... Within few days after the decease of that amiable man, General Sir William Clinton, the Lieutenant-Governor of CVelsea Hospital, it was rumoured (and that rumour is becoming stronger every day), that the present Quartermaster- Generol, Sir Willoughby Gordon, would succeed the vacancy at that establishment. That lucrative military staff' appointment has been held by General Gordon for ...

... •Pfc* H -^RWickhhihe.—(From our Correspondent The following requisition to W. 8. Dugdale MP is in eminent signature, but up to seven elick (Monday) very few hare signed their names e, the electors of the Northern Division of the countv I of arwiek, m reply to your address the 28th of Fel™.arv if assure you that we ran perceive no reasoning ot argument mit to satiny us that you have bv the ' ...

... Neglect of the Poor ix Scotland.—Notwithstanding the high assessments levied in Glasgow for the support of the poor, instances are frequent in which the poor are shamefully neglected. Many readers may not be aware that there exists in that city a society entitled The Glasgow Association in Aid of the Poor, for the express purpose of assisting paupers in their applications for or endeavouring ...

... a well-assumed simplicity. It may be answered by another question: Why should a man's spoken words be stolen, any more than his bank notes ? There is scarcely a Protectionist gathering, in town or country, with or without a dinner, at which some orator does not make free with Mr. Disraeli's description of Sir Robert Peel's government as organised hypocrisy. Yet not one of those orators ...

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... present position is very like that of the landowners in 1841. By an unprincipled combination, they can defeat and upset the Government. The landowners did so on that occasion. The West Indian proprietors are tempted to follow their example. Before they take the leap, let them look on the other side of the hedge. they see Peel there? ID® they sec no agitation there ? they see no total ...

... Denmark, and a French Consulship isto be established at Kiel, on the Baltic. Forgery of Government Stamps.—ln a case of forgery, which for several days has occupied the Paris Assizes, a verdict was given on Saturday. In France it is requisite for the way-bills of carriers to stamped, and it was lately discovered that the exchequer had been defrauded to a very considerable amount forged stamps ...

... The Radnorshire Boroughs.—We (Hereford Journal) understand that Major Whittaker on Saturday canvassed the borough voters resident in Presteign, and expressed his determination go to the poll. Sir T. Lewis has announced his intention of becoming a candidate, should Mr. Price, the present member, retiie. ...

... with Patal ' Result is recorded bv the Manchester Courier. An inquest was held in that borough Wednesday, on the body of Thomas Siddall, the Brid ge-strect, Ardwick, who met with His death whilst attempting to rescue the life of fellow- T,?^ e Dece , ased wa « only thirteen years of age. On Tuesday he and two other about his own age, were a wall abutting on the river MeOlock, when one of the ...

... carried several off, the 46th Regiment has been removed. Romanism in Beverley.—A large room has been adapted as a Roman Catholic chapel in this borough, and on Sunday last it was opened by a clergyman of that church, named Astrop.— Yorkshire Gazette. Marriage Dues in the Parish oe Leigh.— It appears that if two persons wish to be married who reside in different parishes they have to pay dearly ...

... I I GORHsAM V. THE BTssOP oF EXETEn.-The judicial committee of the Privy Council met on Tuesday to hear the appeal of the Rev. Mr Gorham from a decision of the Courtof Arches, in which judgment was given for the Bishop of Exeter. There were present the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London; Lords Langdale, Campbell, Lansdowne: the Vice-ChancellorKnigltt Bruce ...

... EXTRAORDINARY INVESTIGATION AT HACKNEY.-An inquiry was held before Mr Baker, the coroner, at Hackney, on Saturday, respecting the death of Mr G. Row land Smith, aged 64 years, a solicitor, who died from starvation, under the following melancholy circumstances :-Mrs M. M'Donald, of No. 5 Orchard Cottages, deposed that the deceased had re. 'sided with her for the last twenty-four years. His ...