... 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 ...

... LLYNVI VALLEY RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, of the Proprietors in this Company, will be held on FRIDAY, the 23rd of February, 1,,55, at Eleven o'clock precisely, at the GRBAT W ESIERN ROYAL HOTEL, Paddington. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Books kept for the Registration ot Transfers of Stock will be closed Oil and from the 13th of ...

... SATURDAY, FEBKUARY 17. 1855. W. W. LEWH, of The lle.Tth, Esquire, High Sherill' of this county, has appointm' Uicnard Wvndh im Williams, Esq., solicitor, Caniilt, his Deputy; niul the Rev. John Llewellyn, of WiveliscomU, Somersetshire, hit! Chaplain. ROBBERY AT A HOUSE OF ILL-FAME.—About three o'clock on Friday mormnn. Cap!. Janspan, master of the schooner Enighten, was robbed of watch and ...

... NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next 1 HALF YEARLY ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, of the Proprietor iu this Company, wjjlbe held on FUIDAY, the 23rd of February, 1-55, at Eleven o'clock pDCtset), at tLe GREAT WUSTEUN ROYAL HOTEL, Paddington. AND Noncii is HEREBY GIVEN, that the Books kept for the Registration of Transfers of Stock will 1>1' closed on and from the 13ih of February to and including ...

... THE METAL TRADE. I Metal Market, London, Jia. 2G, 18.)5. £ s. d. £ s. IEON—Bars, Welsh, in Loudon ..ton 9 g 0- 0 0 0 7 10 0- 7 15 0 Nail rods ti 10 0- 0 0 0 Bars, Staffordshire, in London 9 10 0-10 0 Nail Hods ditto 10 0 0-10 10 0 Hoops ditto 10 15 Sheets (single) 11 lo 0—12 ID 0 Pig, No. 1, Clyde 3 7 6— 3 8 No. I, iu Wales 415 Re lined Metal, ditto 0 0 0— 0 0 Burs common, ditto 6 10 Ditto, ...

... 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 ...

... THE HE W s P A P E H STAMP. (Fr-.un the Examiner,)' Even in the suspense and collapse of acrisi-we may not piss without remaik the proposition in regard to news- papers which the Secretary of the Treasury oil Monday week was to have a-ked the House of Commons to affirm by certain resolutions. The scheme, which we cannot bring ourselves to regard or discuss as merely or strictly a mea- sure ...