... (Cmntiveed from last wa*..j [The present election has brought to light a systros of fraud in the registration which mnsit be guarded against. The Tlornes have gone carefully over the reg- ters, anti stralk oant at nmber of qialified voters w;io, from their firmer vries, were know,, to be Liberal. This st'ght to he a lesso,' to the Liberals to see that they are regulorly regstererd far the ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Monday, February 27. Sundry petitions both for and against church rates were presented- A petition was also presented by Mord KENYON, signed by 6,O00 of the inhabitants of Macclesfield, against any alteration in the poor law amend- ment act. The wills bill went through a. committee, and the charity commission. ers bill and the sedition (Scotland) bill were severally read a ...

... LORD DURHAMIs.-There are various reports in circulation respecting this distinguished and popular nobleman. One of these represents that his Lordship is about to leave St Petersburg and return to England, and that he will be succeeded by the Duke of Richmond. We have reason to be satisfied that his Lordship will visit England in May; but we believe we may, with equal confidence, add that he ...

... FROM THE LONDON ,'AZETTLS -- Te.es~da, burig 11. ?? El1nson, HrtsNay-ttprtlhtit , 0'ttt spirit mcErmlant. Ford. Great Queets St. L!odn's inn aields. r. babe. lrtghgote, 1-rfuaieI )V'riglr, Perry st. Bedford sqpaare- 1iolt, 1i0lton1, it keeper. t(.JIhOd , 3.b srcly 3boe. J. S. Ranbortsoa' nn 3. cIdd, Manebe~r[,, emtn -mauntacturers. [Norrn.a& Allen, Itartlett's buildings* alolb-nrn J. Schbenck, ...

... I - . PREPARAT5ONS roE st1E Btive4rTGsAm FE5IIVAL.-The mutsical sea- son in London seems now to be nearly over, and some of the priacipali are setting out with the view of reaping a second harvest in the contrytV. Madame Pasta, whose stay in England was intended to be of a month'.e duration only, still remains in the land to which she owes all her wealth and most of her glory. Accompanied by ...

... MISCFLLANEOU$. I CHURCH RATES.-A meeting was held in Leeds on Thursday week, having for its object the abolition of church rates. Resolutions declara- tory of the opinion of the meeting in This respect were passed. Mr Baines, the member for the borough, attended, and in the course of his speech made a statement taken fromi the returns made to Parliament of the amount necessary for the repairs ...

... HocrsEoLD AProPsTMENTSs TO 1RI.a MAJESTY.-The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Marquis Conyogham, K.P. Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household; the Right Hon. Lord Charles Fitzroy Vice- Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household; the Marquis of Headfort, the Marquis of Queensberry, the Viscount Falkland, the Viscount Torring- ton, the Lord Byron, the Lord Gardner, the Lord Lilford, the ...

... S- mURDAY NIGHT, - The papers of this day publish a correspondence between Captain Townsend, Sir H. Hardinge, and Mr Rowland Aston; the object of which was to arrange a meeting betwveen Sir Robert Peel and Captain Townsen&d The canse of 1il feeling was certain expressions of Cap- tain Townsend in a speech made after the Tamworth election, which seemed to aecuse Sir R. Peel of using undue means ...

... The Reformers of Lincoln lately assembled in the Town Hall of that city, to proclaim their strong persuasion of the necessity and efficacy of the Ballot. The most prominent speech made upon the occasion was one by Colonel Churchill-a speech in which many excellent argu- ments for the Ballot were ably enforced. In the opening of his harangue, he justly described the power of public opinion:- ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Monday, June 12. The Commons' reasons for disagreeing from some of their lordships' amendments to the municipal act amendment bill were communicated. On the motion of the Earl of DEvoN, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the laws which regulate the carriage of passengers for hire upon the river Thames. The London and Birmingham railway act amendment bill was read ...

... NOTAB ILIA. O'CONNELL-.Some five and thirty years ago, a practising barrister in Ireland, with moderate though independent'private fortune,: at a very early period of life, with the Court, the Government, and'the then newly united Legislature against him; with.a Roman Catholic people but a few years disenthralled from a state of little less than political servitude, and as yet hardly ...

... A meeting of the General Association was held on the 25th ult., at which Mr O'Connell made his-first appearance since his returnfrom Lon- don. A letter from Mr Child, of Bungay, enclosingasum of moneycon- tribtted to the justice-rent, was read; and Mr O'Connell proposed a vote of thanks to that gentleman for the interest fie took in Irish affairs, and for his devotion to the principles of ...