... (CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.) Mr. IFard seconded the Address, and hinted that the state of the country called for a reduction of the interest on the Debt. Sir E. Knatchbull moved an Amendment, which resembled in character that of Earl Stanhope. It was as follows :— We la- ment the distress which your Majesty informs us prevails in some places; we are, however, in the faithful, although painful ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, Feb. 9. The Earl of GlengaU took the oaths and his seat as a Repre- sentative Peer of Ireland, in the room of the Marquis of Ileadfort, deceased. The Erul if Lonsdale presented a petition from the nobility, gentry, and freeholders of Cumberland, at a county meeting duiy convened, praying for an inquiry into the causes of the distresses of the country, with a view of ...

... Ilis has been pleased to grant a charter to the Royal bank of Scotland, ors the authorising an addition of £ 5Q0,00() lo the capital, to he paid up within five years.— When the last addition of £500,000 was made to the capi- tal of the Bank it was divided amongst the proprietors, and the whole sum paid from the undivided profits, without the proprietors being called on for any part of it.— The ...

... A List of Vessels which have entered Inwards and cleared Outwards at this Port, in the week ending tie 9th Feb. 1830. INWARDS. VVITH TIMBER.—Prince Regent, Bosence, from St. Andrews, for Messrs. Protheroe and Co. WITH SLATES.—Eleanor, Evans. from, Portmadoc. WITH SUNDRIES.—Venus, Stoat, .from Barnstaple .—Mars, Guy, from Bidej'ord.—Tredegar, Harwood Moderator, Johns Car- leon, Evans; Bristol ...

... We will consent to O. N. Y. occupying a few columnsbut we mvst be allowed some remuneration for our labour.—His letter is long enough, for a pamphlet. If we had known where to have addressed 0. N. Y. we should have intimated to him through the post, that a compliance on his part with the usual terms in such cases would entitle, his letter to admission. The foregoing observations will in part ...

... Tmrxr P.FTTT'C; TTT.T.T-RTT TV .—Thp most pvtraorrlinarv perhaps cn record of the gullibility of Londoners, is to be foun» in the famous story of the Bottle Conjuror. A fellow gave out that he would creep in a quart bottle. The feat was to be per' formed on a public theatre, without trick or sleight, in an honest bonajide way. It might have been supposed that the extrava' gance of the ...

... The Coroner's inquest terminated at eleven o'clock on Thursday night, when the Jury returned a verdict of TVil- ful Murder (of Richard Hemming) against Thomas Clewes and George Banks, and of being an accessary to such mur- der before thefact against John Barnett. They were fully committed for trial at the next assizes upon the Coroner's warrant. In the early part of this inquiry, the evidence ...

... Wilt drink up Easel-eat a crocodile? We look upon M. Chabert as the most persecuted pro- fessor of the age. From the rage which his salamander pretensions excite, one would suppose him the very first man who had ever fallen under the suspicion of humbug. With a world full of quacks and pretenders of all kinds, his performances only are subjected to an angry scrutiny. The Chronicle invites him ...

... (Fol the Monmouthshire Merlin.) LINES ADDRESSED TO Adieu! perhaps for e'er, adieu! May fairer skies await thee Thy bark must breast the silv'ry spray May Heaven protect and guide thee. Let balmy gales thy canvass press, Eolian zephyrs waft thee, Till thou shalt kiss thine own dear shore, And home's warm friends embrace thee., May Hope and Peace e'er strew thy path With sweetest, thornless ...

... Our readers will be kind enough to imagine the existence, in some part of this county, of an isolated hotel, kept by one John Tomkins, and known by the name of The Artichoke, where certain individuals are accustomed to meet on a Thursday night to discuss the affairs of the nation over a pipe and a glass of grog. At eight o'clock precisely, the landlord—a jolly old cosmopolite of no opinion ...

... [In the fourth page will be found a continuation of Thursday night's debates—the Merlin of last week gave the proceedings up to seven o'clock that evening.] HOUSE OF LORDS, Monday, Feb. 8. Several petitions were presented on the subject of the agricul- tural distress and for a repeal of the malt and beer duties, praying for relief. Several motions-were also made for returns relative to the ...

... GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE.—The late Dr. Smith's annual prizes of S25 ,aOh' to the two best proficients in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy among the commencing Bachelors of Arts, were °n Friday adjudged to Mr. Steventon, of Corpus Christi College, and Mr. Heaviside, of Sidney Sussex College, the third and second Wranglers.—The Norrisian prize for the year 1829 was on Monday adjudged to ...