... A Natchez paper relates the particulars of the shocking death of a young man of respeclable relations named John Morfat, who kept a grocery store in that city. He was much addicted to hard drinking, and for the last two or three weeks of his life he had not a sober hour. Under the maddening influence of intoxication, he sold his esta- blishment, and started on horseback fur North Carolina. ...

... AUDI ALTERAM PAHTOI.—A juryman applied to be excused from serving at the Monmouth Assizes. Mr. Baron Bolland On what ground Sir ■»—Juryman I am deaf, my Lord. Mr. Baron Botland: Can you hear what I say?—Juryman Yes, my Lord, but I can only hear with one ear. Mr. Baron Bol- land Then you may go, Sir. A juryman ought to have two ears it is bis duty to hear both sides. BLUNT WrTNUSES._H Mr. Hill. ...

... THE KING v. C. II. L LIGH, ESY., AND OTHERS.—(Special Jury).— This was a presentment framed at the instance of the Commissioners of Sewers for this county, against Capel Han- bury Leigh, Esq., the Lord Lieutenant, and eight other gen- ttemen, as owners of lands in the level of Porton, in the hun- dred ofCaldicot, for the non-repair of a sea-Wall upon the Se- vera, called Ireland Wall. There ...

... on^ihe 26tir«ilt>f Ponui-rs I'€i:y was made known nil A i || wt,en the Castle of St. George and Fori B.I.O. fired ,he customary salu,es on theoSbu ...

... Fifty-two gentlemen of the bar were present at the Wiltshire assizes while the amount of business in the Nisi Prius Court, was comprised in three cases, one of which was undefended SAGACITY OF A JURY.—At the late Durham assizes, a prisoner was indicted under Lord Ellenborough's act, for cut- ting and maiming a person with a shovel. The indictment also contained a count for a common assault. ...

... THE WEATHEK.—The Wiuter continues to linger on the lap of Soring, and the country in every direction has been covered with snow, which came down thick and fast on V\ednesdav Thursday and Friday, and the night frosts weie particularly self. registering Farenheit's thermometer in rather a sheltered situation, stood five degiees below n Veezing point on Friday night, and in places MORE P^I ...

... Mr. Codringtnn, M.P., and his bride have engaged for thv season a splendid suite of apartments at the Lansdowu;-Hotel, Dover-street, Bath, where they are expected in the course of the ensuing week. A wag suggests that the inhabitants of New Ynk should lose no time in organising ap anti-leaving-little-falierless-re- ...

... We leave ye behind us, sweet things of the earth; Our life's but a race to the death from the birth e pause not to gather the flowers as they grow, The goal is before us, and on we must go! We leave ye behind us, sweet things of the earth. vrr °f.our childhood, dear homes of our youth, Memorials of innocence, virtue, and truth, The land of our birth, the dear mother that bore,— We leave ye ...

... TO MISS OF MONMOUTH. One word although that word may glide Almost unheeded bye » And leave no trace but what the glass Bears of a passing sigh. Though bright thy present hopes may be, Remember friends may leave For, like the candle and the moth, Some smile but to deceive. So tread thv pathway thorn bedeck'd, That thou in happier hours, With pure and heartfelt gratitude, May bless its fragrant ...

... HEREFORDSHIRE ASMZES (CONTINUED).—(BEFORE SIN Vfi BOM.AND.) — BURGLARY.—John Tippin was indicted on t4f capital charge of breaking into the dwelling-house of Mr. Jottl Maund, farmer, of Kimbolton, in the night of the 17th Fe. 'od stealing three cheeses and two loaves of bread. The pr ...

... We understand a French gentleman named Rosseau has alely secured a patent in this countiy for his invention, as first 'intended for the improvement of Champaigns. This cisover) will Solve one of ihe most important problems in the att ofbrew- 'ng, namely, of reildeim^ cidei, &tc., sparkling ano Fferfcctlytlw Jp the la*t drop immediately after it is boUled without U* usfWany drug or comical ...

... IMPORTANT TO ADVENTURERS IKC&LHERttS.—Abouttwetvp months ago, a new Colliery Shaft was begun by George Bruin, Esq., on the flat to the S. E. of Llanelly, called the St. George's Pit. A great quantity of water was met with during the first seven or eight fathoms, the ground being composed o' two small atmospheric engines and perseverance, the Shaft was carried down to hard ground, or rock ...