... T H E ERA. TOWN EDITION. SUNDAY, MARCH 14,1$47. A journalist is called upon to sum up the records of the dead, and compare them with the recollectiona of the living, in order that he may prognosticate the events of the future. And never was there a time when keenness of research, when clearness of cale- lation and deep thought were more necessary than in the yearl847. ...

... TUESDAY, MARcH. 9. BANr auprs.-William' Henry Hodding, of Gloucester -place, Portman-sr are, surgeon. Samuel Iubitt, of Colchester, clothier. James Law, of Faversham,- coal merchant. John Furby and Robert Stockton, of 35, Sackville-street, Piccadilly, tailors. William Bull, of S, Little Love-lane, Wood-street, setoc manufacturer. Joseph Frust, of Stratton, Cornwall, tlamer. James Miorgan, of ...

... RETROSPECTIONS-OF LIVERPOOL, BY TOUCHSTONE. ^ : By the time this reaches our sporting readers, the Liverpool July Meeting will have terminated. Ac- cording to our -usual custom we proceed to offer' a few. comments on out. anticipations, the results, and the general character of the meeting, Premising, thiat',the distance from town, and hour at which ve go-to press,- will preclude our including ...

... THE :TJIlS AND RALWAYS,|1 The dedication by the Thes, of 4wo long. ieaderF; to the speech: delivered by w Mr. Glyn- at 'the. Uiif- yearly meeting' ?? North 'Westerh- proprietorm isafgreat faet. 7There wiw a tim-e whbli the Thunderer would harly condescend ' 't 'anything. relative o 'railways iii its Tholumiii,savl to their abuse iand their disifragebikent' 'iut times a chang ed, an ...

... Alas! poor Ireland. It is said that those who sow the storm shall reap the whirlwind. Experienee teaches us that this divine anathema is as much a natural law as the revolution of the planets in their courses. How, then, can the Irish landowners wonder at the impending gloom-the harbinger of the coming storm-which now hangs like a funeral pall over their devoted island? Have they not for years ...

... ,Of one of two -things we feel confident:: either the days of PEEL'S bill, or the days of Lord JOHN Rus- SELL'S government, are numbered. Let but Lord JOHN RUSSELL declare, on the assembling of Parlia- mentjthat he is prepared to uphold PEEL'S bill with- out modification, and we would-not give Shim three months' purchase for his post of prime minister. -;We. confess we should regret the loss ...

... THE QUEEN IN THE HICHLANDS. LOCE LAGGAN, TUBSDAY.PiOBWnNO. The Royal party proceeded to the shooting quarter at Loch Laggan Walk shortly after: ten o'clock, and the result was a most succesaful one-sucb, indeed; as to compensate for many previous disappointmeits. The party consiated of hie Royal Hligheas Prince Albert, Lord Palmerston, the Eon. Captain Gordon, and Mr. Ansod , eacb arte witho ...

... T tCE FACTORY BILL. | al lll . -, , v -, , -I contested Factory Bill is about to undergo al in the Upper House; we presume iti will be easy as compared with the fierce has surmounted in the House of Com- Worthy of remark, that the. most .bitter this wise and wholesome measure have 'n Liberals, and of that class commonly olitical Economists. The operative, on A has had an excellent opportunity ...

... ?? ~SYNO PSI-S. ?? -, I !. i ;DEN DEATH OF TEE DEWA or, CllsIcEsTJza.-We SAIo record the unexpected demise of the :Ron. and bave an the of Maheser, which'took plice lre~q ly. ~ the afternoon 'of, last, Friday~ebiee, 'at his ,,;a0 vin Hereford-street, Park-lane, irn his sixtyninth 'lThe hon. and reverend gentleman bad been ailing rear- last two yearn and lattsrly had been attended on ofrthe ...

... the cheek sustained the election of M. de Malleville to the vice-presidency of the chamber. The truth is, the conservative party is split into fragments, the cohesion of which is frail precarious, and they become detached by the most trifling political collision. The alarm accordingly sounded by the offici ;1 organ ; and those whe share, or expeet to share, the loaves and fishes ol ministerial ...

... 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 ...