... IMPORTANCE OF LESSONS IN SWIMMING. k The following truly distressing statement revives and the ardent wish so often expressed by ourselves and hi by our colleague, the late Mr. Egerton Smith, t that a public sch,)ol were in existence where every toem youth could have the opportunity of learning to swim, be g without any risk in the experiment. The old Roman to f reproach, You can neither ...

... B OH EM IA. The following interesting news was brought by the Lion on Saturday:- HAMBURG1m, JUxE, 27TH, A private letter from the city of Prague, of the 23rd June, announces that martial law has been proclaimed in our ancient city, and we have a garrison of nearly 30,000 men of all arms, principally artillery and jagers. We are placed in a very peculiar position, or rather state of siege, and ...

... !ltias *The inter ment of the mortal remains of this much Vera laihented, minister took. place on Monday last, 'amidst comn as-orrow aso deep and gedqr~al as we have ever known muani- i wierle feeted in. this town, Aiygitt concourse of people ?? ',in 'frotai of the housea ?? Parade, at BoLgrave chapelI ~ o.and on' the whole rotutif 6 the Cemetery at Woodhouse, in ted tt.order to pay their ...

... I j REPORTS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORS. The Repolts of the Factory Inspectors for the half-year ending 30th April, 1848, haer jete been pub- unieed. The opinibns of the Inspectors concerning the working df the Ten Houre' Bill ',ill naturally be looked to Ivith musch inetrest. The following remarks of Mr. In- epecter Hoat-NEl seem to us onl the whole judicious and correct * the± show the extreme ...

... HOUSE OF PEERS. 1ONNDAY, JULY 3.] Theseveral bills on the table having been advanced a stage, the Earl of Auckland, in reply to the Duke of Richmiond, stated that it was the intention of the Admiralty to give good-conduct warrants to the marines as well as to the navy. Earl Grey, with reference to a petition from Mr. Shrapnell, the son of the late General Shrapnell, the inveritor ot' the shell ...

... ?? M1ONDAY, JUNE 26, 1848. & Cabinet Council was held ort Thursday afternoon ,t tire Foreign Office. It weas attended by Lord John Russell, the l ord Chancellor, the M1arquis of Lans- drvne, the Enrl of Alinto, Sir George Grey, Viscount panlrerston Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exche- uet the Earl of Auckland, Sir John idubbouse, Lord Iro'pbell, the Right Honorable H. Labouchere, the ...

... SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1848. fl( Her Majesty lII$ prostnited the town of Brighton with il thle Organ 1?1 Itlcite need1 il tile Chapel In rho Pavilionl,2 (in Sundaty last, Dir. Chandler, Dean of Chiceseter,m yrearlhed an excellent sermion in St. Panl's Clhurch, From In St. Lake's G4ospel, chiap. 12, verse 48, onl bc~half of the ;f Society for the Propagation of the (dospel in Foreign o Parts. A ...

... I IMPERIALF PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. FuIDAY, JULY 14. h The report of the Criminal Law Administration Amend. w ment Bill was brought up. P The County Cess (Ireland) Bill went through committee. c : . . . MONDAY, July 17. t: The bill for the Amendment of the Administration of w the Criminal Law was read a third time. ti TuesDAY, July 18. al Disease in rtoreigne Sheep.-The Duke of RiceMorND ...

... TOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The French Government has received a telegraphic de. spatels, announcing that the Pope had recognized the t French Republic on the 7th inst. The Provisional Commission appointed to supply the place of the late Municipal Council ot Paris and the 1 Council General of the Department of the Seine, as. semnbied at the Hotel de Ville for the first time on ...

... Lion To the Editor of the Gla sgow He.rald. aind Suea, I am glad to see you have taken u-p -the s-ub:ject of the andcceleration of the London Mail, and I hope you will not lose ates eight of it until a reform is brought about. Ide The present speed of the Mail Trains between London and Glasgow is, asyou state,17bhours, while the ExpressTrains ?? the jaurnocy in little more than 12 hours. But ...

... TITE IRTSIT -ltAk PEW CEEDE A UNIOI\. St t T f nd (Fromn the Loan eit' 21 And ~Swift criedi wi-ely-Njr, ?? almos0t the sole rorrla~nin- relic, ss;'0 ?? eg ' onion, when it ls~itedoo' ft a! rI a 1Sa ?? ]acege in the' ~ I is IOwn more ltike wha I-ota Ci than thle squires cfth prsn Patar lik Va t07;' Renlt. The legacies theqresaento the like~t 'Lia -their huaating, dr~ink'i na, rent iaati1, CX. ...

... Pocket Picking in a Sale Room.-One Daniel Donnelly was charged at the Police Court on Friday with having abstracted a silk handkerchief from a gentleman's pocket, while in a sale room in Trongate. When asked what he had to say for himself, Paddy swore that he had worn the handkerchief regularly for at least twelve months ; but on its being identified as the property of the person robbed, be ...