... « 1836 First we have to offer against the sanity of 1836 the doings in Exeter Hall, and the whole humbug of secta- rian polemics which have filled the year Towhatpurpse has the last century passed over the heads of mankind—to what purpose have the great reformers lived and wriiteD and the lights of a brighter philosophy, and a purer religion, been shed upon the woild, if it is still to he ...

... [ADVERTISEMENT.] To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sir,—As'the subject of Dissenters' grievances, and more particularly that portion of them which relates to the unjust exaction of Church-rates, has, for some time past engrossed the attention of the political world, and as many persons charge the Dissenters with factious and insincere motives in their present united and gigantic ...

... W IIF.N first thou earnest, gentle, shy, and fond, My eldest-born, first hope, and dearest treasure, My heart received thee with a joy beyond AII that it yet had felt of earthly pleasure Nor thought that any love again might be So deep and strong as that I felt for thee. Faithful and fond, with sense beyond thy years, And natural piety that lean'd to Heaven; Wrung by a harsh woid suddenly to ...

... PATENTS RECENTLY GRANTED.—Alexander Stoeker of Bardesley Iron-works, and llenry Downing, of French Wall Iron-woiks, both of Birmingham, gentlemen, for improve- ments In manufactunng rivets, screw blanks, and other ar- tides. November 29 six months.—Andrew Smith f Princes-street, parish of St. Martin in the Fields \VBtin ° r > » $(11)11) ster, engineer, for certain improvements in tne ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sin,—May I request the insertion of Ihe following para- graph, taken from the Yorkshire Gazette ? We are glad to leain, that at a recent meeting of coach proprietors from all parts of England, hel(1 in London, it was very generally determined, to give up as far as possible, the (ravelling of coaches on the Lord's Day. All the coaches between Leeds and ...

... DESTRUCTION of ST. PETER'S Cuuncu, Pittueo, LON DON.-At six o'clock on Friday evening sc'nnight, a fire broke out in the belfry of this beautiful building, and continued burning slowly till half-past six, when an engine belonging to Messrs. Elliott stJid Co., the brew- ers, arrived in the churchyard. Owing to tire great want of experienced hands to ply the engine, it remained comparatively ...

... CnuncH-RATES.- We beg to call the attention of our readers to the resolutions (which will he found in our adver- tising columns) adopted at a very numerous and rcspeclaMe meeting of Dissenteis held in the town of Pontypool, on Thursday, the 5th instant. We have a voluminous report of the proceedings, which shall appear in our next publication. MONMOLTII AND GLAMORGAN BAKU.—We observe by an ...

... TiiE PEEL BAN)Qt,L,Y.I'Iie greatest possible activity and spirit have been in exercise these few days past in the erec- tion of the pavilion for the banquet to Sir R. Peel. The terms for places in the car of the Grand Yauxhall Balloon, which is to make its assension on Monday at Paris, are-for gentlemen, 600fr. and for ladies, 300fr. each. These prices may appear to be rather high, but it ...

... PRANCE. P Altfs.-Tuesday being the day fixed for the opening °f the Legislative Chambers, the usual preparations were made for his Majesty's progress to the Palais Bourbon. Within a few seconds of the Royal cortcge leaving the Tuilieries, by the gate leading to the Pont Royal, a young man, rather genteelly dressed, made an attempt Tuilieries, by the gate leading to the Pont Royal, a young man, ...

... The Courrier Franguis was seized, on Friday, at the Paris Post-office the cause of this act is thus explained in the Saturday's impression of that Journal: — We aie wholly unable to explain the cause of our num bers of Friday being seized, unless we ascribe it to an article (which has already been denounced by the Ministerial Even ing Paper), wherein an argument, very moderately worded, £ s ...

... TRANSATLANTIC STEAM NAVtGATMN.—The British and American Steam Navigation Company have enteied into contracts for the building of vessels. The engines, of 460 horse power, to be ready to go onboard on the 1st of March following. She is to have capacity for twenty-five days' fuel, 600 passengers, and 800 tons of measurement goods.—Gore s Liverpool Advertiser. THE GJIAND JCNCTION RAILWAY A IADUCT ...

... To the Editor nj the Monmouthshire Merlin: StR,—Inrciiumingthn subject, I propose to confine my- self to the answer which our lespected and much esteemed County Member has frankly given to his anonymous corre- spondent in your journal, It is with great satisfaction r pprceiye that he gives nf) cotinVohar.ee *c the sedulous and illegal d'octriacs professed by many of the speakers in the Baptist ...