... COUNTY OF MONMOUTH REFORM MEETING.-On Thurs- day last our High Sheriff, W. Hollis, Esq., presided at a public meeting of the gentlemen and freeholders of this county, held in the Town-hall, Usk, for the purpose of addressing his Majesty in consequence of the rejection of the Reform Bill. The words numerous and respectable are so hackneyed that we shall not press them into the service on this ...

... COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. SECOND GRAND MEETING AT USK TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF REFORM. Monmouthshire is now shaking off its apathy of several gene- rations, and is realising the eastern tale of the Sleeper Awakened. Let the inhabitants continue to pursue the same course, and they will place their county in its proper station, as one of the most important provinces in the empire of Great Bri- tain. ...

... SIR,—I did not know until I read your last Merlin, that a person required a passport to hell nor should I have thought that so foolish an expression would have been inserted in so re- spectable a paper, whatever quarter it might come from. I must suppose (from an observation of your own, that you will not prejudge the dispute between Mr. Isaacson and my- self) that you are liberal enough to ...

... The.'peech of the King, on proroguing Parliament, con- tains, amongst a number of common places, the following announcement of his continued interest in the cause of Reform. To the consideration of this important question, says his Majesty, the attention of Parliament must neces- sarily again be called at the opening of the ensuing Session and you may be assured of my unaltered desire to ...

... THURSDAY, SEPT. 29.—Mr. Crampton presented a petition from the town of Galway relative to the franchise of that place. Mr. S. Wortley, in bringing forward his motion regarding the late reduction of the salary attached to the office of President of the Board of Control, took occasion to observe that he did not bring it forward from any feeling of hostility to his Majesty's government. He felt ...

... A beautiful snow-white swallow was shot by Charles Gads- den, Esq., at Green Bank, near Gracedieu, in the immediate vi- cinity of Waterford, on Monday se'nnight. A pair of eagles, within these few days, had taken up their abode in the cliffs at Seafjrd, resorting to Cuekmere, and other marshy flats to feed on fbh. The appearance of these birds put the gunners on the alert, and one of them was, ...

... THE POLES.— The poor Paisley weavers are setting a noble example, which unfortunately is too late to be imi- tated. Although themselves, from the stagnation of trade threatened with starvation, they are collecting from door to door a subscription in aid of the suffering Poles. POLICE AND POACHERS.—An affray took place on Sun- day se'nnight at Pately Bridge, near Ripon, between a number of ...

... CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE. Monday, Sept. 26.—Our supplies since this day se'nnight of English wheat, foreign rye, and linseed, have been rather great; of English malt, beans, and flour, as also Irish oats, moderately good; of foreign wheat and flour, English, Scotch, and foreign oats and barley, with peas and (with above exception) seeds, from all quarters limited. Current Prices of Grain, per ...

... THURSDAY, OCT. 6.—Lord Ingestrie presented a petition,' from forty beneficed clergymen in the diocese of Ferns and Ossory, complaining of their inability to collect the tithes due to them, and praying the house to afford relief by enforcing the tithes com- position act, or such other relief as the house should seem just. Colonel Conolly bore testimony to the fact of most extensive combinations ...

... Borough, October 10.—The market is well supplied with new hops, and the demand is steady. Currency: East Kent, in pockets, 1831, £7. 10s to 1830, £ 5. 10s to f8. 8s; 1829, £5. Os to 15. 10s; Mid-Kent, 1831, t6. Os to £ 7. 10s 1830, £,5. Os to Y-6. Os; 1829, X4. Os to £ 5. Os Sussex, 1831, £ 5. 0s to £ 6. 6s 1.830, £ 4. 10s to £ 4.15s 1829, £ 4. 0s to £ 4. 10s Essex, 1831, £ 5. 10s to £ 6. 10s ...

... HUUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, OCT. 4.—Mr. J. Campbell brought in his bill respecting fines and recoveries, which was read a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Monday. Colonel Evans moved for papers respecting the military prepa- rations in the Tower of London in November last; but after some conversation he agreed to withdraw his motion. The House went into a committee on the Scotch ...

... A renewal of the armistice for a fortnight has been agreed on between Belgium and Holland. The letters from Antwerp state that great alarm was felt there on account of fortifications on an extensive scale being commenced under the superintendence of eminent French engineer officers. The statement made public was, that it was for the protection of Antwerp in case of an at- tack by the Dutch ...