... THE RIVERS. The rain that has (alien of late has had a favourable effect on a'.1 our rivers. the fresh came most opportunely upon the spawning season, and all the beds now instinct with life, iuve a fair ch,nce of being covered and protected till the young salmon aie out 01 their first dangers. The sea- coast stations yield a few fish every day, and the Ness is as productive as most of the ...

... BELIEVE not I forget thee not for one Dark moment have I been thus self-divided From that deep consciousness, which is for ever The joy of all my thoughts it were to lose My own existence—a chill blank in life; For all is colourless, when love deserts The heart—sole centre of all joy and woe, Whose light or gloom all nature wears. Believe My heart still weary, till it turns to thee, The load ...

... OMEGA AND THE PUBLIC OF BRYNMAWR. TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—Being a constant reader of the MERLIN, my at- tention was arrested by a letter in your ;columns of last week, signed Omega, in which the writer makes a bold attack on me and my fellow-townsmen, which I do not feel disposed to pocket. Omega opens his battle with great spirit, and dashes into the field as though he had blocks of wood ...

... MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH-ST., NEWPORT. SATURDAY. Present:—The Rev. Thomas Pope and the Rev. Chancellor Williams. James Lewis and John Stanton were charged with neglecting their work, while in the employ of Mr. Roger Keene, Witson. They were charged on separate infor- mations. Lewis said he had not broken his contract with Mr. Keene; but Mr. Keene had done so with him.—Mr. Keene said the ...

... BLACKWOOD. ODDFELLOWSHIP.-The officers and brothers of the Pros- perity Lodge of Oddfellows, M.U., celebrated their anni. versary on Saturday, the 5th instant, at the Carpenters Arms Inn. About seventy sat down, and enjoyed the liberal dinner prepared by Host Henry Blatch. A number of toasts and sentiments were given during the evening and speeches and songs pleasantly interspersed the ...

... REPORT ON RAILWAYS, 1853. The report of the proceedings of the Railway Depart- ment of the Board of Trade, during the year 1853, by Captain Galton, R.E., has been issued. The report states that the length of new lines of railway sanctioned by the Legislature in the United Kingdom, dur- ing the year 1853, was 940 miles, which amount is very O isiderably greater than that sanctioned during any ...

... WRECK OF THE TANCRED. The Tancred, Mason, master, from Liverpool to Smyrna with coals, struck on the Arklow Bank, on Wednesday about 10 o'clock, p.m. The crew were brought to Dublin on the evening of the 19th inst. The crew of the Tancred were directed to one of those places called 'Sailor's hauses. Mr. Marshall, secretary to the Sailors' Home, understanding that their board was stopped by ...

... MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, IIIGH-ST., NEWPORT. SATURDAY. Present: —The Rev. Thos. Pope and the Rev. Chan- cellor Williams. The magistrates were to-day entitled to white kid gloves, this being a maiden sessions. Not a single charge was to be heard; and the zealous police officers, Trewartha and Cook, together with all the law officers of the court, looked like Downing-street people when out of ...

... A GLAMORGANSHIRE TAR AT ODESSA. The following is a copy of a letter which Mr. Thomas Edmonds, cf Aberaman, received-oll May 25th, from his son, William Edmonds, [engineer on bocrd. H.M. steamer Retribution :— Dear Father,—I arrived at Malta or the 29th March, and had a pleasant passage out, barring the Bay of Biscay. I stayed at Malta six days, until I could get a passage out to the fleet. I ...

... MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN SH.OPSHIRE. On Saturday last, John Lloyd, a faiu labourer, was committed for trial at tho Shropshire assies, on the very serious charge of having murdered John Qtins, a vIllage blacksmith, who resided at Nescliff, eigt miles froØ Shrewsbury, on the Holyhead-road. On Tuesday morning, the 28th of February Gittins arose about five o'clock, and, preceded by his youth fro19 16 ...

... LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH. The young Marquis of Bute, with his mother, the Mar- chioness, and the visitors at present at Cardiff Castle, walked in procession from St. Mary's School-room, on Wednesday week, to the neighbourhood of Newtown, a new and densely-populated locality, where a new church is to be erected for the use of the Welsh portion of the commu- nity. At two ...

... ODDFELLOWSHIP. Ord 6 n?embers of the Loyal Trefdith Castle Lodge of tliis hotfO^ anniversary social meeting at the Crown (w -Newport, in this town, on Tuesday last, on which the S °n upwards of 120 of the brethren assembled round fo * ...