... a MAY B.-There is a fair arrival of Grain for this day' ?? market. The Wheat trade is steady without alteration in price from last week, and no disposition to urge sales. File Barley goes off' slowly, and malting qualities continue to Fends single recede : there are now very few buyers. Oats and Shelling irons are again dearer. Beans realise tuily Is. per qr. more. mou Other articles as before ...

... IN another column we give, as sent to us by a correspondent, whom we don't know, a report of a meeting holden so long ago as the eleventh of th May, in Hull, at the instance of Mr. Burns, who appears to be itinerating the country for the purpose, nE as he says, of pointing out to the people the best and in shortest method of obtaining the Charter. This is, f the establishment of a weekly ...

... OPIUM TRADE.-WAR WIT CtINA. A public meeting toolk place an F riday at the Free- masons' Tavern, Great Queen-streat, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament egainst the Opium War with China. The Hall was crowded shortly after twelve o'clock (the hour fixed for the Commoncement of the proceedings), and there were a large number of ladies present. At a quarter past twelve, on the motion of Mr. ...

... PflOSCOUTION AND MaUEL TREAT&MENT oP FEARGUS O'CONNORt, ESQ. No sooner had the Star arrived ill Manchester on Saturday miorning last, containing the letter of Mr. F. O'Conuor, drtaiiing his treatmiuent since his arrival in York Castle, than the news spread all over the town with the rapidity of lightning A few working mcn, who are alwuys first in the field when danger ap- proamhes, and when ...

... TREITMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR- MEETING OF THE WEST RIDING DELEGATES. At a meeting of Dalegate3, hell in Liversedge, ol Tao eld y, tht. 26tt inst., foor the purpose of consi- dering t'e b ist min rw~s to be adoptedfdr the ebtaining a cllanlg. in the treatwoiat of 11r. O'Connor, now in York Ca,,tie, it was uaanimously resolved:- That it be recomumended that meetings he holden in every town ...

... NARRATIVE OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN WA.TKINS. (No. 5.) (Concludedfrom ourlamt.) Soon after my arrival at Durham, Henderson, who bad been watching for me, came to me in the street, and told me, that the proceedings against me had been dropped, in consequence of a mandate from the Home Office. Several of the pamphlets had been sent for by the Secretary of State, who saw reason to restrain the ...

... no -- . I -1 . ?? w..a. . .. I .1 THE Intelligences' of last week contains the fol- IZ lowing paragraph A correspondent poinfs out to us the shamefall want of I di principle involved in the conduct of Mir. Baines with regard to the China war. While the Mercury is denouncing the unrighteous opium war, Mr. Baines himself upholds Ministers in it by his vote, having divided with the ma. pt ...

... Front 1 The TimesINrewspuper qfl.lay 4, 1M0. ad An attempt is now making to Call attention to thee evils a' arisistg from emplovirg children to sweep chimneys, and to obtain re. some Legislative enaictment which shall put an end to it. It seems as hsl if no person wiso realty conssdertd else case could dnslre to perpetupte all the existence of serbl a ?? bot it is Itept tup brecause people ...

... Cl PEarl Fitzwilliam laid the first stone of a new prison at Pe erborough on Thursday week. The Bishop of Peterboroigh nad a large company were present. The site is about half a mile west from the city, on the Longthorpe road. A meeting of great importance in the annals of agricul- tural local Improvement, was held at Peterlrsough on the 23 i ult., and was attended by all the principal persons ...

... BlawtUG13am. - LovErT AND CooLIms.-At the public meeting, held in Lawrence-street Chapel, on Tuesday evening, lvr. Edwin Thompson, in toe chair, the chairman rose and addressed the meeting, which was a very crowded one, to a very great length, on the infamous conduct of the Government towards Messrs. Collins and Lovett. [See correspondence in our 7th page.] Mr. H. Watson then canseforward, and ...

... EmperiaI iavltament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-Tuesday, MA1y 12. Earl Stanhope, after the presentation of various pe- titions on the subject, brought forward the motion of which he bad given notice respecting the opium trade with China. His Lordship stated, that, as far as the Chinesp- Government was concerned, its policy had been ?? directed towards the suppression of the trade, and had not been, as ...

... Her Majesty will hold a Drawing Room, at St. James's Palace, oar Thursday next. d. Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and the Duchess of of Kent attended divine nervice ol Sunday afternoon in the Chapel Royal, St. James'F. ent Tie Queen Dowager attended divine service on ay, Sunday monoing in tire Chapel Royal, St. James's. The iay sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds, from ...