... We are pleased to find that an anxious desire is expressed by many respectable and infueritial inhabitants of this town to pro- mote, by every means in their power, the erection of a new Mar- 'ket in a suitable situation and we trust, eie long, this great and essential public improvement will be commenced. The present Market is absolutely a disgrace to Monmouth, it consists of a few miserable ...

... Monmouth Assizes will commence on Monday next, The calendar at present contains the large number of 39 prison- ers for trial, of whom one is charged with murder; four house- breaking three horse-stealing four sheep-stealing one steal- ing a cow two receiving stolen property two stealing money one cutting and wounding four stealing wearing apparel two stealing from the person two for want of ...

... BILL, NOTE, AND RECEIPT STAMPS.—We beg again to caution our readers, especially our commercial readers, that they must immediately procure a supply of Bill, Note, and Receipt Stamps of the new form issued by the Commissioners of Stamps. After the 30th of this month (this day) any Bill, Note, or Recept written upon stamps of the old form will be altogether as void as if written on unstamped ...

... The cloudless sun is bright upon Dunluce's castled steep, And countless boats float gaily on The breast of the glancing deep The plaided chiefs of Alba's clime, And Erin's bright array, Have peopled all the cliffs sublime That line the giant bay. How grand the scene those rocks displayed, The thousands on them seem -In arms and saffron robes* arrayed,- Like children of the golden beam, In ...

... The weather is sometimes cold at the beginning, but is gene- rally agreeable and steady towards the middle of the month. The very early or rich meadows, and the highly-manured upland pastures about great cities, will be ready to mow in June. In executing the work, observe particularly that the labourers cut as close to the ground as possible grass never thrives well that is not mown quite ...

... DOMENICHINO'S ADDRESS TO THE PORTRAIT OF HIS MISTRESS.* Ah! smile not so, thou mimic loveliness- Thou cherish'd image of my lost Floranthe The smiles of Hope and Joy are lost on me They shine around me like the useless light Upon some dreary mountain's lone sterility, Making its desolation only visible. Yet once I woo'd coy Happiness, and won her, And this lone heart was bursting with her ...

... At Caen, in Normandy, they have a public library still more extensive and magnificent than that at Tours, accessible to all persons, strangers as well as others. This library contains many valuable, authentic, and ancient works relating to events inter- esting to this country, as well as to France, treating of that period of history when the north and north-west part of that country belonged ...

... SIB,—I am sorry to be the cause of giving you any trouble on the present occasion, but knowing that your valuable paper is more in circulation in this quarter than any other Journ al, I beg a small space, should you think the matter worth noticing. At our late contest for the borough of Brecon, there were, on both sides, many small voters, £10-men. A few days ago some acting in- dividuals in ...

... When clouds gather fast, and the prospect all dark In gloom, and in shadow is closing, 'Tis sweet 'mid the scowl of the tempest to mark A spot where the light is reposing. So 'tis with my heart, in the lone hour of grief, When sorrow and anguish enfold it; I dream of thy beauty, then comes my relief The moment I seem to behold it ...

... SERLINJ SEPT. 10.—His Majesty the Emperor of Rus- sia, in consequence of a slight indisposition, did not set out from Schwedt till half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning, for Munchengratz, a domain of Count Waldstein, in the circle of Bunzlaw in Bohemia, with a fine palace or castle, where his Majesty will have his interview with the Emperor of Austria. We hear that his Majesty is ...

... AN EPITAPH IN FALKSTONE CHUBCH-Y A It D. A house he hath, 'tis made of such good fashion, The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation Nor will his landlord ever raise his rent, Nor turn him out of doors for non-payment. From heavy taxes too this cell is free To such a house, who would not tenant be 1 ...

... SIR,—According to promise, I now hand you a few extracts from a brief journal made some time ago, during an excursion (through part of Wales) in company with an esteemed friend- Should they meet your approbation, so as to appear in your excellent paper, they may be followed by others from the same source, or by similar communications, from Sir, yours, &c., Redbrook, June lIth, 1833. H On our ...