... TIHE FRlENCHI NAVY, e [FnROM THEt NATIONAL.] eFrance, in It;di, had at comm-md (10,000 seamen, and in e 1701 could reckon upon more than 100,000 able-bodied rsailors, and possessed 82 ships of the line, and 73 frigates; tbut at the present day we have not one half of that number of ships of war, and our able seamen scarcely equal the eg- greguts of 1081i. It is true that, is 1815, we had to ...

... VEST INDIES. AlTARMING EAIRTIIQUAKE THROUGH TIHE WEST INDIA ISLAND1)S. FALMIOUTH, MARCii 4. [PFIOM OUR OVN' CORRESPONDENT.] Tlie rollowing appeared in a part of our impression of yes' crday:- Ile Ioyal Mail Steam Couipany'e vessel Forth, Captain Frayer, arrived here this evening with the West Indian and Mx.:iran mails. Freight about S00,000 dollars, and 227 s-inscochineal. I asseDgers frotn ...

... ALEXANDRIA, Fan. 24. PFROM OIIR OWN CORRESI'0XDENT.1 Trhe principal novelty is the unexpected arrivalof' the Parha on the evening of the 191b instant, intending, how- ever, to remain only a day or two longer, and then return to pufes the next three menths in the Delta, where he left Ibrahim Pacha actively superintending the projected im- provements, while very sanguine hopes are entertained ...

... E car since the termination of hostilities with China, and the obtainment of euch favourable terms of pacification, our relations with the Chinese, and the bright prospects which appeared to open, alike for political ambition and commer- cial enterprise, have furnished inexhaustible themes of dis- caelon, and the most glorious anticipations have been in- dulged in, as to the advantages to be ...

... DUBLIN, FuE. 2, IPROId OUR OWN CORRIMPONDBNT.] TI!HlE CO RVOIRATION-3HR, O'CONNELL'S MOTION ON THE RtEPISAL OF THE UNION. Considerable excitonlent was manifested this (lay oni the part of the public to hear the discussion on Alderman O'Connell's 11o0tion for at petition to Parliament for the repeal of tlie Union. Eleven o'clock was the hour fixed fqr comn cinr ll~proceedings, blt loug before ...

... .NOTTLTNGJIAfft £L hCTIOM. TnUTR8DAY, MAuCx 23. Motion made, and qejestion Proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out t New Writ for the electing a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament tot the town of Nottinghalr, in the room of John Waiter, Esq., whQse election has been determined to be void : Amendment proposed, tO leave ont from the word ...

... I The LOND ON GAZETTAoJ TUESDAY, MllarchI14. I 6.-I DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, London. Jonllano Worrey, of a, Beeclh-strvet, Barlbimn, Cil., bookseller, Akpril 13, nt twelve-Alvaro Da Camara and Julio Da Cainara, of Old IBroaiitrseet, City, and Xcadcira, Portugal, wine merchants, April 4, at hailf-past eleven. lIn the Country. Henry Pitt, of Selby, Yorksillre, vinuc merehlint, ...

... THIRD DAY. The committee assembled on Saturday at eleven o'clock. Charles Buller, Esq., chairman. William Kelly was called, and re-examined by Mr. Tal- bot: I am about thirty-four years of' age. Previous to my marriage I owed £700, and in order to discharge that debt I rised the sum by mortgaging a property of £l35 a year, left me by my father. I was a tenant for life, and paid £10 per cent. ...

... THE SUPPOSED COMAIET. To TIlE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Siit-The brilliant train which has for the lastfew nights attracted so much attention, is doubtless only caused by the unusual brightness of the zodiacal belt. This may be attributed both to the state of the atmosphere and to the approximation of the sun to the constellation Aries. Tl'at the atmosphere is in a peculiar state ia ...

... I TheLONDON GAZETTE ofFRIDAY, Mfarch 10.1 Th od WHITEHALI, 'IARCIC6.. Th odChancellor has appointed William Helthering- ton, of Liverpool, in the county of Lanucaster, Gent., to be a Master extraordunary in tff High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, MARtCH 10. 4t11 Rtgitenat of Dragoon Gsiards-Lieuterfant Mildmay Clerk to be Captain, by- potrvlsoe; vice Harper, whlo retires; co-net Hienry .toin ...

... HOUSES OF PARL IAME.1JENT An account of the total amount voted for the huildirg of tle new Houses of Parliament,stating the date o: thIe fe'al votes, the amount voted, and whether expended or 'o! together with an estimate of the further saumn thort vi.l tF required to complete the buildings. VOTES. Session 1833 . , l:O,'Il t - 1837 . . 8ttI I - 1838 .. ...

... [IOUSE OF COMMONS-WFIDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. MORRIS presented a petition from Carmarthen against the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill. Sir GEORGE GREY presented a petition from the Lon- don Missionary Society against the encouragement of idolatry in India, and complaining of the evil effects likely to arise from Lord ElIenborough's proclamation respectingl the gates ...