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... LATEST NEWS BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT— THE QUEEN’S SPEECH. HOUSE OF LORDS—Ang. 1. The house met at half-past two, and the royal assent was given by commission to 67 bills, among which were the pilotage bill, the general board of health bill, the bank- rupts’ Jaw consolidation bill, and 33 private bills. The commissioners were the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of St ...
... Captain James, in the summer of 1837, she waS known by the name of Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. The circam- stances under which she subsequently assumed the title of “Lola Montes” have not yet been very clearly explained ; but it appears that she occasionally called “ Marie Parris y Montes.” It is under this name that she figurés in the Let- ters Patent by which the late King of Bavaria created her ...
... In the Legislative Assembly on Saturday, of the prorogation bill was voted by 308 to 258, and then the en- tire bill by 294 to 247. The Moniteur publishes decrees M. de Tracy, Minister of Marine, to act as Minister of War in the absence of General Rallieres ; and M. Dafaure, Minister of the Interi- or, to direct the department of Public Instruction and Public Works, in the absence of MM. two ...
... a satisfactory summary of the position of the bank, and announced the profits of the year to be about 10} per cent. on the paid up capital of L.125,000, and declared the usual dividend of 8 per cent. free of deduction for income tax.—Jnverness Courier. Perra Gas Compaxy.—The annual meeting of this com- pany was held in Perth last week, when a very favourable re- port by the accountant of the ...
... (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, Aug. 10.) Harvest has now commenced in the southern and western counties, and more propitious weather than we have lately experienced could not be desired. With the exception of a shower on Tuesday night no rain has fallen; the heat has meanwhile been very great, and the crops in the northern and more backward parts of the kingdom are likely to arrive ...
... LALEST OF THE QUEEN. (From our own Correspondent.) Glasgow, Sunday, 12th August 1849. Eight o’Clock The royal mail steamer Thetis, which arrived hers early this morning from Belfast, brought information that the royal squadron had come to anchor at Belfast at two on Saturday afternoon, where her Majesty and suite remained for about three hours. Her Majesty re- ceived the loyal address of the ...