... 11 ? IsTfto, bv? -tbt- LOUDOU. VOW ? I OVSR1BND :XPEISBSS EPS~ON: ZSIDZA. X m CHINA.s m , im :if BOMIBAY, Tanuay 1.-There is very little noticeable alteration in the posture of affiairs this month from that which was presented on the departure -of the, last mail.; .That little, however, is, unfortunately, of an unfavourable description. The strength of the force at Chusan has been ...

... 7&ONW2WVTN VOUZNTV- blF.ZECWION.i Contrary to all expectation, the electioni for this county has terminated in favour of the Tory candidate, Mr. Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan ; the HJn. Hanbury Tracy, the Liberal candidate, having withdrawn from the contest. ,Thelatter event was first made known to the'public cii Monday last, and produced quite as mduch ?? as did the .appearance of Mr. ...

... 71nOVZNCIALS ZXNTnXLZGENCE.; SOMERSETSHIRE. ANTI-CoRN-LAw M ?? inbabitiants of Taunton, having been invited to attend a meeting, in oppo- sition to the corn-laws, at the public hall in that town, it seas held at 6'o'clock oil Thursday last, attended by nearly 700 persons. The meeting' was addressed solely by W. Beadon, jun., .Esq,, who, in the course of his remarks, read letters from Sir T. B. ...

... ,~ .. . I ?? .. . .Is the struggles of commerce, and anmid the sharp a Contentions of worldly interest, we naturally look for tr -*the occasional manifestation of feelings of not the most JV creditable kind; a'ndin the war of politics and strife en of parties, still more-to-be-regretted ebullitions of in human passions, and displays of human infirmities, vi ICi make their frequent appearance. ...

... S3VERN NJAVZCGAWTXON :313.L. Continued from our last. REPORtED ttxPRr.OSLS FOR THIS PAPCL.~ MNONDAY, MAY21. Ft Mr. Walker's exm initation resumned by Sergt. Mereweather-- Were I the friend of Worcester, I should entleavour to prevent t, feet being, mode the maximum dep~th of thle itopeoveinent;I have taken a great many soundings personally, butno bWrings; ado notthink. Worcester bridge is ...

... EHOUSE OF LORDS.-TmURSDAY-. The Houme of Lords wan opened at two o'clock for the admission of peers only. The strangers' gallery was not opened for strangers or for the press. The names of the royal commissioners for opening the parliament were- the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Normanby, the Marquis of Lansdown, the Earl of Clarendon, and Viscount Dun- cannon. The commons having been ...

... ERMSToy x MOCEM-DINC-3. x -ZT.V?jTjq The Queen's writ, for the election of two citizens to re- present this city in parliament, was received by the High Sheriff, HIuigh Vaughan, Esq., by 'rhiursday's mail, and im. mediately upon it proclamation was made in the usual for'm. The nommnatier is appointed to be held on Monday next in N the Gulldhall, and the polling, which will take place on the d ...

... larliamentarm RlitelUgeIleHC HOUSE OF LORlJS.-.SATURDAY- orn On the motion of Lord RExuESDAi.5, the poor-lawcon TIissionI bill and the population payment bi~l were readza: second time, and ordered to be commi tted On MIonday . The expiring acts bill passed through committee, and wats ordered to be read] a third time on Moanday. Mesnesfrom the House otf Commons brought up the exchequer~bills, ...

... AlvrI.coc t LAW LECTURE. on jhlordav evening last, John Brown, Esq..-delivered it S second anid concluding lecture, on the subject of the I ornilawsa, at the. Assembly-sRocm, Prince's street, to a 5sO~5and, indeed, crowded audience. ,fh, appearance of the lecturer on the platform was, as on former oca'1,bie with the most rapturous shouts thelaue ad is ddrsswas warmly cheered throughout. Of ...

... Nesw rancasterian- Schools In. the Dings. . .1i - In : I The ceremony of lain hefusdtin-stone'6 ci'te. now Sehool-rooins about tob jcted in'the Dings finrtheo ducaition, on the Lanicasterian s ystem, of 130 boys asid 10D girls, took place on Tuesday last, the Rieof ?? intended bunilding being a plot of ground near the entrance of K~iugaland-road, immuedliately beisted the chapel, and at a ...

... outrage In a Nunne ?? of the Rev.I I' ; : 5 1f. relgg. - I DUB3LlN, May4.-The: divisional justices of Henry- i'street police-office wvere occupied during the greater part of yesterday in investigating a charge of assault preferred ?? against the Rev. T. Gregg, of controversial notoriety, by. the Prioress of the Presentation Convent, George's hill. It appeared from the depositions of the ...

... REDVCTION -OF THE DUTY ON- SUGAR. NEXT to the abolition of the tax onblr;ad,thereduction of the dutty oni sugar is: of the gi-eatest ilnportance to the poor and industrious classes. The proposed change 'in the duties on timber is not a poor man's questioo, and we leave~the Cangdian, and Baltic merchants to fight the battle themsElves, premising that we think -every impartial persoi will ...