... A BangisG FALSEHOOD.—An old officer on the retired list living at Saintes, in the Charente lnferieure,France,afewdaysago fell intoaletbargy, and was buried with military honours, under the conviction that life was extinct; but, awakened by the firing of the platoon over his grave, which took place before the coffin was covered with earth, he made himself heard by his cries, was taken out, and ...

... ATWOOD v. SMALL.—.IPPUCA'ion was made on Thllnalay in the House of Lord*, for the appointment of an early day. for the further hearing of this cele- brated case. III the absence of Lord Brougham, however, Lord Lyndhurst was of opinion that it would he improper to proceed The solicitor for the respondents complained that this delay was very ineon vmi ien t to h is clients. Their counsel .M r Kn ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL REPORT. The very grqat len,-t li of this Report quite pre- cludes our inserting it entire, at the present.—We therefore conn ne OUI se I ves this week to the more local arrangements, and particularly to those af- fecting the Diocese of Llandaff, which are as follows—(We copy the words of the Commis- sioners ) When the union of the Sees of Llnndaff and Bristol was recommended, we ...

... SHIP NEWS. CARDIFF. FORnGN CLEARED OOTWARDS. The Har- mony, Matheson, for Palermo, the Devon, Morish for Viana, with iron. COASTERS INWARDS.—The Julia, Stuckey, from Chepstow, the Henry, Mills, from Bristol, with iron ore the Robert, Clampit, from Newport, the Cam- bria, Fairclough, from London, the George Fourth Felix, from Carmerthen, the Amity, Rogers, the Merthyr Packet, Vanghan, the Lady ...

... fttomuoutftShttc. MONMOUTHSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. a&ffk Judoes) the Hon. Sir J. Littledale, Knight, >ntn ^0,K S'r J- Pattoson, Knight, were escorted Monmouth on Saturday afternoon, by the High th°r^' **eor?e Rooke, Esq., and immediately opened qCommission. jy J1 Sunday morning, their Lordships attended c I,e Service at St. Mary's Church; on which oc- the Rev. Mr Langley preached a very imprcs- j ...

... A sharp discussion took place on-the second read- itig of the Trinity (North Leith) Harbour Bill, which terminated in the rejection of the measure hya majority of 30*10 29. in answer to a question, Lord J. RUSSfcXL intimated that Government might p.ossibly appoint a commission, or adopt some other mode of securing what were called the reforms in ihe Scottish Universities, intended to have been ...

... POETRY- INNOCENTS' DAY In Judah is a voice of wail, and shrieks are in the air, And mothers hang o'er slaughtered babes in comfortless despair, For Herod's mandate has gone forth their guiltless blood to spill, To wreak his cruelty on one-the one he could not kill. Thrice happy holy Innocents whom thus his vengeance slew, To die for your Redeemer God, before he died for you, Through bloody ...

... OFFICIAL FRANKING. It has been already stated that measures have boO taken to prevent for the future the transmission under official covers, of any letters not strictly 011 his Majesty's service. These measures of precaution have been resorted in consequence of the following • (-Onllllutlicatioll addressed by Mr Stanley, the L ^retairy of the Miry, to the heads of the d?¥ere: it Governrnell ...

... The musical part of the Eisteddfod was remarkably interesting and good, for it differed from the concerts whi. h come so thick upon us just at this season, and, above all, it was replete with the soul of music- melody. Miss Hawes sang a beautiful song, written by the late Mrs Hemans, to the air of The dawn of day, alluding to Taliesin's prophecy that the Welsh language would live for ever. ...

... Atid their nob!e, have sent their little' ones to the waters: they came to the pits and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty they were ashamed, and confounded, and covered their headi.—J er xiv.-3. The above and very many other passages de- note the extreme value of water in the east and other warm climates, which is often paid for and frequently unprocurable. A missionary ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. SrR,-I observe in your paper of the 28th ult. a letter signed Griffith Jones, as to a Welsh charity. Being well acquainted with the facts, I will readily answer his queries. It was a peripatetic charity, called the Welsh Piety, or Welsh Circulating Charity Schools, which was established many years ago and supported by the voluntary subscriptions of ...

... POETRY. CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. Advent 2nd Sunday. The Lord shall come! the earth shall quake; The mountains to their centre shake, And withering from the vault of night, The stars shall pale their feeble light. The Lord shall come but not the same* As once in lowliness he came; A silent lamb before his foes, A weary man, and full of woes. The Lord shall come! a dreadful form, With rainbow ...