... CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE. Monday, Dec. 2.—Our supplies have been, since this day se'nnight, of English barley, malt, and flour, Irish oats, and foreign linseed, great; of English wheat, malt, beans, and peas, Irish and foreign flour, and foreign barley, good of English oats, Scotch and foreign flour, Irish and Scotch barley, and, with above exception, seeds, from all quarters, limited. The ccm ...

... FRANCE. The session of the two chambers was opened on the 23d December, by the King in person, who went to the Cham- ber of Deputies about half-past one o'clock, in the usual state, accompanied by most of his family and great officers. His Majesty commenced as follows Peers and Deputies — Gentlemen—The tranquillity of France has not been dis- turbed since your last session. It is in the ...

... FRANCE. The Courrier Fmnçais says—Although we do not be- lieve that the threatening attitude assumed by England and Russia towards each other will end in a collision between them, we consider it our duty to record every fact which may possibly indicate the apprehensions entertained by the two countries from the relative positions of the two Go- vernments. In this point of view the following ...

... DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. The Spectator states that the Duke of Wellington, when last in office, after having insisted on the management of a certain newspaper being intrusted to a gentleman of his own nomination, transferred his patronage from that paper to another, because the editor whom he had named refused to insert an article, written by the Duke himself, against all reform in the House of ...

... War still lingers in the Peninsula, and it is difficult at this moment to conjecture when those decided advantages will be gained by the Constitutional Thrones, to place them in a position to command obedience, if not from the love, at least, from the fears of those who are now arrayed in masses against their authority. We daily hear of marching and counter-marching-, and are informed by the ...

... London, Thursday Evening. DEATH OF LORD VISCOUNT EXMOUTH.—This event took place on Tuesday night, at eight o'clock, from the effects of scarlet fever, with which his Lordship had been attacked about eight days. His Lordship, who was in his 47th year, was the eldest son of the late Right Hon. Viscount Exmouth, who died in Jan. last. His Lordship was a Captain in the Royal Navy, one of His ...

... SIR,-I respectfully beg you to excuse the following complaint against those who expect too much from a young inexperienced man, in fashionable society. Being lately brought into society, I was invited to an evening party, and having learnt my steps, I had no alarm to ask a partner. I had on every thing that was tidy—Hoby's pumps from town, kid gloves, my starched cravat was regular, and, as I ...

... Nay, my dear girl, why turn to me The bubbling juice in yonder bowl 1 4 True it is blushing bright to see, But will not cheer my drooping soul. She touch'd the goblet with her lip And, oh I cried in ecstasy, Now 'tis a draught for gods to sip, And soon shall make a god of me. Fraser's Magazine. ...

... SMITH FIELD MARKET. Monday, Dec. 23.—This day's market exhibited, throughout, for that of a Monday, a very limited supply but, owing to both carcass and most of the chance trade butcher's shops, still con- taining a considerable part of their last week's supply, and the unfavourableness of the weather to slaughtering, trade was, with each kind of meat, exceedingly dull, at barely Friday's ...

... SPAIN. The news from Spain in the French papers of Saturday is more important than it has been for some time past. The fact of the dismissal of General Cruz from the War Minis- try is confirmed. General Zarco de Valle will act pro- visionally as Minister of War, but it was generally expected that he would be confirmed in that office. All the accounts from the frontiers show that very little ...

... SPOTS IN THESltN.-On the 17th of last October two spots were distinctly seen, through a good refracting telescope, near the edge of the sun's western limb. On the 8th of November, and for some days following, this large spot was again observed^ and at the same time traces of considerable disturbance in the portion of the solar atmosphere occupied by the eastern and smaller spot (now vanished), ...

... mouthshire Merlin. 1 the establishment of parish iering more supportable re its weight is severely iations, the adoption of were heavy or light, the to the gradual extinc- acres permitted by the .s not been more fre- now, authorising parishes ...