... INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD I. I FELIOWS. I[ A PRESENTATION OF A GOLD WATC-0 4N.D CHAIN TO P, Gi. X, WILIA1 PGRY, Vpwards of one hundred mnaber gf thl iorder, consist- ing of o$cors frojn varioup eurrounling tOwns, lately W sembled at the house of Mr. Gray, the Olymic Tavsr, Stevensoa's-rsqptre, Mheoiater, for t purpose of pre- senting a gold walas and oppendages tg Kr, W. Gray, as a token of ...

... i* t is well known that Frederipi incurred his father's dis- t pleasure for paying his addresses to a young lady of the court, whom the old tyrant caused to be whipped under the if window where the royal lover was confined. This brutal hr insult offered by the king to the lady, to the prince, and to b humanity, was committed at the instigation of a general le officer in the king's service. ...

... THE ODD.FELLOW'S BUDGET. A DUlctAN t3 CLIMAX or HArriNEss.-It is better to I walk tban to rrn; it is better to stand than to walk; it is better to lie down than to sit;, it is better to sleep than to lie down; it is better to die than to sleep. A NEGRo'S EsPrrApu.-Tbe following epitaph was said some years ago to be found inscribed on a stone at Colney Hatch church': - l - ?? Here lies poor ...

... MO1NMl:OUrTH SPECIAL COMMISSION. (ISRONM OUR OWN ItEI'oRTl'5., PIROCEEDINGS ON THURSDAY. [lCONTINUEI) FROM OUR it'ssr.] Sir Thorias Phillips under examination: I am not, fain as to thc allusions I made reqlecting a nmyjrit thirty.sevsn. I attended the Usk meeting, at whic high sleriff wis to have presided. That was a ci, meeting. I might have then made some observations is allusion to the ...

... WINDSOR, FRIDAY. Tbe Queen hjld e 'Privy Council at two o'clock this day 1.fterasoll, et Windsor Castle. It was attenddel Py tho Firit LIrd of the Trt snry, the Secretary ot' Stato 'for the flome lDrartment, the President of the Boar of' Trade tile Lorid Steward, the Mfaster of the llorie, and the Right flollouraritc G. S. 13yng. At the council the Earl ot Carenidom, a.C B was by eommsud of ...

... THE'l 'J7 dt Ni AvG (JillRN G CRNIL.E. L O N 1) 0 N: SA TURIM 0I. V JA .'NUARY 4, 180. We have just received a copy of Remarks on tbe 7111i1 agelltiet of' thle Circulation, and on the Condi- tin aald r lndiuct of tile Banik of t'iglnid, and of the CnUnitrv Isuers during the year 1839. By SAMUEL JO2N;RS Lobra. The puliblicatioln extends to 1:37 pites, and its seasonable ppoParance, coupled ...

... XFOJ FORT DAY'S rl CEEDI' G$. (BIJ EXIRESS.) MIONMOUTH, FriDAY EvENING. ?? following arc the proccediags which took phil this dav up to the hour of the express being displtcledi:- flRIAL OF MR. JOHN FROST. At the 5itlii.: of thi; court, at nint1 o'clock tlis morning, Sir 1. ?? sldl lie wished to cell the attention of thel l rdellips to the deposition oi Captain Gray. ClidelJudtiee Tindall: l)o ...

... 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 ...

... ?? following appeared in the Second Edition of the CHA2mPION.1 I H' C TfHE CHARTIST PRISONER.S, TO TIHE MOST 4Oi3LE THE MARQUIS OF NORNA'-By Tavistocle Ho!te, Covent-garden, Dcc. 6, 1839. MY LonD,-ln my letter of the 22d ult., which I had the honour of addressing to your lordship, I took the hberty of calling your attention to a report which was in circulation, and the truth of which has ...

... THE ARMThZY. MILITARY PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAi rlFFcH, DEC. 31. 9d Regiment of Light Drogonrn-Corn t and Adjutadtt John SRI- livan, to have the ranik of l.ieutenant. 16th Regiment of Lighlt Di agoons-Lieint. W. Wilmter, to be Cop. tain,, by putchase, vice Jillartd, who retires; Cornet Marnitmuke Gwynne, to be Lieutenant, bty purchase, vice Wilmer; D.Maycolt, Gestt., to be Cornet, by ...

... THE METROPOLIS. THE UNITED MERCANTILE AND TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION. -The directors and many of the members of this useful society ,dined together on Monday, at the London Coffee-house, Lud- gate-hill. Mr. Alderman Wilson, the chairman, presided. InI introducing the toast of Success to the Association, the Alderman adverted to the report and balance-sheet of the So- ciets, which had been laid ...

... WAR-OFFICrE, DEc. 31.-3rd Regiment of Light Dragoons: Cornet and Adjutant John Sullivan, to have the rank of Lieute. nant. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons: Lieutenant Wil- liam Wilmer, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jillard, who retires; Cornet Marmaduke Gwynne, to be Lieutenant,by pur- chase, vice Wiliner; Dottin Maycock, gent.. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gwynne. 17th Regiment of Light ...