... 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 ...

... The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Iberia, Captain John Bowen, brings news to the following dates: Gibraltar, May 16th; Cadiz, 17th, Lisbon, 19th; Oporto, 20th; and Vigo, 21st From the latter place we learn that the fortified town of Valen9a, in the Minho, held by a body of the queen's troops, about 580 in number, had been invested by a force under the command of Baron d'Almargem. ...

... . _ . EDINBURGH, May 6. Sir A. L. Hay has replied to the letter of hia rival, Mr. G. S. Duff. The gallant knight does not distinctly avow his creed for next election ; but seems, if one may judge from the following passage, to favour a sort of eclectic system of politics : In so large a ao_nstitucncy as that which I have the honour to aduress [856 the almanac—no large number for a Scotch ...

... principles which have so occupied and excited England, and which have triumphantly taken a place in our statute-book. We allude to the principles of free-trade. And our purpose is here to give a kind of historical account of the efforts of our French brethren to bring forward and render triumphant those ideas. It is now about a rear s'nee, under the influence of the free-trade triumph in ...

... HF.R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—To-mokbow Evrslire, Amino, Millie. Icnny I.ind; Elvino, Sig. Gardoni.—A DIVERTISSEMENT. —And the Ballet of CORALIA. —Doom open 7. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVF.NT-'iAßDraJ.—'To-morrow LUCKEZIA BORGIA. Madame Grisi; Mdlle. Alboni; Signer* Mario, Tamhurini and Marini. —And a New Wallet, LA SALAMANDRINF.. Mdiles. Fanny Ellsler, Dmuilitre, and Badcrna.— Door* open at 7 ...

... SHAKSPERE'S BIRTH-DAY AND Robjt I 0~~~ * The annual festivities in celebration of the Birth-day of the hsad of Avon took plane in his native town en the 24th elI, baq there was little pnblic demonstration. Says a peal of hllo ,fr the tower above tepoet's lost resting-plane, and a bannter q, reol ahovo the Shakspere-holl. everything wan quiet adnpe The meeting of the members of the Shaokoperian ...

... FOE'LUGN INTELLIGENCE * hetetnoe f h ?? I.Thec~netg o ?? are of no political interest what- oever. Mlont of their lotnditng article,4,refer to Et pending discuisionl in) I the Chatnber of Deputies en a propositions ?? Incr introd ucing a uniform postage, of ltwenty cunlimes, onl single lea. toes thaeuiihaut France. Although advocated by tile majority of the joureele,, lo. Gamiut anod his ...

... TO TiHE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,-Onev ould ttirk, Iroma eriesofincidentsreporited in your paper of yesterday, that the offices of coroner and magistrate ?? been instituted for the purpose of facilitat- ingthe escapeof uslpicted criminals. An individual sup- posed to be implicated in a case of infanticide was present for examination at an inquest, when the coroner gave him the usual caution ...

... ADMISSION OF TFIE PUBLIC TOVIEW THlE NEFW HOSE Os LORDS.-The public are now admitted to view the New House of Lords without tickets. The privilege is to be continued during the session on Appeal days, namely, on @Mlon:days, Tuesdayl, and Thursdays; on Saturdays ad mission will still be by ticket, issued from the Loid Chamberlain's office. THE LYCEU THEATEE.It has been finally arrnge that Mr ...

... THE I l- : ; l Us l ; 7 ; - s ; T HE; Q.UEENP'5 BIRT rxD, I : During the wbole of Thursday,0whbich'waa appointedi for the celebration of her 'Majesty'sbirth;day,:tbe wather- was exceedingly fine, andi thei sireetsiwres crowdedr vith mu ltitudes dei on%' off witnessing I`e -various public proceedings and spectacles. Among the most airactive. were the reviews. The customary military inspection ...

... TRATION BILL. Dttision favour of the second reading of this bill. Arcs. 218 - Hoc*, 42. ' ATES. Ae'and, T. D. Denison, J. E. Inglis, Sir R. 11. Romilly, J. Adilerlev, C. B. Denison, E. B. Jervis, Sir J. Ros9, D. R. Aldam, W. Dennistoun, J. Johnstone, Sir J. Russell, Lord J. Allix, J. P. Douglas, J. D. 8. Jolliffe, Sir W.G.Russell, Lord E. Amon, lion. Col.Duckworth, SirJ.Lambton, 11. Russell, ...

... intimated the purpose of publishing a model lease, and that have not done so. Now there is no magic in the mere form a lease, which should be a deed of great simplicity; and in truth, a very good model lease might be framed by taking any the forms general use and striking out all the objectionable stipulations, leaving it a more contract for the possession of land for so many years at so much ...