MONDAY, APRIL 24.— Mr. Fenton, the new member Roch- dale, took the oaths and his seat. The Sheriffs of London presented a petition from the lord. mayor, aldermen, and common-council, praying for a revision of the land-tax.—A number of petitions were presented, and some bills, not
April 29, 1837 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
On Sunday a silver coin of Eliza belli (half-shilling) was found in a meadow at Widemarsh, near Hereford a coll be"t- i foot, struck the coin, which attracted thi» attention of the person who found it.
April 29, 1837 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
VERDICT FOR LORD MELBOURN E. 4. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22. NOKTON V. MELLOUHNE. At an early hour this morning, both the public and private entrances to the Court were thronged with people eager to procure any place from which they could, hear the smallest portion
June 25, 1836 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
SATURDAY, J lILY 14.—The India Steam Ship Com-pao(oppec Bill was read a third time and passed. 1330 ■ Sir F. Maule moved the third reading of the Scotch PfisooTmpgri Bill. After a discussion relative to some proposed amendments (jQ1 Mr. Blair said that as the proposition which he
July 21, 1838 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
FROM THE CASTLE IN AIR, TO THE LITTLE COR- NER OF THE EARTH. In the region of clouds, where the whirlwinds arise, My castle of fancy was built; The turrets reflected the blue of the skies, And the windows with sun-beams were gilt. The rainbow sometimes in its beautiful state Enam
May 9, 1835 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
EARTHQUAKE IN MONMOUTHSHTFTK. A considerable portion of Monmouthshire felt a severe shock of earthquake, on Sunday morning last. The weather, for some days previously, had been stormy and unseasonable the rain continued to fall iri torrents, frequently accompanied with gusts of w
September 7, 1839 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
.or-Sd?A2I<7. LETTER OF TIIE GOVERNMENT Jt'NTA OF THE PROVINCE OF CADIZ TO HIS EXCELLENCY J. ALVAREZ MENDIZABAL. "Excellency,—The Junta, on being informed that her Majesty the Queen had committed to your hands the Financial department, and invited you to form a new Administration
October 17, 1835 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Mr. Theodore Hook, the witty author of Sayings and Doings," it appears has undertaken the editolship of the New Monthly Magazine. The ladies are very much obliged to a Barrister of the Mid- dle Temple for presenting them with a small volume "The Ladies' Cabinet Lawyer,"
December 24, 1836 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
ECONOMY.—On Monday, the 4th instant, five lunatic paupers belonging to the parish of Greenwich, were removed from that place to the asylum near Maidstone, in one of Wheatley's stage coaches, drawn by four horses, accompanied by five overseers of the poor, a churchwarden, one of h
August 16, 1834 - Monmouthshire Merlin - Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales