... ■SPORTING.—On Saturday, the 22nd ult., the Monmouth- shire Hounds met at Llanarth, and, through the incle- mency of the weather, and the state of the ground, met WIth two misfortunes:—the first, having no run; and the ?econd, the huntsman, Mr. Morris, receiving a very severe injury from the fall of his horse-breaking his collar bone and two of his ribs-On Monday, the 24th ult.: the same Pack ...

... PONTYPOOL. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—On Sunday week sermons were preached in Trevethin Church, in the morn- ing, and St. Luke's, Pontnewynydd, in the evening, by the Rev. S. Hodgson, of Pillgwenlly, Newport and in the Town School-room, by the Rev. Thomas Davies, A.M., in aid of the funds of the above society. On Monday evening, the annual meeting of the Pontypool branch of this society took ...

... [FROM THE GERMAN.] THE Angel of the flowers one day, Beneath a rose-tree sleeping lay; That spirit to whose charge is given To bathe young buds with dew from Heaven. Awakening from his light repose, The angel whispered to the rose, Oh! fondest object of my care, Still fairest found, where all is fair, For the sweet shade thou'st given to me, Ask what thou wilt, 'tis granted thee. Then said the ...

... SATURDAY. Present—The Rev. Thos. Pope, Rev. Chancellor Williams, O. Morgan, Esq., M.P., Thos. Gratrex, Esq., and W. H. M. Style, Esq. ASSAULT AT RISCA. Mary Coglan was charged with assaulting Julia Murray. This was purely an Hibernian fracas, which took place at Risen, in which the defendant hot the complainant on the eye with a stone, till the blood did pour down like rain; and tore her ...

... THE FARMER'S COLUMN. ON RFWARDS AND PRIZES TO AGHtCtTTURAL LABOURERS. At the Usk and Abergavenny Farmers' Club gatherings, which we reported in last week's MEIILIN, rewards to agl icultural labourers and servants were numerous, and excited a pretty lair emulation among those useful classes. Our attention has been drawn, by an esteemed agricultural friend, to the following artic e, from The ...

... ADDRESSED TO MISS GEORGIANA M A STORM-CLOUD gathered o'er me— A cloud of densest gloom; Then a sunbeam darted through it, And glided in my room. It glanced in through my window- That sweet reviving ray One moment round me lingered, Then softly passed away. I know not why it cheered me, Nor what it meant to say, Bnt oh! its light inspired me With new delights that day. Enough—it came from ...

... SECOND AND THIRD PAGES.—In these pages of to-day's MERLIN, will be found the Municipal Election proceed- ings, Newport police reports, and local matters from Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Caerleon, Merthyr, &c., &c. THE SEASON TICKETS ON THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAIL- WAYS.—TO all persons who travel much, periodical tickets are an obvious convenience, as well as saving; while, from the economy of time and ...

... ABERSYCHAN. NEW ORGAN.—The new organ lately erected at Aber- sychan Church, by Mr. John Clark, organ-builder, of Bath, was opened on Monday last; Mr. John Foot, organist at Christ Church, Bath, presiding on the occasion. There was a numerous and respectable audience in attendance, during both the morning and evening services and the collections made towards the organ fund were satisfactory. ...

... GEORGE DAWSON delivered one of his most brilliant and effective lectures at our Town-hall, on Monday evening last. The subject embraced a sketch, by way of parallel and contrast, of two of the most remarkable men of modern times—Napoleon and Wellington. Carrying his audience with him back to the days when Napoleon Bonaparte waS but a simple lieutenant, the lecturer descanted upon his aspiring ...

... I THINK OF THEE. DEDICATED TO MISS RHODA WILLIAMS, CAERPHl1'11 I think of thee, when eve's last blush Falls mournfully on heart and eye Of thee, when morn's first glories gush In gold and crimson o'er the sky My thoughts are thine 'mid toil and strife, Thine when from toil and peril free Ay, RHODA, thine, e'er thine !—my life Is but a throbbing thought of thee. I think of thee 'mid spring's ...

... STEA M NAVIGATION TO AUSTRALIA. ^\e are at length beg'nni g to reap though very tne benefit of steam navigation to Australia. At las' u nave found steamers in the Harbinger and Argo W'' f are able to compete successfully with the best sa»* vessels, and to establish what people had almost beg»^ aoubt—the superiority of steam over sails for the PufP 0t ot Ocean communication with Australia- We ...

... GARDEN OPERATIONS, &c. [From the Gardener's Chronicle.) THK PLANT DEPARTMENT. CONSERVATORY.—As the beauty of out-door scenery gives way before the storms of all/Umn, the conservatury should be made as attractive as possible, as it will now become in some respects the only place where flowering plants can be inspected with comfort in unfavourable weather to assist this, let the requisite ...