... I Qololnial ant §jorefgn Entelligence. I DEVASTATING INUNDATIONS ON THE RHINE. In The following account of the inundations caused by the Rhine appeared in the Colbgne Gazette of T Saturday:- in -I The intelligence which has reached us from all aides, E respecting the inundations in the lowlands below Cologne to and the neighbouring villages, is one of the most painful de. scription. All the ...

... 1 HOUSE OF LORDS, I I'f'NAifNT FOR P'OORt RATEP. eann wat !, ico trot been each ccern-ittvil to pirison for a cmouth, with haet-IJ beaso'r I Itohe in550C masiitrstto of icsssotsr, ?? notc ,Noble end Lcarlied Lor'd dte~tlc ia~h,1 eelcres for no c- paycoent ofI tho Ceoto Of a so roceONS Whit h te;i lon isecc ...

... crrmponbtrllu PROGRESS O COBARTISM IN CORNWALL. ob TO THl EDITOR OF THE NORTHERNC STAR. Dear Sir,-It will, no doubt, be within the recollection me of many of your readers that we commenced our local I warfare, tunder the able directions of Mr. C. Doyle, last diS November. At that time we secured the election of a da' truly honest Democrat, Mr. J. B. Read, in the council, sem whose exertions ...

... cve Bputt ?? AND MAST1-RDIDiG TZMM S. THB principal foreign arrivals during the week have been the overland mail from INDIA, the mail from tho BRAZILS, the news from SWITZERLAND, and some later intelligence from AMEtticA. The details will be found in another part of our journal. The religious feuds by which Switzerland has been distracted for some time past lava ended in a serious collision ...

... I. . . I . . .I We see much to lead us to anticipate enormous lorses and intense suffering to which the country will be exposed through these railway undertakings, whether we look upon them as objects of speculation or of investment. It must not be lost sight of that, on former occasions, the lines by which these speculations were vested, in a time of pressure, were the choicest in the country ...

... i COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD T LIBUTENANT or NoTTINGHAisHIaR.-Southern Regi- ment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry.-J S. lb Sherwin, Esq., to be Major, vice G. Robinson, re- 7E signed; C. G. Balguy, Esq, to be Captain, vice J. S.- t Sherwin, promoted; H. F. S. Robinson, Gent., to be qi Lieut., vice - Oldknow, resigned; W. Francklin, vt Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice R. Kelham, resigned. ...

... 1 SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1845. Ci MAYNOOTH. a ANOTHER STATE CHURCII. t FPoMv the moment of Sir.RonERz PEEL's accession to power, down to the present time, we have o reviewed hs measures with almost appalling appre- t hension, We have been irresistibly led to entertain t but one fear :--the fear that premature death or organised faction should arrest the career of the i man of the times-the ...

... THURSDAY, APRIL 3. RAILWAY PRTITIoNs.-Petitions from Haslingdon and Ac- crington, in favour of the Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Collie Extension Railway Bill.-Petition from Drontloid against the Sheffield, Ashlton-under-Lyne, aud Manchester.-Petitions ] fromlRedear, G uisbro,' &c., in fiavour of the Middlesbro' and Redcar.-Petitions of landowners near liessle ia favour of the i-lull and ...

... fmptritI @arl anI t HOUS-E O-F LORDS MONDA, Manm 7. te Lord BRtOUGH5AM moved fenreturn ofthe numnber of i railwaybhills passedtbrough ariamaest during the tasttten be years, distiniguishing the snase passed ill eachiycar, the ed number now pending, the nubrinl favour of which tbe th, railway coinsitteo of the Boserdof Trade had reported, theW sum paid per share ont each railway already ...

... Iao Reateo & (orrepioObMntM To AGENTS.-If our agents would attend to their business a little better they would greatly facilitate ours. We generally get more letters from them on the Friday than on the Thursday. Those agents who do not post theirletters so as to arrive here on the THURSDAY Must take all consequences of delay or wrong numbers being sent. This is particularly the ease with our ...

... SOIREE11N HONOUR OF THOIAS PATERSON. On Sunday, April 6th, in accordance with a notice inserted in last week's Star, a very numerous and respectable body of friends assembled at the Hall of Science, City-road, to give their meed of approba- tion. to Mr. Thomas Paterson, for his heroic faithful- ness under long and bitter suffering in the cause of free expression of opinion. The tea and ...

... A public meeting of the trade, cornvened by the Conference, for the purpose of creating a good feeling, ; and cementing the bonds of union in all branches of the craft, was held in the Hall of the Parthenium Club, 72, St. Martin's-lane, on Sunday evening, April 6th. Mr. H DE, chairman of the Conference, was unani. mously called on to preside, The chairman said, he believed that the object of ...