... Notwithstanding that the supply of English wheat on offer in to-day's market was extremely small, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy in the extreme, at barely Monday's reduc- tion in the quotations, and at which a clearance of tho was not effected. Upwards of 11,000 quarters of foreign wK have come fresh to hand this week, chiefly from the WPU ward, oo little business was transacted in that ...

... No. VIII. [WRITTEN fOR THE MERLIN.] The reader will now have the goodness to remevber that preaching is eminently popular in Wales and let him suppose Christmas Evans to be at an Association of Ministers and Churches. It it Wednesday morning, in the second or third week in June, a beautiful tine day and the assembly meets in a emall dell among the mountains of Caeroanoolilbire, described to ...

... RKOISTEUBO LETTERS, fcc.—Th* P08tmao, „ issued the following important notice, which eneral has- will be generally adopted by the public, with th^ 1° r°^d' it. afloi-its, lor the transmitting small 8lnil8 so .« fa.c,llt-v by post, and the advantage of registering their w,* rgC 'ainin^ value :— it 18 not sa e to transmit letters cont^*1 inS coin or articles of jewellery through the POBt ffi1 ...

... THE ROAD TO THE NEWPORT BARRACKS. [TO THE EDITOR. SlR|Tr¥lg0.rer'Ld in fecent numbersof your useful paper, several letteFf; calling the attention of the authorities of the town of Newport to the state of the streets and roads in and near the borough, I beg to say that if the person or persons whose duty it is to look to such roads, would condescend, once in six months to observe the road ...

... FRIDAY, JANUARV 10, 1851. CHURCH EXTENSION. WE are glad to have to announce that the Arch- bishops of CANTERBI/RY and YORK, and the Bishops of LONDON and WINCHESTER, have respectively addressed a Letter to their Clergy authorising them on Sunday week next, the 19th instant, to preach Sermons in their several Churches and to make Col- lections, in aid of Church Extension, as one of the most ...

... MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. THE COUNTY COURT.—That happy approximation to cheap justice, and simplification of legal processes, ap- pears to woik very satisfactorily; and business seems crowded into it in an almost exhanstless stream, much to the satisfaction, no doubt, of the officers; but, in the amount of dishonesty exhibited, the complete disregard for truth in the cross-»wearintr, and ...

... PUBLIC OFFICERS. An important, but rather noisy and itregular, meeting was held oo Tuesday, which continued from ten o'clock in the fore- noon, till about four in the afternoon in the course of which, there were divers altercations between different sections and members of the council, and many personalities bandied about, defying the utmost care and watchfulness of the mayor, to pre- vent, ...

... Down by a river, Aweeptngmaidstote, Black as that river, The flow of her soul. Deep as that river, The woes that oppressed her: Wild as that river, The thoughts that possessed ber; Fa3t as that river, Flowed her heart's blood, As by the river, A moment she stood, White as the river, When rising in loam, Her death-stricken cheek, As she turned from ber home; The soft locks that pressed The snow ...

... Present-Captain King and Rev. Richard Williams. Joseph Strong wns committed for two months, for assault- ing Harriet Williams. Albert Roach and Jokm Watkins were committed for trial, the former for stealing, and the latter for receiving,two brass bearings, the property of Mr. Hughes, of the Abbey Works. Joseph Beams was fined 5s for being drunk. Three gypsies, named Stokes and Jane, were fined ...

... CORN MARKET, Dec. 28.—Wheat, 38s. 4d.: barley, 22s. per quarter. ANNUAL SUPPER.-The tradesmen's annual supper took place at the King's Head Inn, on Tuesday evening last, and was attended by upwards of fifty guests. J. Dyke, Esq., pre- sided. The good tilings of this life graced the board, in choice profusion: the respected chairman, with his ready wit and good humour, contributed most ...

... « TOWN HALL, NEWPORT.-MONDAY. Magistrates present—W. C. Webb, (mayor), and Thomas Hughes, Esqrs. CAUTION TO IIIBINE STORR DRAiEltS. William Venn, marine rtore dealer, near the Dock, was charged by ftlr. English, Willi reoeiviog a large quantity of stolen rope, belonging to a Norwegian vessel named Victoria, lying in the Dock, knowing it to be sloleD.-III this case, it ap- peared that upwards ...

... THE GREAT EXHIBITION',—A large number pf package; have been brought by the steamer Suitau, wbtch has arrived at Southampto.nf.rom Constantinople, which are consigned to a high diplomatic functionary in this country, and are intended for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Indmtry of all Nations in Hyde-park, and will be ptaced in the bonded premises under the approved regulations until the ...