... QUEEN POMARE AND THE FRENCH PROTECTORATJ., The following letter from Queen Pominre to the King of i the French, together with tile one preceding it to the King of pl the Sandwich Islands, requesting him to publish the doeu- In ment, are extracted from the Polynesiiant of January 11 :- se TO 1l1S MAJESTY KASIEHAMtFRA 111 th 0, Kino of the Sandwich Islands, may you be saved by the Fi true ~od! ...

... GBNERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. The anniversary festival of this society was celebrated at the Lonlon Tavern last evening, on which occasionabout 150 of the subscribers and friends of tile institution sat down to an excellent dinner, Lord John Russell presiding. The noble chairman was supported by Mr. Baron Platt on his right, and the Honourable Richard Denman on his left. There were also present Sir ...

... 01 0 ?? Chronicle Office, Four o'clock. EXPI1iss FROM PARIS. I . We have receive(d the Puis papers of Thursday by our ordinary express. Y The Chamber of Deputies wes still occupied with d the dllsett'siou oil the Northern RlailroadI Bill. Thle ic artinles in thle ca/tier des clsareles were ell voted, lo with the exception of somle which were reserved by the committee. Towards the end of the ...

... RETIREMEZl7' OF LOU.D FRANCIS E¢GERTON. I PO THE EDITOR OF T1 ?E, MANCTIESTER COURIER, . th SIR-Since the first discussion on the measure for the illn- creased grant to Maynooth, I have been in frequent receipt a of commuaneations from individual members of theeelectorail h body of South Lancashire, deprecatory of the course I had I adopted, nud aequainting me with the fact that my perse- W ...

... TO COUNTRY FRIENDS. Since I wrote my former letter, descriptive of the bazaar, great progress has been made in completing and furnishing It. That letter described the bazaar as it will be when com- pleted. What I am about to write now reters to the actual state of affairs up to Monday evening. Already there are above three thousand boxes and other packages received. Some of them are only small ...

... LDA A [ABltf~RIDGE t'ROM A' 1EVET'r, r,1pr.R1 A large tixeetingt_ wits Held at Stafflord, ?? i12 l1ind,1i iin rs and te'xxant-fiirnaiirs, corx ixexii by- til.' Juf tie Apriuirtitraml Prxxtcetioni Societv, ,I lxi in, ti.., roon Oft he SxI ?? Hotel, ?? to tixtix'x lute txtxl.r lx ' ?? r tn ixxrvascd ?? it.: ittportexi front Cantada, xand a revisioln of t-e &otriti, xit it respects apxtuilttart. ...

... DUBLIN, MAY 15. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDBNT.] ENDOWMENT OF THlE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLERGY. A cabinet minister, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, has set an example to the landed gentry of Ireland, in the on- dowment of Roman Catholic clergyman, in accordance with the earnest recommnidation of Sir Robert Peel when introducing the Maynooth Bill in the House of Commons. Mr. Herbert, who is the owner of a ...

... CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 23. [FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.] The late ample exposures from many quarters, but espe. cially by the English press, of the fraudulent malversation of the public moneys of the Porte, particularly on the part of Saffeta Pacha and his monopolist contractor Baltijec, have roused the ministers here to an exertion to defend them- selves from the charges of pecuniary dishonesty ...

... - -- - - IRBLAN - DUBLIN, MAT i4. lFROM OUR CoRRESPONDENT.] TIB REPEAL MOYENIENT.-MR. O'CONNELL'S LEVEE. Meetings have been held in Cork, Limerick, and Kil- kenny, and other places, for the appointment oftdeputations 'to attend the levee on the 30th of May; for the comme- moration of the imprisonment of the repeal martyrs, and which is to take place in the Rotunda. Most of the cor- porations ...

... RAIL WA YS. COMMITTEE IR.- (IRELAND.) Msembers: Air. Gibson Craig, chairman; Air. L. hruges, Mr. Paicke, AMr. T. Clifton, and Air. ?? Rtepton. ?? resiouling thttir sitting yesterday, the ctrusesm of 0iii bill, with some slight aniendienon, verer agreed t0, vwith thlo excep- tion of clause 3S, relating to tells, ishich, wvithl tile consent of the promtniers of tile bill, seas uexpunged, and Dan ...

... TUE T jJYlP (, IIR()AfCLb. - LONDON: WBDNESDA Y, A Y 7, 184. The su jeet ofour preseilt relations ?? one of lar too Mnuch importance- calculated as it is permanently and scriomdy to aifct thaw grave and miol U1ter, Us 6 oDIY at our OAmeTO, but of the social comforts of whole masses of our labouring population-to receive only the attention of ordinary passng events. jn the present state of ...

... IR ELA ND. DUBLIN, MAr 17. rFROI OUst COREE5I'ONDEIN'T.1 AIAYNOOTII BILL-PUBLIC OPINION. The exnample set by the declaration of the prinici pal laided proprietors of tbe county of (allway, nail by Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons, hits been followed in other quarters, and the Maynootil bill is supported by the good sense of the country, many of the leadinr and modenmtc Conservatives ...