... - - - - - - - - ?? - - -- - - - - ?? n t GREAT WEsTERlt RAILWAY.-It is well known that the buy rala opaisaeliie yt eirats of parliament to pro' a charge of 3d. per mile as the maximuma for first-class hon passengers. The London and Birminghamn Railway Corn- to pany have set a liberal example in chargingonly at the rate alte of 2d. per mle for firs, Ljd. for econd-classtravelling; and kee- we ...

... PUJBLIC PARKS. Report of the Progress of the War/is, at the Public Parks and Walks. CONTRACTORS' WORIs.-The contractors have made considerable progress in the formation of the various play-grounds, at all the parks, though none of them can be said to be quite completed, with the exception of the archery-grounds,-as the cinders and gravel have yet to be laid on. The archery-grounds at Bradford ...

... 6oretgn bitetfigence. THE OVERLAND MAIL. DEFEAT OF THE SIKHS. (IFrom the Times,.) MALTA, March 17.-We have received India news yes- terday by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, although she brought no mail, of the following dates:-Calcutta, Eebruary 7; Bombay, 15th; and China, January, 1846. Sir Harry Smith's division, having reinforced Colonel Godby's division at ...

... 4 THE PIRELUDE ON THE CORN - LAWS IN THE I II. - HOUSE OF LORDS. y The fatutity tlhat is said to be the forerunner of of destruction would seem to have taken possession of in the lords Anything more damaging to the consti- imi tutio al privileges of the national peerage than the irregu]ar skirmishib whichl recently took plaee on the F. corn-laws in the upper house, we cannot well eon- AMo ...

... RAIMWAY COMM5TTEEss-The several railway committees of the house of ?? have, since our last publication, decided that the following railways have complied with the standing ?? Union; Shiropsihire Union ; Ani- bergete, Nottinlglnftm, aind Boston ; Tail V7ale; Cork, Blaek- rock, and Passne ; Direct Birmingham and Leicester; Shirewsburcy'anid Ireford; Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction; ...

... DISTRICT INTEL:AGENCE.l, ASH TO N. FRtEEHOLDERS' BUILDING SociarY. A deputation from Manchester, gf g committee of that society, visited Asliton-ulider-Lyne on Mond,,ay evening, for the purpose of explaining the objects of't'he:institu- tion. The meeting took place in the school-room, Stam-. ford-street. The chair was occupied by Mr. Mason. The meeting was addressed at some length by Mr; Owen, ...

... Al R. E N T WISLE, -M.P. InI ethics thle law of compromise is unknown. There is one riglht and one wrong-one truth and one false- hood - but no intermediate partaking of neither. Compromise is a thing human, physical-a thing born of that necessity which weak men admit, and, admit- ting, crcate. Compromise is the game of the mere politician, not that of the truly, great leader whose life is the ...

... PRISON D)ISCIPLINE ABROAD. The following facits relating to the progress ofip Ove h nienti; in prison discipline in Amnerica, and on the continent, e: front ~the piper icead by Mr. Josephi Adslicad, iat the Royal Insti lotion, wsill be read1 with interest by ell wh'o haie, Faidl 01 atttention to this qutestion t-at ?? STATES.a 'The qrue.stion or thie lit'per treatmtent of' crimtinails has ...

... MR. DAWATSON'S LECTURES. ii On Monday evening, G. Dawson, Esq. MLA. offBirmingliam, delivered the first of a course of lectures on Faustus, aullst, I anti Festus, the first being the tragedy of Marlowe, our old a Englisll ramatist; the second, Gocithe's tragedy; end the h I st, ite poem of Festus, by Bailey. Mr. Dawson inadenuse mi of these poenis merely as a textfrom which he might draw ...

... LOCAL ANi) PRit(VINCIAL R EWVS. SAr UT t ?? ,.-Tlie ?? in clotIL have bei,, diting this weiAt, moiore inlolerol is thilt tilv were last week and iitll piveS a little lilore il fiw~olr oft ?? last wet 101(5 ii ti il~li 10 avor O Lh ayer, some large stles Ini ve beell ellstel-d. Yarns contilitle ili lilt 10((1 ertite demalsidl. (On the wb'lole, the pear of the iarket is more cliceril. M3olsey ...

... STATR OF TRAODE-The market for all kindrls of goods remainis pretty much the same as it wnas last week, with the exception that the American news (which will be bound in nuotherpart of our paper) lhats still further increased the 3 gloomn halging over the market. Yarns are in verv limits(d demand, at lower priees, and sellers of cloth are (iisposed, where opportunities of selling exist, to ...

... co, HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MxARCH 20. co Lord STANLEY presented several petitions in favour of Hi protection, and expressed a wish that if the governiment Ui measure came up from the other house it would be rejected by their lordships. o The Irish Fever bill was read a first time. MONDAY, MARnc 281. on The Irish Fever Bill was read a second tine, and, the tei standing orders being dispensed ...