... Sik, I trust I may not be considered too obtru- sive, but feeling anxious to remove from the mind of Mr R. Allford any unpleasant impression waich may have been excited from the -1 Traveller's letter on the subject of the road from Pyle to Neath, I will now observe that I abstained, purposely, from par- ticularising the distinct parts of that stage which are bad and neglected, merely ...

... To C. I Chapman, ofCornhiii, for improvements in printingsilks, calicoes, &e.-To J. Helli«ell, a method ni'reu-Jering cotton and other fabrics impervio-s to water.-To H. Jefferies, imrrovemer.ts in hiittons.—To T. K. Seweii, Carnn^ton, Notts, tor improvements in nue.iinery for making; ie.ee.—To J. Cropper and T. ^Re> Notts, lor an improvement in maehinerv lor the same purpose—To W. VV. Potts, ...

... A petition to the House of Commons from the Magistrates and inhabitants of Gloucester shire has received a great number of signatures, submitting that the administration of criminal Justice would be much improved if the trial of offenders of the lighter degrees of crime were transferred from the Assizes and Quarter Sessions to the jurisdiction of Magistrates in their local districts. The ...

... Qneen Adelaide's Fund, as it is well termed, for her Majesty was the originator with a munificent donation, i8) we are happy to state, rapidly progressing. The fund amounts to nearly £ 2,000 bnt a larger sum is wanting for the bene- volent purposes in view. It is for the relief of destitute discharged pauper females who leave the Hanwell Lunstic Asylum sane—but who, too often. from having no ...

... At an early hour on Wednesday se'nnight the funeral procession of the Hon. Mr. Craven left his late residence, 17, Connaught-place, Edgeware- road, on the way to the vault of the noble family, which is situated at Benley, near Crome, in War- wickshire. A number of persons were assembled upon the occasion. In addition to the. hearse, which was drawn by six horses, there were two mourning ...

... We entreat the favour of our Correspondents to re- member that- Wisdom says little, but that little well in other wards, we cannot undertake to insert long letters upon any subject. W. D. on the Mistletoe, in our next. There is a great want of liberality in many neighbour- ing provincials, who abstract articles of intelligence without acknowledgment. We have long submitted, in silence, to this ...

... CHIT CHAT. THE BIBLE.—It is not generally known that the 19th chapter of the 2nd book of Kings, and the 87th of Isaiah, are, in substance (and almost ver- batim) the same. WHO WANTS A PLACfl -A gentleman in Nantucket advertizes for a servant of middle-sized character, large hands, and small appetite. The inventor of spectacles is said to have been a monk, at Pisa, in the 13th century, and ...

... We have beeu much gratified by the perusal of the History of Wales, in Wel-h, by the itev.,r. Price, of Crickhowel we hope he may be induced to present to the public an English translation in simultaneous numbers. Hitherto a good history of this country has been a desideratum; he who has had a thirst after a knowledge of the actions of his forefathers was compelled to visit many a small spring ...

... THE DOOMED FAMILY. (From the Mountain Dccamcron.) There exists in Wales some vague superstitious idea of that, tromendous kind which gives effect the CE/dipus and to Greek tragedy in generål-the belief in the occasional operation of an overruling destiny impelling its victims to forbidden deeds, and hence preparing for thereally innocent, but apparently guilty, outcasts of human sympathy, ...

... THE MISTLETOE. TO THE EDITOR OF THF. GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN SIR,—I certainly am a Sceptic as to thc mistletoe on the oak, having conversed with the oldest and most experienced woodmen, all of whom have heard of it, but have never seen it. If your correspondent, W. D., will oblige me with his address, (to your eare) I will certainly ride to Goitrey on purpose, and shall be delighted to recant my ...

... A short time since, there was a meeting of the inhabitants of Devizes, composed of persons of all political opinions, and resolutions were adopted, on which a memorial was drawn up indignantly condemning the Government plan of forming a rural pol ice under the authority of a central board in London, friends and foes of ministers were for once unanimous in their disapprobation.- .Devizes ...

... FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. London, Friday, September 30. BANKRUPTCY ANULLED. Lewiu Fenner, Rawstorae Street, road, cabinet maker. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Appleton, Three Crown Square, Southwark hop merchaut. Charlotte Elinor Dibsdall, Maryh-bone Lane, groccr. Thomas Wells, Mincing Lanp, wine merchant. Charles Challenger, Bristol, linen draper. Charles Dumbrel), Brighton, grocer. William Rowe, Truro, ...