... I In the HOUSE Or LoRDs yesterday, the Factories' Regu. lation Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed.- After a short conversation respecting the mode and period of making up Parliamentary Returns between Lords 1.'llen- borough and Auckland, the Bishqp of London presente& a petition fromthe Archdeacon and Clergy of Ely, praying for the enforcement of a better observance of the. ...

... I - . I a . . . .11 I a , - I t-horn Lists for Sweepstakies vwill be made up in due time for old- those Classes of Stork which may appeal most likely. to meet thehviews of Exhibitors. Ii the- meantime nomii. nations may be made to the Secretary of the Society at siums, Edinburgh, orto Messrs Brnett, Aberdeen. enp tbe GENERAL REGULATIONS. rdeen, 1. The Competition will take place at Aberdeeb, ...

... NE WWORKS. Te sue snA1 ?? -a 1'.r CAinnAl -a co- .4 -o It has been known to her friends for some time oast that AMliss Edgeworth was engaged in preparing for'the ,e!press a new work. The literary world will begladto learn thatit will shortly be published by Alir Bentley, who hag purchased thenew production ofthis now unrivalled writer ye for the sum of L. 100.-Mforniing Herald. ALLAN BRECK. ...

... PENSiON LIST. A List of the Division that took place on the 18th of February, on Mr. Harvey's Motion-. That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the consideration of each Grant in the Pension List, ordered to be printed on the 28th August, 1833, and to report the same to the House. For the Committee (Tellers included) .184 Majority Against it (Tellers included).,.,,,.,,,.,,, ...

... LONDON: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 20, 1834. The report is current amongst the electors of Mary-la. bonne that Sir WM. HORNE has, on second thoughts, de- clinedthe offer made him of the vacant seat on the Bench in the Exchequer, and that there willbe for the present no elec. tion for that borough. We believe, however, that this will make no difference in the other arrangements, which ore understood ...

... MERCHANT COMPANY, A special general meeting of the Merchant Company was held yesterday to receive two reports, 1. On-the ap. propriation of funds under the management of the Board of TrtsteeS for the Encouragement of Manufactures in Scotland; and, 2. On the new police bill. WIr T. Blaitliwood, in presenting the report of the Committee On the funds for the encouragement of manu- factures, ...

... DUBLIN, FEB. 17.-The Dungarvan election terminated on Saturday by the return of Mr. Ebenez r Jicob, whose majority on Friday evening amounted to 47 ; the gross poll being-Jacob, 307; Barron, 260. 'fhe contest was a very sharp one. The two wretched beings, Patrick Martin and Maria Can- ning, whoae conviction for the murder of the husband of the latter I noticed on Saturday, were executed this ...

... FREIVCH PAPERS. [FROM THE MESSAGER DES CHAMBRER.] The decree of the Cortes in convocation had not been pub- lished at Madrid on the 4th inst. The following is a letter we have received of that date :- The Qucen has been pleased to appoint M. Antoine Marcial Lopez Procareur-General at the Court of Madrid. According to a decree of the Queen, passports will be hence- forward granted to all who ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS-WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19. The Speaker took the Chair a few minutes past twelve. Several Members presented Petitions for private Bills, the substance of which we could not catch, owing to the noise that prevailed in the bedy of the House. Mr. HODGES brought up the report of the Committee on the 'ronbridge Wells Improvement Petition-it appeared that the Standing Orders had been ...

... ' Loli. |o I at MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17. at The militia and yeomanry are both mentioned as .,1 being included in the proposed reductions ; also. the 3) Exchequer department in the Treasury, theduty rd of which is to be done by the Bank of Ireland, free of expense to the ?? Packet. E e BSTOCXS T[IIS DAY AT TWO O'CLOCK. BankStok- -- 216, hidiaStock. 2i9.' * ThreeperCent.Ited- s IndiaBonldse _ 28 2J ...

... EDINBURGH CLER(;y. We beg to call attention to LI,, l_ We beg to call attention to the du against the p'oposed reduction of Ediiiburghl, which will be found in, eir ,{l iS columns, and which is now in proce5 js in the city aind its vicinity. Therc is a mistake prevalent in reference to thl 6 the inistakc'of looking at ?? 11i pit functionaries. In this view notliig more absurd than having two ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. TfURSDAY.-The IDuke of Rich mond presented two Petitions front parishes iI lhine11sinire, praying that the Labour ILste Bill might be renewed ansi ext~rl1el. Mr. Bernal and others from the Cnmmonss, trpuglit up tele Factories' UIgulation Amendment Bill.-Ott thb motion of the Earl of Shaftesbury/, it was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-marrow. I FRIDAY ...