... funeral oration in honour of Mr. O'Connell, is said to have replied that he would willingly do so in the month of November, after the vacation ; but it >hould not be forgotten that the action of O'Connell has been chiefly political, adding—' because Ireland has greater religious liberty than we have in France. The bishops may assemble, correspond, act, &c. with greater freedom than we can ...

... Piacenza, and, we may add, of Lucca. For upwards of a century they have been tossed about like shuttlecocks from power to power. In each successive treaty of the last treaty-making century, they were made to change princes—now Austrian, now Spanish, now French : a native of these provinces could ill tell to whom he belonged. The formal abdication of bis principality of Lucca by the duke, and ...

... The Queen and Prince Albert, the King of the Belgians, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic household, attended divine service yesterday, in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. Prayers were read by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Liddell. Their RR. HH. the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary visited their Majesties ...

... the Queen Victoria, belonging to the port of Rochester Sir,—l have the honour of informing you, that by a decision, dated the 28th May, his Excellency, the Minister of the Navy and Ctlonies, having given his Majesty the King of the French an account of the devotedness and humanity which you evinced in taking on board your vaacl, in the beginning of last December, the ...

... journal was prosecuted on three charges, on two of which it was acquitted, but found guilty on the third. The subject of this last was the reform banquet held at Orleans, and the offence charged was a libel against the person of the King. The sentence of the court was a fine of 6,000 francs and eight months' imprisonment. It is announced that the Lyons and Avignon Railway will be opened for ...

... just been published, contain some facts of interest . . . . The quantity of cotton wool imported during the ten months of the present year ending on the oth of November amounted to 3,757,462 cwt; during the corresponding months of 1846, it amounted 3,990,411, and of 1845 to 5,648,599. The quantity imported during the month ending sth Nov. last, is considerably in excess of the imports of the ...

... to take with regard to the acts of former sessions. To the representations and applications addressed to the government, in the spirit of the Times and Examiner, demanding a stoppage of the works now in progress, and a prohibition of calls, precautions necessary for the safety of the country, we now learn that it has not been thought proper to listen. Whether in any part of the cabinet ...

... Windsor, Wednesday.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual early walk this morning. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Royal Family, and attended by a small suite, will take their departure to-morrow afternoon, immediately after an early luncheon, for Clareinont, where the Court will remain until within a few days of the meeting of parliament, on the 19th inst. Her ...

... LANCASHIRE. Lord Lincoln's Visit to Manchester.— Everything about the much talked-of requisition to Lord Lincoln from the electors of Manchester —about the number persons who have signed it—about when ®r how it is to presented—is involved in the deepest mystery. Whether ft has been actuallv abandoned or not is not known. All that |>nn learned from his committee now is, that, instead of Lord ...

... Louis Philippe will rub his eyes, Prince Metternicii not believe his senses, whilst the Czar and Count Nesselrodk will fling up their hands together in despair, and iidulge in the bitter exclamation that there is not one tory left in England. There is nothing in the conduct, nothing in the language of her Majesty's ministers, to call forth this surprise. They are consistent enough in their ...

... LONDON, SATURDAY, FEB. In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Royal assent was given by commission to the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill. Lord Stanley, in conformity with his notice of the previous day, begged to ask whether it was the intention of the government to introduce any measures for their lordships' consideration before Easter, and whether it was likely that any bills would be sent ...

... with the continued session, and oppressed by the weather, are hurrying their labours to a conclusion, and passing bills wholesale without either discussion or opposition. M. Pellapra would, it was said, surrender himself a prisoner on Friday. At the time our correspondent closed his despatches the decision of the Court of Peers had not been announced. It was, however, affirmed that General ...