... POOR LAws.-(Fr,om .the Observer).—The following is the relief to the indigent ordered by the Poor Law Com- missioners to be given in some of the newly constituted unions or parishes. It is understood that these orders are preparatory to the discontinuance of the allowance system by which the independent labourers have been pauperised 1. No relief shall be given in money (except in cases of ...

... TUESDAY, MARCil 17.—The petitions against the returns for Waterford and Gloucester were withdrawn the first because securities were not prepared, and the latter because it was not presented within the time limited by law. CHURCH OF IRELAND. Lord J. Russell postponed his motion for inquiry into the state of the Church of Ireland, from Monday, the 23d, to Monday, the 30th inst., and that the ...

... The Messenger des Chambres, dated Friday, the 24th of Sept., contains a copy of the report made to the Chamber of Deputies by the commission charged with the examination of the accusation against the Ex-Ministers. The report is very long, and we can give a few of she points. They commence by stating that the documentary evidence against the accused is but slight, as at the moment of the ...

... STANZAS WRITTEN ON LEAVING I cannot but remember such things were, And were most dear to me. Farewell to the beauty That dwells on thy hills; Farewell to the coolness That breathes from thy rills Farewell to the blossoms That brighten thy trees, And farewell to the fragrance They fling on the breeze. When the strength of the billow Shall toss me on high, And the frown of the tempest Shall ...

... The election for Hull terminated on Saturday in the re- turn of ColoneV Thompson (the Editor of the Westminster Rcvieio) by a majority of five over Mr. St. John Mild may, the Conservative candidate. The numbers were—-Thomp- son, 1428; Mildmay, 1423.—Carlow election ended on Friday, when Messrs. Vigors and Raphael were returned in the Reform interest. The close of the poll was as fol- lows ...

... SODDEN DEATH About half-past ten o'clock on Tuesday night, a female named Susan Parry, of Monmouth, was taken ill at her lodgings St. Owen's Gate, in this city, and before four o'clock next morning was a corpse !—The deceased sus- tained a serious fright about a forfnight ago, and on a postmortem examination it appeared that death was occasioned by the rup- ture of a blood vessel.-Hereford ...

... .-fFagfttott, anti Ctfcte STalft* The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are expected home in i three weeks. Sir Josiah John Guest, M.P., has become the purchaser of Lord Mostyn's estates in Montgomeryshire. Mr. Fulwar Craven has purchased Mr. Sadler's horse De- ception for and half its present engagements. The Prince and Pnncess of Oldenburg are now residing at Scarborough. STAG HUNTING IN ...

... FROM THE INFLUENZA.—At least half the people in Maidstone have coughs, and many of them have jeen attacked by a species of influenza, similar to a disorder ixtremely prevalent after the heavy fall of snow in 1814. It ippears the symptoms are rather disagreeable than dangerous, Jut persons who are liable to affections of the lungs will be >rudent not to expose themselves more than is necessary. ...

... GOODWOOD CUP.-5 to 2 against Mr. Holdsworth's na. De. ception—taken b i0 l agninst Lord Westminster's Richard f^oe e /J Mr- Ferguson's Harkaway—taken 10 to I against Mr. St. Paul's Galewood-lakcn. IHE GOODWOOD SrAKrs.-8 to 1 against Ruby—taken 15 to 1 agams van a en 20 to 1 against Mr. B. Pearson's na- Romania—taken. b Nc\v MARKET JILYSIAKES. g TO against Lord Exeter's Hellespont—offered 6 ...

... LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET. ENGLISH.—Down Ewes and Wethers, 13d to 14d; ditto Tegs, 15d to 16d Combing Fleeces, 14d to 15d ditto Sltif 13d to 15d; Super Skin, 14d to 16d; Head ditto, 12d 14d per lb. IRISH.—Irish Fleece, mixed lots, 13^d to 15d Irish Wethers. 13d to 14d Irish Hogs, 15d to 16d Irish Combing Skin, 13J ...

... A DREAM, V* ON A PIECE OF BRIDE-CAKE. In thoughtful mood, eager to trace the features Of her ordain'd by fate to be my bride Beneath my pillow lies the magic charm Of virgin bride-cake, stuck with thrice three pins Of comeliest stature nought deform'd Dare boast the favours they enjoyed, For they, like spruce men milliners, attend (Obsequious) on the fair. With artful grace Compose the lucid ...

... The following account of the severe earthquake in Chili last February is abridged from Professor Silliman's American Journal of Science — One of the most terrific and destructive convulsions with which this devoted country has ever been visited by, com- menced on the 20th February, 1835, occasioned by the irrup- tion of the volcano of Aupico, in about the latitude of Con. ception, and about ...