... øortrr. THE CHURCHYARD AND THE CROSS. BY ELIZABETH YOUATT. I know a. quiet churchyard, where the moss Flings its grey mantle o'er the mouldering stone; And where the dead steep silent and alone, Beneath the shadow of an anri:>;it cross. No dainty carvings on the ho, of prayer, No architectural beauties to flight. No pictured glories to the sight— An emblem lone th;:t undent cross was there. ...

... FRANCE.—The Paris papers of Monday have been received, with letters from our correspondents in Spain and Switzerland. The crisis which had Arrived in the affairs of Spain occupied the Paris press and the Paris public on that day to an extent not recently experienced. The failure of Narvaez to form an administration of which the Queen could approve was, it appears, deemed complete. The Cabinet ...

... 81, Harley-street, June 1847. My dear Sir Digby,-I have to acknowledge the receipt, on the 15th instant, of your letter of the 11th, and of the paper accom- panying it. I hardly know how to make a full and fair reply. To the pre. amble 1 could not agree, believing what has been done, to be well and salutary for the Church of England, and just towards the Roman Catholics in Ireland. With regard ...

... CUKE FOR THE POTATOE DISEASE.—The Rcfjrme states that M. Ratier, a farmer, near Poictieis, has completely succeeded in preserving his potatoe crop from the prevailing malady, by placing a handful of common salt on each poition of seed. A similar experiment has been tried at Thaou. in the department of the Upper Rhine, with equal success, by M. Willien, a che- mist. In the latter case, twenty ...

... Momiiouthshire Lent Assizes. « The Assizes for this county commenced at Monmouth on Thursday iattt, on the evening of which day the commission was opened by Mr. Sergeant Allen, with the usual forms. William Mark Wood, Esq., the High Sheriff, with his retinue, arrived ai Monmouth, on Wednesday, and, rather late on Thursday even- ing, proceeded to meet the judges, who were detained at Here- ford ...

... PONTYPOOL. LOOK UNDER VOUR BEDS.— AD event wh'ch has caused no little excitement in this town, occurred some few evenings since. A respectable tradesman and his better half, on retiring to their wonted repose in the arms of Morpheus, were somewhat sur- prised to bnd their wardrobe, and ether receptacles of that which is valuable, somewhat distuibed from their accustomed security. The good lady ...

... BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS BIRTHS. At Blenheim Palace, the Duchess t'ow^ T On the 26th ult., Mrs. Charles Harman, of this town, of a DAUGHTER' MARRIAGE At Prestbury, Cheltenham, onf^d *7 t^eT?Rev- 7 Wlwarri* vicar Edward Marrell, k«q., of Mach Birch. Ross, to Elizabeth Isabella, youngest daughter of the late Colonei hS& £ £ £ .t 'S?11 sir Robert Houstoun, Bart, C.B., of Clerkmgton, ...

... LUNATIC ASYLUMS. To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. Sitt,-At the present moment, when the care and treatment of lunatics is a subject of deep interest to the country at large, but more particularly to those counties which, under the power of a recent Act of Parliament, (8th and 9th Vic., cap, 126,) will properly be compelled to provide suitable accommodation for their pauper lunatics, ...

... MR. TA.LIE.SIX WILLIAMS (An IOLO).—This well-known Welsh literary character breathed his last on the 16th inst., at his residence, at Merthyr. He was the son of Mr. Edward Williams (Iolo Morgmiwg), one of the editors of the Myryrian Archieology. He was also the author of two poems, illustra- trative of Cambrian Antiquities, Cardiff Castle,'and Colyn Dolphyn and also an essay, embracing the ...

... THURSDAY. Magistrates present-T M. Llewellin (mayor,) Wm. Brererl and Thomas Hawkins, Esqrs. Llewellin Nicholas and Robert White, stewards of a benefiA society held at the Ship and Pilot, again appeared to answet the demand of Thomas Davies, a member of the same society,)! for £ 12. 7s., the balance of money due to him from the fwdsilg —Mr. John Phillpotts argued long and forcibly againut ...

... THE vagueness of royal speeches has long formed, and not without reason, a subject of sarcasm with the press of this country. Candour, however, ap- pears to us to require the admission, that, situated as the present ministry are, and as the country is, too, they have exercised a wise discretion in ab- staining, as far as possible, from reference to topics which might lead to disputes in the ...

... SACRaD MUSIC.—The following compliment from Mr. Jones, one of the first private singers of the day, must be highly gra- tifymg to the choir of Tredegar Church Dear Lloyd, I feel obliged by your taking me to church this morning, as I was much gratified by the way in which the Jubilate was sling by your Tredegar singers. Indeed, there are few churches in the metropolis that can excel them I am, ...