... I Railway Department, Board of Trade. Notice is hereby given, that the Board constituted by the minute of the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, of the 24th of August, 1844, for the transaction of railway business, having had under consideration the following schemes for extending railway communication in the district comprising the counties of Cornwall and Devon, viz.:- ...

... IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. At the weekly meeting the chair was taken by Mr O'Neill Daunt, who briefly addressed the meeting, con- fining his observations to the threatened concordat between his holiness the Pope and the English Govern. ment, which he denounced in the most emphatic terms, and declared his conviction that any rescript, having reference to such a subject, would be received by ...

... ROYAL BOUNTY.-The distribution of her Majesty's and Prince Albert's New-year's gifts to poor families re- siding in Windsor, took place in the new riding-school. The number of families amounted to 510. In the centre of the immense building was a table, upwards of 50 feet in length, upon which were piled mountains of beef, of the primest joints, weighing nearly a ton, and tastefully decorated ...

... INDIA. Dispatches have been received by extraordinary ex- press from China of the 51st of October, from Calcutta to the 16th November inclusive; Levant correspon- dence, with dates from Alexandria of the ]9th, Constanti- rople of the 17th, and Athens of the 2OLh ultimo; together with letters and papers from Malta to the 24th ultimno inclusive. The intelligence from India is not important. The ...

... COLMIERY ACCIDENT.-A fatal accident has taken place at the colliery of Messrs Mathews and Dudley, at Bromley, near Kingswinford. Six boys and two men were descend- ing in the skip, when an iron nut belonging to the drum of the large wheel upon which the chain goes round snapped, and almost in an instant the whole of the chain, from the greatweight of the men at the one end, and being ...

... OFFENCESS. THE MURDER AT ULVEESTOXE.-The inquest on the woman supposed to have been murdered by her husband, Thomas Donahoo, has lasted three days. The ibllowing is the most important evidence. Mr Barton, surgeon, after speaking of the wounds on deceased's person, on being shown a piece of square Iron, round at the ends like a pivot, said the marks corresponded with the iron, asd that he bad ...

... Tuesday, December 31. WAR OFFICE, D.Ec. 31. 2nd Regiment of Dragoons-Capt. J. Stuart, from half-pay Unat- tached, to be Capt. (repaying the difference) vice M. G. Adams, who exchanges; Capt E. Croker, from half-pay of the 84th Foot, to be Capt vice J. Stuart, who exchanges; Lieut. H. M. Campbell to be Capt. by purchase, vice Croker, who retires; Cornet W. F. Carruthere to he Lieut. by purchase ...

... UNIHED STATES. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The Caledonia brought on Sunday the President's Message, the Speech of Sir Charles Metcalfe on the opening of the Canadian Parliament, and important news from Mexico. The Message commences with eulogising the great moral spectacle of a nation, approximating in number to twenty millions of people, having performed the high and important function of ...

... OCCUPATION OF THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.-This event occurred on Wednesday, and the muster on 'Change, though the day was not a post day, was very considerable. The only arrangement which had any novelty about it was that by which the advertisements and announcements of the sailing of ships, which used to be affixed generally to the walls of the old Exchange, are now pasted upon neat boards, which ...

... THE SPEAKERSHIP. HoUsE orb ASSEMBLY, MONTREAL, Nov. 28.-The members of the Lower House were summoned to meet his Excellency in the Chamber of the Legislative Coun- cil, which was crowded with a fashionable audience. After being absent for a few minutes, the Assembly re- turned, and Attorney-General Smith rose to-propose that Sir Allan M'Nab do take the chair of Speaker of the Lower Houso. The ...

... Inconsequence of New -year's day being observed as a holiday, only four of the Paris papers appeared on Thursday, and these contained little news. In the bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, the committee was elected to draw up the address of the Chamber, in answer to the speech. The Ministry ob. tained a large majority. The only event of any novelty which occurred was the declared ...

... Saturday Niglht. I Late this evening we receive the revenue returns for the first quarter, made up to the close of the day, the 5th of the month falling this year on Sunday. Of this account we subjoin an abstract, all the leading points of which will be gratifying intelligence to the country. We find that the total income for the year end- ing 5th January, 1845, is 51,235,5381., being an ...