... -w'S OF 7HE WEEK. Mri:CtreLee .A5 TEaaM-Tu lesdsy being the first day of Micel. mas acrml, the Judcges. Vice-Chalncellor, ster of te Rolls, the neol -tppoiliterl Vice-Chancellure, and leading members of the bar brieakfasted awit'jh he Lord Chancellor, and thence *veirt in plocession to Westminster. At hali'past one o'clock their lordships entered the court, accrmspanied by the r.vwly- ...

... DISTRESS IN LONDON.-The distress which has recently afflicted several parts of the metropolis, but more especi- ally the large and populous district of Spitalfields, is, we are concerned to learn, on the increase; so much so, in- deed, as to call generally for public sympathy and relief. Several members in the City, who so generously assisted the poor and expatriated Poles, have now turned ...

... 1) In the midst of public calamity, festivity, even on an le occasion which is well calculated to diffase general joy, le would be out of place. The birth of an heir to thethrone, and the happy restoration to health of the Queen after her accouchment, would, doubtless, under other circum- stances, be celebrated by feasts, balls, and illumina ions. Ir But such demonstrations would now, it is ...

... [FrOM 'TIHE COLONIAL GAZrTTE.] 01 the occasions of difference between the United States and Gr eot Britain, two are proper subjects of negotiation. 'I'he first is the boundary qiuestiou ; involving; both the no tional point oflhonour and certain private interests which hove groWnI up during the dispute. It seems impossible to dispose of the poilt of honour except by the arbitration of a third ...

... , CORN LAWS I AND COMMERCIAL REFORM,. PRICES OF FOOD AT HOME AND ABROAD. The bad quality of the new English wheat has, for some time, had the effect of depressing the averages and increasing the duty, although the price of good wheat fit for making into bread has not once, for many months past, fallen below a famine price. The l ertainty, however, that the stock now in the country will be ...

... - iINC-ENDIARY1-11--- -I E.. INCENDIAR2Y FIRES. ?? TOiiillJAY.-We noticed in our last that oa the .)ths inst. a tire broke out on the premises of' Mr. Callard, of Upton, whicll, hewever, by the exertions used, was confined to the dwellinig-house, without injuring the out-house and barn, a short distance ott, in which were deposited it considerable elnantity of Ieheat. OCn the following Tuesday ...

... IRISH APPOINT3IBNTS. - TRINITY COLTEGE, DunDLIae-The Tories have made two excellent appoiutmnents-that of Mr. Warren to be v Sergearnt-at-law, and that of Dr, O'Brien to the Deanery of Cork. Among their friends at the bar they could not have found an individual more respected or acceptable to the country nit large than Mr. WarreR, nor in the whole rang( of the profession throughout the United ...

... PARWS AND ROUEN RAILWAY. --O On W1'ednesday a meeting of the Lancashire Shareholders in the above uindertaking¢ was held in the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, LiverpoD], tbr the purpose of hearing the report of the English directors on the state and progjects of tile concern. The meeting was most nume- y and respectably attended, and the greatest una- niusity prevailed upon the occasion. ...

... EXT'RIAORDINA RY CASE OF INCEN- I DIA RT 1&lf, I --4- NORTIIVICH, CiuaslJitL, Tul-.SDAY,-Stonl after two o'clock yesterday niorning', all alarm was given tbat the farm buildings leased by Mrs. LeivesIcy, at Castle North- wiell, about a quarter oi a mile distalnt from this to In, were on fire. 'The inhabiimats mustered in strong numbers, aid two enlines from this town aind a ew one just ...

... MEMOIR OF ~MADAME LAFFARGE. WITH PORETRAITS OF THE FRNCIPAL PERRONS CONNECTED WITH HER. :-4F FELiCl FELIX CLAV19. 'After having put on again our gloomy dresses, we went to mass and to prayers. This was no longer a few words to the good God, asking of him wisdom for one's self and health for one's friends; it was a great prayer read from a book. The pope, the king, the bishops, the deacons, ...

... TIlE ODD FELLOW'S REVIEW. rints on Poor-law Legislati o) ; or, Practical ,l[caszzres for dihsnishiyss Paepcrissn. I'London I Phalanx' Office, 3 A, Catiherine-street, Strand. 'The 'New Poor-law Anmendmcn Bill' very F t,;tlv remarks the writer of the patmnphlilet before d lide'IS been devised as a remnedy tbr tile demoral- b Ziag effeets of lauperism, hut, iii more piointS than I le it will be ...

... LISBON, Nov. 19. [PROMi OUR OWN CORRBSPONDENT.] The Cortes were prorogued yesterday by the Queen with the usual ceremony at one, ir.s. Tile weather had been previously bad, and was still threatening, which prevented the assemblage of ?? being so great as usual ' the appearance of the various regiments of the garrison, and of the Municipal Guard, was very imposing and creditable; and, ...