... WE are frequently favoured with original poetry for publi- cation. The last contribution received will, no doubt, prove acceptable to our readers when another equally good arrives, we shall not fail to acknowledge its merit, by affording it the same publicity which we now give to the following patriotic effusion upon THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Lo the Duke was formerly England's pride When ...

... At the Marl borough-street Police-office, on Tuesday, Thos. Mackett, a labourer, was charged with murdering a young woman named Eliza Lea, by throwing her into the Regent's Canal. The prisoner was remanded, to await the coroner's inquisition. At Preston, on Monday, James Parker, nutseller, and Ralph Ireland, a joiner, were charged with being concerned in the murder of a nutseller, named Thomas ...

... DEATH. FACE to face I have gazed on death In his regal pomp and sway, When he had snatched the wavering breath From the human form of clay And he was not the fearful thing That painters have limned his form: Unlike he was to a grizzly king Enthroned in fire and storm. I saw him first as a tinv child In his little cradle laid; With his last faint wavering breath he had smiled, And the peaceful ...

... The excitement that preceded the quarterly mee'inge. has been followed by a calmer feeling. The different works are as fully employed upon orders in hand, ns the scarcity of fuel will permit- and the workmen appear in general satisfied with their wages! For af w days little disposition wasshown fo make purchases but there was an equal disinclination to presssales. The consumption of iron has ...

... OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, JAX. 27.-This day, at one a.m., the Germaniar steamer, arrived here. We learn by her that General Godwin imprudently established an advanced post, only 400 strong, at Pegu, 60 miles beyond Rangoon, and easy to be carried by the large Burmese force stationed at Spoy Gyre. The Burmese commandant at Spoy Gyre immediately attacked the British post, and cut off its ...

... Th* Vol 3 tad now a bill before parliament, which in- ho luterests equally important as the other. It be- (jr ^e council now to step forward, and oppose also, i ?ar> hear.) In this they would readily concur, when he Can 1 .eni company were taking powers to stop up the tp fi a^°gether; and more than this, was also intended. One o atlem-in at the Board had the public spirit, in the last par- ...

... LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. MONEY AND RAILWAY MARKET. m, n Wednesday Evening. The English funds opened this morning at an improvement of an eighth, which was maintained with steadines,through- out the day. Consols were quoted 991 to 8 for money, and 99| for the March account. Some considerable Government purchases supported the mnrket, which was generally quiet, and free from tendency to ...

... Meddyliaf ti am Gymru Ion, Ei dynion a'i mynyddoedd; Ac ni anghofiaf, nos na dydd, Ei threfydd na'i dyffrynoedd Meddyliaf hefyd am y fan, Yn ymyl glan yr afon, Lie mae hi'n byw, anwylaf ferch, A ddygodd serch fy nghalon. Er na chaf weled mwy fy ngwlad, Na mam, na thad, na chyfaill, Gan mai fy nhynged i a fydd I rodiaw gwledydd eraill. Meddyliaf cto am y fan, Yn ymyl glan yr afon, Lie mae hi'n ...

... CARDIFF. SACRED CONCERT AT THE CARDIFF ARMS ASSEMBLT ROOMS.—The members of the Cardiff Classical Harmonists' Society gave their first concert at the above-named rooms, on Monday evening last, when upwards of two hundred persons availed themselves of the opportunity of hearing some choice selections from the works of the immortal Handel, and other great masters. For some days previously, the ...

... SMITUFIELD CATTLE MARKET, MONDAY, JAN. 31. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of beasts fresh up to-day were on the increase, and in good condition, at a decline of 2d per 81bs. The supply of sheep on offer was again very limited. For all breeds the demand ruled active, but no actual advance took place in the quotations. Although the supply of calves was tolerably good, the veal ...

... RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS. On Wednesday, the standing orders of the House of Com- 3«rCSgs •-ilh ,e Cr' 0f SWANSEA VALE RAILWAY AND BRANCHES. -The stand- ing orders were declared and complied with on the ground of some errors in levels and books of reference. The estimated cost of construction is £ 120,0i 0. WORCESTER, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY.-For construc- tion of a railway between ...

... Various causes have operated unfavourably for the progress of these institutions, in this town, during the past year or two. While, however, it may be prudent to set up the neglects or the failures of the past, as a warning for the future, it is far from wise or manly to be thereby dispirited from advancing with becoming zeal. Rather should these omissions or failures promote a vigorous re ...