... first five week of the present quirt r, . conipared with the correspondin g period of last yaey was nearly £S60,owo. d Lord John Russell and Mr. Hlurne with all Tfciz , boasted regard for the privilege ef the subject, havie in. & curred the displeasure of ...

... twelve months. It was, indeed, a thing scarcely to be looked for. There are some members of the Cabinet, no doubt, and Lord John Russell among the rest, who would have preferred a small fixed duty to the total abolition of restriction, had not Sir Robert Peel ...

... IRISH AFFAIRS. IRELAND is putting forward her claims rather boldly. On Friday and Saturday week, Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of the E xchequer were waited on by three deputations on Irish matters. The demands urged, and the arguments by which ...

... Lefevre, as Speaker of the House Of ommon5 I and that Mr John Abel Smith will second the motion. The Liberal members of the House of Commons have re- ceiged the usual circular from Lord John Russell, request- ing their attendance at the opening of Parliament ...

... commercial condition of the country, had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Wednesday, at his official residence in Doonig Str eet. After hearing several nembers of the deputation,lord John Russell rose to close the interview, whlien Mr Salt, who pointed ...

... LoaD JOHN RUSsELL.-His lordship left Chesham Place London, on Saturday last, and arrived at Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, at the Royal Hotel, where Lady John Russell was re- siding. It is. we believe, the intention of Lord and Lady John ...

... credence. At one- time, it was reported, that Lord John Russell bad received assurances of support from Sir Robert Peel; but this report was after. wards authoritatively contradicted. Lord John Russell un- dertakes office entirely on his own responsibility ...

... his Excellency w~ill be absent from the seat of his govern- men t. 'TI'ff RATE IN AID.-TheIf~arther postponlehent by Lord John Russell of the second reading of the Rote iii Aid Bill, has given rise to a runourthat, the Premier nioditates a re- trograde Imovement ...

... Her Majesty has conferred upon the Rev. Theobald Matthew, better known as Father Matthew, a pension of £300 a-year. Lord John Russell, who communicated the fact to the Rev. Gentleman, stated that her Majesty con- ferred that mark of her Royal bounty upon ...

... WELLS. J. H. GLOUCESTER AND BRiS'iOL. E. S A RI UM. A. T. CIIICIIISTER. J. FT.r. SAtr,. OXON. To the Right Hon. the Lord John Russell, &c. Chesham Place, Dec. 8, 1847. PMvY LORT)S,-l have had the honour to receive a representa- tion, signed by your Lordships ...

... Sir Richard Ford, the worthy Chief Magistrate C of Bow-street. . At Hull, John Russell, Esq. R. A. Portrait. F painter in Crayons to the King. al At Silkstone, near Barnsley, John Hardeastle. %N His wife died the same day, and his ?? two C days after her ...

... the Duchess of Bedford is again at her HigIhland resi- dence at the Doune of Rothiemnurchis. There was some talk of Lord John Russell visiting her (rJace in the North this season, but We observetthattlhe is at present in Btickighamshire. The RIght Hot. ...