... It is rumourel that the v ommittec on railways, appointed at the instance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, have agreed upon some inportant recommendations, awiong t which are the enlarging the period of complethin railway works, thereby enabling the respective boards to defer (-Uls, and the empoweringcomupanies who have passed the standing I orders this session to proce~d next session ...

... THIE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DEE BRIDGE. CLOSE OF TIHE INQUIRY. The proceedings at the inquest wvere brought to a conclusion on Wednesday. Captain Symonds, R.N. inspector of railways, read the opi- nion of himself and Mr Walker, the Government engineer, as to the cause of the accident. This document ran to a very considerable length, and occupied upwards of an hour and a half its delivery. ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, ONDAY, JtTNE 7. The Lord Chancellor took his sear upon the woolsack at aE 5o'clock. R AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. C ) The Earl of ELLENBORIOU0GH wished to aek the Noble re ,Marquis whether there was cay truth in the statement which tsp- poared in the French papers to-day, that despatches bad be-en e sent out to the Prince do Joins-l~e, directing him to proceed with w' his -squadron to ...

... LORD LINCoLN'S COLONISATION SCHEME. Em( 1'iol til/c Thimesi.) VWe would fain hope that the interest awalkened' iy Lord antI Lincoln's mnotion on Tttesdsiv evening XVill not l- e I- in hegon and endedl in a mere legislative co. frezsiXoie. tt isam tile unhappy characteristic ti' an iinbe'ile age that the mlvi most intp ?? ?? run into talk. Ti .dl; ?? i ngg there is in this instance. WVhat 1i0 ...

... I':DL. AND CIIIY.\. I*i Fs; Ex ima£trtordinurp Et.rprnas.) ?? rv 'itiv'1 voc hare r,'tteiveii our usual letters an, 1, pr~!-ia~ticc-lrtlton of the ?? Mail. t.t-I e'l'C frm China isa -er important, and we learn ~I -te t ?? t-:; alt boo~n thn captur~ed hr a British force. t-~,r i- i's or the insult~s lately heaped upon the rmce-vofl 'rent otr crorresnondlent at [long Kong the f- K'onr; igmiwi ? ...

... RALILWVAY ACCIDENTS. (Fro the. Timaes.) .7 -t !pw 'ore the risinz of the House of Commons on ?? Ivilniut Colonel Sibthorp gave notice that he should, 1 . ?? lax, call the attention of the Government to t Pt& ,Il. number of accidents which have recently cc- * ?? n Tinglish railways. There is somethin so9 : :rn in the .xtent to which these calamities have lately r~i:_ :!ii thi: pub!ic must he ...

... S COTLAND. d liepressmative Peers of Scotland.-We understand that at the approaching general election there is every proba- bilitv that the E arl of Dlandonald will he proposed as one a of the si teen Representative Peers. Apart from all poli- c tical considerations, we should earnestly hope that the e brilliant, though, alas ! chequered history of this hero, , combined with the recent and ...

... E M I G R A T I O N. ,n - -r_ -1- Ier (From the Globe.) While the vague notion of turning Irish paupers into n prosperous ernigrants, bv the million, seeks extinction in LI the inquiries of Lord Monteagle's committee, practical ?? will probably feel inclined to turn their attention to such evidence as we have already within reach. The piulication, this morning, of Further Papers relative to ...

... S GO TLA ND. bt EDINDURno ROYAL INFITMARY.-We are sorry to learn ta -that there are at present ten times the number of typhus fe- St ver -patients in the hospital that there were at the corres- hi ponding- period of last year, and that there are twice as cr many typhus fever patients as there were altogether of in- L mates last year. - dG We understand that an elegant bust by Turn ereii of- ...

... P O S T-O F F I C E. The following iraportant instructions to Surveyors have been issued by the Postmaster- General. The Spectalor, from which we copy them, states justly that it will now be the duty of the public to see that tie Surveyor performs his duty 1. The Postmaster-Gencral being desirous of affording the public every possible facility for the receipt and despatch of correspondence ...

... DRAINAGE OF L.A.ND.-No. 2. IO Tu EDITnOR OF TEE CALEDOYIAN MERCURY. SmD-Evervdar adds a new, and an additional reason to the necessity for the better drainage of land in these king- doms, and what is it, think iou, gentle reader? It is this, that there are upwards of one thousasnd of an increase of human beings to the number ofconsumers. Is this nowascertained daily fact wellknown and if so, ...

... WE have said that the news from China is unusually a important.-It is well known that for some time back, si there base been incessant bickerings, ani frequently sf serious collisions, between the British residents at Can- ton and the native authorities and inhabitants of that m city, arising out of their repugnance to admit foreigners f within its precincts, and thereby compelling them, as it ...