... ,,Vaietic. m A' tha ire General Mini has been dangerously ill, but is now pro- chE ire nounced to be out of danger. not are Last week and this, deputations from London, Man- bun tes chester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Birmingham, have been tes' tea in this town, examining several of the coliiery railways in the tohe neighbourhood, and trying experiments on theloco n rig nd notive engines; and have ...

... N41E7rSPAPE2S. The following statement respecting the present heavy duties on newspapers has been submitted to the consideratiola of the Parliamentary Cornm missioners, by the proprietors of the Caledonian Mercury.] A reduction of the present heavy duties on news- paplers would greatly promote the interests of the pe- riodical press, now an important branch of business; while a diminution of ...

... The annals of Nottingham lsappilyafford no instance, tatit we are aware of, of such a ?? deliberate attemtpt at assassination as one wilic b occurred en Friday night, the 2lth inst. it being Christaias eve, thie public houses were generaly pretty thronged, amlA a young s an about 28yenrs of aige, of tile namie oif Thomas Alvey, repaired to the s gn of the Air Bal- I on, in Mount East-street, ...

... I I IMa. EDITOR.-Anl article asppeared among; the Police Reports of some of the daily papers of Monday last, which is incor- rect in its details, and prej udicial to my character. I trust you will spare a portion ofyouirvalttable paper toa short state- ment of facts, as they actually occurred, the authenticity of which does not rest upon my authority alone, but can be au- thenticated by the ...

... , j , . L. .$ I NEWCASTLE, DC~r.R Li .1. The [risin ooernieilnt has at ?? thought proper to vtii ia n--tl~ir 0a ,iroceeiingS Of the (Cuhi;b .As'toiWiol in bublin;:nd sthe duelf orat:r, Dir O Connell, has been beld to bail to appeau at the ensuin' wesions i, tbat city, to answer tor the rignillcant hint about luilvar, whichl lie gave at the irectifig O01 Ine itim, as ?? M Ousir last paper. The ...

... Calebonian %;Iercurt'. EDINBURGH. THURSDAy~JfANJuAS 27. eW The strictures of a 'Lver otthe Opera, on the Tnhanagenejnt of the theatre, are, we-tlink -too severe;and 1ie do not.jbesides concur with the writer in lamenting the frcquent appearances of Miss Noel and Mr Thorne ; and more especially in their being, -as he says, thrust into the af- terpiece. We rather think this is matter of ...

... 1- Lbe tL ernp1 t ?? txr e SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1825. C- I ISnii FRANCIS BURDET T.-This excellent, enlightenede and consistent gentleman, equally estimable as a man and eI - ?? A AA- ?? Asr~- : , . . . . -- a patriot, has just furnished an example to his affluent countrymen, by which we hope they will profit. The aristocracy appear to dread the general diffusion of ...

... English and Bristol CHANNELS ShG p Canal. ?? am 71 lno1 . To the EDITOR. Sta;-I have justread aletter inserted intbe herborne Mereuey of the If th .instlt, signedi. Anticut. and I have also beei favored 'Wlh the p(.rusal.of certl,1p resolutions Pa ...

... EX MR Z-V- 9 - ?? W;IDNJES3I;AYL .J}ANU:ARY 26, 1825. IN thf teotli O positive -piformation to the con- Araiy the Atirtrian Qbsertei-na paper. -well-known to be opposed to trutih, and to the causeof Greece in particu lar- states that the Camplaggp against, the Turks has proved decidedly unfortuinale to thbe Qhristiaus,-such a barefaced coutradiction to the fact, needs no elaborate refutation, ...

... clilitO ;btatM I ? We have receive(l NOcN Yrnk, atll otber Anmericn i l papers to the 21st ult. The ploeeedings in Conlgress sare of no general interest. r *;eneral 1,a Fayette olot with a very favonrable recrp- thin in thl 11011Si of RleCpoVS.ntativ-s, oni the lI th ult. The Senate were invited on the occasion ; an~d the (; neral having bicen scated in tho sf piumdll for his rec-ption , thc ...

... FoREIGN INT ELIGENCE. l - e Y'raortr, c r. KING O; FRANCE'S Sl'EECH.-OPENING O1F TIIE SlESSION. PA:IS, Dec. 2i:. At one o'clock a salute announced thl dleparture of' the Xing,a w!, traversedl the great Uallery of the I nurvre, and reached the great Gallery of Apollo, where, in thIe first saloon, he received the eepateltionls of the P'eers and of the Deputies. The processiin soon began to movc, ...

... AIlLWAYS. vio ~ ?? OPm nifl~a DERm y razzouny* ? ?? the conrideration of some. of your Readers who smay feel inclined to embark their money In the Railway Schemes; . 'ubjoln a copy of a letter which appeared lastweek in the New Tims ; for it seems to me that a majority of the subscribers have * no intention of retainin.g their Shares, but subscribe upon' the .Stock-jobbing p rinciple, of ...