... ROME, DEC. 9.—During the last fortnight Rome has re- laxed her sorrowing and sombre aspect, and begun to wear a somewhat gayer countenance. To descend from Iam- bics, and speak plain prose, the Eternal City has had a considerable influx from Florence, Naples, Venice, and Ge- noa; and those birds of ill omen, the hungry hotel-keepers, unsated with their prey, are ever on the qui vive, ...

... -LATEST. INTELLIGENCE. A Berlin article in the German papers gives a letter from the Emperor Nicholas to the Baron Muffling. This document is im- portant in more than one respect: it puts an end to the fabricated rumours which appeared in some late Parisian papers, of the re- cent peace being a source of dissatisfaction in the Russiaan ca- pital and it vouches for the continuance of those ...

... NEW SOUTH WALES.—The following extract of a letter written by a gentleman of considerable means of informa- tion, dated Sydney, 18th July, 1829, was received a few days ago:— During my long stay in these colonies, I never witnessed such commercial distress as at present.— Nor could I have believed that in so short a time things in the mercantile world would have come to so low an ebb.- In ...

... W. C. s favour did not reach us in time to appear this week. Observer is right in rebuking mischievous folly but we cannot lend ourselves to the publication of remarks which are levelled at individuals by an anonymous writer. Our Newport friend is not lost sight of, and yet a re-vision is neces- sary to make his appearance what it should be in the eyes of the public. ...

... On Tuesday evening, the 29th ult. Lady F. Leveson Gower received a small and select party at her residence in the Park, assembled to witncswkK}JWiSjefa«^«8eat&tbnv which, for the tastefulness of the conception, and the spirit and general excel- lence of the execution, has been rarely equalled in the annals of private theatricals. The comedy, an unpublished translation from the French, was ...

... By Mr. Pringle, from The Poetical Album. Our native land-our native vale,- A long—a last adieu Farewell to bonny Teviot-dale And Cheviot's mountains blue Farewell, ye hills of glorious deeds, And streams renown'd in song Farewell, ye blithesome braes and meads, Our hearts have loved so long Farewell, ye broomy elfin knowes, Where thyme and harebells grow Farewell, ye hoary haunted howes, ...

... We have inserted in our second page an interesting ex- &act from the Maidstone Journal, about cottage allotments, be made on Lord Barham's estate at Nettlestead, near .Maidstone. A field of ten acres, situated near the village, 1s to be parcelled out to ten labourers, of good character, ^■ho are to hold their petty occupancies free of charge for first year, and to have an option of continuing ...

... At a meeting of the owners and occupiers of land in the hun- dreds of Ely and South Witchford, held at the White Hart Inn, on Thursday, the 31st of December, 1829, Jonathan Page, Esq. in the chair, the following petition was agreed to, and ordered to be presented to the House of Commons :— To the Hon. the Commons, &c. The humble petition of the undersigned owners and occupiers of land in the ...

... Borough, Monday, January 4.—We have but little doing in hops, and tha,t confined to those of good quality Gurrencv New Sussex pockets, £ 6 to £ 7 Kent, £ 6. 6s to £ 7. 10s Mid and East Kent, £ 8 to £ 10. 10s; 1828, 100s to 115s 1827 70s and East Kent, £8 to 1828, 100s to 115s 1827 70s to 76s 1826, 50s to 65s. Worcester, Saturday, January 2.—The number of pockets of Hops weighed in our Hop ...

... COTTAGE ALLOTMENTS. We rejoice to have it in our power to state, in addition to the in- formation given in our last on this important subject, that the plan is about to be tried on Lord Barham s estate at Nettiestead. His Lordship has given directions for allotting a field of about ten acres, situated near the village, in equal portions, to ten of the most deserving- labourers. They are to ...

... Thursday, January 7.—This day's supply of beasts, for that of a Thursday, was rather numerous, of sheep tolerably good, of calves and porkers limited the trade with prime beef was very dull, at a depression of full 2d per stone with middling and in- ferior beef, as also mutton and pork, at barely Monday's prices veal met with a ready sale, at an advance of from 4d to 8d per stone, whilst ...

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