... SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS.—No. 174. ISAIAH, XLIV.—28.—That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd. Though this is one of the most remarkable prophecies of Scripture, where Cyms, is called by his name, as the prophet expresseth it, chap. xlv-4, above a hundred years before he was born; yet it is not the only prophecy of the kind: Josiah is prophesied of by name, above three hundred and twenty years ...

... Thomas Edge, of Great FeterStreet, Westminster, gas apparatus and lamp manufacturer, for certain improvements in lighting or illuminating by gas, oil, or spirit, lights or lamps. James Elnathan Smith, of Liverpool, merchant, for certain improvements in railways, and ou locomotive carriages to work on such railways. John Whitcher, of Ringwood, Hants, carrier, for improvements in drags or ...

... THE O'COiNNKLLlTK.POLICY MADE INTEL- LIGIBLE TO THi MEANEaT CAPACITY. We make the 'nwing tpiotation from a, Whig- Radicul journal, bec-uise it is by no means probable that the attention of our readers could be by any other means directed 10 even a police report in the print in question. A lad named Hoare, was charged with rubbing an innkeeper in Lombard Street, by the following simple ...

... All the necessary arrangements for transfer- ring to the Board of Admairatty the paeket establish- ment of the Post Office have been finally completed, and the transfer will immediately take place. The Post Office will of course regulate tne times of departure, and in other respects advise the Admi- ralty as to the services which the mail-packets are required to perform but it will most ...

... All the low lands on both banks of the Severn, for many miles above and below Gloucester, are now com- pletely under water, and the inundation has extended to some parts of the city, where the flood is higher than has been known here for some years. This morning the water in the river is not more than two inches below the level of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, with an ap- pearance still ...

... KTIKIE Kctuport, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1830. SHERIFFS NOMINATED FOR SOUTH WALES. BiiKcoNsiiiHE.—Crawshay Bailey, of Beaufort, Esq.; liewel Gwyn, of Abercrave, Esq.: James Duncan Thomp-, son, of Sunnybank, Esq. O AR M AHTH RN sin RE.—William Henry Wilson, of Peny- c? i?s ...

... ract of a letter of the 17th instant, fiom Toulon :— Duke de Nemours landed this morning, under a sa- om all Ihe vessels in the roadstead; and having re- Ithe ganison troops. entered his carriage. The three ..c Arabian horses presented to the Prince were also landed morning, and sent off to Paris. The greater part of his V Highness's baggage fell into the hands of ihe enemy, off Bey was still ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE & GUARDIAN. Sm,-Having often seen in your columns interest- ing anecdotes of county tradition, perhaps some of the contributors in that branch will give some informa- tion on the following audacious foray, which took place less than 100 years ago:- A body of about 30 men, mounted on horseback, made their appearance in the vale of Rhondda (Gla- morgan) and commenced ...

... Picfori foeta praferatur. Pingit, Apollo, tuus calamus quod ncscit Apelles, liicsimulat nubem; tu sine nube lonas. Ingenious Listich. Mors mortis morti mortem nisi morte dedisset Vitae ÎmnlOrtalisjanua clausa foret. Epigram on an Oxford Toast: with fine eyes and a bad voice. Lucetta's charms our hearissupprise At once with love and-wonder; She bears Jove's lightning in her eyes, Rut in her ...

... There are many spurious .sovereigns now in circulation, composed of base metal: they are exceedingly ell executed, but light, so that it is adv isable that persons should weigh every sovereign before they take it, as several individuals have been imposed upon by the smashers. -Hereford Jouri.,al.-A punter was sitting,shing for minnows, off the Kel-pie House, in the Thames. The old fool will ...