... LONDON NEWS. It is said that the Tory anti-reformers are determined to ''try -their strength on an amendment to the addres., so is their haste to mark their aversion to uii that t lie Court and the country wish to obtain. The election of officers of the Royal Society took place to-day at Somerset House. The Duke of Sussex, who was in the chair, was unanimously re-elected President for the ...

... Bow STREET, Nov. 25.—The prisoners Bishop, May, Wil- liams, and Shields were brought up for final examination. The alteration in the appearance of Bishop was extraordinary he had lost all his confidence and firmness, and looked pale and de- jected in the extreme. Two or three witnesses were examined, whose evidence proved that Williams and his wife lived next door to Bishop, but that they ...

... The Paris papers and letters bring accounts of some deplorable disorders at Lyons, which commenced on Sunday, the 20th inst. These scenes of riot and bloodshed originated in the distress of the workmen employed in the silk manufactures of that city, and had no political object. The competition with which the manu- facturers of Lyons have some years had to contend, compelled them to reduce the ...

... LONDON NEWS The following circular has been forwarded to the mem- bers of the House of Commons:— Downing-street, Nov. 22. Sir,-As Pailiament is to meet for the-dispatch of business on the 6th of December, I take the liberty of requesting your at- tendance. I feel that after the very long and fatiguing session which has so lately Concluded, the calling upon the supporters of the Reform Bill so ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—A most barbarous custom prevails in this neighbourhood of keeping pigs two days without food previous to killing them. My pork and bacon are quite as good as that of my neighbours, and I only deprive them of one meal. I much doubt if it is necessary to keep them even from that one. I am, Mr. Editor, your constant reader, IIUMANITAS. Monmouth, Nov ...

... We have just procured from Mrs. Heath a copy of a most interesting work, entitled Popular Education in France, which our readers will find advertised in another column. The nature of the publication will appear by the following analysis :— Education, importance of, to France and Europe—necessary to elevate and refine the Character.—Political Education, the Key- stone of the Social Arch. ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. Merlin Office, Friday night. RIOTS AT DUDLEY, WORCESTERSHIRE.—A gentleman who left Worcester this morning informs us that intelligence had just arrived there of very serious riots at Dudley and that, in consequence, the military who were stationed at Worcester, since the late disturbances in that town, were ordered to proceed with all speed to the scene of tumult. The most ...

... FOREIGN NEWS. The Dutch King still obstinately refuses to sanction the 24 articles agreed to at the London Conference, and calls upon his people not only to submit to fresh taxes, but to come forward with loans or gifts, to enable him to carry on the war with Belgium, should it be necessary. The follow- ing is an extract from his Message to the States General, at the sitting of the 21st inst:— ...

... AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR NOVEMBER. Upon all light and dry soils the process of wheat sowing Las been completed with that despatch and in that excellent order which we noticed in our last report; indeed on such the present has been one of the most early and successful seasons within memory; but wherever there have been heavy falls of rain within the present month, the operation has been retarded ...

... Jltecellatit* Mr. O'Connell has announced that he shall, on the assembling of Parliament, move for a committee on tithes, as he wished to rescue the wives and children of clergymen of the established church from the probability of starvation, as it was now evident that the people would no longer continue to pay tithes as at present. How very considerate IHISH LOGlc.-An Irish gentleman walked ...

... I twin'd me a wreath of the rosiest flowers The morning could boast in the cool shady bowers, When the dew-drop was clear in the brocket's blue eye, And the bright leaves were wooing the summer winds' sigh. I sought them again at the close of the day, In the morn where I left them, all shining and gay, But I found that the violet had droop'd its fair head, That the bloom of the rose and the ...

... COUNTRY NEWS. DORSETSHIRE ELECTION.—The petition to set aside Lord Ashley's return will be presented on the first day of the ensuing session of parliament. There is every prospect of Mr. Ponsonby's success. The subscription is proceeding with spirit. Liberal donations have been forwarded from various towns, and an anonymous reformer, of political emi- nence, but not in the administration, has ...