... LATEST NEWS BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Loxpos, A Cabinet Council was held this afternoon at the Fo- reign Office. The Lord Privy Seal was absent, being at his sest in Minto House. It is currently reported in legal circles that in case Lord Denman’s health should not per- mit him to resume his seat as Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Lord Campbell will succeed him, and Lord Grey will be the ...

... The anniversary of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Agri- cultural Society was celebrated at Penrith on Wednesday even- ing. After a most excellent show of agricultural stock, produce, and implements, Lord Brougham presided at the dinner, which took place in a marquee erected in the immediate vicinity of the Crown Hotel. Covers were laid for 350, among whom were the Earl of Lonsdale, patron of ...

... NEW POST OFFICE ARRANGEMENTS The explanations given by Lord John Rassell and Lord Clanricarde on the subject of the proposed Post Office ar. rangements are, in one view, not satisfactory to the large portion of the public who are opposed to the propositions of Mr Hill ; for they do not afford much hope of the mea- sure being abandoned. Tn another view, however, they are extremely gratifying, ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FRANCE. Paris, Tuesday. Christmas Day being kept a close holiday the Legisla- tive Assembly did not meet, and the military administra- tions, courts of Justice, and the Bourse remained closed -—churches were unusually crowded—and it is remarked that the religious feeling appeared to be on the increase. The Emperor of Austria has sent his portrait as a pre- sent to the ...

... MONDAY, JUNE 4. MR MACBETH'S CASE. The Assembly met to-day at twelve o'clock, and proceeded to take up the case of Mr Macbeth with closed doors. In the course of the disenssion, which lasted from twelve o'clock till after seven, the following three motions were sub- mitted, viz. :— Mr Danlop moved—Dismiss the dissent and complaint against the judgment of the Synod, findi ng the third charge in ...

... letter as farther explanatory of his views.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE NAVAL AND MILITARY GAZETTE. Sm—Will you kindly afford me an opportuuity ot making a few remarks in reply to an editorial notice of my plan in the last number of your contemporary, the United Service Gazette ? Permit to premise how much obliged I feel to the editor of the United Service Gazette for the flattering manner in which ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—April 19. Their Jordships met at five o’clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a place in Cornwall, complaining of the imprisonment of the Reverend J. Shore. The Marquis LANSDOWNE gave notice, that on Tuesday next he should move the thanks of their lordships to the Go- vernor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and the officers and army in India, for ...

... LEITH On Monday last being New Day, the inmates of the Leith Charity Workhouse were entertained to a sumptuous dinner, being the contribution-of several benevolent individuals in the town. Upwards of 7U men, women, and children, dined together, Provost M‘Laren, and Bailies Ford and M‘Kinlay, presiding. Besides the various viands furnished by butchers: bakers, grocers, and others, an ample ...

... tenant bill was brought up by Lord Port- man, who expressed the inexpediency of proceeding any further with the measure. Consequently this bill, which had consumed so much time in the other house, is aban- doned for the present. The Irish leasehold tenure bill was read a third time and passed, after a brief discussion, and a close division of 38 to 35. A majority of only three in favour of ...

... Wabal Dratn oF anotuer Frac Orricen.—Vice-Admiral of the White Godwin, died early in the week, after a service of up- wards of sixty years. His post commission bears date 8th May 1804—Rear-Adwiral. 17th August 1840—Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 26th July 1847, and more recently of the White. Cap- tain Berkeley, M.P. is now next in rotation for his flag, and Lord Byron the next but two. The Superb, ...

... gratitude, and admira- tion with which the memory of the late Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, as proprietrix of the soil, and as the common friend and benefactress of the community, is still cherished among the tenantry of her extensive family estates in the county of Sutherland. A number of the principal tenants met lately for the purpose of considering the subject, and deter- mined that the ...

... COURT OF SESSIOUN—CHURCH PROPERTY CASE. CRAIGIE, v. REV. DR MARSHALL, THURSDAY, DEC. 13. Mr Inglis resumed his argument to-day before the judges of the Second Division, on behalf of the and com- menced by stating the views which had induced the Relief Church to separate from the Establishment—which, he con- tended, was not on account of any difference in religious doc- trine, but from what ...