... MFDfCAt. Mkm AND Turin PkBions.— At the Shoreditch County Couit, lust week, the learned .Iud:>e, Mr. Sergeant Storks took the opportunity, when delivering judgment in the case 01 Moore 1/. Cornish, to observe that lie bad 00 conception, before he presided in that Court, of the infamous treatment medical men received from ihose who were indebted to them. Every day's experience showed him, that ...

... The British Archaeological Society have determined to hold their next congress at Worcester, instead of Shrewsbury, as pre- viously arranged. At the Oxford county court, last week, a baker was ordered to pay 2s. 10d., the vslue of a dinner which he had spoiled in the baking.-Served hun right. One of the tenants ot an Irish landlord lately partook so greedily of the audit dinner, that he died ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... MERTHYlt LIBRARY. The annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution took place at the library room, on Tuesday evening, November 2nd. At the appointed hour Atr. Needham, the president, took the chair, and in an appropriate address, opened the business of the meeting. The com- mittee were about to resign their office; and it would devolve upon the subscribers to select and appoint their ...

... We copy the following from the dull Racket; and the sunio wholesome advice will hold good in most ether towns in ihe kingdom :— A gentleman has called our attention to a subject which, at the present time, is of peculiar importance lo persons engai-ed in nade, and which, just now, has especial application lo this 'own—we allude to the system of long credit. Although Hull has been in an ...

... We understand that steps have been taken to collect and preserve the various remains of antiquity, which have been found from time to time in this neighbourhood and which are now scattered about, in the possession of many of the inhabitants. It is also hoped, that the very interesting anti- quities lately brought to light by the railway excavations, and which have been noticed in our columns, ...

... CARDIFF. On Saturday last, R. L. Reece, Esq., mayor, Jamesl ...

... INSOLVENT COURT-The first Court for the relief of in solvents, by the Judge of the County Court, was held at Monmouth, on Thursday last. There were four cases for examination—Joseph Pugh. adjourned to the JOth December; William Marsh, remanded for four months T. P. Farrar, and Thomas Sullivan, were unopposed and discharged. MONMOUTH WINTER FArR.-This fair took place on Monday last, and was as ...

... (ficase of Line and Works to the Taff Vale Railway Company.) NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is intended to be made to Parliament in the next Session for an Act to enable the Aberdare Railway Com- pany to lease, upon such terms and conditions as may be or may have been agreed upon between the same Com- pany and the Tatf Vale Railway Company, the Aberdare Railway and Works authorized ...

... POETRY. PASSING UNDER THE ROD. (The subjoined lines, from the pen of Mrs. M. S, B. Dana, are founded on the following passage of Jewish history:—It was the custom of the Jews to select the tenth of their sheep after this manner: The lambs were separated from dams, and enclosed in a sheep-cot, with only one narrow way out; the lambs hastened to join the dams,and a man placed at the entrance, ...

... LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. MONPAY. During last week this market was not excessively supplied with still the arrivals were fully sufficient to satisfy The demand, and even to depress rates, which towards the clo of tbe week declined, not only for wheat, but for most othe' grain. This morning theie was a fair supply of wheat fre*^ up, the condition of which was much inferior to that of l»st ...