... The last Police Gazette contains an offer of a reward of £ 100 for the discovery of the murderer or murderers of Hannah Hobbs, near Brighton. It also contains various sums of reward offered for the detection of incendiaries in six instances. The Committee of Miilmen in Macclesfield have, during the week, been engaged in the collection of some informa- tion that may prove invaluable in the ...

... SIR,—In your last paper I observed the report of a very litigi- ous case of prosecution for trespass arising out of the new game act, which the magistrates, before whom it was brought, acting in the spirit of the laws and of personal independence treated with a proper degree of lenity and moderation. I beg to call the attention of your readers to another prosecution under the game laws, the ...

... SIR,—I am much surprised in these days of general informa- tion, education, and liberal feeling, that men will not take warn- ing, but require to be told again and again, that truth is omnipo- tent, and must prevail-even against a phalanx formed to injure the circulation of your paper, May I be allowed to inquire of the noblemen and gentlemen who have discontinued the Merlin why they have done ...

... FOREIGN NEWS. The Dutch papers leave little doubt that the king of Hol- land has resolved to refuse his adhesion to the proposed treaty of peace with Belgium. Private letters from Am- sterdam state that the Dutch government are going to fortify their capital. FRANCE.—The events at Lyons nave retarded the sending of troops to Algiers to complete the complement of 20,000 men of the army of ...

... We ventured in our last number to anticipate that the debate on the second reading .of the Reform Bill would be short and sweet,-that it would end in one night, and that there would be no division of the House upon the question. Our anticipation has not been realized; which only shews how easy a thing it is for the obstinacy of fools to set at nought the predictions of the wise. Again have the ...

... COUNTRY NEWS. Tuesday morning, about ten, a brig of 200 tons, called the William of Plymouth, Perry master, ran in upon the sands at Padstow at a time of tide when it is dangerous to do so; the consequence was, that the crew were obliged to abandon the vessel (which soon went to pieces) in the boat, which was almost immediately swamped, and the whole on board were drowned. The number of ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. SA LE PosrroN ED.- The Sale of Timber on St. Pierre Estate, adver- tised in our first page, to take place at the George Inn, Chepstow, on Friday, the 6th January, is POSTPONED until Tuesday, the 17th January. The notice of alteration came to hand after that part of the paper in which the advertisement appears had gone to press. ...

... THURSDAY, DEC. 15.-The Earl of Aberdeen postponed his motion relative to the Netherlands. HIISH TITHES. Lord Melbourne rose, pursuant to notice, for the purpose of moving for a select committee to take into consideration the sub- ject of Irish tithes—their collection-the laws relating thereto- and to report their opinion thereon to the house. Tn the course of a very able speech, his lordship ...

... Borough, Monday, Dec. 5.-Since the official return of the duty on Hops, our market has been rather dull, but prices fully main- tained there are but few good bags and pockets in first hands. Currency: East Kent, in pockets, 1831, f7. 7s to £8. 8s; 1830, £5. Os to £ 7. 10s; 1829, :f4. 15s to £ 5. 5s; Mid-Kent 1831, £ 6. Os to 17.15s 1830, £ 4. 10s to X5. 10s; 1829, E3. 15S to £4. 15s; Sussex, ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, DEC. 13.-The Earl of Shaftesbury moved the first reading of a bill which was introduced into their lordships' house during the last session, for encouraging and facilitating the employment of agricultural labourers. The noble earl said that it was not proposed to move the second reading until after the holydays. The Earl of Coventry presented a petition from the ...

... Monmouth, Saturday, Dec. 10.—Wheat, 54s Od to 61s Od Barley, 39s 6d to 40s 8d Oats, 20s lOd to 00s Od; Beans, 00s Od to OOe Od per Imperial quarter. Abergavenny, Dec. 10.—Wheat, 62s 2|d Barley, 42s 53d; Oats, 00s Od; Beans, 00s Od PeaS, OOs Od per Imperial quarter. Hereford, December 10.—Wheat, per bushel weighing 80lbs. 9s Od to 9s 3d Barley, 6s 6d to 7s Od; Oats, 3s 6d to 4s Od Beans, 6s Od ...

... The entrance and descent into the vale of Merthyr Tydvil on a dark night, presents a combination of the wild and the won- derful which it is difficult to describe. The immense flaming masses of coal on the coke hearths, now, if the night be stormy, bursting into tumultuous sheets of flame, now wrapt in vast and impenetrable clouds of smoke the wild figures of the workmen in active motion with ...