... This month, from its immediately preceding that in which commences the corn harvest, as also that in which hops bur and bloom-we have, during our forty years tolerably intimate ac- quaintance with rural affairs, ever found to have been the most replete with exaggeration, or other misstatements, relative to the growing corn and hop crops, of any month in the year; but it is Qur painful duty to ...

... THE HORRORS OF WAR, AND THE BLESSINGS OF PEACE. On Tuesday evening last, a Mr. George Pilkington, late Captain of the Corps of Royal Engineers, addressed a numerous audience at the Independent Chapel, in this town, on the above interesting and important subject. He commenced by reading, as a text upon which to found his observations, the following portion of the 7th chapter of St. Luke :— As ...

... TOILETTE DE PROMENADE.—Dress made en redingotte of or. gandi, embroidered down each side of the front en tablier, and round the bottom of the skirt above the hem sleeves a l'imbe- cile the pelerine, round at back, and reaching to the waist in front, with a large square collar, is trimmed with lace, and em- broidered to match the dress. Hat of paille d'ltalie (Leghorn), ornamented with sarsnet ...

... BA NKRUPTS.- Charles Frederick Elderton, Parson's-green, Fulham, wax bleacher.— William and Francis Fincher, Ivy bridge, Devonshire, paper manufacturers. — James Plimpton, Finsbury-square, merchant.—J Newbury, Reading, scrivener.— Richard Bennett, Worcester, draper.—John Henry Bielefeld, St. Martin's-lane, toyman.-George Cannell Davy, New Church- street, Lisson-grove, Paddington, linen draper ...

... SCRIPTURE 49. JUDR, v. 9. Michael the Archangel, when con- tending with the Devil, he disputed about the body of Moses. It is the opinion of some, that Moses was translated, like Elijah, into heaven, and that the Devil contended with Michael that he ought not to be thus translated, in that he had been guilty of murder, in slaying the Egyptian. But as this idea has no other dependance than ...

... BRECON QUARTER SESSIONS. On Tuesday last, these Sessions commenced before HUGH BOLD, Esq. Chairman, and the following re- spectable bench of magistrales :-PcnryWilliams, E,q, Major Gwynne Hoi ford Joseph Bailey, Esq.; Thymic Howe Cwynne, Esq.; David Price, Esq. Edward William Seymour, Esq. Henry Allen, jun. Esq.; Walter Maybery, Esq.; Rev. Archdea- con Davies; Rev. Charles Vaughan; Rev. Thomas ...

... Abridged from the Courier. Moreno treacherously decoyed Torrijos, Boyd, and their com- panions from Gibraltar-he not only sent Torrijos letters, en- treating him to land on the Spanish coast, at a spot specially pointed out, but employed a military officer, whom he sent to Gibraltar, to impress on Torrijos the necessity of his appearing immediately. Does Moreno recollect the visit of the Friar ...

... MOON'S AGE. New Moon, lULY 6, 91i. 9m afternoon. ...

... (From the Brother Tragedians.) A Gottingen student went forth at night, To meet with the forest-haunting sprite And first I'll preach to it, then I'll fight. Quoth this erudite Gottingen student. His book and his sword were of ponderous size, For the Gottingen student was brave aud wise— At least in his own remarkable eyes A handsome pair-for a student. Wisdom and wealth to himself he said, ...

... AN A55 STF^MNG A MAN.-A man was tried a short time ago, before the Court of Assizes at Aix, (France) for stealing an ass, when he made the following ingenious defence, which, however, did not avail him, since he was found guilty. He stated that going for a walk, he took a fancy to climb a tree, é: t the foot of which was an ass, but he had only just reached the first branch, when it broke in ...

... OXFORD. June 25.—This day, the following Pegrees were con- ferred :— Masters of Arts: Rev. Charles Whitcoinbe, Rev. John Mill Chanter, Oriel. Bachelors Of Arts: Rev. William Kemble, Lincoln; Henry Edward Wall, Fellow of New College; John Evans, ■Queen's. University Preachers: Rev. the Re«tor of Lincoln, Sunday morning, Rev. Dr. James, afternoon, at St. Mary s. City Lecturer: Rev. Mr. F;rth> c ...

... An inquest was held on Monday before Mr. Le Pipre, coroner, on the body of Capt. Marcus Samuel Hill, R.N., a Post Captain of 1802. Marcus Hill, son of the deceased, being sworn, said his father had been ten weeks here last Tuesday. He had been staying at Clifton for the benefit of his health, being very ill and much swelled. Has heaid the doctors say that he had drank a large quantity of ...