... We will speak, whether or no.—CM Play. Good morning (said the Weather-glass to the Weather- cock) you don't look well this morning. No wonder (said the Weather-cock), for I've had nothing but wind, in my teeth all night; and I don't see, Mr. Weather- glass, thcLt you have much reason to boast, for you look rather down this morning. Do I ? (said the Weather-glass). At all events, I'm up to ...

... TO MY NOSE. Knows he, that never took a pinch, Nosey the pleasure thence which flows ? Knows he the titilating joy Which my nose knows 1 0, Nose I am as proud of thee As any mountain of its snows- I gaze on thee, and feel that pride A Roman knows ...

... Mu RDER AT PLUMSTF.AD.—It is our painful duty to re- cord a diabolical murder in Plumstead, which has thrown the neighbourhood into a state of great excitement. The unfortunate victim of the fiend-like deed was a respectable farmer, named Bodell, and the person suspected as the per- petrator of the horrid crime is his own grand-son, John Bodell. It appears that on Sunday morning se'nnight the ...

... Thou fading Rose, upon the tree Whence all thy mates have flown, How sadly do I gaze on thee— So lovely and so lone. Thou hast lived to see thy sisters all Around thee droop, decayed- And every,flower of summer fall, And every beauty fade Thy love, the nightingale, is gone, The butterfly is dead- All darling things have, one by one, Forsaken thee, and ned The leaves are dropping from the trees ...

... Extract from an MS. in the possession of Thomas Astle, Esq., containing, amongst other things, the private expenses of King Edward II.:— Item, paid to the King himself to play at cross and pile, by the hands of Richard de Mereworth, the receiver of the treasury, 12 pence. Item, paid there to Henry the king's barber, for money which he lent to the king to play at cross and pile 5s. Itemf paid ...

... AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—THE KING V. NICHOLSON. Mr. Follett (with whom was Mr. Talbot) showed cause against a rule which had been obtained by the Solicitor-General for a criminal information against Mr. George Nicholson, a solicitor at Hertford, and a Mr. F. W. N. Bayley, for insulting and chal- lenging a gentleman, styled Baron Dimsdale. It appeared from a number of very long affidavits, that Mr. ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sm,—Assured that you are disposed to give publicity to any communication which may be beneficial to the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, I beg leave, through the medium of your paper, to submit the following suggestion and observa, tions to their serious consideration:- A mad dog recently passed through the town, and in its pro- gress ...

... A petition, embodying the substance of the following declara- tion, has been forwarded to us, with a request that we would allow it to remain for signatures at our office this we freely admit, and hope that a general expression of public sympathy throughout the kingdom may be of some little service to the brave but unfortunate sons of Poland The undersigned deem it their duty to record their ...

... Then shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of the miild; Disdainful aitger-I)allid fear- And shame that skulks behind.GRA T. THE deep-toned bell of St. Paul's told that time had advanced an hour upon midnight—the rain fell in torrents, pattering upon the ilagged foot-paths, and against the windows, while the hollow wind swept, in fierce gusts, along the deserted streets of the great ...

... LORD MAYOR'S DAY, Nov. 9. The Lord Mayor elect, Mr. Alderman Farebrother, accompa- nied by the civic authorities, proceeded by water to Westminster- hall, where his lordship was received with the customary cere- monies by the judges. The procession afterwards returned in the same state. The fineness of the morning, and the more than usual splendour of the pageantry, attracted a most numerous ...

... CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6.- There have been very few fresh arrivals since Monday. The wheat trade is extremely dull, but no alteration of prices can be quoted. Barley has a little business doing, with terms as on Monday. Oats are heavy on hand, though the supply is not large, and the prices are as on Monday. Other articles have no variation. ...

... Wednesday se'nnight was the day fixed upon for proceeding to the election of a repiesentative for this city, in the room of Saml. Adlam Bayntun, Esq., deceased. The Hon. Thomas Dundas, Charles Francis Barkley, Esq., ofSunbury, Middlesex, and Mr. Mortimer Bayntun, a brother of the deceased member, had seve- rally been in the field as candidates. Mr. Barkley, however, retired some days before ...