... 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 ...

... LO5NDON. APRIL 28. 1ir. Hudto071, Ar. P., and his- Constituents.-Tbe friends di of Mr. Hudson, I. P., in Sunderland, have been can- b: vassing the electors of that borough for signatures to an a, address expressing confidence in him. The address denies that the charges made against Mr. Hudson with C respect to railway matters have been proved, and is so Worded as to imply an approval of his ...

... 1 N O L A N D . Ree Majesty's Droseiag.Room.-The Queen held a Drawing-room (the second this season) on Thursday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albertarrived from Back;ingbam Palace. at 2 o'clock, at- tended by the Royal suite, and escorted by a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, and were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, ...

... E .AT LEITH. SIX BOYS DROWNED. e (From the Scotsman of Saturday.) ?? occurrence of a verv melancholy character took place at Leith on Thursday. About cleven o'clock the sea tad receded e so far as to leave the ledge of rocks running partillet with South Leith Sands, cornmonly known as the Black RocksR, quite ?? 1 s Snd Lintouched by the water; a considerable itirmbn r of irndivi. duals, ...

... SCOTCH POOR LkV UNIONS. 'ii OJ~aCuuS ttt- ULS OUAO. ,h We have been favoured with a copy of tie following correspon- iddence, which may be interesting aaiewe h ?? Law forces itself so notch Otl public attention : nI' Govan Parish Poor Rate Office, to Glasgow, 3d April. 1h49. Id Stat--The Parlianientary boundary of ?? city of Glasgow ens-, braces a population somnewhere about 360,000-th-is is ...

... GLAS GOWV, APRIL 30. fr. M'Beth's Case._The Synod met on Friday fore- >noon, in terms of adjournment. Mr. Macbeth commenced : his reply to the defence for the Presbytery about eleven e o'clock, and concluded about five afternoon. Parties were then removed from the bar. It was then agreed to adjourn e till Wednesday first, at twelve o'clock, in order to give the Y members another day to ...

... FROM TPlE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDA.M FouriEiuz OtFICE, APRILE27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Sir Henry Lytton Buiwer, K C. B., late her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Spain, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America. WAR OFFICE, Arain 27. Ist Life ?? ...

... .. ?? +A ^_ (From the Standard.) FRANCE. Paris, Thursday Evening. The ?? came out at an advanced hour this morning with the 'ollowing:- ' A telegraphic despatch having announced -the passage through Bay- onne of 3 Napoleon Bonaparte, imhassador at Madrid, on his WEag to is seithsoat leave of absence, M. Napoleon Bonaparte is regarded as hiaving rent is ,hii resignation, and has been deprived ...

... SCOT LAND. I Mr. Forbea of Callendar.-It is with deep regret we si have state that our much esteemed County Member, Mr. a Forbes of Callendar, met with a severe accident in con- A ;sequence of being thrown from his horse on the 13th inst. ST He had been hunting with the Stirlingshire hounds near 51 Avon Bridge,when theanimal came down, and M1r.Forbes a being thrown, as stated, he received a ...

... I~tP:ERJAL hAttIAMENT, . ?? oa A ?? A (Fo; Thunsdai's Lords and Commons see$pleiaent of ihi3 dote.) HO2USE OF LORDS-Fut DA, APLnIL 27 The LORD CHANCELLOR took hiis seat on the Woolsack at the usualhour. - T'.e Duke of ARGYLL presented a p~etition from some place in Scotland against the running of steam carriages on Sundays. (On the motion of the M41arquis of CLANLRICARDE, the :Prisoners' ...

... NEWYMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY, APRIL 26. ! Sweepstakes of ?? each. Air. Newton's e. by Birdeotcher, out of Jenny Jumps ?? Mr. Stephenson's c. by Dromedary, d. by Mulatto ?? 2 Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 Sovereigns. Duke of Rutland's St. Ann .1.. ?? ?? ?? ?? Lord Chesterfied's Chicot ?? ?? ?? 2 -- Sweepstakes of 100 Sovereigns. Sir J. Hawley's Vatican ?? . .. ?? ?? ?? I Lord Eioter's ...