... FRANCE. The chief contents of the Paris papers of Thursday refer to the actual state of parties'ill France, and to the approaching elections. In- creased bitterness is observable in the language (if the ministerial journals, and of activity and deci sion on the part of the government. Among other indications of the latter species, we find in t1he Iolzoniteur a royal ordinance, dismissing M1. ...

... '. - - ' VOUSE OF COMmONS-THURS1,AY, FB Mr. CH[RISTOPHER begged to' put a questiosjtd~the d u 3o10bl lord (Lord John Russell) respecting the 6prin1&s. trj Ile wishied to know from the noble lord whqthcr-ii v~ihis rn3 intention to propose an amendmentin ?? in corn when the honourable member for Wolvibrbampton tY introduced his motion on the 19th of this month for the ho, total repeal of the ...

... NATIONAL EDUCATION-GEOLOGIC ERRORS AND OPEN IMPIETIES OF TRE FIFTH 1300K1 OF LESSONS-FOSSILS, MOUNTAINS, AND THE BOARD. TO THE EDITOR1 OF THE FREItMAN. January 14th, 1839. a Sat-If thereisbut little glory to be gilintd by a victory ri won without a conflict, it must be a subject of elevated satis- tj faction to reflect that the enemies of truth have been utterly ce deprived of the power, ...

... FRANCE. The Paris papers of Saturday bring little news of interest. The electoral question was still the all-absorbing one, and was hourly becoming more and more angry. It w-is said and believed that the government would, if successful in the elections, propose to the new chamber some further restric- tions on the liberty of the press, and if defeated they would dissolve the new chamber. On ...

... Iy VI HOUSE OF LORDS-ATONDAY, MI.ten 25. pi The Lord Chancellor took his seat upotn the woolsack at bi a lw minutes before Aive o'clock. CORN LAWS. The Earl of BAND ON presented a petition fromt Bandon be against any alteration in the corn laws. Similar petitions were presented by the Earl of IRODEN be and Earl TANKERVILLE from places which we did not I] hear. 1 Lord BROUGIIAM presented ...

... GREAT MEETING OF THE COUNTY ME ATH TO I I ADDRESS THE QUEEN. | (IostI OUR SPECIAL EPEORTER.) A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the no- bility, gentry, freeholders, and peasantry of the county Meatl, was held in the Tholsel, at Navan, pursuant to re- quisition, for the purpose of adopting an address to her gracious Majesty the Queen. Amongst those present we noticed the following : ...

... SPIRIT OF THE JOURJNALS. THE NEW LORD LIEUTENANT. (From the Marning Advertiser.) If Lord EbTington snow Lord Fortescue-..- needed any strong recommendation to the high and responsible office to which he has been recently ap- pointed, any introduction to the respect and affec- tions of the people of Ireland beyond the unswerving integrity of purpose and moral worth, defying the most envenomed ...

... I HOUSE OF LORDS-TuESDAY, JuNr 11. The Duke 'of' BEAUFORT rose tq: pt, jt.qpeqtion to the noble vis'eount at the head of the governiiet 'itW 'tW e view of obtaining some! more -precise .information wilh respect to the circular letter lately issued'bhy the'Sec'retari1 for the Home Department to the lord4-lieutianant, of c6666' ties with reference to armed associations., It 'appearedio him (the ...

... THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. 1 L: ?? THlE CRISIS. I The Duk~eof Wellington, we strongly suspect. Nvill soon be convinced that he committed a most egrregious blunder in supporting Lord Roden's mc- tioti -for under any circumstances the triumph of Friday morning must eventuate in disaster to the party of which he is one of the recognised leaders. This may appear somewhat paradoxical, but it is ...

... THE FREEMAN'S JOURNIAL DUBLIN: WEDNE-DAY, APRIL 17, 1634. mne general opinion seems to be that ministers will have a majority of between twenty and thirty on Lord John Russell's resolution. The Chronicle of Monday says the discussion is not expected to terminate inlessthanthree days. Thatrministers, continues our cotemporary, will have a majority is not doubted; indeed we can hardly ...

... I 1 .1 .. rrA ?? X I (F7ono the Morning'Chronicle.) | The resumption of office by her Majesty's mi- ! nisters is, under all the circumstances, a topic of' congratulation to the country, not merely for .he tsake of the rebuke which has been administered to Toryism, but for the implied determination in favour of an ?? policy, without which their return to office would be an act almost of sheer i ...

... THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL. I . _~ I 1. DUBLIN: MONDAY, .MAY. 27y! 1839. . ' | Come, let us sit upon theglround; And tell sad stories of the death of Kings- How some have been deposed-somne slain in wsar_' Some poisoned by their ?? sleeping. killed- All murdered. SHAKSPEARn.. So says ?? said thegreatest poeft that ever lived-the truest.chronicler that ever wrote~or sung; and yet, for hinting at ...