... FE OF SIR E ,A.ysiD ,AIlt. _~r AV_ _ A_ _ The biography of this truly gallant officer forms one of the most interesting narratives that has appeared tor many years past, replete as it is with descriptions of the most perilous adventure and enterprise. The following extract refers to a dreadful juncture when he and several of his brave companions in arms lay immured in a dungeon at Seringapatam ...

... - - ?? ,I . ?? I PUBLTC ABATTOIt S. . They order, said 1, this matter better in rranee.'`-,9trrc. To the Editor of thc Preston, Chi oni&. It is surprising to me that in a town so well regulated generally as Preston, no notice should be taken of the great nuisance which the places occupicl by the butchers for the slaughtering of cattle, are to tlte population in their immediate vicinity. It may ...

... CatlE It; SOCIETY IN AMeRcA.-Whatever may be the talents of the persons who meet together in society, the very shape, form, and arrangement of the sheet- Ihgis sufficient to paralize conversation. The wo- men invariably herd together at one part of, the room, and the men at the other; but, in justice to Cincinnati, I must acknowledge that this arrange- ment is by no means peculiar to that city ...

... ?? -- 'Jl F 1 JM i, t. 1-11'. I ?? ?? I 7'itia Pse 'a P 'zr I -2 a,, , I .uday I35a,llUl pe rantii, again st aegro slat- erve. TIhe Earl of SuffieldI presented ?? petitions n the same subject. REFUORM COMMITTEE. Thle ?? t C/rawan'Ir proposed thle 18th clrvase, as aamaaatdd. It now providedl for the righlts of batnafifde free- hlo'&rs. The 19th, 201th, '21st, and 123d clauses were tagrect ...

... ME;MBEBS RrFTURNED. Abingdon-John Mabarley, Esq. Arundel-Lord D C Stuart soid Alderman John Atkins Amersham-T T Drake and W T Drake, Esquires Aldborough-C J F Clinton and Al T Sadiler, Esquires Andover-H A W Fellowes and B Etwall, Esqmires Brackley-R H Bradshaw, Esq. and Capt. lanmes Bradshaw Bletchingley-Charles Tennyson, E1sq. and Hon. G Ponsonby Bcdtord (Borough) IV H WYhithread and F. ...

... IIVT41RES TING EXAMINATION OF DEAF 4ND DUMB SCUOLARS AT LIVERPOOL. At the annual meeting of the supporters of the Deaf and Dumb Institution in Liverpool, on Wednesday the 0th Y instant, an examination of the children took place, at at which the following interesting points were clicited,_as it reportgd in the Liverpool Times of Tuesday last:_ to The appearance of the children was extremely ...

... NOTICE.S ON TUE, RFOunr B3ILL. Iw. The Catholics in both Houses of Parliament voted for the Bill, with the exception of one member in each House, -namely, Lord Arundel in the Lords', and Sir T. Con- stable in the Commons. HARD TO PLPAsE-There is no satisfying some peo- ple. The Merning Post p6ints to the disturbances at Nottingham and Derby as a foretaste-of what would follow on the passing of ...

... 1.,- ?? n.,gt1 1 X tt8.' ?? : Jr FRANCE. . ALiA5 flAidAKNCB8 AAT L: ow ?? Paris journals of S~atiaday.'ati~j't^tghasterious disturbances had broken out at ?? in the kingdom, and some of the writers Rwtate tintbt th'ins~i~tton threatened to extend itself through Ithe',wh'tld o~thiii4 mi O The-carses of the commotion were saidto he be Ays is known to be the chief manufacturing o*4w nniir B ...

... rrc0ponbcmce. REMOVAL OF NOXIOUS EFFLUVIA. To the Editor of ite Prcsion Clhronicle. Sost, Having observed in your Chronicle last week, a statement of Dr. Smith's method of disinfecting ships tor which our liberal legislature paid so dearly, may I beg to suggest to the public the substitution of one which is now universally admitted to be much more efficient. 'The only possible effcct that ...

... 1 '4 ? ?, I - ?le a R _9 i-- a -ift - CAMSBET.L, THE PoEr.-After a three years pri residence in Edinburgh, he sailed for Hamburgh, pr where, meeting. with a number of' Irish exiles, t mournaing over those revolutionary Visions, wloseb theory had proved so ruinous, when carried into practice, be comnposed the touching ballad of' The Exile of Erith' He spent thirteen, mninths travell. ing in ...

... I AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOA APRItI. The month of April has not abounded in April weather -at least it has been colder and less mutable than usual. There has been a good deal of moisture but no heavy rains -cold, but not cu tting winds frosts, occasionally sharp, but not severe; and some thunder and lightning. Grass and herbage is backward, and so are flowers, and tile foli- age of the woodlandis ...

... SATURDAY, DECEM1BER 17, 1S31. Trim NEw 1REFOant BILt..-O.1 .lo'idiy last, Lord Tohn Russell brought forward ?? new Rletorni lill,-uor rather the old Bill in an amended shape. From the cur- sory exposition which he furnished of its several altera- tions and provisions, it appears to be so nearly allied to the last, both in 'principle and in tenour, that its efficacy in practice will, we doubt ...