... I EDITED BY CHIROF, M.R.C.V.S. THE HORSE. There are few of British birth who do not pretend to a knowledge of horseflesh. Among the foibles which mark the English character, none perhaps, is more general, and none that we are acquainted with more prominent than the assumption of equine know- ledge. A Briton may pride himself on a disregard of manners. Tell him he is rude, andhe smiles, because ...

... PO LIT I CAL. ELECTIONEERING MOVEMENTS. Ills Grace the Duke of Beaufort, dissatisfied with his uncle, the Duke of Wellington, and his brother, Lord Granville Somerset, for their support of free-trade prin- ciples, has determined to oust the latter from the repre- sentation of the countv of Monmou~th. His nominee is another Somerset, a captain of Dragoons and an equerry of the Queen Dowager. A ...

... TU(111K7Y. CONSTANTINOPLE, MTAY 7. [I'l0M ?? COIRESIOND[ENT.] In ily last letter f nientio Id a very important tact, for as uth, eonsiderinc- tile quarter whetico it reached me, I ;till itv'lined to reg: rd tet! iiiforillation I then seit yo)' ' viz., that 'rince Metternich had tbrmaily dislavowed to the Porte, onl the part of the Aiistrdan ovreitirlent, say partiei pation in the French scheme ...

... SOCIETY PD!? TIfF JEIOIL1TATION OP J U Th\TILfl OFI'EA?J) EIS. A pubklic dinlner, int aid ot lb(; foidiis of tile V'lmilonltrop~ie Soclyt, St. Cleattaco ts-ie Irs, tooi p1 010 yeoternii y it tie Aliltioti 'I'mtvttit, Al erega tii-Otri'et. Tlmi 60('elot hi;S beenl i'stalbli'lteil for t iH! reci (itiOO of jim cot lile 011111(0 ro w l~imLOt'1 thelimalt oe*moimirairtedl i'mie iuilee n ico fi~rtil ...

... MADRID], McAY :. rFROM OUrr COIICCEiPONDIST.] Nothing appears to be Vet fixed respecting the mitcis- try, and the reports of immedtl atc hailnes, adverted to in somie of thejournals, are not believed in the hest inform ed quarters. The Eco (let Co'ercio inentions a report that ilce Miraflores calbinet is to come back-, the only difterence being that General Conicha is to have the war ...

... yrBLISEED ON SUNDAY MORNING, CONTAINING TmE LATBST INTELLIGENCE OF THE WEEK. WHAT WILL THE LORDS DO? Westrongly incline to believe that the House of Peers, which pow has charge of the Csrn-law Repeal Bill, will o'en satisfy itsef with a little vapouoirg and vaticinatien, and then return it s ohe Cemoosllons muce in the samne state in which it was when it les: that house. The Msrneing Post of ...

... ARIVAL OF THE OVERLAND MAIL. fINDIA. The contents of the overland oail are, of course, devoid of tkoose exciting elements by -which previous arrivals have .lcen charac- terised. They no more speak of fsarfullc-canteotedbattles, in which thousands of the enemy were olain; their bodies cloggieg np the course of the river, which ran discoloured with their blood. More gratifying tidings are ...

... WEEKLY SUMMARY or MARTIME CASUALTIES. -4-- The followiiing summry Is carefully compled from the daily ile of the S/sippingf and Mercantile Gazette, and may be relied Upon as a perfect record of maritime disasters-that is, it contains every incident con- nected with shipping afloat, received up to a late hour en Thursday, and publiohed in the latest edition of the Gaprile of that evening. It ...

... HOUSE OF COMLMONS,} MAY 21. -4 --- Thle Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. ME41TROPOLITAN SEWERAGE BILL. On the order of the day for thle second reading of this bill, a discussion arose with respect to same of' the details of the bill; it was taken part in by C'ol. Wood, Mr. Manners Suttonl, Mr. Bernal, Lord Robert Grosveno., Mr. It. Yorkec, Sir It. Inglis, Mr. E. Yorkec, Mr. Christspher ...

... EARLY CLOSING OF SHopS hls> . .+_ --tw c -ut -ila A public meeting was held yesterday at the Hat 1 ver-square Rooms, convened by the MeOPOltair ° Association to abridge the hours of busin t Viscount ASULEY presided on the oceaso in al trad form we observed besides, the Bishop of rieNM lth , Grosvenor, Stuart, the Hon. and Rev. Baptist oes 1 and several others alike anxious to carry Out the ...

... WSCIEN TIFIC. AtINSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. Atameeting of this society, held yesterday, Sir J. itenlo(Prsient inth chirth paper toad was A desripiveaccun oftherecnt ors desige by Mr. WV. Cobie, VP.,for he Iproemen ofthe Ire Severn, by Mr. . L Wiliam, Rsidet Eginer. It stated that the prevousconitin oftherivr Sver, between Stourport and louestr, ws asucessin o depools0, separated by a ser ...

... i'-II. L AIENT2IR l P-IPEP1S. ii ECCLES IASTICAL COMMISSION (TIRELAND). Out Ittrir oiECeesio rTs O 'ricE Lorur Liiw- lIar TENANT, ED))TritE YEAR £Ei)NO Aurorse 1, 1845.-The Rie- To. port states., thiat for tire arugmnietation of small livings the rot~ eoinnr11rsirel'rs set aisart out of the mloneyeaccruing fro A tithes and aelhs drsapplropera~ted by orders, of the Lord in or,' tenant and& ...