... we learn that the harvest, should this weather con- tinue, will be nearly equal to that of last year, which was said to be one of the finest on record; but when it is remembered, that a larger breadth of land was sown with wheat this year than last, we may infer that the yield will be equal. THE WR AR. —Elsewhere we publish an account of the fall of Sweaborg, which was considered as a link in ...

... MERTHYR POLICE COURTS. MONDAY, August 21st, 1855, Before WM. THOMAS, Esq., and the Rev. C. MAYBERY. DESERTING A FAMILY.—Evan Evans, who made a humble apology for having neglected his toilet, was charged with absconding from his family, leaving them, thereby, chargeable to the parish of Aberdare. Allowed to settle with the Relieving Officer. LOVELY INNOCENCE.—Daniel Donovan, charged by! John ...

... To the Editor of the Usk Observer. SIR.-I suspected the Trostrey Weir Association to be a Myth, or a Great Pelican. Now I am told, it is five Gentlemen, some of whom have an un-appeasable voracity for nsh but I can hardly believe it. For sixty or seventy years, and no doubt from ah earlier period, the inhabitants of Usk and its neighbourhood have enjoyed the right of angling for small fry ...

... THE BALTIC. Triumphant Success. THE DESTRUCTION OF SWEABORG. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DANTSIC, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 11 A.M. The bombardment of Sweaborg commenced at 6 o'clock last Thursday morning, and continued until daylight on Saturday. The town itself is burnt to the ground,—not one house left. The dockyards are completely destroyed. All the earthworks and batteries are knocked to pieces. Six ...

... RHYMNEY RAILWAY COMPANY. Capital—• £ 200,000 in 20,000 Shares of L10 each. Lhyosit, £ 1 10s. per Share. DIRECTORS. Chairman—John Boyle, Esq., 4, Somer's-place, Hyde- park, Trustee of the Marquis of Bute's Estates. William Austin, Esq., 102, Great Russell-street, Blooms- bury-square. Henry Austin Bruce, Esq., M.P., Duffryn, Aberdare, Glamorganshire. Stephen Cave, Esq., 23, Wilton-place, London. ...

... BLAENAVON. BLAENAVON IRON AND COAL COMPANY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERLIN.] SIR,—A writer in the Mining Journal of the 11th inst., who signs himself Delta, inquires under what law this company is constituted and conducted, as their deed of settlement is said to empower the directors to select their own shareholders. The company was formed in the year 1836, under a com- mon deed of settlement, ...

... LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the Euston station, for the transaction of the general business of the company, and to consider the propriety of consolidating into stock so many of the London and Birmingham B20 shares, and the Manchester and Birmingham C B10 shares as have been fully paid up, the Marquis of Chandos in the chair. The ...

... ISSUING A FORGKD CHEQUE FOR JE700 EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Edward Agar, a respectable middle-aged man, was brought up in custody by Daniel Forrester, on Thurs- day last, charged with uttering a forged cheque for £700, on Messrs. Stevens, Salt, and Bankers, 20, Lombard- street. Mr. Mullins, solicitor to the Bankers' Association, ap- peared for the prosecutor and Mr. Wontner for the prisoner. William ...

... EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COUNTY CLERK.—On Wednes- day information was given to the police that George Harrison Bennett, late in the employment of John Eden, Esq., assistant county clerk at Cambridge, has absconded with a very considerable sum of money, belonging to his employer. A large reward is offered for his apprehen- sion. NORWICH,—Mr. Edmund Wodehouse, late M.P. for East Norfolk, died on ...

... ABERTILLERY. ODDFELLOWS' ANNIVERSARY.—On Monday last, the Prince Howel Lodge of Oddfellows (M. U.,) celebrated their anniversary at the Oddfellows' Arms, Abertillery. Between 30 and 40 sat down to an excellent dinner, pro- vided in host Cardy's best style. After dinner, P.G. Benjamin Samuel was unanimously voted to the chair; P.G. Anthony Jones acting as vice-chairman. The Queen, Prince Albert ...

... On Tuesday, Lieutenant-General Pipon, the Assistant- Adjutant-General, Inspected the West Suffolk Militia, now embodied at Bury St. Edmunds; and on Wednes- day their new colours were presented by Lady Elizabeth Hervey. INFAMOUS CONDUCT.—On Wednesday morning, upon the first up-train on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester railway nearing Holme Lacy station, it was discovered that a stone weighing ...

... CAUTION TO OVERSEERS.—ON Tuesday, the 31stult, the Overseers of Caerleon were summoned before the Magis- trates, for neglecting to meet the call of the Board of Guar- dians of the Newport Union. The money having been paid in before the sitting commenced, they were ordered to pay the costs only. Benjamin Wixey, a laborer, was summoned to appear on the same day, for cutting down an ash tree, on ...