... TO CORRESPONDENTS. Lasso will perceive that other champions have entered the cited m 'S ^etter *s vu^Sar' abusive, and sopfa'sti- Sigma is quite right-the course he alludes to has been de- termined on. The price Jtf the MERLIN is this day, and henceforth, FOUR- PENCE HALFPENNY. The Ship ISAAC HICKS, advertised in our first page to sail for the United States on the 19th instant, will not sail ...

... jWnrninir Service 1st Lesson, Ezekiel ii.—2 ...

... SIR,— It is quite a treat to catch your good Scrutator in print again. You recollect my fear of disappointment in the hope of crossing swords fvith him some time ago: but with your kind permission, here 1 have him at last. Mr. Scru- tator will perhaps be much scandalized at a round with a ragged antagonist of our side. He has, he conceives, knocked us down a hundred times, and may have some ...

... Miss Ann Cobbett has writtcn a book worthy of her name, and creditable to the best feelings of an English woman its sterling good sense, its amiable tone of truly moral sentiment, and its really valuable advice, entitle The English House- keeper to a perusal in every family circle, from the castle to lhe cottage. We shall give occasional extracts, and now sommence with Ann Cobbett's idea of ...

... SPAIN. Madrid has been placed in a state of general alarm by the intelligence that the Carlist Chief, Gomez, and his army were at Guadalajara, on their approach to the city, after having completely routed a body of 3000 of the Queen's troops, under Brigadier-General Lopez, as de- tailed in another part of this paper. The inhabitants of Alcala and Guadalajara, were seen hurrying in dreadful ...

... BRISTOL. At the late meeting of the British Association in Bristol, Mr. Mushet exhibited some specimens of malleable iron which he prepared by a peculiar process, and gave an ex- position of his views in reference to the the theory ot smelting as usually conducted. The iron, when first reduced in the upper part of the furnace, is in the malleable state, but in its progress downwards it is by ...

... BANKHLPIS.—John Alpe, late of Basioghall-street, Lon- I don, but now of Plaistow, Essex, hosier.—John Jackson. I Colabrook, Buckinghamshire, draper.—Richard Smith. I('9, j Regent-street, woollen draper.—Thomas Young, Nailsea, Somersetshire, draper.—William llenry Howard, Che,ten- ham, upholsterer.-George Stevenson, KewpOlt, Monmouth- shire, builder, September 13, and October 21, at eleven, at ...

... Chartley Denham was just turned one-and-twenty—WM also tolerably rich, tolerably good looking, tolerably well educated, and an excellent fellow into the bargain. These were doubtless rare advantages for a young gentleman just arrived at years of discretion-and Chartley soon began to give very satisfactory proof that he was in no wise the person to neglect availing himself of them. Having a ...

... Mr. Morgan, late landlord of the Queen Adelaide, in this town, was lately drowned at Bristol. The unfortunate man went to Bristol for the purpose of buying wood for the construction of a harp, and had been missing for some time. Verdict—Found Drowned. COINS YOUN D.-This week, as two men were viewing the old Castle of this town, one of them happened to displace a portion of turf, when two or ...

... VOLUNTARY SYSTEM. I To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. SIR,—Your correspondent Scrutator has, I think, been misled by a misprint in my letter, viz., obligation for ob liter a- t.ion. Such being apparently the case, I will not follow the train of reasoning which seems to have originated in it. StR,-Your correspondent Scrutator has, I think, been SIR,—Your correspondent Scrutator has, ...

... Kendrick, the police-officer of Kendal, late of Keswick, who had the reputation of being one of the most expert thief- catchers in the North, has had an adventure with one of the roguish fraternity which tends to tainish rather than to add to his fame. The worthy who has proved himself too many for the officer called at the inn at Kendal a few evenings ago, and asked to be accommodated with a ...

... CORN EXCHANGE. Monday, Sept. 12.—The supplies of grain are not larpe this morning, and the good old parcels may be quoted full Is to 2s per quarter dearer than on this day week. New wheat does not much improve in quality, and the trade is heavy. New barley comes to hand of various qualities, and is dis- posed of at from 32s to 40s per quaiter. The oat tradp tor good descriptions is fair, and ...