... The Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to consider Lord Worcester's petition against the return of Mr. Hall, after hearing counsel and witnesses on both sides, came, on Saturday last, to the following determination:- That by the by-laws and usage of the borough of Newport, the sons of freemen, and persons who married the daughters or the widows of freemen, have no right to be ...

... CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20.—Th«j arrivals of English grain this week are moderate, but of foreign they continue, good. The wheat trade to-day is about the same as on Monday, with little doing. Barley, beans, and peas are the same as last reported. Oats are firm and good, sweet parcels fully maintain last quotations. Flour remains without alteration. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS; TUESDAY, JULY 12.—QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.—-The Lord Chancellor entered into a long defence of his conduct in com- mitting Mr. Wellesley, and deprecated the inquiry in the other house before the committee of privileges. COURT OF EXCHEQUER (SCOTLAND). The Lord Chancellor brought in a bill for the regulation of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland. The immediate effect of the bill ...

... FOREIGN NEWS. KING LEOPOLD.—A humorous incident occurred at the village of Furnes, as his Majesty passed through, which is worth mentioning:—A company of the Civic Guard had mounted guard in honour of his Majesty, and on his pass- ing, having no muskets, they presented arms with sticks It is worthy of remark that on the 17th of July, 1830, Wil- liam of Holland made his last appearance in ...

... Prince Leopold and suite arrived at Dover, on their way to Brussels, on the 16th inst. A guard of honour was drawn up to receive him at the Ship Hotel, and a salute from the battery announced his arrival. From previous directions, his Majesty's steam packet Crusader, Captain Lyne, was ready for his reception, and the whole party em- barked, under another salute, at three o'clock, for Calais. ...

... We are authorized to state that Mr. Hall was present, and voted with Ministers, on all the divisions which arose out of the Reform Bill duriug the time he sat as Member for the Borough of Monmouth and that the average period of his at- tendance in the House, from the opening of parliament to the moment of his exclusion, was at least ten hours per day. On one occasion he was in the House for ...

... MEAT ON SATURDAYS.—In a few weeks more, the Roman Catholics of Ireland will have indulgence for meat on Satur- days, as their brothers in England now enjoy. The subject has been under consideration of the Prelates of their Church.—Cork Reporter. [Will the Prelates give the meat as well as the indulgence 1] LUKE DILLON.-Tlie youthful and innocent victim of this villain was reported, last week, ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, JFLY 14.-ConN LAWS.—Mr. Hunt pre- sented a petition from Bolton for the repeal of the corn laws. He remarked, that it was much more important to the poor to have cheap bread than to have the reform bill passed. THE REFORM BILL. On the motion of Lord J. Russell, the order of the day for the house going into a committee was read. On the motion that the Speaker leave ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS. TUESDAY, JULY 19.-JURY LAWS — IRELAND. — Mr. O'Connell obtained leave to bring in a bill to consolidate the jury laws of Ireland. His only object was to assimilate the laws of the two countries. REFORM BILL. On the motion of Lord John Russell, the house then resolved Itselfintocommitteeonthisbiij. Mr. Mackinnon moved an instruction to the committee, de- claring that the ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PAHIS, JULY 18.-General Dubourg was arrested on the 14th of July, at five o'clock in the morning, in a medical establish- ment to which he had retired on account of his infirmities. He was still in bed when the summons was announced to him as suspected of a plot tending to overthrow the Government. Several other persons have been arrested on the same charge. The French ...

... Mr. Ewart, the Member for Liverpool, has given notice for leave to bring in bills to repeal the punishment of death for the offences of horse stealing, sheep stealing, and stealing in a dwelling-house, no person being put in fear. A correspondent has sent us the following paragraph ex- tracted from the Times of January, 1794. It is curious enough at this moment MR. GREY. Should this young ...

... Some horses belonging to the Royal Artillery came from Woolwich on Wednesday, for the purpose of giving instruc- tions to the horses stationed at Windsor in a newly disco- vered method of drawing. It appears that a Major of the Waggon Train has been for some time engaged in teaching some dragoon horses to draw the guns by the circingle in- stead of the collar, and that the experiment has been ...