... 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 ...

... JtZ~iAstULE NATUHAL ClURiOSITY.-A very singular and ,efect Oak tree, in a fossil state, bas been recently discovered a 5 ad pit at calcot (Tilehurst), near the Bath-road. Vari- aus braches have, during the last two months, been dug out dlose to the spot where the tree was found, and about ten days ago the labourers employed there brought the above singular ?? to light; it was only about four ...

... WEEKLY SUM ARY OF FOREIGN HISTORY. plate JOVRNALS mention that official reports from the .TlEe cntain very unsatisfactory news as to the temper of pr~,eopces 1trovs,; il g still somewhat dear and scarce. the jpjeaieeo~ 1rnonlcCs the arrival of the Princess Victoria d Sexeateb or Gotha, the affianced bride of the Duke de of SttiS at St. Cloud, accompanied by her father (the Duke Ferinand) a and ...

... 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 ...

... DEFEAT OF THE MUSCOVITES.-TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF THE CIRCASSIANS. The following is a condensed narrative of the present pro- gress of the Circassians in their heroic efforts to maintain the independence of their country, and to expel the Russians from the several points of the coast which they so recently held, but which we most fervently hope they will never regain. The subjoined communication ...

... ?? -- - 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 0 HATTON-CARDEN. THE MURDER AT ISLINGTON.-RE-EXAMINATION OF THE PRIsoNzRS-This day having been appointed for a further ex- amination of the persons suspected of being concerned in the murder of Mr. Templeman, of Pocock's-fields, Islington, the greatest anxiety existed in the neighbourhood of the oflice to hear the examination or to get a glimpse of the prisoners. Mr. Combe and several other ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...