... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—The general desire which appears to exist in the town of settling the disputes with the county, induces me to request you to insert this note in your Journal, as the best method of submitting some points to public consideration which appear not at present to be generally known- Froii the fourth of October, 1819, when I made the second apphcation ...

... I HAPPINESS. gm (BY THE LATE BISHOP HEBER.) MB One morning in the month of May fill I wander'd o'er the hill; fin Though nature all around was gay, B My heart was heavy still. PP Can God, I thought, the good, the great, HI These meaner creatures bless, H| And yet deny our human state The boon of happiness? Tell me, ye woods, ye smiling plains, SB Ye blessed birds around, BB Where, in ...

... Letters from Brussels, dated Oct. 3, state that Antwerp has been declared in a sta'e of siege. From their tone gene- rally it would appear that there is an apprehension of the renewal of hostilities between the Belgians and Dutch, when the term of the present armistice has expired. A private letter from Paris, dated 7th instant, contains the following passage :— Our friend has just returned ...

... LONDON POLICE. TIPE UNKNOWN TONGUEs.-On Monday last the Reverend Frederick Jusentine was brought up in custody by Bamster, one of the inspectors of the B division of police, before Mr. White and Sir Frederick Roe, charged with creating a disturbance at Trinity Church, Chelsea, during the performance of divine ser- vice on the previous day. The office was crowded to excess by some of the most ...

... MARKETS. Monmouth, Saturday, May 5.—Wheat, 57s 8d to 611 6d; Barley, 0011 Od to 00s Od Oats, 00s OOd to 00s Od; Beans) 00s Od to OOs Od per Imperial quarter. Abergavenny, May 5.—Wheat, 57g 8d; Barley, 36s Bd; Oats, 00s 0d Beans, 00s Od Peas, 00s Od per Imperial quarter. Hereford, May per bushel weighing 80!bs 8s 10d to 9s Od; Barley, 5s 6d to 6s Od Oats, 3s Od to 4s Od Beans, 5s 6d to Os Od ...

... SUICIDE OF THE REV. C. C. CoLTO\.—Extract of a letter from Paris, dated May 2, 1832 I have just received intelligence of an event which cannot but be deeply regretted by all who can admire genius, despite even its aberrations, and who do not allow the cloud which occasionally o'ershadows a luminary to prevent their acknowledging the force and brilliancy of its rays. The Rev. Charles Caleb ...

... FOREIGN. It is stated in the latest arrivals of the German Papers, that the Sultan has accepted the proffered aid of Russia in his contest with the Pacha of Egypt. There appears, how- ever, great reason to question the correctness of this rumour. No doubt that the Grand Vizier brought the defeat upon himself by his treachery and bad faith. Commercial letters from Smyrna, to the 6th ult., ...

... THE KISG V. ELIZABETH BUXTON, OTHERWISE HICKSON.— Mr. Brougham applied for a writ of certiorari to remove the pro- ceedings in this case into the Court of King's Bench. The grounds upon which the learned counsel made this application are of a singularly distressing'nature and shortly as follows. In the beginning of the year 1828 the present, defendant, a young lady most respectably connected ...

... (From an English translation just published.) The Magyars are a nation who abound in the staple ma- terials of poetry,—fancy, invention, enthusiasm, and strong susceptibility to the external influences of nature. They are a branch of the great Hungarian tribe but it is only of late years that poetry, as an art, has been cultivated with any success among them. Once sown, however, the seeds seem ...

... On, 1831 AND 1832. Thirty-one is gone—thirty-two is here, Like the cradle beside the tomb, And we'll rock the birth of the infant year, With a dirge to the one that is gone;- And, yet of the old, no ill shall be told, And we'll hope the best for the new- If we were young in 31, We are older in 32. Then fill the bowl, and feast the soul, And set the fancy free We must not have a thought of the ...

... RECOLLECTIONS OF FRANCE. No. XII. CELEBRATED CAVERNS OF TOURAIN^—Near the village of Savonniere, upon the road from Tours to Chinon, not far from the river Cher, are caverns, which, in the language of the coun- try, are called Caves Gouttieres (caverns with gutters formed drop by drop). The descent into them is by several narrow openings, now nearly closed by the falling in of the roof. The ...

... This remarkable Bore is principally known in our own country,—he is extremely domestic—and even rational, except on one topic- his dear little family. His aspect is indicative of timidity, which has been ascribed to his being almost always hen-pecked if you visit him at his house you run the risk of breaking your neck over a go-cart or rocking-stool, or of endan- gering the limbs of a shoal ...