... 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 ...

... .-, --- - - 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 ...

... 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 ...

... LIVERPOOL PETITION FOR TUE ABOLIrION or SLAVERY. d, it, The zeal which was at first manifested to sign the 1Y Liverpool petition on this most important subject at suddenly abated when the news arrived that Minis- al ters were in a minority in the House of Lords on ilI the Reform Bill. Hundreds of persons who in- ky tended to affix their names have declared, that deeply re interested as they ...

... antE SAc 3itotol MAreuI SATURtDAY, Mtl 5. WHY IS THE NATION. TAXED? IHEMe is a question of some moment, if men would but learn to consider it rightly. Why is the nation taxed? It is a question which comes home to all oui pockets: we all know and feel louw the nation is taxed, but few have taken the trouble, caltly and deliberately, to ask themselves-- why ? The surface politician will answer, ...

... 'WI X , M 5WO SATURDAY;, MAY 5. TO-MORROW Morning a SERMON Will be preached by the Rev. Eow. HAIVmINS, D. D; Provost | of Oriel College, in the Parish Church of All Saints' , in thfii city ; after which a collection will be made, to assist in defraying the expenses incurred in the purI chase and erection of the Organ. On this occasionfidl a Cathedral Service will be performed, in which the ia ...

... There ll be an ELECTION of TWO E SCHOLARS on the Foundation of Mrs. Sarah Eaton, E on Friday the Sth of June next. tl Candidates are required to call in person, before si Ten o'clock on the morning of the preceding Tuesday, on the Vice-Provost, and must produce Certificates signed by the Bishops of their respective dioceses, by 01 the Ministers of their parishes, and by two or more respectable ...

... .* vtosly. a I'I ia tlalb' * Vote. ?? tt Khe F s ncl Pupera.)0 P.1ARIC, MAY 24,I N Saturday next the Court will resuove front I the Tuilleries to St. (Cloudlt On Mionday the King t aud Royal Family will go to Coilspeigne, whero King s . L Leoiolrd will arrive oil Tuesday, arid Pmss the two followingdays. On the ?? of JunetlvelRovalFamily ,yil etitn to Paris, and King ?? to Briussela Y'he IDuke ...

... [From The Ballot of the I9th.] On Thursday evening there was an adjourned general meeting held at the Institution; Mr. ROGERS in the chair. Messrs. MAN- SELL and Bce. spoke to the Bank question, which was put and carried unanimously. Messrs. BzENBOw ani LOVETT were received with tremendous cheering, which lasted several minutes-the latter was accompanied by the Rev. Dr. WADE:-when it became ...

... I E 9! _I(IjOR IJJ (I I 0 XI CL E. L ONDON: TUESDlY, X/lY S, 1832. Thre Refurm Bill is in the agonies ot death, if it be not by this tin- defunct. It has received its death-blow at its very lirst entrance into the Committee. Prepared as most people were for the discomfiture of Minis- tiers ir; sorme way or other in the C(ommittce on the Reform 1;ill, the result os the first night's proceedings ...

... EMIOILIT I ,S There have been recestly a var:lety oft' para-erapht stating tbe number of emlnrantswb,, are le6ving Great rltialt and Irelniid for the Unitr d States, CaiadsAastrallar and Vlio DlemoayistLauid (By the way they might to dali this Isladd Tasmania, for Tastnan was the real discoverer, and the appella'ltoisebides sivould .bre rmore pronounceable anrd euphonious,,) Thte erigratiun ...