... MERTHYR TYDVIL, SA TURD a Y, Pcb, 13, 1836 The situation of the great European Govern- ments gradually becomes more critical. With the most evident general desire to avoid hostili- ties, they all seem approaching like ressels in a calm, to a collision by the mere force gravity, and the more complete the calm, the harder to avoid t he coil is ion. Russia, IV i th the strongest pro- fessions, ...

... THE ROOK. The following beautifully simple, and beautiful because simple, description of the habits of the Rook is from an excellent work on the feathered tribes of England, by Robert Nludie Every body knows the Rook the dark, the noisy, and sometimes the nest-plundering, or, in the early fields, the contribution-levying Rook; but still, notwithstanding, the cheerful, the orderly, the indus- ...

... SCHOOL OF THK ESTABLISHED ^HURCIJ. Up- wards of el2,000 having been subscribed for the purpose of erecting Schools at Liverpool, for the use of the poor, where the Scriptures would be freely taught as the standard of religious et ucation, the foundation-stone of the first School was laid on Mon- day se'nniglit, in Bond Street, at the north end of the town, by the Rev. J. Brooks, the Rector. A ...

... GLEANINGS On Count Zenobio, a very little man with a very large nose. As I was walking out one day Upon a certain plan, I met a nose upon the way, And after it a man I called upon the nose to stop, And when it had done so. The man soon afterwards came np, And made Zenobio. The just and constant mind, that perseveres Unblemished with false pleasures, never fears The bended threatnings of a ...

... It is difficult to regard the present condition of Europe without conceiving that some extra- ordinary and èxtensive change is approaching. We altogether reprobate the hazardous folly which in every trivial transaction of common life, affecls to discover the immediate working of Providence. But greater events and longer intervals give larger views. A palpable change in the Civil and Political ...

... Lord Lyndhurst's masterly speech at the close of the Session, published by Fraser, has reached a 26th edition. It ought to be, not only in the hand, but worn in the heart of hearts of every loyal man in the kingdom. Four import ant political dinners are announced to take place in this and the two following weeks in the north of England. On the 6th instant, the annual meeting and dinner of ...

... We invite the particular attention of our Readers to a valuable communication addressed to the Editor of the GUAKDIAN, by the Rev. W. D. CONYBEAKE, in which the celebrated Batteries of Mr Cross, of Somersetshire, are well described, and their eflect very clearly explained. ...

... FROM THB LONDON GAZETTES. London, Friday, July]. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Heycock, Henry Heycock, and Edwin Heycock, Beeston Royds, Yorkshire, cloth-manufacturers. BANKRUPTS. William Marns, Arbour Place, Fair Field, Stepney, rope manufacturer. John Harman, Bristol, jeweller. Richard Aspinell, Hamsbottora, Lancashire, cotton spinner. Tuesday, July 5. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. 1. Archer, ...

... DREADFUL FIRE AT SOUTH HETTON COLLIERY. On Saturday last, about seven o'clock in the evening, the No. 1, Engine House, of South Hetton Colliery, the property of Col. Braddyll, was d'9 covered to be on fire. It appears to have originate in a closet containing hemp for the use ot t e engines, and was first discovered by the brakeman. At that time there' were two men down the shatt of the pit, ...

... ittomnouthSfure. The contemplated marriage between C. W. Codring- ton, Esq., M.P and Lady Georgiana Somerset, second daughter of the Duke of Beaufort, will be solemnised on Tuesday next, at Badminton. Mr. Codrington arrived in Park-lane, on Monday, from Doddington- park, and left for Gloucestershire again on Wednesday last. At the Bristol Agricultural Society, on the 15th inst., the Committee ...

... BRECON, Saturday, Now. it, 1836. W, beg to state that this PAPER is PUBUMUD at BRECON, EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, at SEVEN O'CLOCK, by MR. JOHN WILLIAM MOROAN, of the Post. Office, High Street; by wham, and by MR WILLIAM EVANS, of Ship Street, Advertisements will be received, and through whom, Communications to the Editor may be conveyed. Non-Subscribers may obtain the Paper of the Day of the ...

... The Confectioners in various parts of the kingdom took the opportunity of the severe part of Suuday night to ftupply themselves with ice, which in many places was three quarters of an inch thick. Outstanding c^rn, aud the thermometer at 25 degrees, in October, are, fortunately, very rare coincidences- A YANKEE EDITOR.—The following is from the New York Herald, a penny newspaper :—«« We ...