... The Ministry have triumphed on the Corn Law question ahd, by the overwhelming majority they obtained, acquired :rePutati°n for stability they did not possess at the close of he last or beginning of the present session. The question a favourite one with political economists, and they ex- hausted every argument in the debate which ingenuity could suggest or probability afford. Arithmetic was ...

... CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE. Monday, March IO.-Our supplies have been, since this day ) se'nnight, of English barley, malt, and flour, and English and I, Scotch oats, moderately good of foreign linseed, great: of Eng- lish and Scotch wheat, English beans, English and Scotch peas, Irish and Scotch flour: and, with above exception, seeds, from all quarters, but limited. This day's market was well ...

... SIR,-In your paper of last Saturday, I was much gratified to find that the exhumation of human bones near Abingdon was followed by a coroner's inquest. The result, although vague and unsatisfactory, proves that a serious investigation, becoming the very suspicious and awful circumstances of the discovery, was instituted. Since my residence in this neighbourhood, I have heard of several ...

... PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED.-E. Edwards and W. Jones, New- port, Monmouthshire, tailors. BANKRUPTS. — John Nuttall, Birmingham, grocer. — James Francis Prescott, High-street, Marylebone, painter.-Richard Litson, Laystall-street, Holborn, victualler.—Henry Fuller, St. Matthew's-place, Hackney-road, Surgl OIJ,-J. Meredith, Con- norton, Shad -thames, Southwark, mast maker.—Edward Ashen- den and Thos. ...

... WHAT'S IN A NAME?— His Majesty, says the Gazette, has been most graciously pleased to command, that the Hon. Band of Gentlemen Pensioners shall be in future called his Ma- jesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. The Black Document has, it appears, done its work with the Court; and the very name of Pensioner is no longer to be uttered in its pre- cincts. The Lord Chancellor, in addition ...

... To the Editor of the Merlin, SIR,-As the columns of the Bieilin suiffciently indicate your readiness to give insertion to any subject connected with the interests of our county, I will not apologise for troubling you with the few following observations, which may be deemed of importance. During this week, much excitement has been created in our town in consequence of a considerable number of ...

... I thirst for thy beauty, Dear !— Sweet thirst in my spirit alway Of the flowers of my heart-spring, Dear! The dew and the morning-ray. Again to hear thee speak, Dear! Were to wake in the music of Heaven, When the death-sleep is taken away, Dear! And the life that sleeps never, is given. Again the sight of thy smile, Dear! Were a glance at the light of a star Which ruleth the date of our life, ...

... IN the week preceding Easter, in Trance, baskets-full of eggs, boiled hard, of a red or violet colour, are seen in the streets, and the children amuse themselves in playing with, and afterwards eating them. The following custom on Easter-day is also gene- ral throughout I' ranee :—The different mechanics, such as the smith, the wheelwright, the shepherd, the ferryman, the miller, &c., go to ...

... The announcement in the last Merlin of Dr. Bevan's consent to become President of the Monmouth Useful Know- ledge Society, was incorrect. It seems, that the application was made to him in writing, on the part of the society, by the mem- ber acting as its Treasurer, with the intimation that his consent would be inferred if no objection was stated before the paper went to press. Owing to his ...

... MISCELLANY. The Moniteur Egyptien gives an interesting account of the progress made in his studies by Ali Heybah, one of the young Egyptians sent to France seven years ago by order of the Viceroy of Egypt. This young Egyptian has lately returned to his native country. During his stay in Paris, he followed the courses of medicine with great success, and obtained his diploma. The examinations ...

... France continues to atiract all eyes; the question between liberty and despotism is still debating in the Chambers, and so far as a packed and purchased assembly can decide it, there can be no doubt of the result. Louis Phillippe is qualifying himself for a degree in the absolute College of Europe, and has, in consequence, become a traitor to the principles which elevated him to the throne. He ...

... The Hermit in London, and several communications, from es- teemed correspondents, (in type,) are unavoidably postponed, e beg to direct Cambrensis, as well as our readers in general, the spirited and able letter of Gobannium, in defence of the Abergavenny Cwmreigyddion Society. Our Bristol correspondent bad better be more observant of data when he again brings charges against a public body ...