... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. It is with regret that we find ourselves again placed in the con- dition of apologists to numerous correspondents and some agents, for the postponement of their favours. This, we are free to confess, has been too often the case in the last few months, in consequence of the increase of advertisements, arising from extended circulation. In order to avoid incon- ...

... TRANSPLANTING WHEAT. Presuming this work to be now completed, and the plants fully established in growth, hack-hoeing between them should now be persisted in, in order to the encouragement and full development of the roots; every inch of the soil around each plant should be stirred two or three inches deep Kith a hack-hoe, to admit air, &c in preference to the barbarous horse hoe, which ...

... BRYNMAWR. MESMERISM V. MORMONISM.—A little excitement has been caused here, in consequence of a discussion on Mormonism having been announced to take place at the Beaufort Arms Inn. The orators were an M.D named Cook) aad Mr. Thomas, a pro eS8°r P T electro-biology, and many other ologies a • J. Thomas, a Mormonist preacher. Our curio y ong others, to the scene of the wordy war, hoping to gam ...

... MERTHYR AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. On the 6th of April, Mr. H. A. BRUCE presented to the House of Commorw three petitions from the working- men of Merthyr, Dowlais, and Vaynor against the open- ing of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. The petition from Merthyr had 3,352 signatures thatfrom Dowlais, 1,802 and that from Vaynor, 375. All the persons who signed the said petitions, with very few exceptions, ...

... CORN-KXCHANGE, MONDAY. At this morning's market there was a slJlall show of wheat from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and the supply from other quarters was moderate. The dry weather lately ex- perienced has acted favourably on the condition, and there was a decided improvement in this respect to-day. The millers consequently bought rather more freely than of late, and a clearance was made at ...

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... At a vestry held on Monday, the 11th inst. the Ven. Archdeacon Clough, in the chair, the plan of the ex- tensive alterations intended to be made in the Mold Church, was submitted for the inspection of the inha- bitants. There were present Messrs. Johnt WVilliam Jones, T. W. Eyton, C. B. Clough, and P. Williams Churchwaidens together with a great number of householders ; after careful ...

... THURSDAY, the 31st of MARCH, 1853. The races of this town, which have, for years past, been the theme and admiration of the surrounding counties, have again come round in thier turn, to cheer up the spirits of the inhabi- tants, and to the delight of the sporting circle, after a long and an inclement season, which up to the present time con- tinues with frosty nights, but fine and sunshine ...

... merthyr- We are given to understand that in consequence of the rate of charges on the Taff Vale Railway, and other causes, the Dowlais Iron Company have purchased the land necessary to enable them to form a junction with the Vale of Neath xv&il- way at Caegurwen, and that after the opening of the railway from Merthyr, the Dowlais iron will be shipped at the ports of Britonferry and Swansea. ...

... LONDON CORN EXCHA.NGE.-W*xsuAy Our market to day was very moderately supplied with English wheat; nevertheless the demand for all descriptions was in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to those ob- tained on Monday. The general quality of the samples was tolerably good. The arrivals of wheat from abroad have exceeded 9,000 quarters. Really fine parcels changed hands at fnll quota- tions; ...

... • v ONE tottering step, and one helpless cry— One crash into the wave- And the gentle child is quivering still Within the watery grave. Ah! weakly and wildly writhes his form Amid the swift stream's foam- As he hurries away through the strangling spray, By the door-steps of his home. Lank, long, and wet, are the curly locks, As white as the Spring-bud's breast, That rested, like light, in ...