... BMTLT17M IN PARVO. for The Bank of England returns for the week ending the 16th so had Instant, state the amount of notes issued to be £27,620,215, tels of which the banking department has on hand £7,497,460, leav-fel 1 if ing the circulation, in bank notes, £10,022,755, to which must uc en) be added, bank post bills, £968,128; against this, in addition to my the Government debt and other ...

... A serious affray, attended by loss of lifp, took place a Bird IMlon Saturday nt, in consequence of opposition given by a person named Maunsell to the Sheriff of the county,(T)pperary), who came with a large party of police to deliver possession (under a writ of habere) of a farm from which Maunsell had been ejected for non-payment of rent. Doctor Twiss amended in his capacity as agent, and ...

... CLOTHES.—A very ingenious method of curtailing the labour of making clothes, called pasting, has lutely been invented, which, in reference to ordinary labour, has rtduced the timtl of making a roat by ten hours. A NEW KIND OF IVIAY FESTIVAL.—Intersected as our land is wi'h ralwaYI-covered as our seas are with steamers—we should wish to see our May festival become a grand and instructive pil- ...

... ¶lowl. WEDNE.SOAVI, 3lAVI 27, 1840.r AeIFAIRS OIF Bon s ?? the .shilopinr G'a- zetle J-Bva private letter broniglt byv the Indlit wI ail, cold dated[ Voit dle GallIc, A pril 111, 18it, e have io- telligeuic' ol' pain la let II est trolnk Bourneo ariili, (Ut C W1 t perate i11015jf piramy to pi'vvl'lee t on, tht sll and1 tel 0iw eurresponden ,.tatos thaot M4r. liroolt s, theni at Suainsk., had ...

... tote ip bd) Sourmal. 'hie great experiment of a free trade in corn is to be tried. The house of Lords has decided by a majority of 47 that the British farmer shall be henceforth subjected to the competition of the foreigner-thatntither thegrest amount of taxation in this country, nor the peculiar local burthens affecting the agricultural interest, form any ground for protection against ...

... LiVYOPooL, Thursday Night. Tbe arrival of the Royal Mail steakner, Caumbria, Captain Judkins, this afternoon, furnishes us with the impertano intelligence that War had commenced on the lexialn frontier with Mexico, that an engage- mnent had taken place with General Arists, and that the Americans had been worsted; that a large body of the Mexican amny had crossed the Rio Grande, had surrounded ...

... I ?? THE SEASON.-THE MONTH OF IAY. I ., . O Iu. I . )re, Born in you blaze of orient sky, aes ~~~Sweet A'ray! fthy radiant form unfold; b tes Unclose thy bbie voliptiosis eye, b to ?? wave thy shawdolwy locks of gold-na urcla. Si loat Several nioder-si writei* It uhpp inl the possession of a is Ot' deteriorated dieto, ?? ith so ninnly causes of titl, thankfulness thtte a olonger enjoy ...

... MEETINGS OF CREr''rORS Al I., ?? . . ._ At the D)istr'ict Court of JBankruptey, Liverpool. 1SR. JUNsE 1. Caine and '1'ello, Liverpool assignees 12 6 1. Gibbons and Sherwood, Liverpool, to audit ]2 1. L1. He dgson, Liverpool ividend 12 1. G. J. Haughes Liverpo last cx a. 11 = 1. H-. Hutchieo, IV as 12 = 1. V. Kelly. Chester, lee e ei. 12 _ 1. Ogle and Walton, Liver aud v 0 12 - . Pattersois and ...

... | BRIEF CHRONICLER OR THE TIMES. . __ _ _ _ _ Lord Francis Egerton paired in favour of the second reading of the Factory Bill with Mr. Loch. King Hudson's heir apparent, an Eton boy, has been dubbed by his schoolfellosvs Tue Prince of Rails.e It was stated the other night in the House of Commons that, though Lord Denman's salary is R10,000 a year, he has never taken more than £8,000 A ...

... irk ,political juirror. FREE-TRADE PROSPECTS.-We need hardly say that we entertain no fears of the upshot of the bill. Instead of uni- versal ruin among landowners and manufaoturers, we look for- ward to a measure of prosperity greater than that which was enjoyed by the artisans and labourers of England forsome years before the new tariff. We will not indulge in those bright and poetical ...

... aB Tani cry is still-they come !-and, we suppose, ac- ,cording to the natural order of things, should all go well, t that princes and princesses are likely to continue to f come throughout many succeeding years. a There are two classes especially perturbed by this I natural order of events. Servile loyalists are thrown into t a fever of excitement at every addition to the imperial stock, ...

... The usual weekly meeting of the guardians of the above union was hold in the Board-room of the Workhouse yes- terdcy, M Dr. NALTY, V. C., in the chair. Ih The following guardians were present Captain Nowlan, Christopher Jones, Doctor Wall, Wm.I Crizier, Wmn. Parker, John Walsh, Thomas D. Smith, Clement Russell Taylor, John Healy, Doctor Monks, John Pearson, Francis Smith, and Doctor MICarthy. ...