... Sacote Vntol 1,er 184+ :SATURDAY, FSsistra 10, 1849. TEE AMENDMENT TO THE ADDRESS. I - . . _ - Tnn Speech from the Throne, however much people, from custom, desire to read it, seldom gratifies any ex- pectation, and is generally forgotten in a few days after its deliverance, inasmuch as it possesses nothing by which it can lay hold upon the memory. The address, in re- porting parlance, is an ...

... XISIELLANEOU.S.' I HONOUR To SiAKxsPEnE-N-o fewer than five haodred cdseti of Shakepere's bust, taken from the monumental bust at Strat- ford-on- Avon, were lately shipped at Liverpool for New York. BIUAREAN.- Lord I said Mrs. Partingtbo, what monster them cotton-factora must be. I'm told one oa emo h aas many as a hundred Iiangt r CLOSE SHAVING.-The Nadionale, of Florence, quotes a letter ...

... bOMESTIO, INTELLIGENCE. Li .iJV1VjJ20 AwlJ if The Queer, has forwaiiid one hundried ofina f the cnotnaea fund raising to reliee theiberieaved familes fte fruaea dpilotswho Wera drowned by ~the South Shields life-boat eapale- MIr. t. ing, ianinattemipt to~r~scnle the crew of the Besy, wredked a pi~la few morning since oh the Herd Sands., The ockorptonitc of Thi ig Newcastle and the Ma'ster and ...

... 511115trOlatto of :10fal 3filotarg. NO. XIV. THE HEIRS OF DE MONTFORT: LLEWELLIN's BRIDE. 1 , HE interest created by the Baronf' War is not confined to its Immediate actors. .Beyond the central figure of De Mont- fort, it extends to more than one of his descendants; and we hold ourselves justified if we turn aside to regard for , ' id// an instant the heirs of its vicissitudes. rLI fz Vt;? $; ...

... SATURDAY, Mir 12, 1849. WE have devoted a portion of space somewhat inconve- el niently large to the discussion in the House of Peers on 'I the second reading of the navigation bill. This was done, si not by reason of any new stock of arguments, nor for the t impressiveness of any novel illustrations brought forward be to expound and to illumine the question, but because the w state and the ...

... FRANCE. In the national assembly on Saturday a disoussion took place on a proposition of M. Selvatier Laroche for the abolition of the penalty of death. A division took place, when there appeared ?? the proposition, 183; against It, 400. g Tiiers has been obliged to demand leave of absence from Iduties in the assembly, in consequence of severe illness. lie has been suffering for some days past ...

... VI be 'kirtotol , -vblercurj-)+ SATURDAY, D2cw2nEn 15, 1849. MAEsteNESS PEnSONIFITID.-The remains of the Queen Dowager were consigned, ol Thursday, to the resting- place for which she had long prepared. Agreeably to her wishI, there was no manifestation of pomp or cere- al nonial parade, at the idea of which her humble nature apparently revolted She felt, one may conclude, that long ...

... VadliamentarP )unteItellflctt IIOUSE OF, LORtDS.-~FRIDAY, May I- lth The royal assent was given to the exchequer bills ?? outdoor paupers bill, thle distrainling for rates bill, the petty sessions bill, and several Irishtand pratteibilld Erln CAR5LISLE moved the second reading ofh aei-i Fill, and stated thle circumstances under which the proposal ,wag made and, lie considered. jnustfed. His ...

... I ~:The second annivereary of the Britl at dh CiftoriaRagged, ea School Society ?? ether andtristRO n the of ?? Rev, the Lord Bishop of GloueetradBitli h .e chair. There wae a respectable attendance. y Prayer having been offered up, tatheprnwo Y The CIIAER5IAN eaid it was expecte thatl thepersn t whpo- t' filled the chair at meetinge of that kind'a bshnuld ope the drn r- ceedhege WI th some ...

... THE RATE-ie-AID-The Marquis of Waterford has paid the Be fall amount of the rate-in-aid for his tenantry, without making hi any deduction from them, although not one of his tenants re- in ceived either out-door or in-door relief. pi The Repeal Association recommenced its meeting in Con- hi ciliation-hall last Monday, in obedience to the call of Mr. John w O'Connell, who acted the leading part ...

... By GEORGE DAwsON, Esq. The value of Popular Proverbs is too well known to need any remark; but as truth often loses its life in us by constant itera- tion, we do well to revive it through fresh illustration. A man may repeat even a falsehood till he at last believes it; and some proverbs we may believe too much, for not all of them are to be received without limitation, When truth has lost its ...

... SPECULATING FOR A RISE-Louis Napoleon has been visiting the Bourse; but there was nothing done in French Consuls.-- Punch. ,CUTTING THE LASH.-On the l8th ult. the house of re- presentatives, at Washington, voted, in a committee of the whole house, that flogging in the United States navy must be abolished. A PREDICAMENT.-An Irish settler at Adelaide, Australia, writing to the Xl perary Free ...