... SIR, your sarvant; this cums hopin you are we], as it leves me at present, onli i a been kep a wake for six dais and nits wi tha tuth ake, thank god for it; an i will gi you my unble thanx if you ull be so kind as to sai in a cornel of your paper, as how i was toud by our ecksismun that ther was goin to be rare doins shortly in monmuthshire for he sed he met one mister aklan the tother dai, ...

... The Special Commission is still sitting, and several prisoners remain for trial. Robert Holdaway, Henry James, Thomas Harding, Matthew Triggs, James Painter, John Heath, and Aaron Harding, were charged with having, on the 23d November, demolished the poor- house of the parish of Bramshott.; Thomas Shoesmith, master of the workhouse, deposed that on the 23d of November, Triggs and: another man ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. the accounts from Paris this morning are favourable, as quiet- ess is maintained there, and we understand that one cause for the continued rise in the funds is, the good understanding which Issaid to exist between the French and Foreign Powers, an ar- khgement being reported to have been entered into between thtm, that all the troops which have been marching, both on the ...

... Borough, December 27.—Our hop market remains with0 alteration, but rather more demand. Currency new Sus^ pockets £ 7. 10s to £ 8. 15s Kent, £ 8. to £ 10. 10s choice £ 13 1829, £ 7. 10s. to £ 8 1828, £ 6. 10a to £ 7. 10s 1827, 86» J to 100s 1826, 84s to 100s. ...

... FIRE AT LF.WISHAM CHURCH.'—Sunday morning, about seven o'clock, that ancient edifice, the parish church of Lewisham, w.as discovered to be on fire, and the consternation of the parishioners, and the inhabitants of the surrounding villages, heightened by the late conflagrations caused by incendiaries, was extreme. From the most careful inquiries, the file originated in mere accident. It appears ...

... F 0 P, T- •:Iiii'.o».T.*ST INTEI-LTGEHCE, FROM. PARIS.— (From the Monitevrj .l\Ionday,:Dee.27;)- Resignation of General Lfufuyette—Ordinance of the King, which names Count De TLobau Coidmandant of the National Guard. RepoH to, the King.-Paris, Dec. 26.—Sir,—M. Le General Lafayette has offered his resignation as Command- ant-General of the' National Gaard of the Kingdom. Appli- cations were ...

... COUNTY MILITIA. — In consequence of his Majesty's Proclamation, contained in last Tuesday's Gazette, for filling up. vacancies in County Militias, his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, as Lord Lieutenant of this County, has appointed a Meeting of Deputy Lieutenancy for that purpose to he held at Usk, on Tues- day next, as will appear by the first advertisement in this page, to which our readers are ...

... The following is the original threatening letter received by Dr. Keate, Head Master of Eton School:— Dr. Keate-Dr. Keate— There's distress in your beat, So the sufferers assert, great and small- And tis plain to be seen, That yourThrashing Machine Must be at the bottom of all. Now I you advise, Dr. Keate, if you're wise, And would keep your own tail from harm, To desist while you can, And ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire. Merlin. SIR,-The following letter appeared in the Imperial gazine for September, 1822, addressed by a Mr. Thomas to the Editor of that publication and as the writer represents the practice of a tradesman treating his customer with a glass an evil of no small magnitude, perhaps the insertion of it in the Merlin may prove a beneficial hint to some of its ...

... BANKRUPTS' COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET,-Tuesday the Commission against William Prior attracted a great deal of curiosity. The bankrupt was a partner in the emi- nent brewery of Henry Meux and Co., and disappeared a short time ago, as mentioned in last week's papers. Commissioner-Do you expect Mr. Prior 1 Mr. Smith—No I have not heard that he means to be here. Commissioner—What! Then has he ...

... The following plain, sensible, and impressive charge, which want of space obliged us to omit last week, ought to be generally circulated, and it has been, or will be, printed in a separate form for that purpose:— Gentlemen of the grand jury,—We are assembled by virtue of an extraordinary commission, which his Majesty has been ad- vised to issue, for the purpose of exercising the criminal ...

... MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MAKK-LANE, WFDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29: The supplies of grain continue moderate. The river not being yet sufficiently clear of ice to permit the lightermen to work, there is therefore very little business doing here to-day, and the prises of every description of corn may be reported the same as on Monday. SMITHFIP.I.D, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30— In this day's marJe|j which ...