... On Thursday, the 21st inst., the members of the Society of Friends resident in the parish of St. Mary, Stoke Newington, having been summoned, at the instance of the churchwardens of that parish, to answer a complaint for non-payment of church-rates, several members of that society attended, with their solicitor, Mr. William Bevan, of the Old Jewry (who is also one of the Society), to show ...

... DISCOVERY or A COTPER MINE IN THE COUNTY DONEGAL, —A rich vein of copper ore has been recently discovered near Laca Bridge, Doe Castle, in the estate of Captain Hart. The ore is richer than any which has ever met our inspection, and promises to be much more valuable than any now worked in Ireland. It is of a pale gold colour, is very resplendent, and free from the least mixture of earthy or ...

... (From Hood's Comic Annual.) J Mr. AValton, it's harsh to say it, but as a parent I can't hell wishing | You'd been hung before you publish'd your book, to set all th' young people a fishing! I There's my Robert, the trouble I've had with him it surpassef] a mortal's bearing, And all thro'those devilish angling works—the Lord forgivtl me for swearing! J I thought he were took with the morbus ...

... INNER TEMTLE, SATURDAY, Nov. 25.-The undermen- rioned gentlemen were yesterday called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, viz :-Edward Brooke, Esq.; Peter Moncrieffe, Esq.; Charles James Cruitwell, Esq.; and James John Fitz James, Esq. The reformed corporation of Hull have adopted a peti- non to Parliament, praying for household suffrage, trien- nial Parliaments, and vote ...

... CAXADA. The last arrivals from America bring accounts of the most serious nature from Lower Canada. We quote the following Free Preso Office, Burlington, Nov. 26. ENC.AGEMENT THE LOYALISTS AN.u SIXUEN KtLi,F.r> AND WOUNDED!—Fiy the steam-boat, Frank- lin, which arrived at nine o'clock this morning, we learn that an engagement has taken place between 200 of the British re- gulars and the ...

... THURSDAY, Nov. 23.—SLAVFRY EMANCIPATION ACT.— Lord Brougham presented a petition from Southampton, com- plaining that the planters in most of the colonies had failed in performing their part of the contract entered into when the sum of twenty millions was generously rather than justly voted, and therefore praying that measures be taken for the effectua- tion of entire and immediate ...

... BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.—Joseph Simpson, Bawdeswell, Norfolk, grocer. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.—John Seal, Nottingham, lace manufacturer. BANKRUPTS.—Joseph Partridge, Middleton-street, Clerken- well, stock broker.—Edouard Le Comte, Bryanstone-street, Portman-square, watch maker.—John Clark, Keyingham, York, corn factor.—John Clements, Barnet-street, Bethnal- green, carpenter.—John Stear, Oxford ...

... TUESDAY, DEc. J 2.-HoL\L MESSAGE.—The order of the day having been read for taking into consideration the Address from the Throne relating to an augmentation to the income of the Duchess of Kent, Lord Melbourne rose anll said, that the amount of the provision to be made for the Royal Duchess would originate in the other house he would have the honour to propose general address, in answer to ...

... zsomeattc Keuis. The Postmaster General has ordered that all post towns shall be furnished with dated stamps, so that the place and day of putting letters into the post may be at all times known to the receiver. Sir Henry Meredith, Bart., is to be a commissioner at the Ecclesiastical Board in Ireland, in the place of Dr. Sadleir. Dr. Warneford, of Moreton, has liberally presented the sum of £ ...

... FRIDAY, Nov. 24.—Several petitions were presented in favour of the ballot. Mr. Blacitt gave notice that he should move on the first day after the recess forleavetointroduceabill for the repell of so much of any Act or Acts now in existence as prevented spiri- tual persons holding shares in joint-stock banks. Lord John Russell moved a series of resolutions on the sub- ject of the business of ...

... TITHE COMMUTATION ACT.-The tithe commissioners report to Lord John Russell that the whole number of agreements for the commutation of tithes received up to the 1st of November in this year, is 652. Of these agreements 358 have been con- firmed, 16 rejected or objected to, and the remainder on the first of this month either waiting for observations of bishops, or for reports of assistant ...

... SIR CHARLES MORGAN, BART/s GRAXD ANNUAL CATTLE SHOW, AT COURT-Y-BELLA FARM, NEAR NEWPORT. This annual meeting was held on Tuesday last, the 19th in. stant, and has added another proof-if, indeed, any were now wanting—not only of the success which has attended the efforts of the venerable founder of what may be called a public insti- tution, but of the vast benefits which it is so well ...