... The whole party hostile to the Constitution are in triumph on the defeat of Lord F. Eger- ton's motion. They have a good reason. The motion, the mover, and the supporters, were equally in the wrong. This comes or finesse ill leadership. The motion was, that since the Corporations were likely to be made instru- ments of popular usurpation, the best way was to abolish them altogether. The wisdom ...

... SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATIONS — No. 129. i 14 .-C.Atid God said, 'Let there be lights in the firmament of Of all the ads- of the divine hand, next to the summoning of the universe into existence, this was the most stupendous. Imagination totally s nks before the attempt to conceive the terrific sublimity of this display, even within the boundaries of the solar system seen in its true velocities and ...

... S1'. DAVID'S DAY AND Tl'E WELSH CIIA- RITY SCHOOL IN LNI)ODN. t (Fr £'om a ?? Correspondent.) P This truly valuable institution celebrated its hundred b and twenty second anniversary on Tuesday, the first ri - of M arch The society and children attended divine ir service at St. A1lairti's-ini-the-fields, whereprayers were tl read iu the ancient British language, by the Rev. Dr. a nGriffith, ...

... NEWSPAPER DI TY-—^ar as the duty can be lessened without dangerously depreciating. the cha- racter and tone of the public press, it will be reason- able and prudent to go, but not to the extent of letting in a flood of scurrilous and libellous publica- tions, which would poison the springs of popular feeling, and-undermine the foundations of all popular morality. The community has a right to ...

... CHIT CHAT. The Goldsmith's Company gave a banquet on the 9th inst. at their Hall, to which the Duke of Wellington, Sir IL Peel. &c. were invited.- George Brodie, Esq. Advocate, author of The History of the Briti Empire, from the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration, is appointed Historiographer for Scotland, vice the late Dr Gil!ies.———The papers announce the death of Mr John Cupid, ...

... TUESDAY MARCH 1.—After the presentation of several petitions of no public interest, Mr. P. Thomson moved that the house take into consideration the report of the select com- mittee on railways, and said that he should propose a series of resolutions, embodying the recommendation of the com- mittee. These recommendations had reference to the com- position of the committees to which railway ...

... reading ^EI!• ^5.— Mr. ttannerman moved the second Canta- p 6 Aberdeen Public Schools Bill. the charge fk™ °^jecled to it, as it was proposed to meet Sir Alexandl ''le new schools out of funds left by bridge of Balw 'D l^e ^ear t0 ^eeP the celebrated pair, and th °wine' erected by King Kobert Bruce, in re- ^en solemn^a^nr!014' '? wh°m l,hey were confided, had of judgment t -'Ured' as 'hey ...

... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23.-There was some conversation peering the course to be pursued relative to the rejection by a Committee of the Leith Harbour and Docks Bill. Se- veral petitions were presented among which was an im- portant one from the Mechanics' Institution against the law of patents; and a Sir-A adrew- Ague ir-presentation against drinking on the Sabbath. The Carlow election, and the con- ...

... CARDIFF. FOREIGN ENTERED OUTWARDs.-The Juffrow Yuskey, Kramer, for Rotterdam; the Henry, Allen, for Alexandria. FORHIGN CLEARED OUTWARDS.-The Countess Wilton, Thomas, for Marseilles, the Elizc, Schu- mucker, for Bremen, and the Vintage, Williams, for Opoito, all with iron. COASTERS INWARDS.—The Robert, Clampit, aud the Jane, Davies, from Newport, the Providence, Monday, from Youghal, the Heury ...

... CHURCH REFORM.—Extract from the Second Report of the Commissioners on Church Reform, fnowiug tire present amount of the incomes of the larg-cr see- and the reduction which it is proposed to make in them:- Estimated In-] cottie accordiiii-, Future pro. Excess. Estimated In-] o the First Ke posed Income port. £ £ ranteii)tlrv 17.000 15,000 2.000 J,oudon 12,200 10.000 2.200 17.800 S.000 9 S00 ...

... CHIT CHAT. Mr Rhodes has commenced his survey of the River Severn between Gloucester and Worcester, with a view to ascertain the practicability of its improvement. A SECOND MILO.—The fol- lowing is an advertisement in a Bohart Town paper Fotind on a suspicious person, tico re- markably fine working blitiock.v.All the counsellors and attornies who appeared at the Crown bar in Waterford, on ...

... Jh* union cemented, is a refreshing Jsu d'Esprit, and u.e thank our Bristvl friend politically as well as socially peaking, we think it will at length prove a happy mar- rtage for John Bull snd Hibernia. he shipping list to which a merchant alllldes) shall he pub- lishtd regularly i clever and Ingenious friend at Tintern, is hasty in his Conclusion the Laurels of Scrutator do not belong to ...