... pear tree give good promise of plentiful blossom throughout the county. -I1aroford TiMC. - The Queen has appointed Captain Sir John Ross, R. N. to be her Majesty's consul at Stockholm. The Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood upon Captain George Back ...

... public-house licenses for the year ensuing. The following gentlemen were on the bench, viz., The Mayor, John Bair- stow, Esq., Thomas German, Esq., John Gradwell, Esq., and James Mounsoy, Esq. The proceedings occasioned great bustle, the Town Hall being ...

... on the registry. The tnoiton led to.a long discussion, in' which Mr. Shaw,' Mr.' Ly-n'ch, Mr. Litton, Mr. H. Grattan, Lord Stanley, Lord John I.ussett, and Sir R. Pecl, took part. Ministers voted against the instrucliop, and on a diyision, the nnotles ...

... 3-J6bb-, who 'is now' 82 years of~ego, istth;e father of 23 children, his 'eara sjposa hat ipg just presented him with twins. 'John is a native of, DiuztganponiJn time' county of Tyrone,: and now reslqes In Crawfur '0-close,, Qrss-market, Edinburg, a panper' ...

... specimens:are now preserved in her Majesty's scrap book, .whih:,As of a most elegant and costly description. On the cover the royal arms are beauti- fully emblazoned; end beneath is the following inscription.- 'ETCHINGS : , . R ~~1840,: ,- . ; VlCTon1A AND AnE1ST ...

... of which they took possession. The Druses were fiocking to the scene of action, and up' tot ib' 19th ultime, 7000 stand of arms hadl beea distributed'among' them. The Standard ?? gives the following account 'of the attempt of ?? Thiers, at'a Cabinet Council ...

... Sessions, on ?? last, the Rev. John Owen Parr, M.A., took the required oaths, as vicar of Presten. NEW MASTRA'S'ER.-At the Quarter Sessions, onWed. nesday morning, Hoenry Petre, Esq., of Dunkenhalgh, near Blalkburni and John Woodcoik, Esq., of Wigan, appeared ...

... ArtoccrT.-Never, we believe, was t public feeling, more generally. or more unequivocally ex-o pressed than in the case of. Lord Cardigan, and in the ex- plaits of his renowned court partial. Captain Reynolds is already more than revenged, and retributive -jutice ...

... remanded for a week, to give time for further inquiries. *CAuraOI To ArrrENTicEas.-On Monday, at the Town 3fan, twvo youths named John Msawdsloy and Wm. Hart, ap- . tices in the, service 'of Messrs. Booth, spin'dle makers, were brought up inder warrant, charged ...

... bar. Serjeant at Arms.-Yeoman Usher, bring forth James Thomiias Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan. Mr. Putman, the Yeoman Usher, who appeared at the bar, tihers retirtd, and shortly afterwards returned, accompanied by the Earl of Cardigan, who was attired in ...

... the shoulders, 5ft. 9in., round the. head, 4ft. 4in. HELD TO BAIL-At the Town-halls during the week, John Kelley, a lahourer, of High-street, and John Ward, a tramp from liolden's Square, have been ?? to hail to keep the peace for twelve months. RoriunnY ...

... Lodge, No. 1754, held at the house of Mr. John Hull, King's Arms, Dale-street, in this town, at their anniversary dinner, on Monday last, proe sented to their Past Grand, Henry Thwaites, an emblazoned copy of the Arms of the Order, as a token of their sense ...