... EBBW VALE. THE LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION. The annual report of this useful society, for 1853, has just been issued, from which we find that— During the last twelve months, the books of the so- ciety show an mcrcase iu the number of members to the amount of twenty notwi.h,landing, d^g ,S several have ceased to belong to it, in consequence of death or change of residence. Upwards of ...

... MR. EDWARDS' PLAN OF PARLIA- MENTARY REFORM. THE various schemes of representative amend- ment submitted by individuals, whatever objec- tionable provisions they may contain, are all of use in informing the public mind, and in maturing public opinion. At the last meeting of the British Association, a paper on The statistics of our Representative System was read by a Mr. Edwards; who has since ...

... OMEGA AND THE PUBLIC OF BRYNMAWR. TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—Being a constant reader of the MERLIN, my at- tention was arrested by a letter in your ;columns of last week, signed Omega, in which the writer makes a bold attack on me and my fellow-townsmen, which I do not feel disposed to pocket. Omega opens his battle with great spirit, and dashes into the field as though he had blocks of wood ...

... In his preface to the sixth volume of Moore's Memoirs, Lord John Russell describes Sir James Mackintosh as being, of all those whose connection is referred to by Moore, The ablest, the mcfst brilliant, and best informed. A most competent judge in the matter, Sydney Smyth, [has said, Till subdued by age and illness, his conversation was more brilliant and instructive than that of any human ...

... ail amnsinj way. Chambers, in his 'Journ^'pgft 'oinds ns ihat Hen Jonson, Sir Isaac Newton. Co ot l^i'n Byron, Macauiay. Lo'a Montes, the h ''ance Donizetti (from Donald Izett) and Jenny k1 all o' p ,re Scottish descent. r When Moore was getting his portrait painted by p# 'on, Sydney Smith, who accompanied the P°e humourously io lie artist, -1 Couldn't you contrive togtjlitf his 'ace somewhat ...

... A gentleman, who writes anonomously, calls upon a cer- tain influential member of the Board of Health, to reconcile his former energetic agitation for retrenchment, with a re- cent vote or two of his, where the public money did not appear to be considered with due regard to economy. ...

... FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, THURSDAY. The rumour I could not trace to an authentic source, when I last wrote you, has been fully confirmed, and the Turkish arms have obtained the most signal successes over the invaders of the Danubian soil. Even the Vienna au- thorities—ever active in suppressing truth and propagating falsehood—cannot now gainsay this and the reluctant ad- mission is made ...

... From Amoy, the most melancholy accounts have n. e ceived, involving an amount of bloodshed that is calculated to strike terror into the hardest heart, and with any other people than the Chinese would induce a reaction and a cry of vengeance on the authors of such fearful outrages as those now enacting at Amoy and its neighbourl^tod. The Im- perialist have retaken that place, and haVlrmarked ...

... A Protocol, as well as a Note containing final propo- sitions 'or a reconciliation between the Sublime Porte and the Ilussi.m AUTOCRAT, has recently been despatched in hot haste by coiwipr from Vienna to St. Petersburgh. The Note possesses the advantage of hr.ing been accepted by the Turkish Government. The Protocol i. invested with particular importance, inasmuch as it is an approval on tlJ e ...

... &cffro! mam AEDRNAWC. PRAITH lIT. SWLL Brythoniaid. Gwiyfa ;—manau yn dew o gocd deiliog -lie mae'r ltl¿-yni deneua, mae craig wastad i'w gwcled. Yn y t-ir cefn,—ychydig o dan, ac amryw 0 Frythotiiaid, wedi ei gwisgo mown crivyny yn gw- wedd, ac yit cysgu oddeulu iddo ;—gerllaio iddynt, ar hyd y llawr, iarianau, hehnati, picollau, ac ystcnau. Y CYMERIADAU. PENAETH MINERVA. POLIDOR, Maelerydd, ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE PILLGWENLLY GRIEVANCES. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIB,—In reading last week's MERLIN, I was much struck at the manner in which the subject of the cleansing and repairing of the Tredegar Wharf Company's roads in Pill- gwenlly, was treated at the Local Board of Health. It appeared as though the Board (or I should rather say, some of its members) are like the dog in the manger—they ...

... THE NEWSPAPER STAMP.—Peopie are got to talk about ...