... local lublic netintg, I ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. On Alonday morning, this meeting was held in Waltham-street Chapel.-James Henvot.d, Esq., in the chair, suppotted rn tlhe platform by the levs. W. Lord, V. Smith, P. Duncan, W. North (of Malton), J. Whitehead (of liornsea).J. Dixon (of Manchester), - Robinson, the secretary of the auxiliary society, and neveral ...

... aterfals for gable ZIaI. I have never yet met with a man, or with an author, who both understood Christianity and disbelieved it.- Beeitlie. Who is wise? 7 Ec that learns from every one. Who is powerful ? [le that governs his own passions. Who is rich ? I-le that is content. --Cohen. Wisdom is an ocean that has no shore; its prospect is not terminated by an horizon; its eentrt, is everywhere ...

... HOWDEN SPRING FAIR. (Frem e,,r CXrrendt.Alr. C. Su~den.) 0 ,The attendance of dealers at Howden Spring Fair, on . Thursday and Friday, the l5th and 16th inst., was numer- ous and respectable,. amongst whom we noticed purchasers a for Mr. Dyson, Mr. Burlord, and others from London and a tile midland counties, and also some foreigners, who I made extensive purchases. Mr. IRiby Nicholson, frorm. ...

... probilidal - Ntws. - MAChINiE roR SWEErING STrnErTs.-Public curiosity has bcen excited within the last few days in Manchesttr by the appearance of a macline, which appears likely to be substituted fur the present regienort of scavengers. It is on the well known principle of the dredging machiue, used in t!ec deepening ofl caals and rivers. CiiORuAl Music.-The late Mr. Hargreaves has left a ...

... THIE NO-PA'TRONAGE GOVERNIMENT. I I By tile bills nlw before parliament relating to the rugi ,s tration of the parliamentary voters in England, Scotland, and Ireland ; to the ad zuinist ration of justice ; to the esta- blishment of county courts; to the regulation of factorics; to the amending the law in bankruptcy. insvlvce:cy, and lunacy ; to the regulation of the royal burghs in Scotlandi ...

... I 'Ryifulturt. I I MALT.-A return recently moved for by Mr. Darby, M.P. for East Sussnx, is now before is, from which it appears. that the quantity of allt used in the distiileries of the United Kingdom .I tte years 1839 and *840 vwas :is fulloi s:-'We wvill he-in with 1S39; in thatyvarthemalt sedin England s 2370 bushels; in Scotland, 3 321,754; and in Ireland, 664,5'6o altogether, 4,223,342. ...

... I Ws are very glad to find, that on Tuesday, the Arch- bishop of Canterbury met the friends of the church, at Willis's Rooms, London, for the purpose of adopting means to endow bishoprics in the colonies. We quite agree, 'with our truly conistitutional and able contemporary, Tle Britannia, that, oln this subject, We may well take a less )n from those who are wie in their generation.-The ...

... HFIROiC CONDUCT CF CA.PTAIN DOUGLAS, ON 'T'1HL CANTON RIVER. I At thle levee, on 'l'liursd,53' week, Captain Doualas. I le comniander of' tde Cambridge, merchalnlt-ship, was lre- sented to the Q1cell, by Viseount Paliergtoen, when her Mlajesty wvas giacionsly pleased to confer on hlim thle hon1our of ixiglithoond The case of Captain DolgL.:s is one of which this great Inaritillnc natioii ...

... ? JE)IIIIIing fjixtllrv, 5blporlfng varfetics, Sm I BOISOMI Srr'p.;G u llt lT1N eNn;MED:9.uY.--'1IICl is CaIllCI~ was am hling but ln Rorablc to a nuilleroun asellibly on the Dowrisn The mneeting was ioverthelesq tolerably well attelidcd by the hardier secx, among whom we noticed Lord G. Bentincik, Sir G. i1cathcotc, Baron de Tm sicr, Gencnal Grosvenor, Coloncl Wyndham, Mr. klawker, Mir. Ivcs, ...

... Aiwnsbfrt :Kebu~s. T'ET0Ai;rt Th. Rev. Joshua atrieeIy delivered a poxi erful Lecture bs proafessing Christitls eM tthis subject in the Tcmgensaerce 51a~ll Grimsby, on Ttuesday evening last. At the iastKirtors Sessions, Mr. JosephGay, of Gains- bro', was.appointeel iaspector of corna retur~s. in the plate ol Mir. Rogers, whio resigned. BSi Un.asY.-EU.ing the nlight of yesterday week, the shop ...

... ;i'torical 3spitome. 5 DOMESTICP AND METROPOLI[TcT. o THE COURT.-?Eh Council of the Zoological Society aR have mide a present to her Majesty of four fine.Barbary n1 doves, which have fbr some time been at the menagerie. tl These beautiful ibirds are principally distinguished by a c *oroual round the neck..Prince 'Albert has been appoiated grandzrangger of Windsor Park. It.is con- ...

... ani? 4?ihiar? 3?ntdtiuce. '1TOE ARMY. DET.ACrIUeNTS ron CEYLON AND THII MAURITIUS.- The nuphrates freight-ship, 557 tons burden, has been engaged for the accommodation of the detachments tnder orders for Ceylon and the Mauritius. The drafts for Ceylon will consist of the following numbers, viz. :-2 officers and 62 nen from the 90th regiment; 2 officers and 62 men from the 95th regimcnt: total, ...