... The Mayor eat on Thursday last, in the Crown Court, to hear informations against shopkeepers and others for b e using illegal weights and measurer. It will be seen that ( one person was fined for literally using a stone to n represent a stone weigh', or 14 lbs. The following is a n o list of the persons convicted, with the amount of their n Y respective flaps, to which must be added the sum ...

... i HE COAsT DEFENCES. The batteries on the Thames and Medway districts will all be completed in about two months from the present period, and will be of a very efficient description for 'the defence of these important navigable rivers. Thenuniber of ?? to be hiounted for the defence of these rivers is- tbirfeden at Sliorn Mead, thirteen at C6alh'ose Point, fifteen at Grivege'nd, and ?? at ...

... FATAL ORANGE AFFRAY AT CASTLE- I .WELLAN. I. I e DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFEI AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. X f (FROM A COlIBESPONDICNT) Castlewellan, July 13, 1849. I am only able to give you a summary account of the me- e lancholy doings on yesterday (12th July) in this neighbour- a hood. e The Orangemen, to the number of several thousand, as- e eembled at Tollymore Park, the seat of Earl Roden, ...

... I In our postscript last week we could only briefly notice one or two items in the report of the committee of investigation of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick railway; we now present a summary of the whole of the leading facts. The first circumstances detailed by the committee are, that Mr Hudson, being authorised by the company to subscribe for 3,000 shares of the Sunderland Dock, took also ...

... HOPS. The very unfavourable reports received during the week have, at length, produced some activity in our market. Most kinds of hops moved oil'freely, at a.1 advance ill the quotations of quite -As. per cwt. The duty is estimated at from £ 60,000 to £ 80,000. 69.3. to 90s. Weald of Kent ditto 72s. to t)S3. 84s. to 144s. ...

... ?? Monday last an immense assemblage of thia ad- Imirable Order, from Brighton and its vicinity, arrived hero on a visit to their brethren in these towns. IFrom the immense prepsacaions made for their recep-f tion, nauch intereat was excited throughout the town, and Monday laat was looked forward to as a sort of feo- O1tval ; and ao the day was baautifnlly fine, thousands I devoted it to ...

... IMPORTANT AlODTFICATION OF THIE LAW RELAT- ING TO FRIEN?DLY SOCIETIES. -DAA I1Av^lAtr._ l (From the Manchester Guardiat.) n Advanced as is the present session, wye are enabled to n say that a very important modification, or rather extension rn of the law relating to friendly societies is likely to be im- o mediately proposed. At this moment there are about P 12,000 of these voluntary ...

... s P A I ?? LII ~~~MADRID, JUL-y p, )n fr~T1M OCR OWNi C([lRroPo'I-NFNTj XThe adverse vote of the Senate ort the Aranjee er Authorization Bill is thoiightby ceme to e- ii, u rejection of the Tariff Bill, an1d that tice ?? i, ,j the most aristocratic names its that body are to be f~ti,,i' against the Govertnmenst as tiow ?? ta meatuca ret; brought before it. The banlihlt,,, to (V ~ e ...

... RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE LONDON ANT) NORI'lI-WESTERN COMPANY. THN 60 GVERfNTMENT AUDIT BIfLL Yestert aly a specialI ioeotit IIfll t IeL s Iti tre ?? Of t his railI 'a omp;atiy, ciii cd by requisi tiorn, ?? ill tile Em, i Hoitel, to considecr thle pioticiolots of'the jill ,itir heforti Par- lkiniolttfor ?? Goveirtimicit tjlittir6 to v'caltiiio altd report ottl raiilwvay3't.'t'otits. 'rite tietim, ...

... MORE OF THE IRISH SERYILITY. so. me ianl A bright idea has struck some of our imaginative pre ird patriots-for your practical men are a patriots ow: ill par excellence. Falling back upon a splendid prece- w IN dent, they desire to rebaptise the town of Cove, ma de- and, of course, its harbour, in honour of thepr ish teen's .isit The geographical baby is torenounce det :al, edevil and all his ...

... IN lliit.r..—T he Hull Adrcrtiser states, that between Su d iv and Thursday, 49 cases of cholera had appeared in the lower parts of that town, ot which 2 had proved fatal. The au- thorities are ac ively eng g d in taking the best measures fo- arresting the progress of the disease. ...

... The first nocturnal ascent in a balloon was undertaken by M. li uuerin at eleven o'clock at night of the 4th of August, it ...