... are amc'ngst the necessaries of life. They have ad. 13 o rapl l1v and as universally as tea in public estima. I ie that refreshing and long-abused herb, once de- tion a the svmbol for every thing the contrary of man. nce bat at last esfablished as the temperate drink of crack har .coarchmen, and very probably now in vogue even with the st8e1. tr e g1ritto successor to the Jehu of the common ...

... The House of Commons met yesterday at twelve o'clock, but uutil two o'clock a succession of desultory conversations occupied the attention of the House. At two o'clock the order of the day for the second reading of the Factories Bill was put from the chair. Mr. Hi'ME then rose, and having remarked upon the importance of the subject, and the consequent impropriety of discussing it in thin house ...

... London, Friday Morning, April 17. The half-monthly settlement in shares chiefly occupied the attention of dealers yesterday. Shares were not so well supported in price generally; but there was little doing either in them or scrip. At Liverpool the share-market was very flat, and prices rather lower, except for Eastern Counties, which were still on demand. The same dull feeling prevailed at ...

... Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company'* Offices, 51, St. Mary-axe, April 7. The committee appointed by the minutes of the board the 31st of March, 1846, to investigate the circumstances connected with the loss of the Great Liverpool steam-ship, on the morning of the 24th February, at 4 o'clock, about ten miles from Cape Finisterre, report :— That having read the letter of the late ...

... iASUivONBLB INTELLIGENCE. t vill remain quiet, it is expected, until after The C turt of her ?? event which is drawlng thelaebo, cc r that thet weeks, or even the days, are affected to 0clentlYe' but the middle of next month seems to be the be at prcsent.CnELT0NUAM splendid-hal f hlavoer power to state that a splendid bal Wae it in o ur0 ingscale of magniflcence as the Wa. on t be termed the ...

... a TTIE, LITERkRY EXAMJINEi1- Luria; and a Soul's 'Tragedy. By Robert Browning, Author of Paracelsus. MoXamfl. Luria is a tragedy of one day: its acts being the five different periods of morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and night. But into the day which consum- mates a life may be crowded a life's experiences and passions; and this is aimed at in Laria. It has Mr. Browning's defects. Too much ...

... lI-IUSICAL, INTELLJIGENCE. CONCERT OF ANCIENT MUSIC. The fourth concert was given last night, at the Hanover- square Rooms, conducted by Sir 1-I. IL Bismol' ; Mr. Lu- CAS presiditig at the organ, and Mr. T. Cnntcn being tue dief ?? in the orrhestra. The director of the present scht me was his Royal Highness Prince Ac.nuit'r, who made the following remarkable solection rAPT I. 'rio Notionni ...

... LAY OF TIHE DIAGICIAN VIRGILlUS. III days which nually a nurscry rhyme m )Describes as ?? once upon a tinim, 1:efore geography laid down nr The whereabouts of state and town, Or history with her crabbed pen Wearied with dates the sons of mcn St Wlhen science for art inmgic past id (Nouw owned the magic art at last), le And clowns believed that onl a book le 'T would raise the devil 'eon to ...

... 3Rtbttb)!5. TWO ORATIONS AGAINST TAKING AWAY HUMAN LIFE UNDER ANY CIRCUM- STANCES; AND IN EXPLANATION, AND DEFENCE. OF THE MISREPRESENTED DOCTRINE OF NON - RESISTANCE. By THOMAS COOPxa, the Chartist. London: Chapman, Brothers, 121, Nevigate-street. We perceive by the notices quoted in Mr. Coorsa's advertisement, that several of our contemporaries have awarded to these orations their praise ...

... 2Cbt fot of tat votoet Easter is at ]land, and the holiday time now com- mencing affords a fitting opportunity for our usual Feast of the Poets ; two reasons combine in sup- port ot this, 1st. that our poetical feast appears to us to be in accordance with the time, 2nd. the ' big talk having ceased for a few days, we are at libetty to fill our columwns with more entertaining matter than ...

... . P0 E, T Y. CllESTER CUl' CIAIIUADES. No, I. i'lr /rf.st is a name, as scehoolbovs know, 'Ic'iat delno es the Ikillh or tile stialdes bllowv \Whelt yO reat'oill ty s,'emid, thle struggle s begin l's every laCC that yoU hop)e to Nilt. As the P},st voul near, the nidse that is heard Wi l~l gie yoll, I tlink, al idea of toy thirtd. II. The hum at' bees, the voice of birds, Your loveliest ...

... ilILERY CONCEITS IN THE FiRENCII CHAMBI UERS. There is nothing' in Punenc more comical than a iebate ii the French Chambers oil naval estimates; nnd whikI I am n mkilg' eXtraICtS fiom it, I tri ible to thin I thalt I tlist pass for it al-ckl; Pat/i-a travestie of that ?? w.ork of pleasiaitry-so tirol are the meek-heroic fables that I ofler. Monsieur Merrier, the speeatatr of the battle of Tra ...