... 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 ...

... CAUTIONS TO RAILWAY SPECULATORS. THE power exercised by the Bank of England in raising the rate of discount from two-and-a-half to three per cent,, has caused considerable distrust among speculators, and a depression in the Railway- share Market, particularly of those lines, the termini of which are not very clearly to be ascertained. Its effect may, however, in the end, be salutary. In the ...

... Present—Henry Morgan, Esq., and the Rev. T. Stacey. RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY. Thomas Griffiths, locksmith, Cardiff, was charged with receiving three keys, the properly of Lord Bute, the same being stolen property. Sarah Rushworth, sworn, said I live at Cardiff castle, in the employ of Lord James S:uart, as kitchen-maid. On Saturday last, about three p.m., I left the kitchen for a quarter of ...

... The defence by the Rev. Dr. Townsend at the Sunderland dinner, of clergymen charged with speculating in railways, was one of the features of the festival that deserves to be distinctly brought out. It is manifestly unsuiled to the sacred calling of a clergyman that he should engage io gambling speculations, and be running a race for wealth with his flock, whom he is constantly admonishing ...

... AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA IN NINE DAYS FROM HALIFAX. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING. We have received this evening, by the royal mail steamer Cambria, Capt. Judkins, New York papers to the 15th, Boston, 16th, and Halifax, the 18th instant. The Cambria has made an excellent voyage of eleven days from New York, and nine from Halifax. She met there the Hibernia, which reached that port in ...

... IRELAND. r DUBLIN, OCT. 25. rHE POTATO DISEASE—Taken altogether, ihe reports to-day are less unfavourable than any that have yet appoared. In the King's county, and seme other districts, where the disease has but recently developed itself, considerable alarm prevails, and the injury is represented as most serious; but in Westmeath and other counties. where the blight has been for several weeks ...

... To the Editor of the Evening Clnomck* Sir,—I have to request the favour of your giving insertion to the enclosed letter of Mr.Tatlersall.ofGrosvenor-place. Chlorine is easily made by mixing three parts salt, one of manganese, and two of oil of vitriol, in an earthen vessel. Many bushels of po- tatoes can be disinfected at an expense of a few shillings. Your obedient servant, Medical-hall, 168, ...

... PRESENT PlueE OF TIN PLATES. NEWPORT. OCT. 25. s. d. 4* a d No. I 11 0 Wasters.) 2 0 o. IX. per box I 17 0 « » n ) No.lXX. per bo* 2 3 0 n 3 .» I BRISTOL HAY MARKET, OCT. Hay pei ton 2 7 6 To 4 O M Straw per Dozen 0 j 2 y j S Newport, Saturday, November 1, 1845. j PrnAe\!v i8^( Pshed [cr the Proprietor, E D W A R ft .V m /• HiK, 111 the Parish of St. Woolos, iff the MERLIN Oenertl Minting ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. Our Agents are requested to send bach any unsold papers in their possession within seven days after their date. Certain literary I hugs have been cit Itiiig the cotizillitiiicatioll between some of our subscribers and the MKRLIN in Pontypool, and other quarters. We have instituted an enquiry, and shutt show no mercy to any ascertained delinquent. An IIble letter, on the ...

... On Fi iday, the 24th October, the annual ploughing match for this parish took place on a field on Vaindre Vawr farm. The weather was upon the whole fair, and we were happy to observe a numerous attendance of tenant-farmers. Thirteen ploughs entered the list of competition, and at half-past nine o cloek the operations commenced. The judges of the plough- ing were Mr. Roberts, ofTyny Park farm ...

... GOVERNMENT COMMISSION. Professors Li ndley and Day fair, together with Profeesor Kane, of this city, will sit at the board room of the Dublin Society House, Kildare-street, on Monday next, as a commission from government, to inquire into the extent and nature of the disease, to institute a series of experiments on the subject, and to report to the government. ...