... TO CORRESPONDENTS. Lasso will perceive that other champions have entered the cited m 'S ^etter *s vu^Sar' abusive, and sopfa'sti- Sigma is quite right-the course he alludes to has been de- termined on. The price Jtf the MERLIN is this day, and henceforth, FOUR- PENCE HALFPENNY. The Ship ISAAC HICKS, advertised in our first page to sail for the United States on the 19th instant, will not sail ...

... 1:7 TO MAYFIELD MANOR. See::s—A turnpike road, with a hedge on each side, a beer- shop at every hundred yards, and a finger-post in the corner. Time—Peep-o'-day on the first of September. Dram. Pers.—I and my fiiend, Jack Manton.jutayed in full shooting costume, with Ponto, a favourite pointer, at our heels. Then The Flying Mercury stage-coach, with her cargo of men, women, and children, bags, ...

... 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 ...

... This most interesting ceremony took place on Saturday last, and nothing could have been more auspicious than the whole proceeding. The day cleared up most beautifully, and at an early hour a lofty banner, with the good old-fashioned motto of Church and King, was seen on the site, floating in the breeze. Mr. Wyatt, the architect, Mr. Strawbridge, the contractor, and Mr. Lewis, the clerk of the ...

... An old officer on the retired list, living at Saintes, in the Charente Inérrieure a few days ago, fell into a lethargy, 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 walked home arm in ...

... NEW POOR LAW ACT—MONMOlflTI UNION. To the Editor of the Merlin. My DEAR SIR,-Thinking it may be acceptable to you, I send you the following brief history of our proceedings, by which you will see that we are going on satisfactorily to our- selves, and I trust beneficially to the public. You are aware that it is the great principle of the Poor Law Act to elevate the character of the lower ...

... jWnrninir Service 1st Lesson, Ezekiel ii.—2 ...

... PORT OF CARDIFF.—The improvements in this port by the Marquis of Bute, are going on rapidly, and plomise to con- vert it into one of the finest in the kingdom. About 300 workmen are daily employed in the extensive excavations and em bank men s which are to form a magnificent basin for ships of large burden, accessible at all states of the tide. In con- pecttpq with this great work the Taff ...

... SIR,— It is quite a treat to catch your good Scrutator in print again. You recollect my fear of disappointment in the hope of crossing swords fvith him some time ago: but with your kind permission, here 1 have him at last. Mr. Scru- tator will perhaps be much scandalized at a round with a ragged antagonist of our side. He has, he conceives, knocked us down a hundred times, and may have some ...

... MANSION-HOUSE.—Benjamin Lewis, a stout-built, rough- looking Welshman, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hum- phery, on Friday se'nnight, under the following circumstances, as they were detailed by a Welsh interpreter for the prose- cutor's account Evan Davies, of the parish of Silian, in Cardiganshire, farmer and drover, brought 29 beasts for sale to Romford, in Essex, from Wales. At Romford ...

... No news of interest has reached us from Spain since our hst. The Queen Regent 1tas addressed the nation in eulogistic terms of the Constitution, which the Tory prints represent to be just as honest as those used by Ferdinand sixteen years ago. This may be correct, but surely it is wretched logic to cast a slur upon the Spa- nish people for the hypocrisy of the widow of their late. tyrant, and ...

... SPAIN. Amounts from Bayonne of the 18th instant, state that e Carlists are suffering from an extreme dearth. Se- veral months' pay are due to the troops, who desert by anas and retuvn to their homes, where, likewise, they *e ca^ed by the labours of their fields. This double .1 usfe as>'t is-said, made a considerable reduction in B °' ...