... MERTHYR LITERARY INSTITUTION. MR. STEPHENS' LECTURE. On Thursday evening, Sept. 11th, the members of the Merthyr Literary Institution and Debating Society held their fortnightly meeting. In tbe absence of Mr. John Thomas, the permanent chairman, Mr. L. Reynolds pre- sided, and some preliminary matters having been gone through, Mr. Stephens was called upon to deliver his promised lecture On ...

... On a moderate estimate, the railways already in existence and to be executea may oe taken to COlt. £ laO,UUU,UUO The gross profit on that capital, at 8 per cent., would be 12,000,000 From which a deduction of 35 per cent. for expenses (the lowest expenditure of any large company) would amount to 4,200,000 Leaving the net profit of quite 51 per cent. upon the capital. In other words, to afford ...

... HIGH WATER AT CARDIFF. SEPT. Morning. Evening. Sunday.0 28.. 3 51 4 10 M ouday 2& 4 38 4 57 Tuesday .30.. 5 20 5 37 Wednesday, 1.. 5 58 6 14 2.. 6 33 6 50 3.. 7 7 7 23 Saturday 4.. 7 40 7 58 ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE. NEWPoRT.-On Wednesday last, the Brethren of the several Lodges of Odd Fellows, in Newport, celebrated their anniversary. They walked in procession to Saint Woollos Church, where an excellent sermon was preached by the Rev. E. Hawkins; and the Brethren afterwards returned to their respective Lodge-rooms, and dined together. IT is currently reported, and we believe with truth, ...

... BANKRUPTS.—^Frctm the London Gazette.) FRIDAY,—T,Reeve, Ann's-place, Hackney-road, & Castle- street. Long-acre, victualler. Constantine Wood, Ityde, Isle of Wight, hotel-keeper. John Winter, Hatton-garden, plate- glass-factor. Thomas Taylor, Nicholl's-square. Hackney road, wine merchant. John Marland, jun., Sun Vale Uoller Works, Todmorden; Lancashire, roller-maker. John Law and Eli Hudson, ...

... vvi M'L MORGAN'S HOUNDS WILL MEET On Monday Dec. 8J~i,at.. MarshiMd. Wedues.lay Dec. iOih, at Tredegar House. Saturday KAOU DAY AT o'ciLoen-L. T,ii: CO -YBilIDGrE HARRIERS MEET On Mou i-;y Dec. 8th Oa Ogm .re Down. Wedtus lay. 10th St. Mary Hill. it AO II HAY AT 1 \LF-s r TEN. ...

... Notwithstanding the active measures adopted by the gentlemen and larniers in tl;e sever;d parishes around Newport, and the liberal rewards offered lor the conviction of any of thosp midaight marauders who have so long practised, poultry stealing with impunity; the crime is extending, and it would appear that some more efi-ective means still must be adop'ed to ftop the foul plunder. Between ...

... METHODGHT I wandered far and wide o'er IU8ny hil1s and dalu, Where Nature senell litr odours forth, on genile zephyr gales; here flowretsgay adorn the meads, deek the And where through 'many a verdant glen the chrlstAI streamlet glides 'Twas on an ev, II lovely eve, which Autumn only knows, When sylvan scenes and fairy nooks invite to calm repose. At length I laid me down to rest betu/ath th ...

... Present—TheMay^r, and Henry Morgan, Esq. Lewis Jones was charged with playing pitch and toss, on Sunday last. It being his first offence, he was discharged, on giving one shilling to the infirmary. James Pearson a lad of ten years of age, was charged with furiouslv driving a horse through the streets, on Saturday last. Whitlock Nicholl, Esq., proved the charge. The boy, who cried bitterly, ...

... THE last breeze from Erin Has passed o'er my brow, The gale of the ocean Is over me now; I leave thee my country! Farewell! though thou art The life pulse that stirs me, The veins of my heart. Erin mavoumeen, farewell! I gaze where the bright scene Falls back to the west, And tinges the blue clouds That hang o'er thy breast: The bark bears me from thee To sail o'er the deep, While on thy green ...

... ACCELERATION OF MAILS.—PUBLIC MEETING AT NEATH. j A public meeting was held yesterday at the town-hall, Neath, for the purpose of considering the propriety of memoralizing the Post Master General, for the transmission of the London mail by way of Gloucester, as soon as the branch connecting that city with the Great Western Railway shall be open to the public. The mayor, H. Gwyn, Esq., took the ...

... It stands in the lonely Winerthal, At the bass of llsberg Hill; It at and I as though it fain would fall, The dark Deserted Mill. Its engines, coated with moss and mould, Bide sileot all the day; lit mildewed walls and windows old Are crumbling into clay. 8* through the Daylight's lingering heurt It mourns in wearv rest Bat toon as the sunset's gorgeous bowers Begin to fide in the west, The ...