... The 'I oniteur' publishes the following as the interpretation of the four points agreed on by the representatives of the three Powers- England, France, and Austria-who signed the Treaty of the 2nd December ult. For the purpose of fixing the sense which their governments attach to each of the principles contained in the four articles, but reserving to themselves, as they have always hitherto ...

... - Before Sebastopol, Jan. 13. The weather continues very severe, and to-day it blows a gate of wind, with drifting snow. Although I have not received the official report from the officer commanding the 4th Division, the offieer of the Quartermaster.-eneral's department, whose duty it is to visit the advanced posts at daylight, has brought in an account of a sortie made by the Russians in ...

... ROYAL POLYTECHNIc INsrTITUsioN*.-Lenten Lectures.-A very pleas- ing and instructive lecture on astronomy is being delivered by Dr Baclihoffiner, on the evenings of Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent. The interest of the subject on Wednesday evening is mate- rially heightened by its accompaniment of a selection of music from Haydn's oratorio of the 'Creation,' to give effect to which a band of ...

... LONDON RAGGED SCHOOL UNION Last evening the eedond annuftl meeting for the distribution of rewards to those late scholars of the Longon Rsgged School Union who have continued in the various industrial situations provided to beht'twell I held in St. Martini' Hall. Several bsnded 't maidens, and children partook of the good things of tbs tta table, and on the platform, arnd in the galleries, was ...

... ?? ff XIl:CtzAL. * LOaeno4 Vietualem' AY[1 D;t~n~cR Jason tion. On Tnesday'evcniug,.a general meeting of the -Licensed Victual. 1ergaresideut-fi.'- Plmnbco~sjd isneighbdurhioodvw~&:eld,,at::tle Mr. Cau~c* h rpitro~e oswsunanimousily called to the chair, and opened the proceedings by br~iefly referring to the movement td dey bn ai- inaugurating. Mr. B. FoSTER, the president ,of ,the ...

... AN iWWZO:W !Urf. WAR. -;M NO t 6rOI ,Iiio~ 7'1QS hsithe eht, &iblc'opinion in- B~iD.Is* t wist'craoy Ws at present, and mot without reason. The pictaret Stherme dofabe* of brvee n id g i.theirm eyes ecy f peu ?? to de- sti;iaa Mthiiter the ?? ?? gaze of tla yaulbridbs J hai-.&wakened 1ehin Sand Tffiectif Os f lte mass of tle British poople, which, wlhenionce rotsed, ar not eainye set to?$s.lfe ...

... 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 ...