... I - Some most important improvements in locomotive en- gines have been made by Mr. John Gray, the principal e engineer in the locomotive department for the Hlull and Selby Railway Company, for which he has obtained a patent,-aand the engines, on his construction, must, we should think, soon supersede all others;, unless, indeed, other engineers should invent still better methods of' obtaining ...

... C-be visit Varucto . MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. TIiE Globe of Monday, contradicts a rumour, that par- liament was to be speedily re-assembled. The legislature will not, it affirms, meet before the usual time. FOREIGN LETTERS. A question of great importance to merchants has been lately raised between them and the post-office authorities, relative to the conveyance of ship-letters. Our readers are ...

... 1Wisto aital Epitome. METROPOLITAN INTELLIGENCE. TuE COURT.-01 Wednesday, the Queen and the Queen of the Belgians, rode out in the Great Park, Windsor, in a pony phwton; all the ladies at the Castle, followving either in phretons or open carriages. Prince Albert and the King of the Belgians rode out at the same time, accompanied by all the gentlemen staying at the Castle.- The Earl of ...

... . ilc -n i re On the 6th inst. an inquest Was held at Gains. bro', before K Hlolgate, Esq., upon the body of Mr. George Fawcett, aged 43, engineer to the Atlas steam tug. It appeared that the- unfortunate manl, vhilIe attending upon his duty, when the Atlas wavs on' her voyage from Gainsborough to IHull l on Friday last, was unfortunately caught by the 'imachiey, by wvhiIch his head was so ...

... t -- s rFrom the Limerick Standard.) In proportion as Popery attains power,'. and station, and patronage, and courtly favour, il the same ratio do her designs become matured, more fully developed, and more unblushingly avowed. Political ascendancy and religious supremacy, nay, exclusiveness, are her aim-Popery alone shall be the religion of Great Britain. To achieve this end, the Established ...

... LIV.EltPDPL FRIDAry, MARCH 209,; 184Q.,H , . . - hi~~~I . ?? . .. , , .: . ,, v. ., IAmTZ-CIIVRCU ]ExTuNsIor; Pwrmalo.-The petition to both Hoanes of ?ar~iament..aihlst any ?? et I L.from the public fhsfrtebidn ?? a1 uust Church rates. and the Criwinal Jurisdicotion ~of IL-Eclesia'sticiit Courts and for the release ci' Thsoroijod, is already numerously and respectably signed. - Congre- I1 ...

... MECHANICAL CURIOSITY .-THELONGES I PENDULUM ON RECORD. a (From a corresp ondtint.) by The valuablentlemcn whiberll ha enrcetyp Atchurch tower is tile curiosity we allude to, a de,, Ptno Whle as explicit as tile brief examination our limited timer li ic !d we shall attempt to give. Tue room itself in whih t ed.~. idmachinery of the clock Is placed is i.-fty and . (Iocking somrely finished, and ...

... 3rlrLTU= XStL Pj&RVO. The proceedsef-ho bazaarheldlast weekat Soluthport towards r. the ereetion of apsklery and orarn in Trinity Chutireli, amounted d to £324. Little Wonder, who wron the Derby, is barely fifteen hands n high, nod was bosught by Mr. Itoberton, at Donesster, for -c;to On Alonday morning last, one of the servants at Knoawaley-hall was found in 1is bed with his thgeat cut, but ...

... I PARLMAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. The WEDNE SDA Y, Februaryi 26, 1840.- TeBolton Small Debts Bill was read a second time,- rand ordered to be committed. 'A long discoss9ion took place on a motion, submitted by Lord G. Somerset, thalt the Croydon Railway Com- rpany be allowed to proceed wvith their bill, notwithstand- rigan adverse report of the Standing Orders Committee. im Thle motion was ...

... is- Of LITHOORA~ra.-A report has reached as of an extraordinary of discovery by Mr. Eiullmandel, whe had already done much to improve lithography, of a new mode of producing pictorlal effecte [a- on lithographicsrcene by tintswashed wvtht a brusb. like sepia drawing, which yield impresslons so perfeutly resembling ongi- ire nal sketches, that the difference is not discernible. The painters, Id ...

... In our last we underrated the gain to the Liberal cause when we stated that 1230 additional votes had been placed on the overseers' lists. That was the num- ber of members of the Protector Society who recorded their claims; but there remains to be added to these the cliet, put forward through the instrumentality of the Re. ,r;n Association. Of these we have not yet any acenrite account. but ...

... VIGHT ASYLUM FOR THI HOUSELESS POOR. The average number of nightly inmates in the Night l Asylum durin the week ending with Wednesdaylast, has e been ONE hUNDRED and TWELVE. On the niaht of Tuesday the number of lodgers was ONE H HUNDRED and TWENTY-FIVE, namely 25 s seamen, 58 mechanics and labourers, 23 women, 10 bosy, e 3 girls, and 6 children. During the past week, which has been a very ...