... » NEWPORT EISTEDDFOD. [TO THE EDITOR.] SIR,-I was very glad to find in the last MERLIN that it is in contemplation to have an Eisteddfod established in Newport. I tegret that so little has been done here to encourage the culti- vation of Welsh literature. Now, I expect that there is a good time coming. The Eisteddfodau have been highly respected for ages, by the Welsh people, and no ...

... NEWPORT SMALL DEBTS CORUT. BEFORE JOHN MAUEICEJIKRKKRT, ESQ., THE JUDGE. Evan Roberts v Charles Morris. Debt, 20s. To pay by tw ^Se Hooper v John Luff. Work, £ 2. 10s. 2d. To pay ^El'ilih Lewis v Thomas Phillips This was an action to recover 7s. Ol., for damage alleged to have boeu tained by tho pUinti! through delendaut having built lIpm the pine cud wall of her house at l'ill. plaintiff', ...

... SIR BENJAMIN HALLS REVIEW OF THE REV. ARCHDEACON WILLIAMS' LETTER. SIR,When I received on official letter from the joiot Treasurer and Secllllaryof the Copleston Testimonial Fund, requesting me to subscribe, felt it to be impossible for me to do 10; atjd, considering the public situaion which I occupy, and being also one of the largest landed proprietors in the diocese, I deteimined on making ...

... GENERAL NEWS. Her Majesty's Palace at Newmarket is for sale: that paiace, or rather house, so immediately connected with the sports of the sovereigns of this country, from King James I. to King George II. ANOTHER NEW ROYAL RESIDENCE.—It is said that Denbies, near Dorking, Surrey, is to be the abode of Royalty. In 1850. the property was purchased by Sir William Cubitt, and was at first supposed ...

... LONDON MARKETS, &c. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MONDAY, OCT. 16. The supplies of English wheat on sale, in most of the country markeis held on Saturday, were moderate. All kinds sold readily, and prices advanced Is to 2s per quar- ter. Barley—the show of which was rathe on the in- crease—commanded a brisk inquiry, at fully Is per quarter more money. Malt was firm, but oats were ratIler negiected. ...

... PUBLIC MEETING ON THE SUBJECT OF THE RAILWAY EMBANKMENT. The readers of the MERLIX will best understand the object cf this meeting, if we make a few preliminary observations, in explanation. In the year 1817, when the South Wales Railway Company commenced their still-unfinished branch from Monmouth to Newport, they began the work of a tunnel-among other works fur constructing the line-at a ...

... (Copy.) Sinking of the Russian Ships at the Entrance of the Harbour of Sebas- topol. No. 489. Britannia, off the Katscha, September 24, 1854. .SIR,—In my letter of yesterday, No. 487, I reported the extraordinary change that had taken pLce in the position hitherto maintained by the anemy's fleet in the harbour of Sebastopol, and I now beg you will acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the ...

... f following letters froai the Mowing Chronicle will be with interest: — CQNSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 25. firet news of the glorious victory gained by the Bri- tk atul French arms, at the passage of the River Alma, in t,j. riiaea^on the 20th of September, reached here early on horning of Saturday, the 23rd. The French war-steamer jiaoque appeared in the Bogphoriw, gaily decked out in all ^colours, ...

... ARRIVAL IX LONDON OF LORD BURGHERSH. (From the Morning Post of Sunday.) Major Lord Burghersh, principal aide-de-camp to Ge- neral Lord Raglan, commanding the British forces in the Crimea, arrived in town this morning at a quartar before seven o'clock, hearing detailed intelligence of the first great action in which the allied forces had been engaged against the Russians. Lord Burghersh brings ...

... Births, Marriages, and Deaths. BIRTHS. On the 3rd instant, the lady of J. Powles, Esq.. ma»or of Monmouth, of a son. Mjick.'o/V.ot EbbW » wife °f Mr- *>»« ...

... BALL AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM. The ball at the Worcester Lunatic Asylum took place on Tuesday evening last. It is a matter for congratulation, to find that the harsh treatment formerly exercised towards thoiiewho. from divers causes, have lost that priceless gift —intellect—has ceased before the enlightenment hnd in- telligence of the age, and been replaced by words and actions, from which the ...

... ACCIDENTS AND CRIMES. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION- ON BOARD SHip.-On Friday, Captain Halsted, R.N., Secretary to Lloyds, received communications from the Admiralty, reporting a shock- ing catastrophe on board the English ship, Abbots Read- ing, of Liverpool, while lying in Valparaiso harbour, on the 12th of September last, accompanied with loss of life. In a letter, dated the 13th ult., the master com ...