... COUNTRY NEWS. Circulars were on Tuesday issued in Manchester, calling a meeting of the leading inhabitants to consider of the best means of supporting the Government in case it were com- pelled to have recourse to a dissolution. This is not all- eleven of the gentlemen calling the meeting, deeming exam- ple more valuable than precept, immediately subscribed to begin with. We have much pleasure ...

... Wt have to correct an error in our report, last week, of the speech made by the Vicar of Abergavenny at the Usk Reform Meeting. We, make the Rev. Gentleman, in alluding to the Russian Auto- crat, to express a wish that he, like the Sennacherib of old, might die by the sivords of those who came forth of his own bowels. This was art entire mistake of ours.Confu,sed by the loud ap- plauses which ...

... MR. EDITOR,-At a time when the legislature is actively en- gaged in relieving the burdens of the people, I am not a little astonished to find that a bill is now befoje Parliament, for the purpose of introducing additi nal clauses into an already existing law, for rating to the poor rate tenements of twelve pounds annual value down to six pounds. The additional clauses en- gross tenements of ...

... Sm,—Permit me to call your attention to a bill now before the house, under the above title, brought in, I believe, by Mr. Slaney, the member for Shrewsbury. It is meant to be an exten- sion of the 59th of Geo. III. c. 12, an act hitherto seldom called into operation, and contains the following important clause :— That all and every the enactments, powers, provisions, and exceptions contained ...

... PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. ^SECOND READING OF THE BILL.—The doubt and uncer- 'inty of the public mind, with respect to the success of the Ministerial Reform measure, is now set at rest. After ano- er debate of two evenings, the House divided upon an ^hendrrient of Sir H. Vyvyan, that the bill be read this ay six months. This is a sort of a genteel parliamentary ^de of ejecting a disagreeable ...

... LONDON NEWS. THE PATRIOTIC WILLIAM COBBETT.—On Saturday last, Mr. Hunt presented a petition to the House of Commons from certain labourers in the employ of Mr. Wm. Cobbett, complaining of having been paid their wages in truck.- They had no money nor any allowance of clothes, fuel, beer, soap, candles, lodgings, or tobacco; but were given per week for their labour, 2lbs. of meat, -illb. of ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, MARCH 22.—The house was solely occupied with the receiving of Petitions, and a long discussion between the Lord Chancellor and Lord Wynford as to the amount of saving which would be effected by the new bankruptcy bill, and which the Lord Chancellor asserted,wotild be £34,000 per annum. ...

... Monmouthshire.—Pontypool, Saturday 2, and Friday 22 Usk, Wednesday 20. Herefordshire.—Hereford and Kington, Wednesday 6; Wig- more, Satuiday 16; Orleton, Monday 25; Dorstonej Wednes- day 27 Longtown, Friday 29. Gloucestershire.—Mitcheldean and Thornbury, Monday 4; Gloucester, Cirencester, Moreton, and Wickwar, Tuesday 5; Tewkesbury, Wednesday 13 Cheltenham, Thursday 14 Camp- den, Saturday 23 ...

... The Commission for holding our Assizes will be opened this day. There are a great many prisoners to be tried, but we have not been able to obtain a copy of the calendar in time to give an abstract of the offences. There will be very little busi- ness, we believe, in the nisi prius court. The petition agreed to at the public meeting held in this town, was presented to the House of Commons by ...

... AFFECTING INCIDENT.—At the Exeter Assizes on Mon- day last, David Yeoman, aged 28, was tried for cutting and stabbing Ann Harley. The prisoner was a wheelwright, and had for some time paid his addresses to the prosecutrix but on her ultimately refusing to marry him, he said he could not live without her, and would therefore kill both himself and her. He accordingly produced a knife and stabbed ...

... The Spirit of Liberty, 0TOtlnd in the dust By mongers of borough and place, Hath broken her fetters, and triumph she must;— Corruption is scared at her face. She stalks thro' the land, like an a.iM;eI of light,— Her. falchion, though sharp, all unsullied and bright. Her aim is to conquer, but not in the field, By thunder of cannon, and torrents of gore; Persuasion's the sword it delights her ...

... MARKETS. Monmouth, Saturday, March 19.—Wheat, 69s 6d to 79s9^'j Barley, 38s 4d to 00s Od Oats, 00s Od to 00s Od Beans, to 00s Od per Imperial quarter. Abergavenny, March 12.- Wheat, 72s 3fd Barley. 44s Oats, 00s Od; Beans, 00s Od Peas, 00s Od per Imperial 'Qua. 2] Hereford, March 19.—Wheat, per bushel weighing 80lbs, to 12s Od Barley, 5s 6d to 6sOd Oats, 0s OOd to 0s Od ;'Bean 7s 6d Peas, 6s ...