... The Loyal Trafalgar Lodge of Ancient Druids, No. 91, held at the Swan and Falcon, Monmouth, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of England, celebrated their Tenth Anni- versary on the 29th ult. The brethren of the town and its vi- cinity were awakened to their anticipated festivity by a summons from the bells of St. Mary s Church, which rang merry peals at intervals, from the rising of ...

... FRIDAY, JUNE I.-Several petitions were presented against tithes, and against the government system of education in Ireland. The Earl of Wicklow presented a petition from the magistrates of the county of Wexford, complaining of the dismissal of Capt. Graham from the commission of the peace, and praying the house to adopt such measures as it might see fit to procure his restora- tion. The noble ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. From the progress which has been made in the Irish and Scotch Bills, we may now expect that they will be through Parliament by the time fixed upon for the general rejoicings and illumination, viz.the 27th instant. No less a number than 800 Chelsea-pensioners have recently sold their pensions, for four years' purchase, to furnish themselves with ...

... A meeting of the members and friends of the Society for the Diffusion of Information on the Punishment of Death was held on Saturday, at Exeter Hall. A large proportion of the visitors consisted of ladies, as may be supposed from the interest which the female heart naturally takes in any thing relating to the cause of humanity. There not being sufficient space to accom- modate the company in ...

... 'SEE you this picture ? Such the once bright look Of that worn aged woman, bending low O'er the large pages of that Holiest Book, With dull fixed eye, and pale lips moving slow. What earnest find you in that ruined shrine Of weary, wasted, poor humanity, Of the full loveliness so like divine Of form and face, she wore in days gone by ? Is this the figure, wrought in truest mould, Whose natural ...

... ^(ppir refoiiivi SONG. Air- Scots wha hac. Noiv's the day, and now's the hour Freedom is our nation's dower, Put we forth a nation's power Struggling to be free! Raise your front the foe to daunt! Bide no more the snare-the taunt! Peal to highest heaven the chaunt Law and Liberty! Gather like the muttering stoirn! Wake your thunders for reform Bear not like the trodden worm Scorn and ...

... LONDON NEWS. THEIR MAJESTIES' BALL.—Their Majesties gave a state ball at St. James's Palace on Friday evening. The Queen Was not present at the entertainment, her Majesty not having returned to town from visiting her niece, the Princess Louise, who is now lying in a very dangerous state, at the Palace at Windsor. The ball was very numerously at- tended, and the appearance of the company most ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, JUNF. 14.—Lord King, in presenting a petition on the subject ef tithes, adverted to a conversation which took place on a former night, when a right rev. prelate asked him, if a man bequeathed a certain portion of his estate to endow an hospital, or for any similar purpose, whether the legislature possessed the right to interfere with his benevolent or pious intentions ...

... COUNTRY NEWS. The triennial celebration of the Eton Montem took place on Tuesday. The dresses and decorations surpassed any thing of the sort witnessed on former occasions, and the sum of money collected from the company in attendance, and from all passengers on the road, exceeded the collection of any former period, being nearly £1200. Mr. Williams, the son of the bookseller and publisher ...

... THURSDAY, MAY 24,-111r, K. Hoskins presented a petition from Ross for an amendment of the criminal laws; eight petitions from Hereford against the continuance of slavery in the West Indies; and a petition from Liverpool against a bill now before the house for disfranchising that place. Mi-. Wilks presented a petition from a society to prevent the stopping up of ancient foot-paths, against a ...

... COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 26.-Sir James Scarlett moved the Court for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the body of a lady, who was confined in her father's house against her will. The parties were highly respectable, and he would avoid men- tioning any names, as it was considered desirable that as little publicity as possible should be given to this affair. The lady was 29 years of age, and ...

... We are informed by one of Mr. Denton's partners that the whole amount of the book-binding implements furnished by Mr. Paas to Cook did not exceed £ 8. Cook gave an order for the goods a few weeks since, but it would not be complied with, as he owed a balance of 12s to the firm. Mr. Paas, who was travelling through the country, was then written to on the sub- ject and he directed that the goods ...