... -~ween the hours of ten a.m. on Tuesday and the same hour CU Wednesday, not fewer than ten fires oc- curred in the metropolis, which kept the firemen and engines duringthatperiodincontinued movement. One fire took place at 3 Tennis-court, Middle-row, Holborn, belonging to Mr. J. Quain, a carpenter. It commenced in the cellar, in which a Quantity of shavings were de- posited. Timnely ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-On the 7th instant you published a letter from your correspondent, Alfred, upon the above subject. Every person whose mind is properly and justly consti- toted, and who looks upon any questionwith an unbiasied eye, will exclaim with Alfred, that the granting of a license at the corner of Wellington-street, Strand, and within two doors of Mr. Spilman's, ...

... THnimE is a baker whose temper is so fiery, that he heats hlis own oven with it; and his. customers say the biscuits'are always crisp and the rolls crusty. PHILo~OPMY.-A luxury of reason for the use of the lucky; but which can do nothing for the unlucky. SAM,- said a mbotber, to one Of her wery obedient sons one day, how many logs have you sawed, eh?' Why, marm, when I get this and ...

... )Ve have never been slow to praise the Swedish Nightingale. The new Queen of Song has had all tle homage we can pay to her as a mortal, for she is but human after all. She sings very like an angel, no doaabt, and has other heavenly attributes; but there is something incomprehensible about her just norw. What is she going to do in the way of singing ? is the general question, and we do not see ...

... DUBLIN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18. ZONTEMPT OF cOURT AND COMMITTAL OF MDt. JAMES MARTIN. Mr. James Martin, brother of Mr. John Martin, the p ,oprietor of the Irish Felon, having been called, and appeared at the bar, ad r atn TPrhe Chief Baron addressing him said Mr. Martin, the foremals of the jury who tried your brother has Men- tioned to the Court a circumstance which occurred upon the night that ...

... I ON CANADIAN AFFAIRS: BY A CANADIAN I , ANNEXATONIST. I ID TO THE EDITOR OP TEES DAILY NEWS. Montreal, Dec. 1,1849. 3 Sin,-I am a CAnadian and an iuhabitant of Mon- 6 treal. I therefore owe you my beat thanks for the remarks which you have so Justly made upon the '5 Timens comment on the annexa ticnist manifesto, as well - as f.or those upon the removal of the seat of govern- 7 ment from this ...

... - B- ~~NO T ABILIA. DIAZZrNi's DEFENCE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLtC.-' Rome has fallen ! It is a great crime and a great error. The crime belongs entirely to France; the error to civilised Europe, and above all to your England. I say to your England, for in the three questions which are now at issue in Rome, and which it is vain to attempt to stifle by brute force, England appears to me, and did ...

... ii, Elluffigencr. SATURDAY XIOaNING, SwPTuMfBlE 1, 1849. There is scarcely any news from the Continent this morning. The onlv intelligence of interest is the alleged surrender of Comorn, on the i1st ilt. The latest accounts from Rome describe the re- lations between the French and the Papal governments as most unsatisfactory. ARRIVAL OF MANNING IN LONDON. Frederick George Maluing was brought ...

... - -- I -1 FUNERAL OF THE QUEEN DowiGEo.-The ' Gazette' of Tuesday | night contained ttip lowing directions respecting the funeral of her Majiesty, which tdnlkplace on Thursday morning :-Whitehall, Dec. 10 -The Queen has been pleased to coussnand that the following direc- tions, given by herlate Maiestv Queen Adelaide for herfunerali, should be made public. Her MaLjesty has desired that these ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. Thursday, April 19. TrE VICTORIES IN INDIA. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on Tuesday next he should move the thanks of the house to the Governor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, the officers, and army in India, for their conduct daring those military operations, the successful result of which had lately been made known to their lordships and the public. AFFAIRS OF ...

... TEN NEw BISHOP OE LLANDAFF.-By the nomination of Dr Ollivant to the Bishopric of Llandaff the following appointments become vacant :-The Begius Professorship of Divinity at Cambridge, value about 8001. yearly, in the gift of the University, and to which Dr Ollivant was appointed in 1843; a canonry in the cathedral church of St David's, to which he was appointed in 1826, value 601. per annum ; ...

... ]ROUSE OF LORDS. Monday. September 2. WRIT OF ERROR.-OPiNIONS OF THE JUDGES. The House of Lords met again on Monday after their adjo'rnment, for the purpose of receiving the opinions of her Majesty's judges on the writ of error in the case of ?? Queen v. O'Connell and others. In the first place, however, the learned judges delivered their opinion in the case of Gray v. the Queen, which was ...