... Beneath a cypress spreading tree, A little infant sat and played,- Full many a grave was round the child. A h' S^e sa*' anc^ Played> and smiled, And turned at times her radient eye Upon the clear and azure sky «« T1S questioned, often sighed, •They lie together, side by side. And who, my pretty child, I said, Who lie together little maid 1 Hast thou two lovely sisters dear, In blooming ...

... 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 ...

... SPAIN. The accounts from this distracted countr melancholy picture of the horrors of civil^ Pres€nt a prisoners, both of the Constitutional and Carr* The are butchered in cold blood, and Ihe fiercenllftr'68' venge continues to operate with implacable • ? re A letter from Onate, of the 21st ult., announ'° Ce* Don Carlos has declared that, in consequenceCes.t,,at massacre at Barcelona, he ...

... BfeXSTOl. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE -A meeting on this subject took place on Thursday se'nnight, at the Merchants Hall. It was attended by about 60 gent'emencfthe highest re- spectability, and the right worshipful the Mayor took the chair. The feeling of all present was unanimously ,n favour of prosecuting the work on Mr. BruneI s original design, and a series of resolutions were passed ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, FEB. 16,-Several petitions were laid on the table, but no business of importance was transacted.—Adj. ...

... THE DISSENTERS. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,-Candor having been silent, I should also be silent, for the present, had not Honestas stepped into the lists: as his letter has, however, aroused me to fresh activity, I shall embrace the opportunity of offering a few observations upon several of the subjects contained in Candor's letters, and shall merely give Honestas a slight ...

... 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 ...

... COMPENSATION TO DISMISSED TOWN CLERKS AND CnuponATE OFFICERS.—The Lords of the Trea- sury have, in answer to several applications on tliis sub- ject, informed the parties that, having taken the advice of the Law Officers of the Crown, they will consider themselves authorised to award the compensations, under the 66ih clause of the Municipal Corporations Act, either in a gross sum or by way of ...

... samrsttc CHCRCH C MMfstON.—The following are circul letters recently addressed by Mr. Murray, the Secretary of the Church Inquiry Commissioners, to the Member* of the Commission : ...

... ROSS STEEPLE CHASE. The admirers of this bold and animating sport, assembled in great numbers at Ross on Tuesday last,ond enjoyed a field-day of extraordinary interest. The spirited manner in which the steeple chase of last year was got up and conducted by the men of Ross, excited the most favourable anticipations for this occasion, and many leading characters in the sporting world, from ...

... THURSDAY, FEB. 18.—Sir W.Geary, brought in abill for a railroad between Greenwich and Gravesend-read a first time. HORSHAM JAIL. Lord G. Lennox presented a petition from the nobility, gentry, &c., of Sussex, for discontinuing the use ofHolSham Jail. Dr. Bowring complained of a report in the Morning Post, misrepresenting the manner in which some observations of his on the preceding evening had ...

... Thursday Eveuing. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Duke of Leinster, moved, and Lord Burlington, conded the Address. The Duke of Wellington, was left speaking in reply. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Severat notices of most important motions wenrgiveo, embracing the Commutation of Tithes, Poor Laws fo, lie. land, the Irish Church, Elective Proceedings, &c. Sir John Wrottesleif, (Staffordshire) moved tne Adrels, and ...