... THURSDAY, MAY 30.-One of the most extraordi- nary scenes that ever took place in a court of Justice occurred this morning upon Mr O'ConnelI's ape pearance in Court. All parts of the Queen's Bench were crowded, and none more closely filled than the place assigned to the junior members of the bar. These, with the exception of a few-certainly not more than four or five-rose upon Mr O'Connell's ...

... bDOUGUtON CATGOLIC CHAIITABLE fASSOCIATION. The nemb~re of thn truly excellent and old estabelihed eassociation (the dote of Ita nstitution is May 6, 17S7), held their yearly meeting-on Whit-Tuesday, et the Shottleworthe Arme, Broughton. One of the leading olijeetg of 'the society isto relieve poor- Catholic brethren i n eloknesia'nd- dlslsess; end, from'a report before us, it appears ihat £65 ...

... ?ovve?pon?ei?cc. To the Editor of The Bristol Mercury. SiB,-The merry bells of this city rang a joyous peal on the 29th of May, to commemorate King Charles the Second's con cealmenet in the oak. I am at a loss to conceive why the undig- nified position of this proligate monarth should, at this period of time, be a subject of congratulation or interest. Where is the propriety of commemoratiug ...

... ROYAL HUMBUG-EDITORIAL SYCOPHANCY. A paragraph, copied fsom a Weleb print, has been geoing the rounds of the daily Journals, announcing that the first prerentation to Christs Hospital (the Blue Coat Sebool) of tie Prince of Wales, recently become a Gavernor, has been conferred upon a son of Mr Raint, the Secretary of the Royal Polytechnic Institution. The paragraph concludes by stating that ...

... SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE, s LLOYD'S, FRIDAY NIGHT.-Oa Tuesday, the in shamrock steam-ship, Captain Hyde, while on her pIa. re sage from Dublin to Bristol, with passengers, came up er with the American Packet Ship R'tsciul, on sbore off IY the Arklow bank, and in a very dangerous position. of She had upwards of 600 passengers (chiefly eOligrante) r- on board, and the excitement amongst them ...

... CARPBNTERS OF LONDON. The above body celebrated their twenty second anni- versary at that famous suburban retreat, Highbury Barn, on Whit-Monday, May 27th, by a public dinner and ball. The festivities took place in the large hall In the gardena. The tables literally groaned under the weight of the gathered delicacies of the season. The dinner was announced to be on the table at half-past Itwo ...

... The LONDON GAZETTE of' FRIDAY, AMdy 31. [Tue# Lord Chancellor bas appointed William Bickley,le ofi Slaeffitild, in the county of York, Gent., to. bita in Meoter lExtraordinary ia the High Court of Chancery.] sti CI CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 30. Mh'ifttI3tt RETo'R'Nvni) TO EraVJE IN TOOIS PRESENT PARLTAMENT. Ucorough ol' 1buckinglham-Tlhe Right Han. Sir Thotmas Francis Freetantle, Burt. i City of ...

... Corn Miarliet.-The inspector's return states that the quantity of grain sold in this market, for the week end- inm Saturday last, ?? 132 quarters, at an average price of 63s. 6d. per quarter; total amount, £353 2s. Last week the average price was 64s. 4d. Conflrfnation.-OnWednesday about 300 young persons were confirmed by the Lord Bishop of the diocese in the pajfish churclh. After the ...

... MtULTUMC IN PAnvo-Hler Majesty, Prince Albert, and Royal household attended divine service Sunday in private chapel at Claremont, and the Queen Dowager in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.-Stated on alleged high authority that her Majesty and Prince Albert, accom- panied by Iing of Saxony, wvill honour Ascot races Wills their ?? Henry Hardiuige will be the first GRovernor-General of India who ...

... FIREH AT AssiNGTON.-About a quarter past eleven, ti thiepremises of Mr. George Norden, in Assington, near S Boxford, were discovered to be on fire. Air. Norden, 1 with the assistance of his neighbours, succeeded in releas- d ing most of the live stock, and removing the waggons, V tumbrils, and part of the implements, buttlieflamesspread Ii so rapidly that all efforts-to save the farm-buildhigs ...

... R 0 CH DAL E. Singular Httory.-.There is now living in Butterworth near this town, an old man, by trade a woollen weaver, named James Greenwood, aged 80, who was heard to re- late, on Sunday last, that he had been married fifty-seven years and had fifteen children by one wife; three died in one week, and the wife was shortly afterwards delivered of twins. He was grandfather to three score and ...

... Ba-kru-ptsfromn the London Gazette of IF'riday, May 24. Bloomfield Webb, High-street, Southwark, eheesomonger. Joseph W. Martin, Newmarlcet, Suffolk, chymist and druggist. Jas. Milton Pike. Great Bath-street, Cold Bath-square, licensed victualler, William Parson, Southampton, grocer. Thomas Davison, Stockton-upon-Tees, grocer, tea dealer, and checsemonger. John Smith, Bacup and Manchester, ...