... Monmouth, Saturday, February 19—Wheat, 72s Od to 80s 10 £ Barley, 38s 8d to 45s 4d Oats, 22s Od to 2Ss 8d Beans, OOso to 00s Od per Imperial quarter. Abergavenny, February 19.—Wheat, 80s5jd Barley, 42s V* Oats, 00s Od Beans, 00s Od Peas, 00s Od per Imperial Hereford, Feb. 19.—Wheat, per bushel weighing 801bs, Hs Oats, 00s Od Beans, 00s Od Peas, 00s Od per Imperial quarter. Hereford, Feb. 19 ...

... A, few days ago, at the suggestion of several respectable K^itlemen who thought that the object of the intended AIemorial to the Post Master General would be greatly tornoted by the support of the Marquis of Worcester and ord Granville Somerset, on account of their official con, •ection with this part of the county, we addressed a letter »u e proper quarter, and are happy to inform our readers ...

... IN OUR FIRST PAGE.—In the Advertisement headed Abbey Tintern and Bigswear Road Trust, for Friday, the First iiy qf March, read Friday, the 25th of March. That part of Paper had gone to press before this correction was sent to us. ...

... 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 ...

... COUNTRY NEWS. THREATENING LETTERS.—A man named Cass, aged about seventy, was found guilty at the Chelmsford Assizes, on Wednesday, of writing and sending a threatening letter to the Rev. Mr. Bourchier, of Great Ilallingley. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. The letter ran thus— You are sworn a Magistrate, and you should do your duty, but you do not.- There are many families ...

... It is with deep regret we have to announce the death of Lord Charles Somerset, which took place at Brighton, on Sun- day last. The following Commissions were signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Monmouth:—T. Fothergtll, D. Mackworth, S. Homfray, C. Bailey, and E. Williams, Esquires, and D. Rees, Clerk, to be Deputy Lieutenants. T. Ellis, Esq. to be Captain of the Militia. We ...

... malt DUTY. Extracts from a Memorial presented to the Lords of the Treasury by a committee of persons appointed for the pur- pose of seeking a repeal of the duty on malt. That your memorialists most cordially concur in the princi- ples avowed by his Majesty's right hon. Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, in his financial statement for the year. The first of these, that in any reduction of taxation ...

... VOYAGE UP THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. The following descriptive account of a voyage from Swan- sea to Bristol, extracted from the Mirror, may serve as an amusing companion for such of our readers as business or pleasure may induce to traverse that route in the course of the ensuing summer: — Two steam-packets ply twice every week throughout the year between Bristol and Swansea. The opposition has ...

... THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17.-(Concluded from our last.) CAPE WINES. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he had come to a deter- mination of raising the duty on Cape wine from 2s 3d to only 2s 9d for the next two years. Several members objecting to the tax upon steam boats, The Chancellor (if the Exchequer said it was quite impossible for him to take off some taxes without imposing others. When ...

... Animated description of the end of February, from Howitt's Boole of the Seasons. The harsh, loud voice of the missel- thrush is now heard and if the weather be mild, the hedge spar- row renews its chirping note. Turkey-cocks strut and gobble partridges begin to pair the house-pigeon has young field crickets open their holes and wood-owls hoot; gnats play about, and insects swarm under sunny ...

... ith every feeling of respect and courtesy for the fair sex, we must entreat of a young lady at Crickhowell that she will not again put us to the expense oj paying the postage of' her impromptus, intended for poetry, in which theme and seen, woe and adieu,' part and remark are among the rhymes. We are not fastidious, but it excites our spleen beyond measure, to be pestered with such ...

... States are like men !—they rise, they fall, Live on in pride, and die in shame Time weighs with equal force on all Their course distinct—their end the same States have their tombs !-the mouldering wall Inters their fabric and their fame And thus,—her race of glory done,- A name is all of Ascalon There is no trophy now, to mark The scenes where mirth and beauty reeve The wolf's short howl, and ...