... NAPLES, JAN. 3.-Yesterday, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a severe shock of an earthquake alarmed the in- habitants of Lago Negro, in the province of Basilikata. It lasted 20 seconds. Almost all the buildings in the com- mune felt its effects. Ten houses were entirely destroyed. The church of the Capuchins, which adjoins their convent, and which is at the distance of a mile from the town, ...

... A most horrible murder was committed on Friday night, near Nobber, county Meath, on a process-server named Mathews. He received four severe wounds on the head, and his body was dreadfully mangled. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 31.-The King v. O'Connell and Others.-The Attorney-General stated to the Court that in this case Redmond had pleaded Not Guilty to the entire of the counts. Another of ...

... 2— CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAEY. There are moderate arrivals of wheat and barley, and p( quantities of oats and flour, The wheat trade remains aS ,„)! th quoted with little doing to-day Barley continues to rne1e^ha,vers| 0 sale. Beans and peas are unaltered Oats do not find o readily and having an increased quantity at market, they maintain last price. Flour remains as last ...

... The weather, during the past month, has been thoroughly English, the wind chopping about from east to west, and from north to south, in the veritable style of a. merry-go-round. How- ever, its chief and favourite residence, during a considerable time past, has been in the east, and from north-east to south-east, with the accompaniment of fogs and drizzling rains, giving us hopes of a course of ...

... u This affair is nothing to nobody.—Old Play, SIR, Your townsman, Another consistent Churchman, is hardi comme un cog sur son fumier. He seems to have as much consistency as his friend Consistent Churchman, but not a particle more argument. He says Decius asks whether it would be more a profanation for the Bishop to allow a reform meeting to be held there (the church) than one for the ...

... LONDON NEWS. A report has reached us from a respectable quarter, that his Grace the Duke of Wellington is coming into place as Commander-in-Chief, and to give his support to the present Administration. This is stated to have been arranged on the noble Duke's recent visit to his Majesty. Lord Aber- deen is at present with the Duke at Strathfieldsay.-Star. Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, Member of ...

... MosT SINGULAR ANECDOTE.—Several years ago a charity ser- mon was preached in a dissenting chapel, in the West of Eng- land. When the preacher ascended the pulpit'he thus addressed his hearers My brethren, before proceeding to the duties of this evening, allow me to relate a short anecdote. Many years have elapsed since I was last within the walls of this house. Upon that evening, among the ...

... FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.—In a debate of the French Chamber of Depu- ties on the 28th ultimo the minister for foreign affairs pub- I licly declared that but for the government of France the prin- ciple of the Holy Alliance would have been revived and acted upon in the case of the Belgians. The Minister also avowed his wish for the union of Belgium with France; but said that as no wish of that kind ...

... NEWPORT.—This town was enlivened on Tuesday, the 25th ult. by a ball and supper given by the bachelors of the place and neighbourhood, at the King's Head Inn. The circumstance of there not having been anything of this kind known in the town for manyyears, created an unusual excitement and bustle through- out all classes. The note of preparation during the short week allowed for this purpose ...

... At an inquest holden on the body of this nobleman, whose deatn by drowning was announced in our last number, the coro- ner's jury returned the following verdIct Found drowned near the public path at the head of the Serpentine River, consi- dered very dangerous for want of a rail or fence, where many persons have lately fallen in. The Observer of Sunday last contains a statement, which, if ...

... PORT or NEWPORT. ( A List of Vessels which have entered Inwards, with Cargo> cleared Outwards, at this Port, in the week ending the February, 1831. INWARDS. b(C> j WITH TIMBER AND DEALS —Prince Regent, Bosence,from Que I consigned to Messrs. Thomas Prothero and Co. jeo' WITH SUNDKIES—Tredegar, Harwood; Moderator, Johns; c#eijar)' ...

... PORT OF CARDIFF. SHIP NEWS, FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY I, Strrtbals. WITH SuNDRiES.—Friends, Davey, and Venns, Gulliford, Bridgwater.—Cardiff Packet, Harvey, from London and Avonmore, Myles, from Dublin.—Mary Ann, Pettigrew, from Iilandford, Lucas, from Newport.—Merthyr Packet, Head, /«w» p tol. A IVOI WITH IRON OR E.-Langford, Crosswaite,from Whitehaven.— more, Miles, from Dublin. WITH ...