... FRANCE. A scene in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday excited much sensation. M. Laffitte (the president, as oldest mrember) rose ant read'a speech: -Our present situation being one which apjea s te to he not without danger', my conscierce diects use ,to tell :ye wblat~trince expects of you. i. the cpourse o.the session, and vithott reference to the official programme of ynrlabourr. oppor. ...

... - .. Tit STATE PROSECUTIONs.-The Morning Cronic correspondent (Jan. 2nd), ?? of a very extraordinary character have just occurred in rela- tion to the state prosecutions,which indicate the spirit in which they are to be carried on. The Crown prosecutors persevere in their determination to strike the special jury to-morrow; but up to this hour the agents of tile traversers have not received a ...

... THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER AND THE CORN LAWKS. Important letter of the Mstquis of Westminster to the Chairman of the CUdncil of the Anti-Corn-law League, enclosing a munificent donation of 5001. to the Great League Fund. Eaton Hall, January Ist, 1844. Sir,-Having, on former occasions, expressed to you my anxious wishes for your success in the arduous contest with Monopoly in which you are ...

... I : 7 P O L IT I CAL. MZSSaS HOBSON ANDl FEBRAND.--A statement recently appeared in the public prints, charging an alderman of the borough of Leeds, and a member of the watch cnm-u mittee, with not only being cognioant of the disturbances of 1842, previous to their commencement, but with haviog been actually icstrumaental in producing them. The statement was first made pul~ic by a Mr HobsoI, ...

... The whole river front now assumes an imposing ap- pearance, being carried up uniformly to the height of two full stories above the basement of the building. The whole length of this extensive front is embellished by innumerable heraldic ornaments, niches, 6gures, royal ciphers, scrolls, and by the. richest mouldings and tracery of the most florid style which distinguishes the Gothic ...

... STRIKING OF THE SPECIAL JURY, DUBLIN, JAN. 4.- This day at twelve o'clock, the counsel and agents on the part of the Crown and the traversers attended on the Crown officer to strike tbe special jury. Great dis- satisfaction was expressed at the exclusion of the press by the Crown ?? Whiteside, Q. C., on the part of the traversers, opened by protesting against the exclu- sion, from the special ...

... f * POLTICEXAMINE o R. - THF, POLITICAL EXAMINE-R, _e &shart hint to an umpaitial wririt woldtbe totell him If Iig mief hb resolves to venture upon the dangt triple of-tell- let hm prolashowar wth -nith'erltn to tavebs rere himf htese ermne r getmen ntheyal mrveolhimuwiththe wron hands of the iawni if he telathem Itheir yves wheuthey have any, thea the lobe attacks him with glander. atf he ...

... On Wednesay a meeting of the parishioners took place in the vestry room of St Stephen's church, Mr R Cun- liffe, the banker, in the chair. The Rev. Dr Croly, the rector, being requested.to attend the vestry, for the pur- Pose of explaining what bad taken place at the meeting from which the parishioners were excluded, gave a gra- phic account of the indecent absurdities into which the Alderman ...

... 0 The Indian mail has arrived, with letters and papers from B'ombay to Dec. 1. The principal items relate to the prevalence of grdat sickness in the two newly- acquired possessions of Scinde in India, and of Hong Kong in China. Peace prevails throughout British India, although the preparations for war were busy throughout the north-westernt districts. An army of about 15,000 men was assembled ...

... FiREs IN LONDON lIV 1843.-The fires in 1843, as compared with the previous year, have decreased by 20. The average however, for the last ten years, shows an increase of 62. The number of fires and alarms which have happened from January Ist' to December 31st, 1843, at' which the engines of the establishment have been called into requisition, amount to 901. The fires by which premises were ...

... ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AT . - i LAMBETH. This building, which is situated opposite the Blind Asylum and Bethlehem Hospital, is rapidly approaching completion The foundation stone was laid in April, 1840, on which occasion the church was dedicated to St George, the tutelar saint of England. It is the largest ecclesiastical edifice devoted to the Roman Catholic worship that has been constructed ...

... CHARsTirs.-At a quarterly general meeting of the governors of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's inn road the report acknowledged a number of munificent doe ?? Queen Dowager, 100 guineas; the King of Hanover, 300 guineas; and Mr J. H. Puget, o' Messrs Puget and Bainbridge's bank, 300 guineas, i, . three separate donations of 100 guineas each. He was prompted by a wish to stimulate others to the ...