... HOUSE OF LORDS. TUESDAY, SEPT. 20.—Mr. Bernal and other members brought up the surplus ways and means bill and the administra- tion of justice (Ireland) bill, which were severally read a first time. The bills on the table were forwarded in their respective stages, on the motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Archbishop of Canterbury moved the order of the day for receiving the report on the ...

... LONDON NEWS. His Majesty has conferred the honour of Knighthood on Commissioner Hill, on his return from his late mission to Ireland. We hear that his Majesty intends to authorise the resto- ration of the Earl of Dundonald (Lord Cochrane) to the rank which he held in the British service. His lordship is now in London, in high health and spirits. It has been reported that he has been offered ...

... Moti Mourn.—The Coronation of our beloved King and his royal consort, on Thursday last, was celebrated in this town with every possible demonstration of loyalty. Most of the shops were closed, and the inhabitants kept holiday. At sun-rise the bells of St. Mary's church commenced a merry peal, and conti- nued ringing at intervals until past midnight. By means of a liberal subscription amongst ...

... THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER I.-THE REFORM BILL.—The Chairman having put the question for adopting the printed alter- ations in clause 23, The Chancellor of the Exchequer observed that, as this clause related to the appointment of commissioners for the division of counties, he wished to say a few words respecting it. Ministers had resolved to submit the report of the commissioners to parlia- ment, and ...

... To the Editor of the Monmouthshire Merlin. MR. EDITOR,—Permit me, through the medium of your ex- cellent paper, to call the attention of the lovers of Psalmody, and more especially the members of the Established Church, to the great and important, but lamentably neglected duty, of .public praise. Time was when the congregations of the Lord joined heart and voice in this most delightful exerise ...

... SWING!—Threatening letters are again appearing. One was picked up at Eastbourne on Sunday morning. The farmers threatened are the two Gorringesand a Mr. Waters the three principal agriculturists in the place.— Brighton Guardian. INCENDIARISM.—On Sunday morning, the 21st ult., a fire broke out in a barn on the premises of Mr. Thomas Breeds, in the parish of Guestling, Hastings. The Hastings ...

... TUESDAY, SLPT. 13.—In the course of the morning the following Peers were introduced and took the oaths and their seats. The Marquis of Westminster (late Earl Grosvenor;) in- troduced by the Marquis of Lansdown and Cholmondeley. Lord Poltimore (late Hon. W. Maule,) introduced by Lords Ducie and Segrave. Lord Panmure (late Hon. W. Maule,) introduced by Lords Belhaven and Dover. Lord Dinorben ...

... A French paper gives the following account of the taking of Warsaw :— The refusal of the Polish army to capitulate, in which they were supported by a part of the population, highly irritated the Russians, and they came to the assault with unexampled exas- peration. They placed their scalding-ladders at so many points, that the 24,000 men of the Polish army were insufflcent to pro- tect the ...

... TUESDAY, AUGUST 30.—The Barren Lands Tithes Bill was committed on the motion of Lord Wyriford, reported, and ordered to be engrossed. The Duchess of Kent's Annuity Bill was committed and re- ported, and ordered for a third reading to-morrow.—The Plura- lities Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The house resolved itself into a committee on the Subletting ...

... COUNTRY NEWS. POACHERS AND GAMEKEEPERS.—About two o'clock on the morning of Saturday se'nnight, the gamekeeper of Went- worth Bayly, Esq. of Weston Market, Suffolk, going his rounds, aacompanied by an assistant, encountered a gang of seven poachers. Three of them ran off at their appear- ance, but a desperate conflict took place between the re- maining four and the keepers. The keepers were ...

... BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.—Just after the fair had been opened in due form on Saturday, by the Lord Mayor, a gentleman of the name of Whamside, residing at Grove Cottage, Salisbury, was hustled at the corner of Hosier-lane, and robbed of his pocket-book, which was cut from his side coat-pocket, containing thirty £10 notes of the Bank of England, and bills of exchange and other property to a con- ...

... THE CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT THE ROYAL CORONATION OF THEIR MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM THE FOURTH AND QUEEN ADELAIDE, ON THURSDAY, SEPTEM- BER 8, 1831. The important ceremony of the Coronation took place on Thursday. One general feeling of joy seemed to pervade the whole population of London upon this occasion. Never within the memory of man was there so large a multitude assembled in ...