... [PROM: OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, WEENESDAT EVENING. ALTHOUGH the railway business is still proceeding vigorously in both Houses of Parliament, there can be no doubt that before the end of the session, many of them will be consigned to The tomb of all the Capulets. Few of the scbemrs which are not sup- ported by the large existing companies, or by the great railway speculators and ...

... OPENING OF THE Cf-IURCM OF THE tttfilACULM'K CONCZPi ION OF D.V.W., Of 1 ;nr ou il. shire. This beaytiftii church, sit a'cd o.n ail eminence above the town of Skenfrith, was sj'emnly dedicated 011 Tuesday last, by the Right Kevereud Dr. Brown, Bishop of Apollonia, V.A. of the Welsh assisted by a the clergy. Hitherto, the Catnoiics scaitpml over this part of the country, the remnants of ...

... EGYPT.—The popularity of Ibraham Pacha is, as we learn from Grand Cairo, on the increase. He has given proof of his great tolerance on two occasions lately. The great Rabbi of the Jews had died, and it was indispensable to do that honour in death, to the chief of a religion, which was his due. The fear lest some fanatics might disturb the ceremonies had caused an application for protection to ...

... S FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1846. SAFETY ON THE CORN-LAW REPEAL BILL. r R second edition of last week having announced if 6 glorious decision of the Peers, upon the critical r, ge of THE great legislative question—one of truth it d jastice, we have only now to congratulate our ders upon the safety of the measure, the triumph t, which will not only be memorable in the history ...

... SIR,-I have the pleasure to inform you that the Rhymney miners have at last resumed their employment after a strike of ten weeks, which was, as you with good judgment stated it in the MERLIN to be, a very inconsiderate course; but poor ill-ad- vised men, they at last perceived their folly, that of acting from the impulse of the moment, without considering more seriously into the matter, and of ...

... Bareges in large checks, grenadine de laine, with rayures ca- maieux, tissu damas, and taffetas glace, are the fashionable materials at this moment; for the promenade, lace is the in- dispensable accompaniment of every toilette, and flounces of lace are no longer confined to evening wear, but are used on morning dresses of taffetas broche. White silk is fashionable in full dress three or five ...

... MUNICIPAL ELECTION. On Monday last, Monmouth, in common with many other boroughs, was the scene of a con. tested Municipal Election. Unlike the majority of similar contemporaneous agitations, it was untinctured with party spirit, though, as the result proved, it was as needless a con- test as could well have been got up. As we last week stated, a public meeting had been held for the purpose of ...

... RoBBFRY OF A COTTACE.—On the 12th instant, the cottag of E. Phillips, gardener employed by Mrs. Pocock, of Beeco, Hill, was entered, and 27 sovereigns, and eight shillings silver, abstracted from the dwelling, which is about half a milt from Usk, and nearly adjoining the turnpike road leadilig from Usk to Abergavenny. Phillips and his wife were out work, and no doubt the thief knew of the ...

... TIMES OF HIGH WATER AT NEWPORT. IIlGH WATE11 DEPTH AT MORN. EVEN. DOCK. GATES. APRIL, 1846. H. M. H. M FT. IN. 12, Sunday G 59 7 17 31 10 7 33 7 49 32 0 14, Tuesday. 8 6 8 24 31 9 lo, Wednesday. 8 42 9 0 30 9 9 18 9 39 29 4 10 0 10 23 27 10 18,Saturday 10 48 11 23 25 7 WEEKLY CALENDAR. April 12.—Easter Day. Morning Lessons-Exodus 12. Rom. 6. Evening Lessons— Exodus 14. Act 2, to v. 28. Moon's ...

... WHEN gentlemen of the lgal profession combine in numbers for any alteration in the law, it may fairly be taken as prima facie evidence in favor ot the propriety of such a change. It is true that in some cases, in which useful reforms had been carried, in opposition to the prejudices of legal gentlemen, tfffeie might be some danger of taking a retrogressive course but experience has shewn that ...

... MPORTANT TO MARINERS—We copy tha £ ing announcement into our columns, as it will be found Importance to many of our maritime readers in this and the iirling ports :— PORTUGUESE QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. higuese Consulate General, 5, Jeffery-square, January 19. :K>—1 beg to acquaint you, for the information and 8 ^of merchants and captains, &c., in general, that I this iceceived a communication ...

... THE ROYAL VISIT TO ARUNDEL CASTLE. On the 8th instant, her Majesty sod Prince Albert paid their promised visit to Aruadel Castle, Sussex, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, where they arrived at hall past four in the afteroooo, after a rapid journey from OsborneHouse. during which they were received with every demonstration of loyallyaod reo spect, more especially from the people of ...