... HONOUR TO THE PLOUGH. Though clouds o'erca.st our native sky, And seem to dim the sun, We will not down in langour lie, Or deem the day is done: The rural arts we loved before No less we'll cherish now And erown the b:1n,!nd, as of yore, With Honour trie Plough. In these fair ii Ids, whose peaceful spoil To faiih arid hope are given. We'll set'k the prize with honest toil, And leave the rest ...

... By extraordinary express from Marseilles, despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mails from both Bombay and Calcutta, have been received. The dates are from Calcutta to the 8th, and from Bombay to the 15th of October. The Bombay mails of the 15th of October bring im- portant intelligence. The British troops in the north- western provinces of India are in movement, in conse- quence of the ...

... [Before James Lewis, Esq., Mayor, and Walter Coffin, gsq.] William Murphy, oi Pentyrch, labourer, was charged with drunkenness. Hcprimanded and dismissed as his offence was not an aggravated one. John Phillips, a lad, son of Mr. Phillips of the Richards A runs beer-houne.. ShA £ fK^Vt!V: missed as it appeared that complainant, who is an aged Irish- woman, was too drunk at the time to know what ...

... DREADFUL TRA.GEDY, - _ I 1 1. Thle followting drcadful tragedy isrelated in the Limericki 14orier/:- On Sunday molning AIr. John 0'Grady, of Mlart inst wn, ne ar Ki Ii lane, took avway the life of his vil I, daughiter of' Mr. Irellry Quninhin, of' ]3allynoal, iear the town ofTipperary, to whorn he had been Married about six niitils, nil more nwfl.l still he subsequently slaughtered the ...

... BUTE DOCKS —Arrived, the Henry, Thomas, Plymoutn, ballast. I j ;i (1 y Selina, Clements, Newport, bricks., Mary Ann, Hammond, Glamorganshire Canal, light. Diuas, Mills, Bristol, li ;ht. Ithondda, Oomican, Bristol, iivht., I'atty, Conch, Fowey, iron ore, Vigilant, Davies, l'orts noatii, b,dlast.. Venus, liowden, Penzance, ditto Lloyd, Glamorganshire Canal, light.. Catherine and Kllen, Hughes, ...

... SAVINGS' BANK.—The examination of Dd. Morgan appeared in our paper of last week as connected with the Merthyr Savings' Bank and allusion is made in it to Mr. Rowland Fothergill, and the other gentlemen who were trustees, respecting money being lent to the bankrupt, and his property being taken possession of by them. The trustees consisted of Sir John Guest, Bart., Edward Hutchins, Esq., W. ...

... WATERLLOQ BAY.I-I.M.S. APOLLO IN II DANGER. rort Elizabeth, Sept. 3, 1846. t Ier 3Majesty's ship Apollo ailled here on her I way to Watcrloo Bay, with thc 73d Regiment on s board, nnd also the Naval Superintendent of S that place, ILcut. Forsyth. Op Thursday oven- s ing, the 2Sth, standing in shore, towards the t Kowic River, it ?? cahn, when finding tihe swell t setting her too near the shore ...

... ELECTION OF TOWN COUNCILLORS.—The gentlemenwho went out of office by rotation, and who came forward to be re- elected, were John Jones, Esq., John Powell, Esq., D. W. Lloyd, Esq., and G. R. Bevan, Esq. There were also two ex- traordinary vacancies to be filled, arising from the death of one of the councillors, and the disqualification of another. A great many of the burgesses having become ...

... A Court for the relief of Insolvent Debtors was held at the Towo-Hall, Cardiff, on Tuesday last before W. J. LAW, Esq., Commissioner. David Morgan, formerly Actuary of the Merthyr Savings' Bank, ana chemist and druggist at Merthyr, waa heard upon his petition to be discharged from cmtody attorney, Mr John Bird, Cardiff. he Insolvency debts, it was stated, amounted to £ 3,900 • his assets he ...

... FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1 84 6. TRADE AND PORT OF CARDIFF We learn from an authentic source, that from the It of January to the 1st of November, 1816, the number of vessels which have entered this port amounts to 5S85; being a consider- able increase over the corresponding period of last year, as during the twelve months of 184ft the number of vessels entered amounted to only 6325; from which, if ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Chepstow, Nov. 3, IS46. SIR,—I have now succeeded in making a highly explosive cot- ton, after several unsuccessful attempts. I prepare my nitric acid in the fallowing manner: Addbenoxide of nitrogen slowly over water, to an excess of oxygen gas. The cotton, when immersed in this acid for ten minutes, becomes white, and loses its elasticity. It is ...

... €tra bottom SCENE—A room in llie barber's Shop tJ > Mr. Nulls. Mr3. Nutts What is all this abo-l gun cotton 1 Cotton going oil-and Dotting up We! as I was saving to tUis. Biggies, over did way, it's eaoogh to frighten a woman from ever taking a needle and cotton in her hand. 1 don't know how it i>, but now, somehow, [ do dread to near my cotton box. Stowgoe Thai's not a new complaint willi ...