... -V -■ LONDON NEWS. AWFUL THUNDER SToRM.-On Wednesday afternoon, from four to live o'clock, the metropolis was visited by a storm of thunder and rain, exceeding any thing remembered by the oldest inhabitants. The rain fell literally in tor- rents, and soon flooded many streets and houses. The storm was particularly terrific, apparently immediately over the House of Commons. The rain fell in ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-I wish to throw out, as a kind of challenge to yourself, or through the medium of your excellent paper, to its readers, two simple questions:- 1st. Upon what fair principle, or just ground, is the English representation to be mulct of 31 members, and the Irish and Scotch increased five each; for it appears to a country man, like myself, that if ...

... Fat 'tns to Let, with possession ofrthwith. THE CRINDA FARM, containing 190 Acres, or there- abouts, of good Land, in due proportions of Arable, Meadow, and Pasture, adjoining the town of Newport. THE PILL FARM; an excellent Grazing Farm, containing about 172 Acres, in the parish of Christchurch, about three miles from Newport. THE SEALAND FARM a good Farm, containing about 39 Acres, ...

... COUNTRY NEWS, ARRIVAL OF DON PEDRO.-His Majesty's ship Volage, commanded by Lord Colchester, arrived at Falmouth on Thursday morning, having on board the ex-Emperor of Brazil, who is on his passage to Cherbourg.—Don Pedro is accompanied by the ex-Empiess and a numerous retinue, and intends to proceed through France to Munich. The Queen of Portugal is on her passage to this country in a French ...

... CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27.—'Ths arrivals of grain this week are moderate. The wheat crop is cer- tainly mildewed in the straw, but the corn in the ear is not affected, and the present fine weather will do wonders for it. The trade for every article is extremely dull to-day, and Mon- day's prices cannot be obtained. Flour unaltered. ...

... LONDON AND COUNTRY NEVVS. The coat of arms of Lord Brougham and Sir Launcelot Shad-weli, the Vice-Chancellor, are now affixed in the Court of Chancery. They are placed immediately over the bench. Lord Brougham's motto is, 1'ro rege, lege, grege, and the Vice-Chancellor's, Loyal an mart. An order is said to have been issued by the Lords of the Treasury to the Board of Excise, directing the ...

... It is said that the new railroad betwen Manchester and Liverpool will cause a loss to the revenue of X6000 per annum, by the number of coaches that have discontinued running since its opening. EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE.—On Saturday se'nnight the Majestic, a new engine which has just been put on the railway, travelled six times between Liverpool and Man- chester, a distance of one hundred and ...

... NAPLES, JAN. 3.-Yesterday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a severe shock of an earthquake alarmed the in- habitants of Lago Negro, in the province of Basilikata. It lasted 20 seconds. Almost all the buildings in the com- mune felt its effects. Ten houses were entirely destroyed. The church of the Capuchins, which adjoins their convent, and which is at the distance of a mile from the town, ...

... tuft 11-11 tnuLRKA. Phlogistic—Drink lots of brancly,-always take care to have the bottle within reach ;—be sure to keep a kettle in constant re- quisition, boiling hot, ready for an immediate manufactory of punch ;-the instant you are attacked, take to it,-do not delay a moment. Use the remedy without procrastination,—apply it hot. Anti-Phlogistic-Use no spirits in any shape,—they are mortal ...

... In a work recently published by Washington Irving, en- titled A Chronicle of the Conquest of Grenada, purport- ing to be translation from the manuscript of Fray Antonio Agapida, an old Spanish writer, the following account is given of the origin of paper money. Writing of the block- ade of Alhama by the Moors, and of the stratagems used by Count Tendila, the Spanish governor, to defend the ...

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... SIR,— I SEND a Copy from the Parish Book of the Resolution when the Parish gave up to Michael Phillips the Trial of the Appeal with Newport and Abergavenny, that you may put the same in your next Paper. At a Parish Meeting, held the 16th day of December, 1830, it is agreed to allow Michacl PhilhPs £ 4 to try a cause of Appeal of a pauper sent from Newport, and also trom Abergavenny, at the ...