... MANSION-HOUSE.—Ebenezer Coker, a Billingsgate porter, but as lean as a Spitalfields weaver, was called upon to show cause why he should not be punished according to law for having amused himself by pulling the nose of John Dixon, without the owner's leave. John Dixon deposed that he knowed nothink on the defendant, and the defendant knowed nothink on him, no furder than being tosticated he ...

... OXFORD CIRCUIT.—To-day the commission will be opened at Hereford, where there are 23 prisoners for trial. On Wednesday the judges will arrive in Monmouth. The calendar at present contains the names of 25 prisoners, a much greater number than usual at these assizes. The crimes with which they are charged are as follow House-breaking, 10; horse-stealing, 4 ass-stealing, 1 sheep-stealing, 1 ...

... THE SUICIDE. Jla n. I loved her and destroyed her! Witch. With thy hand? Man.— Not with my hand, but heart—which broke her heart. It gazed on mine and withered. I have shed Blood, but not hers.Manfred. ...

... LONDON POLICE. TIPE UNKNOWN TONGUEs.-On Monday last the Reverend Frederick Jusentine was brought up in custody by Bamster, one of the inspectors of the B division of police, before Mr. White and Sir Frederick Roe, charged with creating a disturbance at Trinity Church, Chelsea, during the performance of divine ser- vice on the previous day. The office was crowded to excess by some of the most ...

... MARKETS. Monmouth, Saturday, May 5.—Wheat, 57s 8d to 611 6d; Barley, 0011 Od to 00s Od Oats, 00s OOd to 00s Od; Beans) 00s Od to OOs Od per Imperial quarter. Abergavenny, May 5.—Wheat, 57g 8d; Barley, 36s Bd; Oats, 00s 0d Beans, 00s Od Peas, 00s Od per Imperial quarter. Hereford, May per bushel weighing 80!bs 8s 10d to 9s Od; Barley, 5s 6d to 6s Od Oats, 3s Od to 4s Od Beans, 5s 6d to Os Od ...

... SUICIDE OF THE REV. C. C. CoLTO\.—Extract of a letter from Paris, dated May 2, 1832 I have just received intelligence of an event which cannot but be deeply regretted by all who can admire genius, despite even its aberrations, and who do not allow the cloud which occasionally o'ershadows a luminary to prevent their acknowledging the force and brilliancy of its rays. The Rev. Charles Caleb ...

... On, 1831 AND 1832. Thirty-one is gone—thirty-two is here, Like the cradle beside the tomb, And we'll rock the birth of the infant year, With a dirge to the one that is gone;- And, yet of the old, no ill shall be told, And we'll hope the best for the new- If we were young in 31, We are older in 32. Then fill the bowl, and feast the soul, And set the fancy free We must not have a thought of the ...

... RECOLLECTIONS OF FRANCE. No. XII. CELEBRATED CAVERNS OF TOURAIN^—Near the village of Savonniere, upon the road from Tours to Chinon, not far from the river Cher, are caverns, which, in the language of the coun- try, are called Caves Gouttieres (caverns with gutters formed drop by drop). The descent into them is by several narrow openings, now nearly closed by the falling in of the roof. The ...

... This remarkable Bore is principally known in our own country,—he is extremely domestic—and even rational, except on one topic- his dear little family. His aspect is indicative of timidity, which has been ascribed to his being almost always hen-pecked if you visit him at his house you run the risk of breaking your neck over a go-cart or rocking-stool, or of endan- gering the limbs of a shoal ...

... THURSDAY, JAN. 19.-The Earl of Aberdeen gave notice that on Thursday next he would submit a motion on the subject of the Belgian treaty—an arrangement which he considered to be in many respects not only highly impolitic, but attended with gross injustice. Lord, Strang ford called the attention of the house to the state- ment in his Majesty's speech at the opening of the session that a ...

... The Loyal Trafalgar Lodge of Ancient Druids, No. 91, held at the Swan and Falcon, Monmouth, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of England, celebrated their Tenth Anni- versary on the 29th ult. The brethren of the town and its vi- cinity were awakened to their anticipated festivity by a summons from the bells of St. Mary s Church, which rang merry peals at intervals, from the rising of ...

... FRIDAY, JUNE I.-Several petitions were presented against tithes, and against the government system of education in Ireland. The Earl of Wicklow presented a petition from the magistrates of the county of Wexford, complaining of the dismissal of Capt. Graham from the commission of the peace, and praying the house to adopt such measures as it might see fit to procure his restora- tion. The noble ...