... [TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERLIN.] Sis,—In reference to the case of assault tried 'before the sitting magistrates, at Pontypool, on the 24th instant, ■and headed in your paper of the 28th, Pebbles or berries. I beg leave to remark, so trifling a statement did not contain the substance or nature of the offence. I make all invariable practice of entering into the commence- ment of every subject or ...

... GENERAL NEWS. APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL.- We understand that the preliminaries of a matrimonial alliance have been arranged between Sir Robert Peel, M.P., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and the Hon. Miss Hay, youngest daughter of the Marquess of Tweed- dale, and sister to the Duchess of Wellington and the late Marchioness of Dalhousie. Tun MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—We have every ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. KCnCE.—As this paper is Registered at the General Post Office r transmission abroad, according to the recent postag regulations, it may be sent to the United States of Ame- nea, the Canadas, India, Australia, or to any part of Hee Majesty's dominions, by simplv fixine upon it a 6inglr postage stamp. vcrnamuniijatioiis from Looker on, A Rate Payer and upon VI eights and ...

... A frightful catastrophe occurred on Friday. the 14th inmt., at Coec!Cy. near Sedgley. in South Staftordssire, which has already occasioned the death of four persons, and injured several others. some of whom are not ex. pected to rccover. in addition to ?? amount of property. It is customary in the mining districts of Staffordshire for the overseers of pits, either of iron. stone. or coal, and ...

... DIED.-Dec. 11, at Spelhibury, Mr. John Pratt, farmer. Ralph Ellis, John Ellis, and George Slatter, all of Great llollright, labotirers, wuro a pprehended and brought before the Rev. T. Harris, at Swefrtord Rectory, on the 8th inst., ?? and Piilice-constableYates, charged 'with having, on tile uight of the thl !ist., at Over-Nortoa, matliciously thrown down a certain ivall, the property of ...

... THE CRIMEA. The lytest accounts statethat the banks of the Tchernaya bt are still flooded. The Mackenzie heights are surrounded el by strong gabionades. M The weather- has been. frightful in the Black Sea. Twelve merchantmaen, of varibus nations,hbad been wracked m ait the Sulina mouth of the Danube. The M1oicitcm', of Thursday publishes a despatch from E: Marshal P61issier, who reports fromn ...

... TUE MEATS ' U . , .; X TO, THE TORE X' TMo ; FRaE 1 Hannon's Hotel, Kelie, November8Oth, 1855. -DEARcSMt-It may ba well. tO cautioa- ?? tuke an initerestlu i the' appoaching election for- this county not to be thro*noff- their' guard by any of-the' multhiarions stories *that are cirodlated. Amonast th reet itis parttfcalarly pro- pagated, by, the very tmen' wh6' are dte bpsieit underhand ...

... AMERA{'A. (FROtx OURt oWN Culthli5PODE-T.J LitvpuOul. SundaY. The connrequence of the nin-eldction of a opesakr ii tbit ?? Presidn 'a anuu.. msessage tiad not teni a~lverei to atber boues, asd that we are deprived of this MoSL i.0pOT' ani documeuL for another wtek, it not louger. LIaneia Stsw Yurk paper uwtvs, ?? ?? then etvoo, It w.uld noA io teurtiriebig if the mnbss,e ?? kept ?? till (iosJo ...

... BIONALs I ~~~MEETINGS. : - On lest evening the Bft meeting of the session for 1866 was held in the boardroom of the Royal Dublin Society, Kildare-street. The chair was taken, at eight o'clock, by JOHN BAILBY, EqG. Prof esor Davy rad a paper on the ?? ?? properties of charcoal and .uncabrred peat- He stated that he had made several expernmentS in charred and uncharred I ts or.; the purpose of ...

... LATES NEWS1 BY MAGNEVTC TELEBGRAPA. SARDINIA. Genqxal La Mareorst is expected to arrive in Turin on to-morrow. The government and garrison are preparing a brilliant reception. THE EAST. General Williams, and the prisoners of Kers hbve been sent to Tifflis. Engliah gun-boats are still cruising the Sea of Azov, and destroying, where the ice does not hinder them, all the Rassian fisheries. It is ...

... - TENNTLU- TH13 TENANT LHAGUL (Fromr t Dunddjk Democra.) We cannot find words to express our admiration of tbe zeal exhibited by the council of the League, in its labonrs during the last few weeks, to awaken the country to a cense of its duty. Already this zeal, and the ability by which it bas been characterized, have produced excellent fruits, for in many districts the apathy of the people is ...

... TH! BRITISE EXPEDITION. I (F~orem ti' im &e Cre~pornd t,e CAUF aitoltxo SUBASTOPOL, Nov. 24-The tteeie which you copied from an evening paper respectiog e strength of the British army next year we ?? * rov a eatiesaction, not altogether free from apprehension Ldi Witb writer may be mistaken. On one point he certain i miscalculated. and that is the strength of the reg ir,' U here. He has ...