... I I This month has been very propitious to the ad g rops avnddepastured sheep and cattle, as d also to tillage and field labours generally, Its le temperature has been sufficiently mild, and there ad has been rain enough to refresh the whole range is of vegetation, and to give to rural scenery an in. rie viting and animated appearance ; as well as to mellow the soils that have been recently ...

... I- VKI U lit11L 1Lrr1,r,0J2.iN A ri. I L'JJ1. SCENES INV THE A4MERfCAN CONGRESS. (From an American paper.) WAMIINGTON, MAY 14,,1532.--At twelve o'clock to-day, Gen. Houston was brought up to be reprimanded by the speaker for a breach of privilege according to the vote of the house. Tire loiblies and privileged seats were filled with ladies in their sweetest smiles and gayest dresses. Governor ...

... .-, --- - - Zg- I-J - Pis Ig ('Abridged from a letter to the Editor of the St. n~ *James's Chronicle.) a. The- 6olumns of the London papers have been t 'h inundated fora fortnigbt past with accounts of'proceedingsd id in 11Birminghian. Such exaggerated reports have gone c foriih_.!that one would be inclined to think that the whole at pop4!alition of the place arc attached to thelpolittcal ...

... REMARKABLE JAY..--A lady residing at Black- heath has in her possession a fine jay, which displays -1.-.: a - --- -A -A-Ii on .n pari~narv instinct allied to reason and reflection in no ordinary degree. The bird repeats distinctly any w.rd that might be uttered before. Shl can identify persons after having once seen them, and been told their names; the latter she will pronounce with surprising ...

... I A general meeting of the subscribers to these Rooms, was held on Wednesday, at the rooms, to receive rthe report of the Building Committee, &C. I Henry lBroadley, Esq. was called to thle chair, and e ,.opeeth businain a neat andapipropriatespeeecb. In taking a rapid review of the past proceedings, he advertedd to the viant which had long been felt of a spaciotus and d commodious building for ...

... of The internal condition of France, as respects ~ Lire politics, has not improved. Chotian bands still tli ind exist, and thle Carlists are becoming still more P ty, P HNaudacious. Onl tile other hand, the Republicans ta In appear to be increasingi inenerg-y, if not in number. p 'isA dhinner was given to M. Garnier Pages, at Lyons,, ca i onl the 30th uilt, at which 1,900 persons were present. ...

... AfEETTNG AT THE CROSS KEYS. ti e A meeting was held on Wednesday evening, at the Cross Keys, convened by public notice, to receive thee d answer to the memorial of the inhabitants of the town, e addressed to the Mayor and Aldermen, upon the subject m e of the North Bridge. in Mr. White having been requested to take the chair, til Y called upon Mr. Gresham to read the report of the corn- in d ...

... E'NTRANCE OF THE FRENCH ARMY INTO BELGIU.,I. QUWEVRAI\, FRoNTIER OF FRANCE.-YOI'. 15.- Last night. about 150 mea ofi the French rdvanced guard passed throughi Mons at six o'clock in the evening. This morning, at nine o'clock, the first brigade of the s. cond division, commanded by General Castellane, crossed the frontiers at Quie- vrain. It is composed of three batallions ot the r 3rd light ...

... TO THIE Editor of the ll Packet and Ilunmber 3Iercony. Sit---Youl did me the kindness of inscrtingm in F your resp~ctable paper, in the autuimni of' last year, r, a letter relative to the more speedy conveyance of J S the London mail by way of New Holland terry in- P 2 stead of Barton, as is the case at present. It will Ii , be recollected by your readers that the plan was f proposed by me, ...

... I A NONDESCRIPT.---At the corner of a street I , encountered an object whose looks could only in a slight decree claim kind-.pA -;.I, -- - - -t-.- encounterea an object whose looks could only in a slight degree claim kindred with our common nature-a very tatterdemalion ofa man. His garb, or covering, consisted only of three pieces-a hat without a crown, from the top of which his coal-black ...

... A great religious change is taking place in Ger- many. The bible is read with avidity by the Roman Il1iillJ I IU111:-JPI 1a . -~a 's . a; - -- catholics ; and the clergy of this religion are, in many parts of the country, making strenuous efforts for the abolition ofcelibacy, and for liberty to read the mass in German. In various instances they have turned pro= testants, with a great ...

... .. . .. II . e. .' - -.1 r . it is reported that the old title of Lord Langdale will be revived in the person of Sir E. M. Vavasour. One of the London corn circulars states that the corn laws are about to be altered, and that a permanent duty is to be imnposed in the place of the present gra- duated scale of deities. Mr. Baron Garrow retircs from the office of one of the barons of tile ...