... SPECIAL COMMISSION—READING, MONDAY. RELEASE OF PRISONERS.-—James Bennett, Anthony Edwards, William Cox, James Cooke, John Burgess, Edward Everett, Wm. Taylor, Thomas Taylor, John Church, Henry Day, James Wil- kin s, George Dobson, Barlow Page, and John Stockwell, were placed at the bar, and addressed by Mr. Justice Parke, to the following effect Prisoners-I have reason to hope that, from the ...

... ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY BY THE BISHOP AND OF LANDAFF.—An esteemed friend having convicted US ? f gross negligence, in omitting the Address presented to his Majesty by the Bishop of Llandaff, on the 8tli of Decern^ last, we trust that our offence will be expiated by its insertion, on the principle of the old adage, Better la than never. It is a document well worthy the attention 0 our readers. ...

... KPIPHANY QUARTER SESSIONS FOR THE COUNTY J OF MONMOUTH. t These Sessions were holden at Usk on Monday and Tuesday r last, before Lord G.C.H.Somerset, M.P., Chairman the Duke °f Beaufort, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of the County Marquis of Worcester, M.P. Sir Charles Morgan, Bart,, M.P. Charles Morgan, Esq., M.P.; Iltyd Nicholl, Esq., High Sheriff; C. H. Leigh, B. Hall, J. B ailey, R. Lewis, J. ...

... In those fortunate districts which escaped the dreadful visita- tions, among which Herts, as in other respects formerly adverted to, stands most memorably and creditably prominent, the arrears of cultivation have been completed in a style considerably su- perior to expectation for times like the present; in those most subjected to the recent calamities, so much cannot be expected, and great ...

... Should you consider the following worthy a place in your popular and interesting Paper, its insertion will oblige a constant reader and well-wisher. Coleford, Jan. 3, 1831. M. A. H. CRUELTY TO SLAVES. About the year 1809 the Island of Martinique was taken by the English. A British officer belonging to the expedition had occasion, on his way thither, to call at Barbadoes; during his stay there, ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Brussels Papers of the 5th instant contain a copy of the Pro- tocol agreed to at London by the Plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers, and the answer of the Belgians. The Protocol states (among other things) that, in forming the union of Belgium with Holland, the Powers who signed the trea- ties for that purpose had in view to found a just equilibrium in Europe, and to ...

... In compliance with the suggestion of Mr. Ives, in our last week's paper, we have drawn out a memorial to the Postmaster General, on the subject of the new mail proposed to be established from Bristol to Hereford. We submit the draft for the consideration of our readers, to every one of whom we shall feel obliged for any suggestion that may enable us to amend or improve it. Should any ...

... The Warsaw Courier contains a report written by Peter Wiselzki, Second Lieutenant of the Military School, giving a detailed narrative of the origin and progress of the Polish Revolution. It appears that the conspiracy out of which it has arisen, was formed by himself and five other lieutenants, so far back as the 15th of December, 1828 that it gradually became more extended in numbers, and was ...

... Ichneumon Scrutator is informed that we do not admit letters of criticism on our leading articles. Newspaper editors are not in- fallible but their remarks must be taken for better or worse, otherwise whole columns might be filled with frivolous and unin- teresting discussions upon apparent contradictions, mistakes of grammar, or typographical errors. In courtesy, however, to Ichneumon, we ...

... MECHANICAL POWER OF COALS.-It is well known to modern engineers, that there is virtue in a bushel of coals, properly con- sumed, to raise seventy millions of pounds weight a foot high.— This is actually the average effect of an engine at this moment working in Cornwall. THE SKATED-AWAY HUSBAND,.—The following pithy notice appeared in the advertising columns of the York Gazette (an American ...

... THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER'S CENTURY OF INVENTIONS, EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED. (CONTINUED.) No. LXXIII.—A transmittable gallery over any ditch or breach in a town-wall, with a blind and parapet, cannon proof. LXXIV.—A door, whereof the turning of a key, with the help and motion of the handle, makes the hinges to be of either side, and to open either inward or outward, as one is to enter or go ...

... LONDON NEWS. It is said that the Local Courts Bill of Lord Brougham is for the present withdrawn. It is stated that Sir Hussey Vivian is to succeed Sir John Byng, as Commander of the Forces in Ireland. A foreign officer of high rank arrived in town on Thurs- day night frpm Berlin, said to be on a special mission from the Prussian government to this country. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgic ...