... statement :—Red, London,2B dwts • grown by Mr. B. Ho land. Huddcrsfield, and Mr. J. Jones; London, same weight, at Tarporley. Yellow, Leader, 27 dwts grown by Mr. Abel Slack, Deightonl and Mr. James Rhode*, of Oldhnm ; seedling also the same weight. Green, Thumper, 25 dwts.; grown John Winterbottom, Glodwick. White, Tallyho, 23 dwts., io grains; grown by Mr. John Coppock, Tarporley. The Dulcb ...

... Shameful Hoax bv our Boy.—Our boy, that bo; whom _we have nourished with fond and anxious can ever since the publication of our first number, trateu a shameful hoax upon during the past week imagine, reader, our feelings when the rushing in big with the intelligence that Parker dead. Parker the brewer, said tbe young imp. his length of servitude we were almost disposed to he lieve the young ...

... NOVEMBER 12, 1847. I' iris Journals of WVednelday have f 'Thle a(judication of the loan of t ,, as authorised by '.he bil of Au- c ,0'7l took place on 1w`ednesday, at 12 o t e thle Hotel of t!e INinister of Fi- ' t e t oli.(l (J le room ina which the stook place was crowded to excess a ?? >o the 1l011' appointed to commence.- : hol. ?? had taken his seat, he a tinmated tur what purpose the ...

... I THE AMERICAN9 IN MEXICO. A correspondent of the J10oring Chronicle, writing from Mexico, gives a most graphio description of the cn- trance of the American troops into that city. It i; coloured throughout by English prejudices, but very life like, as ,will be seen from the following extract :-The leperos are the Cazaroni of Mexico:- ,As the Americans advanced, they had to storm and ?? ...

... AFFAIRS OF SWITZERLAgD. I (FPromn the Timnes.) If further evidence were needed to convince us of the unjust and atrocious nature of the policy of the Radi cal party in S~witzerland, which has brought the Confederation to the brink of civil war, and actually armed the entire male population of the country for otutuall destruction, we should find that evidence in the language of the two parties ...

... . ?? ?? ?? ?? INDIA. WEST INDIA MAU.S.-L&TEST FROM MEXICO. The royal mail steam-packet 3fedivayi arrived at South- ampton on Sunday morning, shortly before noon, bringing mails of the following dates, in charge of Lieutenant Ruaener, R.N., Admiralty agent:- Honduras ?? 2 t.LucsMartlnlque,) Trampico . ?? ?? .sept. 25 . Dominique, and t. 12 Vera Cruz ?? Oct.I Guadalonp.. Puerto Csbello ?? 2 ...

... IRiELAND. _ ?? . ._ . .. ?? . . .. ?? .. ?? ?? ?? ?? I _ CULTIVATION OF FLAX IN IOELAND.-Let us hear DO more of the inability of Ireland to produce flax that will vie with the Belgian. What we want is neither soil nor climate, but management and care. We received a few days ago a beautiful-we might almost call it a magnifi- cent-specimen grown by the Rev. Mr. Gildea, rector of Newport, in Mayo ...

... There is no alteration in the number of mills partially and wholly stopped this week, with the exception of Messrs. Fllkington and Brothers', who have this week been work- ing five days. The condition of the operatives is deplo- rable, Sir William Fielding, Sons and Co., whose mill has been closed for five or six weeks, have generously distributed to their workpeople bread, potatoes and ...

... There is to be no Christmas Book by Boz this year. The Queen's speech, upon the opening of parliament, will be delivered upon Tuesday, the 23rd inst. The uniform penny postage has been introduced in the British colony at Hong Kong. At the Oxford County Court, last week, a baker was ordered to pay 2s. 10d., the value of a dinner which he had spoiled in baking. The great scarcity of food last ...

... C-I)c %rmpf ',-c. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR, OrFrcH, Nov. 5. 3rd Dragoon Guards-Lientenant 11. 11. Bacon to be Capt., vice Warner retires ; Cornet F. A. Oakes to be Lieutenant, vice Bacon; A. W. Williams (Ridinigmaster), to be Cornet vice Oakes, James 11. de C. Lawson, to be Cornet. 6th Dragoon Guards-Lieutenant E. H. Croker to be Capl tabm, vice Knox retires ; Cornet T. G. L. 0. Gwyn to ...

... tneCourt-house, and stated that a woman, named Elzabeth Hemingway, the mother of five children, and an out-patient of the Dispensary, had shown him a piece of bread made from flour purchased from a person named Vickers, who has three shops in the town, which, upon analyz ng, he found to contain substance which appeared to beplastet of Paris. He further stated, that there had been several ...

... tievifcw ul' the British Corn Trade. Though money has been nearly as'tight during this week as .it any previous period, the Rank of England having continued to charge f! and 9 per cent, on first class securities, still the lonn of mercantile affairs has sliiJitly improved, and there has cer- tainly been more disposition to purchase grain; whilst holders have shown less anxiety to realize. '1 ...