... MONDAY, FEB. 8.—The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Several petitions were presented. Mr. Blackburne presented a petition from Huddersfield praying for the repeal of the duties ten newspapers. The hon. and learned member strenuously supported the prayer of the petition, firmly believing that literature would be in- creased by the adoption of sueh a course.-Col. Bruen said he should, on ...

... sontesttc HETHO^OLITAN. OPERATIONS AT THS LONDON PoST OFFICB.—The ordinary busrness of each day is, in lette., in the In- Oflioè tettfM receded, and 40^)00 sent (23,475,000 annually) exclusive .of the numbers in the Foceign Office Dtpartment and tbe Ship-Letter Of- fice, and altogether independent of the Twopenny Post. ItelTmrabers of newspapers: datity vary fpom 25,000 to 60^000 (on Sunday40 ...

... No news of interest has reached us from Spain since our hst. The Queen Regent 1tas addressed the nation in eulogistic terms of the Constitution, which the Tory prints represent to be just as honest as those used by Ferdinand sixteen years ago. This may be correct, but surely it is wretched logic to cast a slur upon the Spa- nish people for the hypocrisy of the widow of their late. tyrant, and ...

... FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, NOV. 2& BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.—John Green, of Gwart Yar- mouth,^nd of Someileyton, Suffolk, brick maker. BANKRUPTS.—Mary Ann Abercrombie, and William Abercrombie, of Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road, bras* founders.-Benjamin Brissenden, of the Clarence Tavern Tunbridge-wells, innkeeper.—William Johnson, of 92, Edg- ware-road, butcher.—Richard Child, of Berners ...

... MOVDAV FEB. 29,-After the presentation of several pe* titions, of no general interest, Lord Duncannon laid on the table the report of the Commissioners appointed to select the best plans, &c. for erecting the new houses of Parliament.- Adjourned. ...

... NEWPORT. List of Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending the 3d of March. Inwards.—Thaumaturge, Couillen, from Rouen, in ballast. The Tredent, George, with iron. Taunton, Thomas Perse- verance, Richards; Saint Piere, Herbert; with grain. Ant Tadd, with iron ore. Friends, Gimlet; Unanimity, Rollins I Newport Trader, Jackson with flour. Samuel and Mary, Dempsey, with pigs. Sisters, Bray, with ...

... 1 MISCELLANEOUS. THE ROYAL PRINTING OFFPCE A'T PARIS,—According to the last inventory that has been, published of this, establish- ment, it contains the types of 56 founts of oriental characters, which comprehend all the known alphabets of the nations of Asia, ancient as well as modern. There are 16 alphabets of different European nations who do not employ the Roman characters, and of these ...

... Mr. Grantley Berkeley, M.P., has renewed his mo- iion ifor the admission of ladies into the strangers' gallery; it is fixed to come on the 3rd of May. DESTRUCTION OF LORD NEWB?ROUGH'S MANSION.— The town and neighbourhood of Carnarvon were thrown into considerable consternation on Wednesday night, between nine and ten, by the arrival of express messen- gers, stating that Glynllilon, the noble ...

... SIR,— At a time when the evils inflicted by monopoly, however specious a mask it may assume, are becoming more than ever apparent to an intelligent public. It appears that the prosperity of this rising town is likely to be impeded by an attempt to engross the whole of the coal trade. It is to be hoped that the proprietors of coal property will weigh the proposition and its consequences; for ...

... f TO CORRESPONDENTS. Lelius, ttnd other light, articles, which illcilp, h, print, displaced this week, by local intellige??cc i,-ti advertisement*. I-Somtturetched caitiff last iceek imposed 07» vur columns to ratify ...

... .LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. (From a Correspondent*)—Paris has long been celebrated for its news manufactory the French journalists appear ex- cessively active just now according to the;Paris papers of Tuesday, the Emperor of Austria has been attacked by cholera; the Emperor of Russia is on the point of death the King of Prussia has been deposed, and the Prince Royal proclaimed King. The ...

... On Sunday evening last, whilst the family were at fenc- ing divine service, the residence of Mr.Thompson, PrpegrorLp Cottage, was entered by some plunderers, and rnbWtl ol plate and cash to the amount of £40. Tbe thieves tfTrt an entrance by means of a ladder, with which they aseeficjtj to an upper window, and by removing a pane of gtass they got ;aro the house. The plate which was abstracter, ...