... SOCIETY o PRIEADS of FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS. The anrlsi festival of the Society of Friends of Foreign- rer ill Distress took place lust evening at the London Tavenri Tfle Duke of Cambridge presided. His Royal lij,-,hnsas trl s'ipported by thle Prussian, Spanish, and lalaoverian Ministers, anid about 20 of tbe Iolost eminent 7rchlants and citizens of London. The cloth being ,enavvd, Non NVbis ...

... IMPER1AL PAR1LIAMENT HOUSE Or COMIONS-TiiURSDAY. The Speaker took the cihair at thle u1sual hour. h The Somerset aind Weymoutih Ralw ay, the Eliburg and Glasgow, and the Exeter andl CGeditori Bills were severally read a third timto and passed. Lord ASHLEY reported the absence of Mr. Osborne from comnnittee F F. Mr. OSBORNE said lhe had been prevented front attend- ing the committee by ililness ...

... RAILIVAYs. C)ITEEt-iNORTH RENT DISTRICT. 1,09s .:M. aCelh'5, chairman; M1r. Marshall, Mr. A1'Ceachy, 31. NS yoka-AD ?? KENT.-Yesterday thes first wir.$iidden, estate agent, Rochester, who stated Ind Iva' dolerOC in, tan means of conmtsnication be- MsJ03el-a 0dinese and London. Passengers were oblilged , ?? rsesod nd Rochester line, anod thence by hoat l~ 115 0 cit L ndo.There were manay ...

... i?upFiIIAL PARLIAMENT[ 110T1oE OF LORDS-TUESDAY. Th M ,il -sotsigo and Lord Keane took the oaths sa ir ' onpe1 O SSIONI. RoYALCOM TI 1v e iuj Wits ?? by comumission to the Ex- lie roil h~ PIP in sixi. privaite bills, The lords corn- ~ ?? Lviidhurst, Lord Whbarich~fFe, and L il f 'PETITIONS. Bil ?? Earl of lloseliely the Earl of Had- LOr( It 01 , liester, and Lord 11 atherton pre- (lilat leli, ...

... THiE MORNING CHRONICLE. LONDON: FRIDAY. MfA Y 2, 1845. In the HOUSE of COMlMONS, last night, the early portion of tbe sitting Was oceupied with private bUsinesv. One matter created considerable sensa- tion. The different companies' and railways' clauses consolidation bills, for which the House of Commons had twelve o'clock sittings, have been returned from the House of Lords with amenduments ...

... Morning Chronice Office, 20 min. to Seven (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENINo.-The ship Vaterloo, from New York, Captain Allen, arrived ere to-day on her first trip across the Atlantic, 'ith twenty passengers. She biings dates three .Iys later than the last arrival, and is one of the nest vessels that ever crossed the Atlantic. The ews by this arrival is meagre. The papers ...

... DUBLIN, APRIL30. [VRONI OUR CORRESPONDENT.] TILE INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES OF I have learned that ~iir Robert Peel has determined tiiottI a measure eminently calculated to promote the developmentI of' the great natural resources of this country. Thc Ordnance survey has been for several years in progress, butt, inl many essential points is incomplete, owing to the curtaihosut of the means afforded ...

... MR. T. JJUNCOMBE AND THE POLES. On the 30th of April last adeputation of three Polish exiles presented to T. Slingeby Dumcombe, Esq., M.P. for Finsbury an address from the Polish National Committee, of the following tenor:- THE POLrsu NATIONAL COISHITTEB. Sin-The members of the Polish National Committee beg to express their own, and their constituents', and their country's gratitude, for ...

... DUBLIN, MAY 21. [FRIOM OUR CORRESrONDENT.] MEETING OP THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS-ACA- DEMICAL EDUCATION. The meeting of the Irish Roman Catholic bishops took place this day, at the Presbytery attached to the Cathedral in Marlborough-street. The attendance was numerous, in- cluding all the prelates who were net incapacitated by ill- ness aoin travelling. Amongst those present were the Most Rev. ...

... TIlE MORNING CHRONICLE. LONDON: TUESDAY. MAY 27, 1845. The respectful interest with which Lord JOuN RUSSELL was, last night, listened to by the House of Commons, throughout a speech which contained few of the ordinary stinmulants of parliamentary at- tention, and the cheers amid which lie sat down, represent, we are persuaded, the feelings with which that speech will be read in every part of ...

... RAIL WA YS. We are obilged to leave out our report of the proceedings before the committees yesterday, hbt in no ease was anything more done than hear further evidence on the different lines under investieation. The chief pointi decided are to be found in the following artiles:- STANDING ORDERS. The following resoittiors have been reporled to thehomiso, nanely . rhat, In the case of the ...

... IMPERIAL PARMIAMENT I HOUSE OF COMMJONS-WEDFlSDAY. LEEDS AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY. On the motion for the resolutions on this bill being read a second tiime Mr1. C. WOOD moved its re-committal, on the ground of inconsstc in the clauses fixing the rate of charges fbr I the Conveyance ofconl-one of these placing it at 3d. per toll Ier mile, another at lid. per ton per mile. He ob- jected ...