... DINNER TO MR. SYNC. On Wednesday evening a public dinner was given by the political friends of Mr. Bvng, in celebration of his services for fifty years as member of parliament for the county of Middle. sex. The dinner took place at Drury-lane Theatre, which was splendidly illuminated and decorated for the occasion. The pit was raised to a level with the stage, so that the tables ex- tended ...

... CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. The precarious State of our foreign relations-the certainty that we are at war with China-that we shall probably bear of the detention of some Neapolitan vessels before the sulphur question can be adjusted-the very threatening aspect of the negotiatio is in regard to the Boundary question ;_in fact, the complicati in of disaster with which our foreign relations seem to ...

... THE COLOP'IES. NRW Z(CALAN,..-The.Ship bOwlto'. which Ifr. Enl~el5 in NYvcilnter list Ih ving 0i bhoard tie RIv, ?? F. Ch bi xli the ?? ?? 1m1inister, amnd liunilv with 160 settlers. arrivett Slle in New% Ze-aland on the 2tl0 o'f April. EAst' Is;DirS.-Wt have auttthoiy to state th;at there is no troth in tht statementt of Lord Auckland's rel urn. and the ip- poht ment of the 'Mrqlukis of ...

... NTUNTZS BREfEC;rES-If Multl's bill]Oon-breehe. have been latterly constructed of Russian dluck In'' I'hich find their xvay into La Vendee, a dozen ssllppend 5o i ?? bli might be readily cabbiaged out of them, and plenty lej'ftacs all the uses of a cover-mne-decent.' At a e i toreaksfet which once took place in Birmin*gham a basket f br ekf accident into Muntzs breeches-pocket, and was ne ...

... RUMOURED LAW, CHANCES. We have been informed, upon authority on which we have every reason to rely, that Lord Plunket has positively resigned office as Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Sir J. Campbell will, it is said, succeed his lordship, and the consequent vacancy in the Attorney-Generalship will be filled by Sir T. Wilde. Mr. Austen is spoken of as likely to be appointed Solicitor- General in ...

... I~ ~ q I 'I love my land, my native land! And, proudly jealous of its fame I blush and burn to see a band Of hungry locusts work its shame!' Cor-N LAW BALLAnD. To THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. SIR,-Amidst the chances, and changes, thathave characterised our national policy, during the last eventful twelve mouths of misgovernment, and are now indelibly traced upon the annals of the country as records ...

... 7 WysUMlMARY OF FOREIGN HISTORY. - WEEKLY 0atS PAPERS, Up to Thursday inclusive, contain but TH A An article in the Capitole on the subject of the Tle ne tlantic steamers ordered to be constructed, anticipates he is.mte Superiority of France over England in such aiew to ?? Duchess of Orleans is said to 1 te fourth month of her second pregnancy. be sn 1HOLAND we learn that on Monday the two ...

... ~,h a~ldI. 8 8C ?? has arrived at Falmtnoth thvoi.wn dates:- St ipril 28g A 1ZCUa PTil 2 Guiana, April 29 Barbadoes, April 30o1 Tinidad, May Jamaica. MW. K I Tie bsiness before the Legislative Council is of overnor left on the 28th of April, on a dn the 28th of April, the new civil list, entailing e, was disposed of, in the Combined Court, ar en there appeared in favour of the bill, five, and ...

... V-ZEKLY SUFIARY OF FOREIGN HISTORY. I FacTEF El NH ?? we learn that the proposed banquet en of Paris, in commemoration of the taking of the Ofthe cltn . 14th of July, 1789, is postponed to next month; ];5t~leFrench brig Excellent, now at Marseilles, lost two of cte'~ by plague during her recent voyage from Alexandria; hted'mi~rsl ylacsu is to command the expedition against hetos Ayres rce ...

... GRAND FESTIVAL. OF THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS. On Wednesday, the 46th anniversary of this society was cele- brated at the Crown and Anchor, Strand. About four o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. Reader, the Governor, who was sup. ported on his right by Lord Teig'nmouth, M.P., and on the left by Lieutenant- Colonel Wood, M. P. The cross-table -was, as usual, occupied by the ...

... TZE ERA. iI |LATE9T EDITION.] SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1840. The QUEEN was married on Monday last, and ever since the daily newspapers'hav2e been fall of the important and national event. Not the smallest particular has escaped the Penny-a-liners. All has been chronicled -from the minutest pin in Her Majesty's dress, from the slightest expression in the royal couitenance. ThoseI indefatigable ...

... ?? -- - I WEEKLY ~-o-I THE FRENCH COURT OF Pes assembled on the 28th of September to open the trial of Prince Charles Louis Napoleon fO3naparte. The circumstances of the case have already been detailed in the ERA of Aug. 9th, 16th, and 23d. On Monday immediately before the meeting ofthe Peers at Paris,:the eaglem, arms, and colours seized at Boulogne were brought into c~urt. About 170 Peers ...