... BREOONSHIRE. THE ARM V.—We find that among other move- ments of the troops, a strong depot of infantry is immediately to be under marching orders for Cardiff, and u detachment of artillery are ordered to be stationed at Brecon. PETITION IN SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH—-We have great pleasure in giving, verbatim, the speech delivered by COL. WOOD in the presentation of this excellent petition.—Coi. ...

... BRECOSHIRE MICHAELMAS QUARTER SESSIONS. These Sessions were held on Monday last, before HUGII BOLD, Esq., Chairman. PEN aY WILLIAMS, Esq., Lord Lieutenant. John Hotchkis, Esq, Itev. Canon Williams. John Ansdell, Esq. Charles White, Esq. Walter Maybery, Esq. Charles Powell, Esq. Charles )Iaybery. T. Parker, Eso. Rev. T. Vaulllan- Esq. Rev. Hugh Bold. Heii-y Lucas. The following gentlemen were ...

... MERTHYR TYDVIL, SA TURD a Y, Pcb, 13, 1836 The situation of the great European Govern- ments gradually becomes more critical. With the most evident general desire to avoid hostili- ties, they all seem approaching like ressels in a calm, to a collision by the mere force gravity, and the more complete the calm, the harder to avoid t he coil is ion. Russia, IV i th the strongest pro- fessions, ...

... The inlelliuence from the Continent confines ,'selt to our two Allies, France and Spain. III France the formation of a Ministry is the grand » lupic. The King's position is difficult. The age leans to flattering the populClce in all lands. In France the populace arc the nation. The lil1g, without the support of a Peerage, is but Itttle-wilholttthe affections of the Bourbonists Is less-witii( ...

... FIFTH OF NOVE>IHEI!Last Monday a numerous and respectable congregation attended at our church, when the prayers were read in a very impressive man- ner bv the newlv-nppointed Assistant Curate, the Rev. Jotiq LLOYD, After the service, the congrega- tilln waited ill tlwir pews, in expectation of a sermon: but %v,,i-e (lisi p[)oitit,,(I. We hope next year to find it otherwise; and that either a ...

... THE ROOK. The following beautifully simple, and beautiful because simple, description of the habits of the Rook is from an excellent work on the feathered tribes of England, by Robert Nludie Every body knows the Rook the dark, the noisy, and sometimes the nest-plundering, or, in the early fields, the contribution-levying Rook; but still, notwithstanding, the cheerful, the orderly, the indus- ...

... SCHOOL OF THK ESTABLISHED ^HURCIJ. Up- wards of el2,000 having been subscribed for the purpose of erecting Schools at Liverpool, for the use of the poor, where the Scriptures would be freely taught as the standard of religious et ucation, the foundation-stone of the first School was laid on Mon- day se'nniglit, in Bond Street, at the north end of the town, by the Rev. J. Brooks, the Rector. A ...

... FORGET ME NOT Tho'igh in the tempest's aweful hour G )d speaks, as once lie spake to Lot, Not lessis heard in thee,sweet {1)wcr, His still, small voice- forget me not. And He who paints each gorgeous hue, And He the rainbow's arch who spaun'd, Gave thee thy robe of tender blue, And fashioned thee with equal hand; And bade thee, thus arrayed, proclaim His power, through many a mountain spot, ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY. Lord GLENELG stated, in answer to the Earl of Ripon's inquiry, that the Government had consented to the granting of a charter to the New Zealand Association, on certain conditions; but the con- ditions not having been complied with, the intention to grant the charter had ceased. The Association now sought to introduce a Bill, if not opposed by the Government and the ...

... THE MAGAZINES FOR SEPTEMRER. The Mngnzinefc for the Month of September ably maintain their character. llluckwaod, though feeling ihe absence of the Editorial articles, is still powerful in all its departments. The clever papers entitled, The world we live in, have suffered no kkbatenient. Frmver is very strong; its political arl ieles are crushing, and its satire has lost none of its ...

... LA. TEST LONDON INTEL- LIGENCE. It is commonly reported in well-informed circles that the new Ministry intend to take off half the Malt Tax forthwith, and the remainder within two years. Also to take off the Window Tax entirely. Some modifications of Tithe and other Church Reforms are also talked of. Sir James Scarlett succeeds Lord Lyndhurst as Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The Standard 8as ...

... GLEANINGS On Count Zenobio, a very little man with a very large nose. As I was walking out one day Upon a certain plan, I met a nose upon the way, And after it a man I called upon the nose to stop, And when it had done so. The man soon afterwards came np, And made Zenobio. The just and constant mind, that perseveres Unblemished with false pleasures, never fears The bended threatnings of a ...