... GIRL'S DRESSES.—I cannot approve of the modern practice of dressing little girls in exact accordance with the prevailing fa- '( shion, with scrupulous imitation of their elders. When I look at a child, I do not wish to feel doubtful whether it is not an unfor- tunate dwarf who is standing before me attired in a costume suited to its age. Extreme simplicity of attire, and a dress sacred to ...

... REMARKS ON THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION. We extract from the New Monthly Magazine the follow- ing remarks upon the present Administration. The writer, after stating at some length what are, in his opinion, the requisites of an Administration, which would possess the power, and at the same time have all inducements for pro- moting the best interests of the country, proceeds thus— Such is the ...

... (For the Monmouthshire Merlin.) VERSES ADDRESSED TO AN AMIABLE LITTLE GIRL, THE DAUGHTER OF His similes vultus (quantum reminiscor) habebat, Venit in arbitrium quutn Cytherea meum.—Ovid. Health, beauty, youth, love, virtue, joy! this group Of brisfit ideas, lfowers of Paradise As yetunforfeit! in one blaze we bind, Kneel, and present it to the skies, as all We guess of heaven; and these are ...

... Women, we fear, cannot do everything, nor even everything they attempt. But what they can do, they do, for the most part, excellently, and much more frequently with an absolute and per- fect success than the aspirants of our rougher and more ambitious sex. They cannot, we think, represent naturally the fierce and sullen passions of men-nor their coarser vices-nor even scenes of actual business ...

... Monday, January 11.—The arrival of most descriptions of grain last week were tolerably good, and of flour considerable. This morning the fresh supply was not large, but having many parcels of corn left from former sales, there was a good show of samples. For superfine parcels of wheat last week's prices have been ob- tained, but other kinds are extremely dull; and less prices would be taken, ...

... Some of our contemporaries are conjecturing with all their might about the meaning of the frequent Cabinet Councils. If they will consult the files of their own journals, they will find that it is usual for Cabinet Councils to be held almost every day for at least three weeks before the meeting of Parliament.-Times. (From the Globe ).-Sorne journals are still very confident in their ...

... PRINCE LEOPOLD OF SAXE-COBURG. The elevation of Prince Leopold to the Throne of Greece still forms the the theme of the French journals. The fol- lowing, from the Constitutionnel, is at least curious. Who would have supposed that the heiress to the British Crown was indebted to its greatest enemy for a husband ?— SINGULAR ORIGIN OF THE PRINCE LEOPOLD OF SAXE- COBURG'S ELEVATION TO THE THRONE ...

... Borough, Monday, January 11.—Our hop trade continues in the so.in6 languid sttitc wc jJist week dfiscnlxjci it, 3-t the pnccs then quoted. Worcester, Saturday, January 9.The following are nominally the prices of hops in our market 1829's, 60s to 120s 1828's, 110s to 130s 1827's, BUs to 90s. ...

... Some of our contemporaries have answered this question in the affirmative a little too hastily. We are not aware that any of them has stated that a continuance of the system of repressing its luxuriance by ex-qfficio informations would destroy the press but the most temperate of the whole, the Globe, was at one time of opi- nion, that under such a system, bold writers would not be reason- able ...

... A London Morning Paper of Wednesday says— Prince Leopold, we understand, has refused the sovereignty of Greece, distrusting, perhaps, his ability to govern the some- what wayward children of Leonidas, and being little tempted by the ambition to fill a throne. Notwithstanding all that has been said and sung of the delightful climate of Greece, his Serene Highness has probably judged wisely, as ...

... GEOLOGICAL INQUIRY. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-Permit me through your paper to seek for some local geological information, which hitherto, like the talent in the nap- kin, has lain hidden and unproductive. In the hill above Clydach House, that lime-stone known to geologists as the transition makes its appearance. I have examined, and passed along this lime-stone, in the ...

... Yes, Fanny thou dear little creature, Joy, innocence, beauty, and truth, So brighten thy every feature, Thou seemest the goddess of youth. With looks so bewitchingly smiling, With spirits so blithsome and free, With manners so sweetly beguiling, Say, who can help thinking of thee? Go, charmer! and joyously follow Thy hoop, in a serpentine chace, Good Fred. as he pleases, may holloa, While you ...