... WILLIAMS v. LKWELLYN.—This is an action which was tried at the last assizes for the county of Monmouth. The plaintiff is a shopkeeper residing in the parish of Monythusloyne, and the defendant the widow of the late Mr. Lewellyn, of Penyderry. The action was brought upon a Promissory Note, and the defence was, that there was no consideration for the same as between plaintiff and defendant. The ...

... Monmouth, Saturday, March 25.— Wheat, per quarter Impe- rial measure, 58s 6d to 00s Od; Barley, 35s Id to 00s Od • Oats. 0s Od to 0s 0d. *■ Chepstow, March 30 -Wheat per quarter, Imperial measure, 5;)s 7d Barley, 34s 8d Oats, 23s 0d. Bristol, March 28.—-Wheat, per quarter, 54s 6d Barlev 35s Od Oats, 19s -8d Rye, 00s Od Beans, 40s 3d Peas' 0s Od. '-V Brecon, Tuesday, March 21.-Wheat, per bushel ...

... CORN EXCHANGE. I Monday, April 10.—The supply of all grain is very limited,! especially of wheat, and for d-y fresh *hra hed samples fn!*y a.-M high prices are given readily, sud ir, some in.aoeff & advance has been obtained, -u; the.e is no iir.provenM.iit m ih«>8 demand forjhe cold damp .pr; Barity «*. «-$t .«*«?' ?*■ than on Friday last, but is s io 2s lower '.Lan on ivlorK!ay-R The malt ...

... BANKRUPTS.—G. Richardson, Quadrant, linen-draper—C. Tyrwhitt Jones, Pitt's Head Mews, Park-lane, horse-dealer-r- E. Salisbury, Blackburn, Lancashire,sjzer of cotton twist D. Harris, Birmingham, fruit dealer.—John Hope Neild, Moriey bank, Altringham, Cheshire, brewer—George Hough, Heaton Norris, Lancashire; and John Hough, Stockport, Cheshire, *ilk spinners.—William Evan Edwards, Cradley, ...

... We have been favoured With a perusal of the subjoined let- ter by the gentleman to whom it it addressed and finding that the document contains information of importance to our mer- cantile readers, we have obtained his permission to publish it, with an obliging promise of future favours in a similar way :— Quebec, 16th February, 1837. SIR,—Under another cover we hand you the Montreal Annual ...

... Sir F. Pollock has given an opinion, in answer to a case sub- mined to hIm by the Stamford Town-council, in which he de- clares that members of Town-councits may legally become tenanls of corporation lands. CIUM. CON.—At the Insolvent Debtors' Court, held at Lan- casier, on Tuesday week, the discharge of James Augustin Ladbury was opposed by Mr. Greatwood, solicitor, of Birming- ham. It ...

... Who from the ocean can the uater take, Where is the fair who cannot play at loo: Your whole will when combined, I fancy make A name to Britons dear-famed WATERLOO. B. S. ...

... (Abridged from the N«io York Poptr of tht 8th March.) The first day of March being the anniversary of the tutelar Saint of Wales, the St. David's Society of Ancient Britons and their descendants, in this city, pursuant to their regulations, convened at three o'clock, and proceeded to the election of members. After receiving the reports of the Secretary and Treasurers, they adjourned to the ...

... A FORGER'S Drake, alias Robertson, the forger, who recently attempted to put into circulation a forged bill for £11,000, for which he has since been committed for trial, and for whose apprehension so many rewards have been offered by bankers who have suffered by his forgeries, is thus noticed in a Chester paper :—In the year 1834, the present forger, Drake, then described as the Rev. A. ...

... ■ Kfujport, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1837. The Irish Reform of Corporations' Bill passed the House of Commons, by the formalities of a third reading On Tuesday last, and was brought before the Lords on Thursday, where it will be subjected to the ordeal of a second reading on Tuesday, the 25th instant. The Duke of Wellington requested Lord Melbourne to postpone the consideration of the measure to a ...

... To the EDITOR of THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MERLIN. — Pudet lure opprobia nobis Et did potuisse, et non potuisse refel1i.OnD. Guy's Hospital, Apri) mh. 1837. Sifc,—I am glad to find that my letter had, at least, so much truth in it as to compel Theta to have recourse to abuse in ordei to find topics to fill out a reply. Having no cause to be ashamed of the seat of my professional pursuits, 1 headed my ...

... NEWSPAPERS.—Everything under heaven increases in price except newspapers. Beef and pork, flour and butler, sugar, tea and coffee, salt fish and onions, dry goods and wet groceries, fuel and rent, buckwheat and washwomen, all tre-advanced in price. But newsdapeis-iliat most indispensable and no get- iing-along-without-it article—the sum and substance of man's existence-i-emains in statu quo. ...