... On Wednesday night a meeting of the members of the United Kingdom Alliance was held in the large room of Exeter-hall, which was crowded to excess, there being between 4,000 and 5,000 persons present. On the platform were the Eari of Harrington. Alderman Sir B. W. Carden; Alderman Harrison, of Wakefield; Mr Samuel Bowly, of Gloucester; Mr Richard Hilditch; Mr Samuel Pope, hcnor- ary secretary, ...

... TEE ENCUMBERED ESTATES Coississsox.-The commissioners ap- pointed to inquire into the working of the Encumbered Estates Court, and to report whether it would be advisable to continue that court, or to transfer its powers to the Court of Chancery in Ireland, have presented their report to her Majesty. The document is exceedingly interesting and important, as well to English capitalists as to a ...

... I 5 TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Kulali, May 26. Th Sift,-Ine justice to the medical sfflcera of the Ta army under my superintendence at Smyrna, whose bumsio- the pity, zeal, Rod energy deserve the highest commendation, eve Instead of the censuro so uu justly cast on them, I am in- En 3duced to request you will give insertion in the colmsein Of a Sa Bthe Daily Nrews to the accompanying ...

... NEWPORT WATCH COMMITTEE AND BOARD OF HEALTH MEETINGS. COUNCIL CHAMBER, TUESDAY. Present-Samuel Homfray, Esq., mayor, in the chair, and Messrs. Edwards, Sheppard, Lewis, Burton, Morrison, Enapp, Tovnsend, Turner, Rennie, Mullock, Lyne, and Williams. PROCEEDINGS AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER. Mr. Huxtable, the superintendent, read the police re- cords; and the Mayor read a letter from Mr. Price, soli ...

... POSTS' CORNEK. i A MINSTREL'S REPLY. [FOR THE MERLIN.] THE MUSE the soul of minstrelsy— Awoke a Poet's lay :— Sweet mellowed music floated back, Its brilliant Roundelay. Imbued with taste, each flower of song With master-hand he twin'd And charmingly each gem of thought, Portrayed his Poet's mind. If tones have still a charm to wake And thus to mem'ry bring A pleasing solace, thine have power ...

... THE VACANCY IN THE REPRESENTATION' OF BATH. —There is every probability of a close contest tor the seat resigned by Mr. Phinn, Q.C upon being appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty- Both parties are on the qui vive, and Mr- Whately, Q C., who was defeated at the general election, was in the field as the Conservative candidate as soon as Mr. Phinn's acceptance of the office was known. He ...

... EARL GREY'S MOTION. Earl GREY moved tho following resolutions:— That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, to thank her Majesty for having ordered the protocols of the recent ne- gotiations at Vienna to be laid before us; to inform her Majesty that this House deeply deplores the failure of the attempt to put an end, by these negotiations, to the cala- mities of the war in which the ...

... AN ACCOUNT OF COALS, FROM 1ST TO 31ST MAY, 1855, INCLUSIVELY, BY MONMOUTHSHIRE RAIL- WAY AND CANAL. Proprietors. Owners. 3 Is UTotal jS O TonsCwt. Thomas Powell. New PeEVvan. 1746 5 Lispentwyne .2698 15 Penllwyne 1S02 5 Wood field 1172 3 Gellygrose Butryhatch New Tredegar. 39 5 7558 13 Charles Prothero Havod Van 317 7 North 152 7 Blaencuffin 743 8 „ 549 » New Place 2738 7 Tyr Adam 208 0 Church ...

... PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF'S DESPATCHES. rrince Gortsjhafeoff writes to St. Petersburgh on the Oth The cannonade continues against the bastions Korni- toff and X n. 3. The enemy has asked for an armistice, in order that he may bury his dead. Hid loss on the 7th ex- ceeded 4.000 men. In a despatch previously received the Russian Com- mander writes :— On the 30th the enemy's fleet which had attacked ...

... -o inf HOUSE OF PEERS. all FRIDAY, JuNE 15.] On the motion for the re- Hi commitrment of the Religious Worship Bill, 5.5i The Earl of DEmnY moved as an amendment that a ho, aselct committee should be appointed to inquire into inl t-e actual state of the law on the subject, and into the tio expediency of relaxing or abrogating the existing enact- OX mentes. He believed that no practical ...

... FOREIGN INTELLIGENOE. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. War Department, June 10. Lord 1ijnnlrue presents his compliments to the Editor of the Ti. , and hls great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed iutelligti cL, which has this day reached him:- June 8. Thb uceess of last night was very complete, and the gallan- t try and ,ediness of the troops cannot be too highly spoken of. Thi French succeeded in ...

... Lord Charles Manners, whose health had been fail- . ing for some time 'past, died on Friday, at his resi- dence in Sackville Street, in his 74th year. Lord 3 Charles was a General-in the army, Colonel of the 3d Light Dragoons, and a K.C.B. He entered the service in 1798, was in the campaign of 18081in Spain, and, as aide-de-camp to Lord Chatham, taccompanied the Waicheren expedition, and was ...