... VARIETIES. EXCUSED.—A young man at a social party was urged to sing a song. He replied that he would first tell a story, and then, if they persisted in their demands, he would axe cute a song. ''When, a boy, he said, he took lessons in singing, and one Sunday morning went into his father's attic to practice by himself. When in full play, he was suddenly sent for by the old gentleman. 'This is ...

... [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,—It would appear from the strange effusions poured forth by Lego in your contemporary on Saturday, the 3rd iust., that he is exceeding wroth and displeased with Audi alteram partem, for reminding the public that the question, as it seemed to me, so unfairly handled in his letters, has moie than out side. I hope his nervous system, which has, of late, sustained ...

... PONTYPOOL. COUNTY COURT.—THURSDAY. (Before John Maurice Herbert, Esq.) There were 66 causes entered, 17 of which were settled before the hearing. Attorneys present—Alexander Edwards, J. G. H. Owen, E. B. Edwards, and Richard Greenway, Esqrs. Philip Hambletom v. Hercules Jones, £3 as. 8d., for /°'d' The claim was proved by Wm. Be van, plain- t1i .rernan, and an order made to pay forthwith. V ...

... The accounts from Sebastopol, contain unmistakeable evidence that in the midst of the sickness and sufferings of our troops, the operations of the siege have gradually as- sumed a more decisive character, and that the attaek upon the town is likely to be soon recommenced.—Times. BUCHAREST, FEF. C.—Yesterday, a detachment of 500 Wallachian volunteers, under the command of Colonel Walduni, left ...

... [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,'—I have been in this part of the world some years, and as I regularly receive my old friend, the MONMOUTH- SHIRE MERLIN, I often see that many of my Monmouth- shire friends emigrate from my former home to Aus- tralia. In the hope of doing some good, I forward you the following, for insertion in the MERLIN, knowing from experience that the information therein is worthy of ...

... A SLEDGE MASQUERADE. Potsdam was enlivened by an animated spectacle on Saturday evening. The officers of the garrison got up masquerade, or rather en costume representation-partly III sledges, and partly on horseback-wherewilh they traversed the crowded streets, to the great delight, but not much to the historical edification of the spectator. The masque represented an episode in the history ...

... THE SHIP EMMA. The Emm t, another magnificent representative of the Whi.e Star Liue, aucmre i in tue Bay, at about ten o'clock yesterday mllruiug, wtih&Jt passengers, all in goo I hedth, after a. tine pas age oi it tys. T e Emma was built espe- cially f «r the passenger raUe, a id is fitted with every requi- site to coii.sti, ute her equal in acco nmod tion and c uirorfc to the otiier vessels ...

... LLANOVER. -No Lun diwe Mr 7' 7,HrniAH> D*D*' AB ^DIRWEST. t-stvn uchod fan tr:l(,; ;'dwyd darlith Cymreig ar y n tl v 7 iarch* r- Thorn .s, D.D., Prif Atbraw Coleg^ y Bedyddwyr yn Mhontvpwl vn vr Hen T vs » plwyfOver, set annedd .ly y Meistr'iaid Edmund a Daniel Jones deihaid y Gvvir Anrhyded lus Syr B. Hall AS Bar. I vwy.hl Bwrdd Cyffredinol Ieohyd. Cvnnal vvy 1 y uyfarfod yir yr hen barla ...

... GENERAL NEWS. THE COURT.—The anniversary of the wedding day of the Queen and Prince Albert was celebrated with the usual rejoicings, at W indsor, on Saturday. The Queen, it is said, has forbidden all fancy work at Court, in order that her Majesty and attendants may devote their leisure time to the making of comfortable articles to be sent to the poor men in the Crimea The first Cabinet Council ...

... AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SATURDAY MORNING.—The Vienna papers state that on the 3rd instant, a convention was concluded between England and Turkey, by which the former took 20,000 Turks into her pay. The whole of Southern Ana- tolia is declared in a state of siege. The combined attack of the fleets and army was shortly to take place on Sebas- topol. Both, the Russian Grand Dukes are now, with an army ...

... C \ER EON. PETTY SESSIONS—Tuesday. (Before John Jenkins, Esq., and the Revds. \Vm. Powell and Charles A. Williams), James Freemantle was charged with assaulting his wife and child, by knocking the former under the fire-place with the chd I in her arms. The child's shoulder was bnrne I by the bars of the grate The wife stated that her hnshand had illtreated her several times before, and ttllt ...

... ABERGAVENNY- MR. ELLIS ROBERTS' Music OF WALES.Our enter- prising am spirited townsman, Mr. Denton, bookseller, has conferred a great boon upon us this week, by engaging the talented LIlis Roberts, the eminent harpist, together with Miss Hayewooct and the lay vicars of Hereford Cathedral, a combination of instrumental and vocal ability, which ought to have called together the musical people of ...