... The following letter hba been reoeived by a mereantile gentleman In this town from a friend:- 0-, 11TIr OcToBEBR, 1862. I have been prevented by a press of other duties from corresponding ?? you, as I promised, upon tle posture of affairs In America and the state of feeling in this country In regard to them. To yon, who ?? the very centro of speculation In reference to these two points, It may ...

... I I The montbly ?? of tkb hoard was held yester. day at the public offlces, Egremont, the Members present being Messrs. Hughes (in the chair), HIll, Coulborn, Penny, Caine, Kerfard, Hartlron, Mar. sball, Hosack, and Boyd. WORKS AND HEALTH COM IftTrEF, Mr. HILL, In moving the confirmation of the pro. seedings of this committee, said they were frequently called upon to make improvements in ...

... I LOCAL INTELLIGENCE I Tnic MAYORALTY.- On dit that the present mayor, Robert Hutehison, Esq., wili be re-eleated ehlef magistrate, if be will acoept the office for another year. 1'bere is ?? doubt that on tee ocoa- sion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales the mayors of the principal towns and cities will be knighted. TqOXTET11 BOA.RD 1 oI HnALTH.-The monthly meeting of the Tixteth-park ...

... LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. A ?? TE9 LORD MAYOR AND THE GAWB3ALDI MEETING. A deputation waited upon the Lord Mayor of deD yesterday morning, to request him to pre- side over the meeting of ?? to be held in the Ojuilidhal nuemt Tesday. Hi s lordship referred to a 8 note he had sent on .he previous night to one of the chief promoters of the meeting, espressing the opi. ?? that Garibaldi, being nlow ...

... PEMBEOttDOOK 6Uco 11 be gratifying to all who are interested W to ,6Ss Mechanics' Institution at Pembroke tWearn ^at some ladies and gentlemen of that L'isjn whom are several of the Officers of the LCW a*e kindly offered (at the suggestion of Mrs to give a concert, in aid of L'°ii, £ 'nd of the new institute, now in course of yN tale°m tlie wel* known abilities and highly cul- J,bees nts of ...

... COUNTY COURT.-In consequence of the Quarter Ses- sions of the Counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke, falling in the same week as that in which the County Courts were intended to be held, and thereby greatly inconveniencing the professional gentle- men engaged on the circuit, the Judge, H. R, Bagshawe, Esq., has decided upon postponing the whole of the Courts for a week those in this ...

... A lecture on the above subject was delivered onThurs day week before the members of the Discussion Club, at the Merthyr Library, and won for Mr. Kernick, the lecturer, very well earned applause. We give a report at length, as the subject at the pre- sent time is one of engrossing interest. The views pro and con. of the Merthyr debaters will be delivered at the discussion-room, on Thursday ...

... On the evenings of Sunday and Monday, lIlr. James Nott, of Malvern, delivered addresses on the above subject, in the Music Hall. The chair was taken on Sunday evening hy Mr. Cory, sen., and Monday evening by Mr. Cory, jun. The lecturer os both occasions treated the subject in its relations the Church, and its claims upon the Christian com- munity. He pointed out the difference between the wine ...

... The following information from Dahomey has been received at the Church Missionary House, from the com- mander of her Majesty's ship Griffin, at Littlq Popo, August 6, 1862:- Su\—I think it my duty to lay before you, with as little delay as possible, the following information con- cerning Dahomey:— On the'5th of August, when at anchor off Little Popo, I received a letter from the shore, stating ...

... New Railway for London.—Among the appli- cations intended to be made for sanction to railway projects during the next session, is one for railway com- munication between the towns of Woolwich, Greenwich, and Deptford, to join the junction station of the Brighton and Chatham and Dover Railways (New Crystal Palace line) at Rye-lane, Peckham. An influential meeting has been held at York, the Lord ...

... lfo%r & Jpcrkre, FPJDAY, OCT. 31, ISGS. ■ HISTORY OF THE OLD CHUKCtI, MERTHYR. next in rotation of the rectors of Merthyr who paVe any record after them, succeeding Thomas 1Ce the second, was the Rev. D. Davies, who is still meoabered by some of our oldest inhabitants as a gentleman, of a sober, practical cast of Ce*i.' addicLed to wigs and long discourses. Suc- Sen 1°° a3 rec^or was ^eVi ^r ...

... THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL ON THE NEW POACHING BILL. Sir William Atherton, in addressing his constituents in the City-hall,. Durham, made the following allusions to the new Poaching Act :Re now came to the last Act of the session, and of which be himself could say the least good. He meant what he called the Poaching Act. It was the very last Act on the statute book. It was carried with remarkable ...