... TUESDAY, MAY 23.-Thc house met at the usual hour, and after the presentation of several petitions and a short conver- sation between the Earl of Radnor and the Duke of Welling- ton on the subject of reform in the universities, their lordships adjourned till Thursday. ...

... GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The number of persons who passed along the Greenwich Railway from the 11th to the 17th inst., as appears by the passengers' book, was 76,121, and the amount received £2,090. 8s 5d. EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—A man employed in cutting down a sycamore Iree, in a gentleman's garden in the neighbourhood of Breck-lane, Everton, found a throstle's nest, near the top of it, composed of ...

... On Saturday last, a child of John Edward, collier, of Trrdepar, about four years of age. under the coal trails, and before he could be disentangled, had his head almost Be- vered fiom his body, and instantly expired. ...

... MONDAY, MAY 8.—Although there was by no means a large supply of Beasts in our market this morning, the buyers, owing to the weather not being very favourable to slaughtering, the large quantity of dead stock expected to arrive shortly from Scotland, and various parts of England, and the salesmen aim' ing at advanced rates, were by no means anxious to deal in the early part of the day, except ...

... Bridgwater is lost: we were not unprepared for tlap event. The success of Mr. Broadwood was certain from the moment it was understood that Mr. Ilolmes and Mr. Croiicher had gone down specially from the Carlton Club with those means which rile honest electors of that imma. culate boroush know so well how to appreciate and re- ceive. We do not, of course, say that either of these most ...

... It gives us great pleasure to be able to state that his Majesty has been advwd to grant a pension Df Y,300 a year to Lady Morgan. To the people of Ireland in par- ticular this mark of royal bounty must be most gratifying, ts they cannot fail to see in it a tribut? to the services n..n.. fered by her ladyship to the cause of her count:y. The renius of Ireland may be said to have inspired Lady ...

... TUESDAY, MAY ELECTION.—Sir IV. Molesworth presented a petition from Mr. Sheridan, late a can- didate tor the representation of Biidgwater, against the leturn of Mr. Broadwood, on the ground that bribeiy and corruption had been employed to obtain that return. The order of the day having been read for the further con- sideration of the report on the Glasgow and Greenock Railway Bill, ir J. ...

... Distracted by malignant thirst, ? With eager joy you hail my first; No matter what it may contain, f Or uqua pura, or Champagne: But when from business friends retreat, And round my next convivial meet, Tis honoured most; whilst toast and song Inspire with mirtli the social throng. > My whole! whene'er by hunger prest, I need what thou canst furnish best; Then may'st tliou something good ...

... 1. DntUi will get he Act been anticicipated. ^Hp'W following addition to the Sale of Freehold Estates at Aber- ^ML^avenny, OR the 13th of June, by Mr. Philipps, inserted in our first page, arrived too late to appear in its proper place ^H1 this week:—Also, Fifty Shares in the Blaenavon Iron and Coal Company Four Shares in the Brecon and Aberga- Venny Canal Company and Two Shares in the ...

... Neuiport, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1837. SiY Francis Burdelt lias triumphed, and VVestminstei in one day the laurels of a hundred victories. Shi tarnished her former fame; she is a bye-word of scorn. **nd, unless she make ample atonement at the next elec ''ion, she will rank among the most corrupt, intimidated. •&nd degraded of cities: when in her bright and palmy ^ays she set the example of exalted ...

... The King has given permission to the Marquess of London- derry, G.C.C. to accept and wear the medal instituted by the Emperor of Russia, in commemoration of the capture of the city of Paris in ihe year 1814, which his Imperial Majesty has been pleased to confer upon the Noble Marquess, Letters from Berne state ihat the ex-Queen Hortense, mother of Louis Bonaparte, is seriously indisposed. The ...

... A public meeting is to take place in Dublin on the 16th, for the purpose, as is stated in the advertisement of calling the meeting, and expressing, in a dutiful and loyal address to our gracious Monarch, our unabated and entire confi dence in his present Ministers; and our earnest hope that no delays or disappointments, with respect to any legis lative measutes, may induce them toabandon a ...