... ON THE PROBABLE SUCCESS OF THE WA WITH CHINA. The following letter, from a lieutenant in the appeared a few days ago in the Cheltenhaun Eranziner; SIR,-So very little is known in this country of China, particularly that part of it Canton, where the dispute now isting is likely to interrupt our tea trade; for the satisfactis your readers, and the public generally, I send you a few es from a ...

... :_____ pt ll V ar to THE MAYOR. IT will be seen, from our report of the proceedings of the Town Council, on Wednesday, that a number of that body, thought proper to ask Sir Wan. LOWTHROP to Con- sent to be again elected to the office of Mayor. We beg to tell these officious gentlemen, that, in acting thus, they went beyond their duty, and intruded upon the functions of their successors. It ...

... -Bill I'Lifflimact. T I HULL AND SELBY RAILwAy.-Traffic returns from October 19th to October 25th, inclusive:- Passengers (3176), parcels, &c £ 434 2 11 Goods, cattle, sheep, &,c 216 2 4 Total £. £650 5 3 Rt is reported, that the York and North Mid- land Directors contemplate making a proposal for leasing the Hull. and Selby railway: as well as the ...

... Jrobinces. I TimE BAR.-David Dundas, Esq., of the Northern Circuit, has received a silk gown, having been appointed one of her Majesty's counsel learned in the law. Digby Cayley Wrangham, Esq., of the Northern Circuit, who has recently been elevated to the degree of sergeant-at-law, is the son of the Venerable Aclideacon Wraugham. The Leeds town council, after a short discussion, adopted an ...

... IWELLINGTON AND NAPOLEON-A PARALLEL. The wars of revolutionary France commenced near the field of Waterloo, where they terminated. France, with a population nursed in anarchy, blood, and infidelity, became as it were a vial of wrath poured out over the face of civilised Europe. Her legions were commanded by a vaunting leader, supported by upstart satellites, whose objects seem 'to have been ...

... Xotlano. It is gratifying to find that the subject of imis- IV sions to the Jews, to the colonies, and to India, has occu- a pied the earnest attention of the General Assembly of the ti Church of It appears that £;60,000 is raised Y annually in the Scotch church for the latter object. Government has resolved to establish a chair of civil engineering and mechanics in Glasgow University, n with ...

... $ -reign k (Solontal Intelligente. FRENCH NEWS. Among the proofs of good sense already afforded by the Thiers adminstration is the total abandonment of the Bona- partean plot, of which M. de Crouy Channel was the chief or the author, and 'vhieh made so much noise a few months since. He and M. Barginet, who had been brought a prisoner from Lyons, have, with all the other persons implicated, ...

... -epetal 'Vrlfatmeit u H O US E.' O F L;O R D S. THURSD.41`, April 9. -- -The Archbishop Or CANTiRBURY presented several petitions on the subject of the clergy reserves in Canada. Lord ELLNENBROUGH laid on the table the report of the select' committee on the affairs of the East India Company. In refer rence to the questions relative to the Canada question to be pro.. posed to the judges, his ...

... : d ultural & -arben Operations. WEVIEW OF THE CORN TRADE DURING THE PAST WEEK. (rroyn the Farmers' Journal, June 22.) S.ce our last week's impression accounts, relative to agricul- L tural operatinsml have reached us trom various parts of Eng!and, ad it 3affords us much pleasure to convey to the minds of our L, eanders the gratifying intelligence that not only is everything onected with rural ...

... -Fze Qrbucrbi. MANCHESTER COLLEGIATE CHURCH.-BY an Act of last session the title of Warden and Fellows, heretofore borne by the Chapter of the collegiate church of Manches- ter, is to cease, and the Warden is to be styled Dean, and the Fellows Canons of Manchester. We understated that the Hon. Mr. H. Erskine is to have the living of Kirkly Underdale, vacant by the promotion of Dr. ...

... | ro -, ~ The following is a verbatim copy of the confession made by Courvoisier to Sheriff Evans, as it was taken down on paper by the sheriff:- After I had warmed his Lordship's bed, I went down stairs and waited about an hour, during which time I placed the different articles as they were found by the police. I after- wards went to the dining room, and took one of the knives from the ...

... Zbe arillp antf Rabp. s . THE ARMY. a TEr. FoRlTY-SECOND.-The troop ship Sapphire, Mr. d Cole, master, has left Plymouth for Cork, to convey detachments of the 42nd regt. to the Mediterranean, from which quarter the Apollo troop ship is daily expected to arrive. ROYAL ARTILLERY.-The officers of the Royal Horse 0Artillery are to wear the covered chaco on all parades, d except on Sundays, and ...