... 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. MAGISTRATES' OFFIC E.—FRIDAY. [Before J. C. Fowler, Esq., and Dr. Thomas.] Timothy Hallahan was charged with assaulting P.C. Mat- thews. Fined j61, and costs, or 14 days' hard labour. Lewis Rees, charged with committing an assault on Wm. Roberts, was fined in the full penalty of JES, or two months' imprisonment. Maria Berry, charged with stealing a coat from Ephraim Harris, was ...

... IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN THE TOBACCO DUTIES. THREATENED EXTINCTION OF THE SCOTCH AND IRISH MANUFACTURE. Among what will be considered the minor alteiations pro. posed by Mr. Gladstone on the Customs'-duties, is one which, if the state of our information on the point is not imperfect, will iuflict a great injustice and a still greater injury on the tobacco dealers or manufacturers, especially of ...

... M0NM9TTTF' AWFUL ANp MELANCHOLY odneeday morn- ing last, -deplorable instance fraction occurred MSi;lh°3-DubberlG7, of Church street (who had hitherto been much r ,• Mqw townsman and industrious tradesman), hai^.in-. Ù The faets rela- tive to the atrocious act differ; subjoin the fol. tavmg particulars, pres. '>eing unable to Jffoach the melancttQly siibjeff ;scd and afflicted widow of the ...

... 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 ...

... LLANELLY- PHILANTHROPIC INSTITUTION.—The quarterly meeting of the Philanthropic Institution of the Tredegar district, was held at the Howard Clydach Lodge-room, Beaufort Arms, on the 9th instant. At the above meeting it was unanimously resolved, that a new lodge be opened during the quarter, at Pontymeistr, in the neighbourhood of Risca. There was a public meeting held at the above lodge-room ...

... MONMOUTH. THE SUICIDE OF MR. DUBBERLEY. Last week we gave a brief account of the melancholy sui- cide committed here by Mr. T. Dubberley. The following is a report of the inquest, which was held at the Beaufort Arms on Thursday last, before J. Hughes, Esq., coroner, who, in an address to the jury, in which his feelings, were quite over- powered, observed that, in the present instance, the case ...