... LIVERPOOL, OCT. 6.—The directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail-road having offered, in the month of April last, a prize of X500 for the best locomotive engine, the trial of the carriages which had been constructed to contend for the prize commenced to-day. The running ground was on the Manchester side of the Rainhill-bridge, at a place called Kenrick's cross, about nine miles from ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Mertin. Sip,-One would imagine, from the style of assumption adopted by your correspondent, Mr. John Renie, that he was the oracle of Monmouth,—the literary mouth-piece through which all its inhabitants were content to trumpet forth their united opi- nions. As one of such inhabitants, I must confess that I see no reason for applauding the conduct of the ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. MR. EDITOR,—Your report in the last Merlin of the damage done by the late high tides in our great Western Estuary may, perhaps, give an additional interest to the account of a similar, though far more tremendous and awful visitation, which more than two centuries ago befel many of those parts through which the Merlin now travels. We have every reason ...

... NOMINATION OF SHERIFFS.—A Privy Council was held at two o'clock on Thursday afternoon in the Court of Ex- chequer, at Westminster Hall, for the purpose of nominating persons to fill the office of Sheriff for the several counties in England during the ensuing year. At the time appointed the Chancellor of the Exchequer entered the Court, in his splendid robes of office, followed by the Privy ...

... St. James's Palace, June 10.—The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, Esq. his Majesty's Solicitor-General. ...

... Lisbon papers to the 8th instant mention the arrival of a vessel from St. Michael's, which had brought an account of the operations of the squadron blockading Terceira. Five vessels had been taken, which attempted to force the block- ade of the island—namely, an English brig and schooner, and a yacht, which were sent to the island of St. Michael, and two Portuguese yachts, which are kept for ...

... Those who have often witnessed the proceedings of the Court of Chancery will have observed the frequent delays that occur to consequence of the non-attendance of counsel. We are glad to perceive that the Vice-Chancellor has had firmness enough to enforce an old order, which directs that every cause in which counsel are absent when called upon shall be struck out of the paper. This day week ...

... ■ .'A'fttjyal Prodtraation in last^Uesday*sXJaZeffe #irefifs Parliament shall meet for the dispatch of business on ^6 4th of February next. It is not in our power to say Vehat-measures are prepared to be brought forward during 3 ensuing Session. Uuhappily we have no friends in the tivy Council, through whom we can obtain that premature Sort of intelligence, which our more fortunate ...

... REMG^AUO^ -VAGRANTS. The Deputy Governor of the Corporation of the Poor of Bris- tol has published a statement in answer to the Report of the Clerk of the Peace at the last Cumberland Quarter Sessions and in refutation of the charges of fraud and imposture alleged to have been systematically followed at Bristol in the passing of vagrants. I have read, says Mr. Ilerapath, a report of the Clerk ...

... A VisiT TO THE DEAD SEA.—(From a recent account.)—Hav- ing hired a Bedouin to 1 e my guide, and made him eat with me to be assured of his fidelity, I committed myself to his care and set out at midnight. We marched through the bed of the Brook Cedron, along a steep and horrible ravine. At length we got into the plain, and to avoid the wandering Arab robbers, stretch- ed about two miles to the ...

... The attention of his Majesty's Government, and especi- ally of that branch of it to which the care of the Navy more particularly belongs, has of late been seriously turned to the means of supplying our sailors with the best and most wholesome kind of provisions. Many complaints had hitherto been made of the adulteration of flour by the contractors who furnished the important article of ...

... MANIFESTO OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.- By the grace of God, we, Nicholas the First, Emperor and Au- tocrat of all tiie Russias, &c. &c. Thanks to the decrees of Divine Providence, the treaty of perpetual peace between Russia and the Ottoman Porte has just been concluded, and signed at Adrianople the 2d of September, by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the two empires. The whole ...