... domestic fUiua. It is understood that the Grand Cross of the Bath was conferred on the Earl of Durham at the express desire of his Majesty, as a mark of approbation of the talents and diplomatic skill displayed by his Lordship during his mis- sion, and more particularly in effecting certain recent ar- rangenients in a matter which at one time threatened se- rious difference between this ...

... The Professorship of Irish, Trinity College, will be esta- blished without delay, as the sum required, {1500, has been made up. Strange the revolutions that are the offspring of time. After all the care taken to root out the language of the people, we have now the college of the Virgin Queen applying itself to revive and extend the knowledge of it. The power of St. Patrick appears to be on the ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. The accounts from Manchester and Liverpool announce no new failures' trafle was dull and no confidence, but it was hoped the worst of the crisis had passed. No failures in the City have been announced on 'Change. The American packet ship, which was due at Liverpool, was looked for with much anxiety: she had not arrived up to the leaving of the ...

... OfulD BACL FOR THE BFNFFIT OF THE SPITAI-FIELDs Wt.AVtRs.-On Thuisday, the 1st inst., the )onn expected ball at the Opera, for the benefit 01 the Spilalfields WEAVERS, took place, and never upon any similar occasion was there more NUMEROUS or a more splendid assemblage. All the rank, fashion, and beauty now IN the metropolis, were pre sent. The Princes* Victoria, accompanied by her illustri ...

... MONMOUTHSHIRE AND GLAMORGANSHIRE BANKING COMPANY —In order that there may be nopossibtemiscon. eption as to the system of management adopted in this Com- pany with regard to the discounting of bills and the regulation .f the customers accounts, we are authorised to state, tn rejutu- km of wme unfounded rumour* tohich have been circulated to he contrary, that the whole dllectlon of these ...

... IjTlME MjEiRUIMffl Ketoport, f SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1837. J WILLIAM IV. has ceased to live, and his crown and kingdom have descended to Queen Victoria I! His Jtarje^ty espied at twelve minutes past two o'clock, A.M., Tuesday last, after bearing, with exemplary fdflitucte d pious resignation, an illness which from the first ^reatened fatal results. The melancholy event was no^ fferefore, ...

... On Saturday morning, the 17th instant, at t$n o clock, these ,orks drid the neighbourhood xvefsi i tir6wh ffltogreatcbnsteraation by a loud report, which wis found Id probeed frpin on« of the coal-pits belonging to Messrs. Rnssell and Brown. The report was followed by the issuing of a thick cloud of smoke from the mouth of the pit. The men who were at work on the coak-yard adjoining the pit ...

... ORIGINAL CHARADES. (No. XVI.) When thick on Snowdon's towering crcst, Huge clouds descend in darkness irest; They clash—they burst—and all around Myfirst is thrown with clattering sound. Swift as the glancing lightning flies, I On fiery wings, and rends the skies; So the envenomed instrument Of vengeance from my next is sent. Sweet amid storms my whole to view, Lit by the sunbeam darting ...

... Every man who respects the Christian religion will respect the Christian Sabbath,! and not only respect it himself, but en- deavour, by example and precept, to prevent its being desecrated and stained by others. But it is not a necessary result that he should fortify his arguments with fines and imprisonment, and follow Sir Andrew Agnew through all his mischievous vagaries. The Sabbath is a ...

... The fete of Wednesday, in Paris, was attended with rather a melancholy circumstance. Some vaga- bonds created a disturbance at the gate or grate of the Champ de Mars, where a mock siege of a citadel had at- tracted considerable crowds. Many were robbed and lacerated, and in the crush eighteen people were killed, several of whom were women. There were also a consi- derable number wouaded and ...

... TiLURSDAY-The assemblage on the heath on the Cup dav. was at least equal to anything seen on it since Zinganee's year. The ioyal stand was thrown open to ladies connected with the stewards and their friends, and was quite full. This, we believe, is the first year that his Majesty has failed to participate in amusements to which he so munificently coni-ribnt ...

... WASTE OF COALS.—Dr. Buckland in his Bridgwater Trea- tise, notices the disgraceful and atmostincredtbtefact, that dur- ing many years more than a million of chaldrons of coals per annum, being nearly one-third part of the best coals, produced by the mines near Newcastle, have been condemned to wanton waste on a fiery heap, perpetually blazing near the mouth of almost every coal-pit of that ...