... LORD STANLEY'S FAREWELL. Farewell to the cause where the dawn of my glory j r?se> an« connected the Whigs with my name l abandon them now, but the page of their story, At least all the blackest, is filled with my fame. lhave warred with the Tail, which vanquished me only When an impulse of temper betrays me too far; inave worked with the Dill y, which leaves me thus lonely, The last Tory ...

... MONDAY, AUGUST 8.—INDIA.—Lord Hatherton presented petition from Calcutta, in the East Indies, agreed to at the first public meeting ever held in that place. The petitioners complained, that by the act lately passed for the regulation of the affairs of the East India Company, the interests of the inhabitants of India, which it was intended to promote, had been altogether overlooked. The Common ...

... TUB&BAY, MAY 31.—Mr. Hope moved the Gloucester 'Watef Bill. Bill passed. IRISH MUNICIPAL REFORM. The Attorney-General presented a petition signed in a few hours by 12,000 persons living in Edinburgh, praying the house to extend to the people of Ireland the same privileges enjoyed in municipal affairs by the people of England and Scotland. Mr. Robinson presented a petition from a meeting held ...

... WEDNESDAY, JULY 27.— The Lord Advocate brought up the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway Bill, which was read a first time.—Chadwick's Estate Bill was passed. Mr. Robinson presented a petition from literary and scien- tific gentlemen, members of a Natural History Society in Worcester, praying that in any sale or. aproprialinn of the surplus or auplicate coins and other curiosities of the ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-Among the various subjects of contemplation that offer themselves to our notice there are but few of a more solemn character than that of a Bishop delivering his charge to his Clergy. And, whilst in the exercise of this most im- portant duty, the range of his address is not extended beyond the legitimate scope of pastoral superinlendance, the ...

... SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last, as William Evan, a Pembrokeshire labouter, was walking up the Pennydarran inclined plane, by the side of the tram waggon, the wheel en- tangled in his trowsers, and he was dragged under the car- riage— his leg was broken in two places, and was amputated the same evening by Mr. Russell.—Merthyr Guardian. GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL.— I he firemen employed at the ...

... To the Editor III the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-I am sorry to find, that I am obliged to trouble you once more. The subject has been protracted to an undue length, and any interest that your readers may have taken in it, must be nearly exhausted. It still appears to me that Scrutator does not comprehend the position I have taken. It is not one of attack on the Voluntary System, but of reply ...

... ALTERATIONS IN TIIE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Several Members of Parliament and other persons attended in the House of Commons on Friday last, to try the effect of certain alterations in the interior, made under the su- perintendence of Dr. Reid, of Edinburgh, for the pur- pose of improving the ventilation and facilitating the distinct conveyance of spoken language to the ear. A detachment of 420 ...

... The increase of nearly ,000,000 under the bead of customs, in the returns of last quarter, has caused the at- tention of commercial men to be more than usually di- rected that way. They find that out of a revenue so raised, of more than X16,000,000 annually, nine-tentlig are derived from four sources, viz., tea, sugar, tobacco and timber. The remainder arises frotn imposts tvn more than 500 ...

... AH the day coaches, on Wednesday m0 stopped at Andoversford the Berkley JJ rn,n?» were attempt to proceed further with six horses K'U mad« an pelled, by the heavy drifting of the snow' tUt Was co«*-> and all were obliged to remain until a J.0°.turn back, dug out for the mail, by which they Wflfc been proceed. The Hon. Craven Berkeley jyj to a passenger by the Berkeley Hunt,determin a' V''JO ...

... Eyes are dim and red with weeping- Hearts are bursting for thy fall Let them weep !-the swords are sleeping That refused thy pitying call. All they could, thy spirits gave thee— All they could not, who will blame T They lived, they breath'd, they died to save thee, To revenge thy fallen fame Freedom !—Freedom !-to restore thee, Fought they as their fathers fought; Red offerings, as their ...

... TUESDAY MARCH 1.—After the presentation of several petitions of no public interest, Mr. P. Thomson moved that the house take into consideration the report of the select com- mittee on railways, and said that he should propose a series of resolutions, embodying the recommendation of the com- mittee. These recommendations had reference to the com- position of the committees to which railway ...