... MEETING OF MUNICIPAL ELECTORS AT PILLGWENLLY. On Friday evening last, a meeting, adjourned from the previous evening, was held in the large room of the King's Arms Inn, Pillgwenlly, to receive the report of a deputa- tion appointed to wait on the retiring councillors, that it might be ascertained what were the views of those gentle- men in respect to the grievances of ratepayers in the ex- ...

... Parliament was formally prorogued on Friday, by com- ...

... p vAL BOARD OF HEALTH.—WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25. r^ent~H. Bailey, Esq., (in the chair), J. Jayne, Esq., Messrs. D, Edwards, J. James, T. Hope, — Hitchman, j, W W. Vaughan, and R. Jones. °f th p a*rman said it was very strange that the officers DaGctiG oard were never present at the opening of the Th ^S'- entero l °^. the last meeting were then read, and c°nl0 | r- Da vies, clerk, remarked that he ...

... AX OLD STOKER ON RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—Will you allow an old stoker to ma e _a e^ remarks on the late lamentable accident m >■ i' groat question wHli U9, .tota, ft S doubt, with the public at birge, is j lcam from been prevented, and who was tc. blame MERLIN, and other papers, that tnt- the goods train are committed for tria u i0. Now, sir, it is admitted on all sides that ...

... FOREIGrU INTELLIGENQE. FRANCE. The report of the coronation of the Emperor and Empress is again revived. It is confirmed in some measure by the preparation of the state carriages for a grand ceremony. The coach used by Charles the Tenth at his coronation, has been newly painted and gilt. The lamps have been removed, and it has been ornamented with eagles. The carriage used at the baptism of ...

... MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT MALVERN. For the last fortnight or so, the respectable and quiet little town of Malvern, in AVorcestershire, has been in a very unusual state of ferment on account of the peculiar circumstances attendant upon the commission of a large robbery from the apartment of a gentleman there, and the nature of the defence which the prisoner set up as justification for the ...

... ADDRESSED TO MISS GEORGIANA M A STORM-CLOUD gathered o'er me— A cloud of densest gloom; Then a sunbeam darted through it, And glided in my room. It glanced in through my window- That sweet reviving ray One moment round me lingered, Then softly passed away. I know not why it cheered me, Nor what it meant to say, Bnt oh! its light inspired me With new delights that day. Enough—it came from ...

... SECOND AND THIRD PAGES.—In these pages of to-day's MERLIN, will be found the Municipal Election proceed- ings, Newport police reports, and local matters from Abergavenny, Brynmawr, Caerleon, Merthyr, &c., &c. THE SEASON TICKETS ON THE MONMOUTHSHIRE RAIL- WAYS.—TO all persons who travel much, periodical tickets are an obvious convenience, as well as saving; while, from the economy of time and ...

... ABERSYCHAN. NEW ORGAN.—The new organ lately erected at Aber- sychan Church, by Mr. John Clark, organ-builder, of Bath, was opened on Monday last; Mr. John Foot, organist at Christ Church, Bath, presiding on the occasion. There was a numerous and respectable audience in attendance, during both the morning and evening services and the collections made towards the organ fund were satisfactory. ...

... AN EXTRAORDINARY TABLE. THE correspondent of our contemporary, the Bristol Times says: I had myself tried table-moving with some success, my table being a capital revolver; and having heard that some of my friends had experimented in spirit-rapping, I felt, as a man of science, that it was my duty to test the phenomsna connected therewith, and accordingly, a party of choice spirits seated ...

... GENERAL. NEWS. HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT AT THE CRYS- TAL PALACE AT SYDENHAM.—On Monday morning, her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of \Yales, and the juvenile members of the Royal family, accompanied by the King and Queen of the Belgians, and attended by their suite left indsor Castle in a special train on the South Western Railway, en route for Syden- ham. Upon ...

... THE USK FARMERS' CLUB. I THE proceedings at the recent meeting of this valuable society, as reported in our last, furnished ground for much satisfaction. The club stands high for its practical character, and the progress which it is making in the pursuit of the import- ant objects it is designed to promote. A.nd for this reason, any agriculturists within its range, who are not yet members, ...