... CONDITION OF THE CooNTRY.-The accounts from the provinces furnish fresh details of the ravages of famine. Two months since, Skibbereen in the south, and some parts of Mayo in the west, appeared to be the only dis- tricts where numbers were actually perishing for want of food. But now, there is scarcely a county in Ireland in which the people are not dying of starvation Even in the metropolis ...

... FOREIGN i:NEWS, Fr1ANCE. DIPeoLtATIc AarP-seNotIMENTS -It is said thrat a high personage, enjoying the confidence of the Court and the Cabinet, is to go to London, to endeavour to re-establish the entente csrdisl, and to propose to the British Govesn- a new treaty of commerce. TIhe Duke of Monte-bello, ambassador of France at the Court of Naples, has arrived in Paris. This diplomatist, it is ...

... MISC ELLANEOUS. ROYAL ACADEMY OF Music. - The appointment of Professor of Elocution to the Royal Academy of Music has been conferred on Mr F. Webster, stage director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. TacE IRIs DISTRESS.-An early night after the open- ing of Her Majesty's Theatre will, we understand, be de- voted, with the whole resources of the establishment, to the relief of the destitute ...

... SOPt., , ? . vw . + II ? v - ?? ?? 1 . I SATURiAY,O (j0CT. 9. The French jours~as received this morning are filled withl cornmcnts.oa the late Aineisterial ' Trevolution in Madrid. ?? It would. be carrymg. prudery to an ex- treme,' says the .'.Times,' ?? to dissemble the cause for this change of Ministry aliegedl by the journals which speak of the nwatter. and which is repeated in several ...

... sIR ROBERT PEEL AND THE TAMWORTI BIBLE SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the above society was held at the Towns Hall of Tarnwotl, on Wednesday. At twelve 0'nIlok the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, accompanied by ite vicar of the paiish, Mr Pye, Rev. J. 0. Miller, Bir- binglmO and several other gentlemen, entered the large comlfl, ?? took his seat as chairman of the meeting. After praoet. Sir Robert ...

... A CONVICTION AGAINST THlE SPIRIT OF LAW AND RELIGION. TO TMtE EDITOR OF TIE EXAMINER. Srn,-Louisa Tillett, a poor girl, twelve years old, a pupil of the National School at Bungay, committed the heinous crime of taking homo a small prayer-boolk that had been issued to her for her use in school only; andwhich contained awritten caution, that it was not to be recoved thence. This written notice, ...

... MI SCELLANEOUS. PREOPEoNING or THE BRITISH IMluseux.-This national museum was re-opened to the public on Wednesday, and will continue open every successive Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from ten to four. SCHOOL or AUT.-A School of Art for artists and ama- teurs has been formed by the Incorporated Society of British Artists. The arrangements having been all comr pleted, it will be open to its ...

... jatofvrpt. SATURaY, SEPT. 25. The inquest on the sufferers by the explosion of the Cricket steam-boat closed yesterday, when, after an absence of two hours, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Heasman, the engineer of the Cricket at the time of the accident ; they added that they considered Clark, the former engineer, highly culpable, and unfit to hold such a situation ; and ...

... 13se1GRATioN.-The tide rolls on, increasing in strength and, numbers as the season advances The streets and quays of Dublin are swarming with emigrants, chiefly from the counties of Reath, Westmeath, and Roscommon, -mostly of the comfortable class of farmers. Several land- lords are affording every facility to their tenantry, either by small grants of money for present use, or by provid- ing ...

... FP ANCE. TuIE BLACKcrG AIDE-De-CAMP.-The tribunal of cor- rectional police of Paris have sentenced, by default, M. Gitdin (late aid-de-camp of King Louis-Philippe), for cheating at cards, to three years' imprisonment and 2,000 francs fine. Coc1voOATION oF THE CIIAlIIERs.-The 'DIbats' states that a royal ordinance will appear in a few days, con- voicing the Chambers for Tuesday, December 28. ...

... J I HOUSE OF LORDS. Thursday, Nov. 18. T'ie New Parliament assenmbled this day. The Lords Com- mnissioncrs took their seats at 2 o'clock, and summoned the imumediate attendanco of the House of Commons at the bar to hear the Royal Commission read on the opening of Parli- amnent. After the Commons retired several peers took the oaths, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Thursday, Nov. 1S. ...

... FRANCE. RISE IN THE PRICE OF GRAIN.-The 'R6forme' states, that wheat has again risen in all the markets in the neighbourhood of Paris from 5oc. to if. 50c. the hecto- litre. At Rouen wheat has risen if. ; at Villers-Cot- terets, If. 50c. ; Mirebeau, from 2. to 3f ; Pairmpol, 2f 35c. ; Dijon, If. 50c. to 2.; Bray-sur-Seine, If. 66c.; Dieppe, If ; Cambrai, 50c.; Saint Quentin, If. 25c. It was ...