... THE CRops.-I have. in the early part of this week, taken a ride through the extensive parish of Bedwelty, and minutely noticed the progress of vegetation on the best as well as the poorest land. Never, perhaps, has fine weather done so much in so short a time every description of crop shows health and luxuriance, particularly wheat, where there has been any thing like good farming; the ridges ...

... FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE. A most fearful steam-boat explosion occurred on Friday morning at the pier close to the Fox under-the-Hill, almost at the back of the Sun office, between which and London Bridge the Cricket, the Ant, and the Bee, three new and beautifully constructed steam-boats, ply, carrying passengeis at the small fare of a half-penny each. Shortly before half-past nine o'clock on ...

... olIn otINIBUS. A NATURAL QUERY.—A countryman called at the Observa. tory on the Carlton-hill, Edinburgh, and desired to be shown the moon through a telescope. The waggish attendant directed the instrument towards Kitkaldy, and the man was delighted to see streets, houses, and signboards, just such as we have in this world. But he was stiuck with astonishment when he observed on one of the ...

... TREDEGAR.—On Monday last a young man, 20 years of age, named David I nomas, tailor, was drowned while bathing in a pond on Cefngalcus, near this town. Three hours had elapsed before he was got out of the w ater. ...

... Now Christmas is come, Let us beat up the drum, And cali all our neighbours together And when they appear, Let us make 'em such cheer As will keep out the wind and the weather. Much good may it do the heart of the writer of tho above for, as it has been happily said, Or all the old festivals, that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. There is a tone of solemn ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sm,-The encl05ed letter addressed to the Beacon at the given date, was, after a week, neither inserted nor acknowledged in the Notices to Correspondents, (owing to the absence of the Editor, as alleged,) whereupon I wrote to the Editor desiring either its insertion in the forthcoming paper, or its return in sufficient time (with your consent) to ...

... BANK DISCOUNTS The following notice was posted on Thurs- day, at the Discount-office of the Bank of England — t he minimum rale of interest on bills discounted at the Bank of Eng- land not having more than 95 days to run, is £5 per ceut. April 8. 1847. NEW ROMAN CATOHLIC CATHEDRAL.-We have heard that the Roman Catholics of Edinbmgh, on Saturday, concluded a bargain for the purchase of large ...

... To the Editor of t:,e Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—With reference to a report of the meeting of this Com pany, held in Bristol on Wednesday the 17th. published in the MERLIN of Saturday, the 20th, ult., the Rev. Robert Knight, of Tythegstone, Glamorganshire, a shareholder and mortgagee in the undertaking, has thought proper to address the following paragraph to the Cardiffalld Guar(iian:- Sin ...

... TO THE MEMBERS OF the 17SK FARMERS' CLUB. GtMTHMKN.—The day after our annual meeting I received from our friend and neighbour, Mr. Purchas. a memorandum he had made whilst on a recent visit to Mr. Warne, ef that gentle- man's system of box feeding and also a letter expressing regret that be was unable to attend our meeting—a loss, I must g.iy, much greater ours than his. Had I received the mem ...

... CARDIFF POLICE.—MONDAY, f EPT. 13, Present—James Lewis, E-q., mayor, the Rev. Jas. E rans, and iv. Reece, F.S.A. Elizabeth Thomas was cinrged with being drunk and disor- derly iti Bute-street, which was proved by PC Thurston.—One month's hard labour in the House ot Correction. Martha Thomas was lined 5s. and -is. costs, for a similar offence. Paid. A LATTER-DAY PAINT RATHER REEKY. Thomas ...

... POWER OF INSTINCT EXEMPLIFIED IN THE BLENNIU8 PHOLIS, 8HANNY OR SHAN. A specimen of this fish wis brought me on the 3rd of June. On placing it in a glass vessel of see water, it appeared perfectly quiet for some hoars, bat at length became restless, and made frequent attempts to throw itself oat of the water. It then oc- curred to me that on a former oceasion, when by the eea side, I had a ...

... CHURCH MISSIONS. On the evening of Monday last the Annual and General Meeting of the Cardiff Auxiliary of the Church Missionary Society was held in the Town-hall, Cardiff, upon which occasion the chair was taken by THE VENERABLE, THE ARCHDEACON OF LLANDAFF. who was supported by the presence of a numerous and influential body of clergy, as well as by a great many of the gentry, tradesmen, and ...