir 0e° 6 Cornewall, Bart. of a son. rle On the 13th instant, at the Duke of Bedford's, Bclg'* ...

... SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS. No. 9. y For a thousand years in thy sight are but as ycs*e £ 5i 4 when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Psalm To us one day may seem a thousand years.1e God a thousand years are but as one day. A more, or a little less of pain or pleasure; a 11 g longer or shorter, by a few years, are different which disappear at once in the presence of e,er'|12j Say, that at ...

... „ BIRTHS. I ,?n f u 29thiUu at Glascomb Court, Radnorshire, tb* lady of Samuel Beavan, Ksq. of a daughter. lady of Samuel Beavan, Esq. of a daughter. of ttS0Fn.lham H°USe'the lad* of l^hop of London# I MARRIED. On the 21stult. at Liandeloy, by the Rev. Jas. William*' I Mr. Andrew Marsden, draper, of Merthyr Tvdvil, 10 L izabeth, second daughter of the late John Davies £ * ...

... BIRTHS. On the 1st instant, at Whitburn Hall, in the county0, Durham, the lady of Sir H. Williamson, Bart, M.P. a son. On the 7th instant, in Duke street, Portland place, lady of George S. Lilburn, M.D. of a daughter. On the 4th instant, in Sussex place, Regent's park, t'1 lady of Lieut. General Sir James Lyon, K.C.B. daughter. e On the 7th instant, at Milford, Mrs. Gwyther, wife 0 Mr. Geo.gc ...

... BIRTHS. ( On the 2d inst. at Garth, in this county, the lady Jivan Jones, Esq., of a daughter. On the bth inst. at Glyntaf Cottage, CarmaTthensb' the lady of Capt. Prothero, of a daughter. Sept. 14th, in Guilford street, the lady of J D. ThoØ19 Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 13th of June last, at Cobourg, Upper Canada. the Rev. Mr. Gunning, John Bogart, Esq. Barrister at of BrockviTle, ...

... BIRTHS. On the 20th inst. Mrs. Thomas, wife of Mr. John Printer, of Carmarthen, of a son. On the 11th inst. the lady of P. St. L. Grenfell, Fsq, Of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 21st instant, at the Cathedral Church of LIaDdai by the Rev. Chancellor Knight, William Jones, Bsq., of Underbill, in this county, to Elizabeth, third daughterlof the Rev. Richard Prichard, B.D., Senior Vicar Choral of ...

... BIRTHS. On the 6th Sept. at Caercady House, near Cov.'br'^ the lady of John Thomas, Esq. of a daughter. Yesterday week, Mrs. Davies, wife of Mr. Geo. Ivy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen, of a Friday week, at Cardigan, the lady of the Rev. WiJJI' Lloyd, of a son. On the 25th ult. Mrs. Davies, wife of Mr. John hat manufacturer, Carmarthen, of a son. MARRIED. SI. On the 26th Sept. at Park House, ...

... BIRTH. On Thursday week, at Swansea, the lady of Charles Bazil Mansfield, Esq. solicitor, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 25th ult. at her father's house, by special license* granted by the Rev. Doctor Solomon Hershell, of London, and married by the Rev. E. Miers.of Swansea, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Jacob Lazarus, jeweller and silver- smith, of Carmarthen,to Mr. L. D. Levy, of North ...

... BIRTHS. On Wednesday week, the lady of Grismond Phillips, Esq. of Cwmgwilly, Carmarthenshire, of a daughter. On the 5th inst. at Pembroke, the lady of Mr, Morris, master of the Royal Sovereign yacht, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 8th inst. at Lantwit Major, Evan Wilkins, Esq, to Emma, eldest daughter of the Rev. Robert Nicholl, of Dimland House. On the 8th inst. at Wivelscomb, Church, ...

... BIRTHS. On the 20th inst. at Wenvoe Castle, the lady of Robert Francis Jenner, Esq. of son. On the 17th instant, at Plaesnewydd, the lady of J. M- Richards, Esq. of a son. On the 15th instant, at Killabebyll Place, Glamorgan- shire, the lady of F. E. Leach, Esq. of a daughter. Saturday week, at Carmarthen. Mrs. Williams, wife of Mr. D. Williams, spirit-dealer of a daughter. MARRIED. At Cardiff ...