... e FRANCE.- it 'Nothing bas transpired since our last relative to thle Ce attemlpt of Leconite. Tihere is no ground for aSsuim- y ing that hie hadaccompliccs,thosigh the M1-inisterialljournals ftl still affect to believe that hie had, Hli hlts undergone It Cseveral lengthened examinations by the 1mvw officers or' it the Crown, but none of' the pnrticulars have transpired. ni ftrehisrted that, ...

... THdpbn ERA. [LATEST EDITION.1 PUBLISHED AT FIVE O'CLOCK EVERY SUNDAY MORNING SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1846. I' ll give thee a wind Thou art kind. Dr. REID is a modern, not an ancient, Athenian. Had he lived amid the groves and pillars of olden Greece, he would probably have constructed quite another version of the famous structure we are accustomed to talk of as the Temple of the Winds. Or perhaps ...

... . h FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. The polling for the burghs of this district took place on S Friday at the various towns, all hope of accommodation be- etween the rival candidates (which had been at one time en- etertained) being at an end. From an early hour great inte- srest, but not much excitement, prevailed in the different burghs, and the usual electioneering machinery was in active ...

... to address us in confidence will find their confidence respected. NEITHER CAN UNDERTAKE TO RETURN ANY MANUSCRIPTS WHATEVER. ...

... (From our own Correspondent.) The following appeared in a Second Edition of yesterday's Daily News :— LIVERPOOL, Sunday Evening. By the arrival of the Mary Anne from Boston, have one day's later news from New York. There is no news of any interest in the few papers we have seen, and as the vessel is not a regular packet, and not expected to bring later intelligence, she has brought scarcely ...

... in confidence will find their confidence respected. NEITHER CAN \VK UNDERTAKE RETURN ANY MANUSCRIPTS WHATEVER. ...

... (From our own Correspondent.) LONDON, THURSDAY EVININO. Some of the wiseacres of the metropolitan press have been amusing their readers with the idea of an approaching dissolution. Be assured that there is no foundation for any such occurrence at pre- sent. The No-House of Monday, the 20th instant, in which these speculations originated, was the result of pure accident. On the following day, ...

... RAILWAY BILL.—Sir Robert Peel's resolutions on the subject of railway legislation have been received by the most experienced persons connected with the monetary interest with a feeling of unmixed gralificalion..They not only feel that Ii great weight io the shape of impending liability is removed from the public mind, but they are also gratified at the promptitude which the govern- ment have ...

... 'T'I-IE COERCION BILL. At lenigi, after a travail more wearisome and painful than alintost any other legislative labour On record, the 13ill for the protection of Life and Property in Irelanid, as it IIDs been serio-conmically desiigtnnirtd, has struggled ihrough. its first readiitg in the House of Comsons. Considerintg the protracted opposition which the mreastro; hals mtet Miitll, thle ...

... NSTANCE. (From the Plymouth Times.) It e had always eat doobls of thepolicy ofbuilding it those Elephant frigates ot the V~ernon' class, sailed hi at enormous expense, aid the wealr and tear of which RI is notoriously extravagant. This is suticiently proved is by the wear and tear of the Vernol from the moment hi shte went to sea. The Constance is a new edition of the Vernon she is longer by ...

... LEE DS: SATURDAYS MAY 2. f THE AricinDisHor OF YORIC.-We are sorry to I- find that this venerable Prelate is at present labouring C under great debility. According to previous arrarngemenlt b his Grace waas appointed to officiate at the marriage cere- I Tnonyof lr. George Grannille Francis Egerton and Lady r Mary Campbell, bat he was not sufficiently well to undergo the fatigues of the ...

... MA 1?INE SO U1LTY. Yesterdny the aniniversaryV d!inner of thoe inrerits Society took place at the London 'Thsivero. Thiis valua~ble ntd truly nationa l institultionm was founided( in ] 7.jti, thle pr iseipol objeet lit tt he-ing to take poor a adl distressedz boys, who Ioi wolI otber- lise be 0,1st s poti the street, iiu i to educa :te anid eqlip ?? for sea se-reice. [allice its t'snidtitilon ...