... - : ' ~rr~ance. PARIS, MondayU.A banquet given yesterday by the ex- delegates of the Luxembourr,- collected 1200 g9ests at ihe Barriere de Sevres. Severatl Montagnard representatives at- tended, amongst whom were observed BIM. Joly, Felix Pyat, and Pierre Leroux. After' the companv entered the hanquet hall, the Commissary of Police of Vaugirard. as. siste*dby three peaee officers, demanded ...

... I As iroticed in our last, thc Thirty-Seventh Anniversary of' the Scottish Congregationial Union was celebrated here last week. A maeeting of the friends of' the Theological Academy Was hold in Frederick Street Chapel onl TursdaY eVVC!ing.~-Thot, Rev. Ale. Tomison of George Street, Chapel irresid'ed'attd, after dovotiolll exercises, briefly adidre,,sed thle aimetirlg, specially aihlditlng to ...

... 1* - ? ; m.r- ?ml' wl.11-111---- :1-.1 .., - -fS . I . .FLOERtGv.OaN AATqD SHRUliutnY.-If the soil of anv of the beds or clumps for masses require renewing or dsiriching by the addition of animal or vegetable manulre, it should be immediately done, that they may be ready to receive plants or seeds. Where the same, or nearly the same, plants are grown fora number'of years successively inany of ...

... l it 1tMODEL LODGING.ROUSES. : ,: To the EDITOR of the ABEnDEEN JOURNAL. D U-3DEe, 9th April, 1849. SiR.-1 regretto observe *fomMr A. W. Chalmers'letter in your paper of last veek. that the appeal which was lately madie to the Aberdeen public for funds, with whiob to esta- blish a Model Lodging House for the Working Classes, has not been respoude.l to SO liberally as could have been desired. ...

... n:E Convention of Burghs has entered on a crusade for regulating, in some degree, the numnbor of Town Coun. U11orsmin small Burghs, in proportion to their popula. tion. They have even thought an Act of Parliament not unnecessary, and applied to the Lord-Advocate to effect their purpose; but that gentleman, desirous though he be to impress everY part of Scottish legislation with some memorial ...

... MPERIAL PARLIAMENT HO OF LORDS—March 29. Lord BROUGHAM asked if the Government had received any official information respecting the defeat of the Piedmon- tese and the noble lord also con consequent abdication of Charles Albert. The Nation to the gtatulated the house on so decisive a termi- war in Italy, which would preclude the necessity for any foreign interference. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—April 19. Their Jordships met at five o’clock. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a place in Cornwall, complaining of the imprisonment of the Reverend J. Shore. The Marquis LANSDOWNE gave notice, that on Tuesday next he should move the thanks of their lordships to the Go- vernor-General, the Commander-in-Chief, and the officers and army in India, for ...

... gratitude, and admira- tion with which the memory of the late Duchess-Countess of Sutherland, as proprietrix of the soil, and as the common friend and benefactress of the community, is still cherished among the tenantry of her extensive family estates in the county of Sutherland. A number of the principal tenants met lately for the purpose of considering the subject, and deter- mined that the ...

... LEGISLATION FOR LUSATICS. (From the Nortbern Warder.) le The bill to amend the present law of Scotland 0or the at care and custody of lunatics is to be read a Second time in the House of Commons on the 20th of April. We are satisfied that a careful consideration by the House, of d the objects and principles of the bill, must lead either to on-its total rejection, or to such a modification as ...

... MONDAY MORNING, A~RIL 9. The Revenue Returns, for the year and quarter ending on the 5th instant. cannot be regarded otherwise than ,a ;- oi; f -- - -f 'l'bnr- a- orar as indicative of general improvement, There is a very t slight decrease in the quarter, as compared with the cor- responding period of last year; but nearly one moiety of the defiei&ncy is in the department of stamps, occasioned ...

... MNONDAY MORNING, APRIL S0. The House of Commons has been almost exclusively occupied %vith Irish business since our last. On Thurs- day, Lord John Russell introduced a bill to amend the existing Irish Poor Law; and the Solicitor-General moved for leave to bring in a bill further to facilitate the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland. The great feature of the latter measure is the substitution ...

... GLASGOW ATRENEUIr. al .eealmrinto th. nlnh !r em The annual general meeting of the members of this rising and *praisesorthy Institution washeld on Tuesday nightin the Trades' wHall, Glassford Street, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of electing ffice-bearers, and transacting general business. The Hon. the Lord Provost presided. The hall was well filled, and the pro- ?? ere highli creditable to ...