... WEDNESDAY, MAY 18.—The Northern Midland Railway Bill was read a third time and passed; other railway bills were passeii. An lnclosure Hill (the Over) was thrown out, on the third reading, upon the ground that it involved an infringement of the rights of the poor. It was officially stated that no loss whatever had been sustained by his Majesty's ships in the recent engagement at St. Sebastian. ...

... REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL. LISBON, SEPT. 10, HALF-PAST ELEVEN, A.M.—The Constitution of 1820 was proclaimed this morning, and agreed to by the Queen, subject to the modification of the Cortes. The Government were taken by surprise, and the troops of the line were the first to side with the National Guards, particularly the 5th Capa- dores, of which his Hoyal Highness Prince Ferdinand is Colonel. ...

... A bloodless revolution has been effected in Po tugal, and the flag of the Constitution of 1812 now floats from the walls of Lisbon. The mouvement, like that of Ma- drid, was military and the Queen, finding herself in the midst of a garrison disaffected to the charter of Don Pedro, had no alternative but compliance with the will of h r troops. This event, which was not expected, renders the ...

... (From the Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.) On Monday last at about a quarter to 6 o'clock, a dense and black smoke was observed, in several parts of the neigh- bourhood, issuing from the roof of the front half of the eastern part of the mansion, though the fire is believed to have on. ginated in consequence of there being a connection between one of the beams of the roof and the chimney of the ...

... The bark that held a prince went down, The sweeping waves roll'd on And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son 1 He lived-for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain;— Why comes not death to those who mourn He never smiled again There stood proud forms around his throne, The stately and the brave, But which could fill the place of one, That one beneath the wave ? ...

... DEATH OF Mn. BANNISTER, THE COMEDIAN.—The Lon- don papers announce the death of Mr. John Bannister, the comedian, better known as the buoyant and incomparable Jack Bannister, the delight of the town and the ornament of his profession in the last generation. Some octogenarians remain, to whose memories the name of the inimitable Jack Bannister will recall a thousand pleasing reminiscences and ...

... O'CONNF.I.L SUBSCRIPTION.—The following letter has been sent by Lord Ebrington to Mr. Ferguson, of liaith :— Grosvenor-square, June 20, 1836. DEA It Sin,—Allow me to send through your hands the inclosed draft for £ 20, towards the exper.ces incurred by Mr. O'Connell in the Dublin Election Committee. The ruinous amount of those expenses, and the hardship inflicted on Mr. O'Connell by the ...

... .-jForftQtt Intelligence. SPAIN. The proposal for creating provincial tribunals to pro- ceed in a summary manner against persons suspected of Carlism had been amply discussed in the Cortes on the 10th, when the two most flagrant articles of the projected law were struck out, leaving the law nearly as it now is, except that these offences were to be tried before a Spe- cial Court constituted in ...

... LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. (From a Correspondent.)—The Liverpool steamer brings ad, vices from Lisbon to the 15th instant: every thin was qniet at the time she left, and it is to be hoped that tilings may go on smoothly until the meeting of the Cortes, when every friend of Portugal hopes the two contending parties (the partizans of the constitution of 1820, and the parti. zans of Don Pedro's ...

... CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1836. (From our Correspondent.) THE KING, ON THE PROSECUTION OF STUCKEY'S BANK- ING COMPANY, AGAINST THOMAS LEONARD. Mr. Bodkin, for the prosecution, stated that the prisoner was indicted by the respectable banking company of Sluckey's •and Co., of Bristol, for forging a bill of exchange, with in- tent to defraud them. It appeared that the ...

... Pax does not come within our province but if his state- ment be correct (and we are not disposed to do'ubt itsucor- rectness), we should say, persevere. There is no injustice but what courage and industry will be able to remove. Our Pontypool Bard next week. We fear that some of our distant subscribers have cause to com. plain of irregularity in the arrival of their papers, but we as- sure ...

... ASTONISHING DISCOVERY.- Al the late meeting of the British Association at Bristol, Mr. Cross, of Bloomfield, So merset, stated that he had devoted much of his time to elec- tricity, and he had latterly been occupied in improvements in the voltaic power, by which he had succeeded in keeping it in full force for twelve months by water alone, rejecting acids entirely. Mr. Cross then proceeded to ...