... l Noo_ TRFFC I ORTHEsN AND EAaTaus.-The half-yearly meeting Bftishopsgatey was held at the comany's offices, Bhpgaetation, last Monday-Mr. R.n aterson in the chair. After the usual preliminaries a report was read, which said that the dividend on the respective shares of the company, for the half year ending the 30th of June last, would be payable on and after aturday, the 25th inst., as ...

... TAkinm thee C - ND. - 'A trd M.g these individuals as a body they are an unedu- cated, POMPOUS, overbearing set of officials, who, dressed in a little brief authority, entirely forget that their position with regard to the public is servile instead of authoritative Tbeirignorance renders them totally unfit to he invested with the slightest power which they are of course at all seeming ...

... DOVER, WEDNESDAY.-This gigantic undertaking, which has been steadily and satisfactorily progressing since its commencement two years since, was this day visited and inspected by his Grace the Duke of Wellington. The noble and gallant duke arrived at Walmer Castle on Monday, and came over here this morning to preside at a special meeting of the HIarbour Commissioners, of whom his grace as Lord ...

... THE ERA. COUNTRY EDITION. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1849. The political events of France more resemble a moving panorama than aught else. Two monarchies overthrown-a Government embodying the prin- ciples of the wildest Democrary-a Government of the sword-and then a Government based on the prestige of a name, have been the tableaux already presented. The question is, what is the coming scene ? Are ...

... FOREIGNIN ENCE. The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday are chiefly eo- cupied with comments on the debate on M. de l6ij~ats motion in the Chaiber of Deputies, which terminated 'm favour of ministers. The leadsiig object of the i otioio Nap- pears to have been to draw from 4M. de Salvandyi an epose of the circumstances which attended his recent resignatidn. Galled by their repeated defeats,- ...

... WORXHOUSE ATnOCITIES. In our paper of the I tch ult. CxE~soaous introduced'into his letter a condensed report of on inquiry taken before' Sir John Wallshan, Assistant Poor Law Commnissisner, in consequence of a, series of cisarges against the chaplain, the medical officer, the governor, the matron, the perter, and the nurses, of the Nacton Union. The investigation, it witl be recollected, was ...

... Iedu-tion in --tfe cI Mortality. The quarterly rcturs are obtfived fon 115 ditrits, subdivided intiio is76 nub-districts. Tbirty-fous districts ore placed under tale metropolis, and the remaining 81 die- trict comprire, with acme agrieulttual ?? prin- cipal towns.and rities tf England. The p0ptilation5 was 6'578,51 2 i : 1841; Tbe deaths xegitered in 1he last qusxta (ending Junze SOth ...

... SUNDAY, MAY 21, 1843. [EARLY EDITION.] Well, for the present, it may be presumed the agita- tion of Corn-law. Repeal, in Parliament, has been settled by the majority of 256 on Tuesday morning; and, we trust, that by the time this reaches our friends, the right'honourable, and honourable debaters, have also settleddowvn into something like a consciousness of having made very great fools of ...

... jv.IvWERZOAN REPUDIATION. The following petition has been addressed by the Ret and eccentric Sydney Smith to the Congress of the UnittdStares. The rev, gentleman is a creditor of the state of Pesnlssl-3aia- and is, therefore, justly entitled to a voice in this matter. It would be difficult to put in a more striking view, te evil effects of the bad faith of the repudiating States than is ...

... Itejete and the Itoyai infaut continue to enjoy unintler- 1tsdaoudirea'ostb 'sTh Queen has so rapidly recolverd from Th~it s s/rrrithat, in tire shoret interyals Of frise rbatbrer atiwl ei t shetretoken advantage of the i ?? ?? e of Buckingha Palace. On Sreturday ito It isrsd tire Cocci cele lea o town for Claremont, ta rohirn ?? o tir l ?? onioctir, when tih e pleasures arid the c ic ...

... Yesterday morning a serious collision took place on the river ofl Wapping, between the Watermnan steam-packet, No. 3, and the Witch, both running between Londdn and Wool- wich. The Waterman, which was under the care of Mir. Pees- cott, a very careful man, who was never known to get into ally mischief before, was on her way down; and the Witch had just left the Tunnel Pier, and was ott her way ...

... THE AztNTZ-CORN-LAW LEADUE. The ?? meeting of the Anti-Corn-law League was held on Wednesday evening, at Drury-lane Theatre. Notwith- standing the eauny attractions at this season, to withdraw men for a timefronn their more seriousavocations, it was evident that no effect of ?? description had been produced on the minds of those who leave wedded themselvesin heart and spicrt'tothe ad- ...