... MERTHYR LITERARY INSTITUTE.—On Thurs- day se'nnight, this society held the last of their fortnightly meetings, at which Mr. John Thomas presided. This society, founded by Messrs. Thomas, Shellard, Reynolds, Stephens, and Lumby, has been kept up unflaggingly from the com- mencement. On every meeting night they have either a lec- ture or a debate. The lectures delivered have some of them been of ...

... The overland mail from Bombay arrived on Friday, with dates to the 15th September; the following is the summary of the rail- way news:— Railways were proposed at each of the Presidencies, and with the greatest hopes of success. The utility of one from Bombay to Bengal will become manifest, from the fact that the mid. monthly mails of the 24th of July were conveyed in a steamer from Aden to ...

... flSCOV1ItIES IN TIHE ANTARCTIC RECIONMS Trh Cape Tvr7 Gazette of thle 25th of July contains sotne ilihly interesting intelligence from the Antarctic region. According to these accounts the Magnetic Pole was nearly renched. It appears that an expedition was fitted out at the Cape and sent southward, under the command of Lieut. Moore, of the Royal Navy, who suc- ceeded in penetrating further ...

... RAIlWAAY MI EErTINGl A'T BTLAANDFOBRD. . -- . . A pubhic mccii hg, specialty convuntd by the lIlanr, t purisiinrit io a ri'qiiitioi, atnd adjourned tirm th, 18th I Ocober ilenlta-, Wss held iii Ih;. 'Pl'ven H-all, BViid. i 1n lII:iV hiSt, fbi the- pulrpose Ot receiving Li a lepnlims iin the pronnoiiuss it' the Bristol, Bath c nild Pioole tlnihliv ic silhenti', niit cnd i ile rintr their stnte- ...

... - obartiot *itielhleare. LONDON. CITY CHAraSr HIIALL-Mr. Cooper's concluding lecture of his first series, last Sunday evening, was, as usual, well attended, though a considerable num- ber of his customary hearers left the hall, a few minutes before eight, to listen to the eloquent Mr. Fox, who was lecturing in the National Hall Rol- born on The Purgatory of Suicides. Mr. auffhy as esirman, ...

... ,fjoreif obtmnnng. AAndI will war, at le-stind ,rda, (And-should my chtance so happendeeds,) With all who war with Thought I if I thinlt I hear a little bird, who silngs it T he people by and by will be the Btronger.-BfiaONt i - ?? ITALY, AUSTRIA, AND THE POPE. tt Since ,we last addressed -ur readers on the af sirs of Italy, another ?? has been ado to obtain some amelioration of existing ...

... . ip fflobtineto. 11 war, at least in words, ?? my chance so happen-deeds,) WKith 05n wise wa ?? I think I bear a littlo bird, who sings The teeple by and by will be the stronger.-BYaorO ITALY, AUSTRIA, AND THlE POPE. it e last addressed our readers on the affairs Since unfortunate effort has been made Of Italy anme tr lioration of existing evils, but to obtain 8 leavittv failed, will for the ...

... RAILIVA! SPECULATION. 11 '5 uring the past week, the Railway esare-markets hare experionced fluctuations amounting, in some insttnces, to a decided panic; a result which hias been attributed, partly, to the strictures of the press upon the numerous bubble schemes which have been projected; partly to the screw which the Bank of England has tulen the precaution to apply to Wonetary advances I ...

... Worcester and Leominster Railway, Via BROMYARD, Communicating with the Great Eastern and Western Railway. AT a PUBLIC MEETING held at the FALCON HOTEL, in the Town of BROMYARD, on THURSDAY, the 23rd day of OCTOBER instant, JOHN BARNEBY, M.P., in the Chair, Moved by William Barneby, Esq.,Clater Park; seconded by Peter Warburton, Esq., High Bailiff of Bromyard, and carried unaninously, 1st.—That ...

... RETROSPECT AND COMPARISON IeA s / -At. ih XI ?? 4i' 1 (Frontt this EcotillszitU ?? It is at all times itpainlfkl thin~ to refer to periods inof misfortune, and it is esp ecially' distasteful, in thle is In tuidst of ain extraordinary I ush of prosperity, wvhich in ,It people gelterally believe will be as permanent as it is e it unprecedented. Tjherc ha ve, howvever, been two Il )r periods witi ...

... MANNCH1ESTER TIMES, W7 AND ialncasbire alnt Timtfe Exnllmifler. . fr . - __ A meeting of the Privy Council was to be held yesterday, to consider what measures should be adopted in consequence of the deficiency of the harvest and the failure of the potato-crop. We sheJ probably have the result before we go to preyz The, Globe of Thursday evening says: A i most important rumour circulates in ...

... THE MANCHESTER ATHENLUM. 3YEUGENE SUE, SERGEANT TALFOURD, DOUGLAS JERROLD, of AND SAMUEL LOVER. 0) On Friduy October, 24th, the annual soiree of the Man- le cheater Atheoseuin, took place in the Free Trade Hall. ie The demand for tickets was enormous, nearly four thou- d. sand were issued; and had the Free-trade Hall been ae twict as big as it is, four thousand more might have been a- disposed ...