... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ) THE QUANTITY OF GAS OBTAINABLE FROM A GIVEN WEIGHT OF COAL. Mr. Peckston, in his valuable treatise on gas lighting, whilst writing on this branch of the subject, observes that pit coal may be divided into three classes, according to the pro- portions of its component parts. Such coals as are chiefly composed of bitumen are to be considered as belonging to the first class. These coals burn ...

... DEKPKST MINE IN GREAT BHITAIN.-Our readers may perhaps recollect that, some time ago, a cdal-pit, said to be the deepest in Great Britain, was sunk at Monkwearmouth, to the depth of 264 fathoms, or 1584 feet below the surface and \[ul.in November, 1834, Professor Phillips, of York, along witfira number of other scientific persons, descended the pit, and made a iSeries of very interest ng ...

... BANKRITTS.—C. Dumbiell, Brighton, grocer.-C. Chal- lenger, Brisiol, linen draper. J. Appleton, Three Crown- square, Southwaik, hop merchant.—- I. Wells, Mi ncing-lane, sugar brokei and wine merchant.— W. Kowe, Truro, grocer. -Charlotte Elinor Dibsdall, late of Marylebo ne-lane, grocer. W. Young, Bridge-street, bath, pawnbroker. ...

... €f)C ILonJron IflatKctQ. | CORN EXCHANGE. Monday, Oct. 3-The supplies of grain are moderate, and f a large portion of the new wheat came to hand in a cold damp coudition. Fine dry samples'either of new or old wheat sold full as well as on Monday last, but the isiwior parcels j are vepyfcttle it» demand. Sales of new barley are scarcely | good as la^t Monday, and the quality does not equal the ...

... WoKctsTEii, OCT. 25.-A meeling was held here yester- day, which, in point of numbers and importance, surpasses any that has taken place throughout the kingdom since toft&. recess, and throws the vaunted assemblages of the Toise* completely into the back ground. The Mayor of Worcester having been applied to, most readily granted the use of the Guildhall, and the dinner took place yesterday. So ...

... COUNTRY MARKETS. Monmouth, Saturday, October22.—Wheat, per quarter, Im- perial measure, 52s Od to 56s Od Barley, 42s Od to 44s Od Oats. Os Od to Os od. Brecon, Tuesday, October 18.— Wheat, per bushel, Imperial measure, 7s 9d to Os Od Barley, 4s 6d to 5s Od Oats, 3s Od to 3s 4d Malt, Os Od to Os Cd Peas, Os Od to Os Od Beef, per lb. 5d to 6d Mutton, 5d to 6d Veal, Od to Od Butter, fresh, 14d ...

... COURT OF REQUESTS, LONDON. A DEUT OF HONOUR !-A chimney-sweeper, known well about Gray's Inn-lane as Bandy Tom, was summoned by another equally ill-looking member of the same fraternity, for the sum of 7s 6d. The case was heard before Mr. Sergeant Heath. How will you pay it ? asked Mr. Heath.—Defendant I knows I hows it 'im, but I contends he karnt rekiver a half- penny on it, not in this ...

... SPAIN. The Legion will not commence operations on the offensive till General Esparterd has placed himself at the head of the Army of the North. General Rodil has already addressed a most friendly tetter to General Evans, in which he blames General Cordova for not affording him the necessary succours, and assures him that when he shall have joined the army, the British troops shall find in him ...

... It was in that great and unequalled hall, whose magni- ficent vault has overhung so many strange and mighty scenes in English history, and whose record of brief and gorgeous pageants reads as sad a homily on human littleness, as even the dark memorials of the tomb. It was in Westminster Hall, on the lljih day of December, that, with the clangour of trumpets and all the pomp and splendour both ...

... LONDON, THURSDAY The Moniteur announces that Louis Phillipc, at the ear- nest entreaty of MM. Peyronnet and Chantelauze, Minis- ters of the ex-King Charles X., has ordered them to be libe- rated from the prison of Ham, and to reside on their parole, M. Peyronnet at Montferrand, in the department of the Gi- ronde, and M. Chantelauze on his estates in the depaitment of the Loire. Prince Polignac ...