... DOMESTIC. We learn from the True Sun, that Government has com- menced a criminal prosecution against it, for counselling resistance to the Assessed Taxes, and for bringing the House of Commons into contempt! Fr.day (24th May) being the birth-day of the Princess Victoria, when her Royal Highness entered her loth year, the' day was observed at Kensington with much feeling of attachment. The ...

... On Vy cdnesday ia;it, the Trafalgar Lodge of Druids, of this town and ijeir'hbonrhood, cejebrftted theireiev act Diversify »v>mn d circumstance. At ei the singula! i ;u ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, MAY 23.-Earl St. Vincent gave notice, that on the second day after the recess he would present a petition from merchants, shipowners, and other persons interested in the colo- nies, praying the house to protect their nghts. He moved that their lordships be summoned for that day.Ordered. The Lord Chancellor gave notice that a commission was about to be issued to ...

... THURSDAY, MAY 24.—Sir J. Sebright presented a petition from an individual named Hibbert, stating that he was a pro- prietor of slaves to a very great extent, that he objected to the ministerial plan for the emancipation ef the negroes, and that, rather than subject the country to the infliction of a loan for compensation to the slave-owners, he vould be willing to have his slaves ...

... SONG OF THE SORROWFUL. The world is fading from me now— The Summoner hath come The death-dew's sitting on my brow 1 he tomb yawns now tv^t t~ 1 This paini'i W 1 Be Of the old trees—c ...

... SETTLING FOR THE DERBY AND OAKS.—Whenever the favour' ites get beaten for the Derby (and such is the case four times ollt of five) the public, or properly speaking, those not conversant with racing matters, seem to consider it, a source of congratulation that the knowing ones are on the wrong side. Dangerous j an outsider, won the Derby Vespa, also an outsider, won th0 Oaks; the favourites ...

... MISCELLANY. GAMBLING.—There is daily seen in the streets of the metro- polis an individual, hapless, shoeless, and friendless, in the ut- most state of destitution, who was formerly a gallant and meri- torious officer, but who, unfortunately, in the height of his pros- perity, was induced by an acquaintance to enter one of the no- torious gambling houses at the west end of the town, where he ...

... WEDNESDAY, MAY 29.-FRASER, ESQ. V. THE DUKE OF BEAU- FORT.—This was an action brought by Mr. John Farquhar Fraser, as the administrator of the late Mr. Farquhar Fraser, of Fonthill Abbey, deceased, against the noble defendant, to re- cover the value of certain barges, coal, and culm, belonging to Mr. Farquhar, alleged to have been wrongfully seized for tolls on that part of the Swansea canal ...

... MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE. (From a Morning Paper.) SIR,—The following most extraordinary occurrence took place on board one of my own fishing vessels last week, for the acd racy of which I pledge myself, although the most credulous would scarcely believe its authenticity. The crew of the vessel, consisting of nine men, will be willing at any time to come ward upon their oaths, if required, and ...

... FOREIGN. An article, dated Berlin, May 12th, states thafremon- ,1 Strances have been made by the French Governmeac against the occupation of Frankfort by Prussian and Austrian troops, accompanied by a demand for their withdrawal. This interference on the part of France is represented to have been indignantly resented, and an intimation is said to have been conveyed to the French Cabinet, that ...

... SIR,I beg permission to make. a few observations on a ject which mus't be of importance to many of the readers of widely circulated paper. It is reasonable to hope that the lords and gentlemen con* nected with the mines of Cornwall, who are about renewing their efforts for the preservation from ruin of the mining interest, will have concurrent exertions in Monmouthshire. It is nounced that a ...

... The Whitsuntide holydays, which have enabled our laborious Legislators to pause a short period from their ar- duous duties, limit the Parliamentary proceedings of the wefcfc x6 a narrow compass. A discussion commenced on the important question of West India Slavery, on Thursday, and we may anticipate a very animated debate. A meeting, 'composed of Members of both branches of the legislature, ...