... I Yesterday, Mr. W. J. Chaplin, late one of the Sheriffs of London-a moderate conservative-was elected M.P. for Saliebury, in the room of Mr. Ambrose Hussey retired. MONEY MARKET, (WEDNESDAY).-The Eng- lish market has been inactive to-day, and no material variations have taken place. Consels opened at 91 to * for money, and 91 to I for the account. In the course of the day they advanced an ...

... LATEST INTEL iLIGENCE. A Cabinet Counci washeld at half-past two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, at the Foreign Office. The Ministers present were, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans- downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount PaInier- ston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobbouse, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Mlorpeth, ...

... LECTURES AT THE LIToRAPi AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY Mr. Addntmq gave his second Ieet-r , -econo lecture ofth teCOurseo, Friday evening last, on the description of thote fore5 c power has been estimated, and called HelectrD o proceeded to show the magnetic forces oebadisa hn a e of electricity was passing through theorn and m urrent the construction of those delicately suspended a 5J0is.jb0 ...

... IRELAND. r I REdMETIAL MEASURES OF GOVERNMENT. ?? ' lrei state of Ireland) 0ie;ii-ng`-0 orce' the : famine thst rages there and the 61;fjolnie malatdies that afflict it, is certainly one of tle insst formidable diffi- culties with which ever statbsman thad to cope. In s. one view, indeed, the extrormity of the dangler tcili- tatos the work of the GovCrnmUent, inasmuch as s. romedies inay be ...

... SINGULARt Ma FATAL ACCIDENTX: ON THE G.R!T WESTIERN iAIUW4Y. __ ~ ?? 4h .An accident,. attended Vwit4 fatal colrseqoejaces, oc- has curred on Monday Afternoon, at, Sousthrall ctioa, to the four ties o'clock.downrtraln and the expiesa lrain die ft ,r4drbpgten at half- out past our'eclock. It appearzs that Ucs thie e, orbnd oefirou atnd stsol e or whinh urorreands the ring of the right driving ...

... CORRESPONDE NCE. New THE WILDERSPIN- TESTIMONIAL. ves 47, nid W. TO THlE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. 'estorn C GENTfXEMEN,-The friends and promoters of the Wilder-. Prsspin National Tribute Fand are grateful for the valuable hint from e and .oA Lover of Children in last Mercurryo', viz., that every child who1 hase enjoyed or is enjoying the advartages of an infnit school, should be ...

... SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE QHE iT WESTRNI I ~~RAILWAY. the ,isn ow- l of jal od. ue- tin ile Lce on TFo *ns the ef- cot on edx crs roe- ve- In of ice -by in rfe- pse ion me vse ri- in. 'ilt no. an- bte rct ted 'ar lag ra- ve- to en- en and aw of a- fin re- he lss am ng ith re il- nd en all abt re- ad as n- ve to nd ad ,to I a n- kee ire tie Is- !re ii- Ig to de vill at ad at On Monday afternoon ...

... NARRATIVE OF MALCOLM MCGREGOR. NO. IX. After I had unbarthened myself to Mrs. Mahoney, the worthy dame insisted uponI my taking a strong cup of tea, and throwing myself upon the bed, till the Priest would come home. I did as I was re- quested, but the horrors of the previous night con. tinued to haunt me. I felt the fatigues of excite- ment, and could not sleep. When I dozed for a moment, ...

... TO LORD JOHN RUSESLL. ey as TheAct for the more effectual Belief of the destita in- Poor in Ireland, received the Rieo'a assent on July I IC- 1818. The avowed object of this set is distinctly sitesj alt and the necessary steps were taken to ensure its Succerl, ow The 180 workhouses erected were estimated to cost bZ ad twveen £1,100,000 and £1,200 000; the money being lent o by Government, ...

... PROGRESS OF DISDOER:Y IN. AUSTRA- . .-q , LI . !The son of Major. M'itohei1;who short time ago started for the BoilrovRiVer, has succeeded in com- t pleting the explorationmof the unknown country be- tween New England and Fort Bourke. i The party started from Mr. Pearce's station I (Gnoolomata) in a N.W. direction, and in 30 miles reached a country possessing peculiar characteristics, ...

... 'T'HE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1857. sets 6 IRELAND. tnd HER SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROSPECTS. gall Thb These are subjects to which, independently of tha their immediate importance, we have an especial and r right to dilate upon, because, unlike the majority of p4u n Journals, and especially that edited by a deputy cap n Whig minister, the Weekly Chronicle, the ti x Star has ...

... otntral lidtIlima. , Icy -er, Cumeous TsinuF.-In the neighbourhood of Lincoln the the mapes and tails of horses have lately been fre. rfIqelY cutoff by thieves, for the purpose of selling C an, tb.e horsehair. RIeCE-A comp'ay has been formed at Paris for Ale- the purpose of grojngr rice on a large scale in the he salt marshes of the aoutdern department of France. y, WOLVES.-Cold and hunger ...