... LONDON AND COUNTRY NEWS. notice was posted up .the Tljgi'se Guards, calling upon all pen- lllery throughout the kingdom, to th$chief magistrates of their district, b,d^onij.p a$sptf £ ial constables, and to render every 'a £ ^$la$c^3|ri thiir^povver for the preservation of the public peace if call ed u po ix. The COviseeratiOTMrf the new Bishop of Exeter (Dr. Phill- potts)took place on ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE MONMOUTHSHIRE MERLIN. SIR,—I have observed with great astonishment that, W^A|EUE occurs in this place (whether it be of a curious or lamenta nature), it is seldom or never communicated to the world thro11? any of the periodical publications and most likely the reason because no one will take the trouble of detailing the occurren in this neighbourhood. For this reascn I ...

... To the Editor of the Merlin. Sra,-c-It is easy to see that the question concerning the mode of electing our representatives in Parliament by ballot will soon become of paramount importance. It has already been warmly patronised by popular orators, and the example of the French throws a lustre upon it. I perceive that a new paper is just started in London under the denonjjnation of the ballot, ...

... At a meeting of Deputy Lieutenancy, held at Usk, on Tuesday morning last, it was agreed that the existing arrange- ments respecting the militia should be annulled, and that an en- tirely new ballot should take place for the whole force of 280 men. Meetings of the Deputy Lieutenants for the different districts of the county are to-be sepoMteiy holden, with as little delay as possible, tn order ...

... EUROPEAN REVOLUTION.-An article in the Westminster Review, under this title, has the following passages in re- ference to the Revolution in Poland, which are of great im- portance at the present moment-not only to Poland, but to England also :— There is now only one question Will Europe desert Po- land? If she does, it is simple charity and pure unmingled meek humanity to pray that she may be ...

... TLe numbers of misguided men who, having been induced te take an active part in the disturbances which have recently dis- graced the agricultural districts of this county, imparted to these sessions a greater degree of interest and importance than usually occurs, and the influx of visitors to this city during the week was very great. On Wednesday morning the Court was opened before the fullest ...

... ..COUNTRY NEWS, STATE OF MAK CHESTER.—Meetings have been held in this town. to coneert measures, or rather to memorialize the Home Secretary on the inability of the magistrates and other local authorities to enforce adequate measures, for the protection of those operatives who are willing to work, but who, from, the acts of intimidation indirectly used by the turn-outs, are afraid to avow and ...

... 0, JEANIE, THERE'S NAETHING TO FEAR YE ( By the Ettrick Shepherd.) 0, my lassie, our joy to complete again, Meet me again i' the gloaming, my dearie Low down in the dell let us meet again— 0, Jeanie, there's naething to fear ye Come, when the wee bat flits silent and eiry, Come, when the pale face o' Nature looks weary Love be thy sure defence, Beauty and innocence- 0, Jeanie, there's naething ...

... CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 7.—-The Rev. John James Blunt, B.D., Fellow of St. John's College, author of the Veracity of the Gospel and Acts, the Veracity of the Five Books of Moses, &c., was on Saturday last elected Hulsean Lecturer for the present year. The value of the lectureship now amounts to nearly X300 per annum. Winthrop MackworthPraed, Esq., M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been ...

... SIR,-I wish to ask your correspondent, An Old Iron- maker, whether his letter, which appeared in last week's Merlin, was the issue of a dream, or was it a flight of fancy ? I should not have troubled you, Mr. Editor, with this com- munication, but knowing that the Merlin circulates widely, and consequently likely to get into the hands of some hun- dreds of the labouring class, who might be ...

... EXTRACTS FROM HERSCHEL'S DISCOURSE ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN DR. GARDNER'S CYCLOPAEDIA, VOL- XIV. MECHANICAL POWER or CoALs.—The Menai Bridge, one of the most stupendous works of art that has been raised by man in modern ages, consists of a mass of iron, not less than four mil- lions of pounds in weight, suspended at a medium height of about 120 feet above the sea. The consumption of seven ...

... j We have this week the pleasure of submitting to our readers an improved and amended edition of the Memorial Proposed in our last number, relative to the establishment ? a new Mail from Bristol to Hereford. Should no ob- jection be made to the Memorial in its present shape before Pxt Saturday, we shall on that day detail the particulars of 4 plan we have formed for more easily obtaining the ...