... FRANCE. Some political arrests have taken place at Lyons. The Feujille du Ptuple was seized on Thursday for a sedi- tious article on the electoral law, and the editor is to be pro. p secuted. 0 A meeting of Legitimists was heldl on Thursday evening, tu when the subject of the proposed addition to the salary of the I President of the Republic was debated. No decision, how- ever, was come to ...

... v . - - - -- - a IA ,I A I. Ar l Joseph Cantrell. of Ashaver, to be imprisoned 14 days, or I? paV 11. Is. lod., for trespass. il enry Johnson, of Headfleld, to be imprisoned two calendar . months, or pay 31. I8s. Od., for assaulting Mary Nelson. ed William H1unt, of Belper, imprisoned 14 days with hard n-labour, or pay 129. 9d., for nonpayment of rates. . l Williamr Jachson and Charles ...

... The following very remarkable narratives arc extracted l- from thie Aelrericisas Flag of the 17th ult., published in the dis- n s- trict of Rio Grande:- 'l On the 11th instant our citizens were astounded with the Ile melancholy intelligence that Justice Beacon, in consequence o e,- of the death of the coroner, had been called to hold an inquest o ag over the body of Capttain John Brennan, who ...

... FRANCE. Tie Aes~enibi is rapidly winding tip the business of at most aciv essOO) ; and piblilc attention is more tlirected to thle ,aps meanlts of the t'rc~ident and of thle Leg-itimisis, than to ?? iii routine of the legislature. Till President is preparing SI) ?? a serie's Of ailis to the easterli provinces of' France, qnl tor tile ?? puirpose of ascerloiliig the feelings of tile VI People ...

... A ?? 1?. led link V momsL Ly. nd GRAVESEND, Aug. I1. DA ?? most destructive fire that has ever occurred at Graves' of end took place this morning. The particulars, as far as they nt, could be ascertained, are as follows :.-At about 5 minutes rn past 2 o'clock a man, who stated his name to be Parker, called at the station-house, and told Sergeant Penman, who was then he in charge of the place, ...

... TANMVOITH.-Sir Ilobeet Peel has accepted the invitation a f the electors to stand for the representation of this borough, in the room of his lamented father. The election is to take ~ lce on Friday, but it is understood that the hion. baronet ?? not appear at the huIstings. There is no probability of D'1 n ~opposition. 1 e SOc'cHAasTurT .-The election is fixed for this day (Wed- tof nesday). ...

... TO THE EDIT0O. OF THE DiERBYi M'ERCURYV. is Sir-The time has arrived when the Lay-Members, who Icomprise the chief portion of the Church, should unite and ex- ir press their gratitude to the Queen for the late! decision of the n Stae against thle Popish doctrine of Baptismal Regeneration, which teaching would seem to signify that man of himselfecan IIregenerate luan, and thus render voied ...

... MANCHESTER, BUXTOJNCMTLOCK. AN MID- |iD JUNCTION., I - .- - .I.. _ 1. -1 I E. Th lhillf-yearly meeting of this company was held at Dcrby d Onf Wednesday; thle Hon. G. 1I. Cavendish, M.P. in the Y charir. Thl!ierevwstalso pr~esent11. Tootll, Esq. Deputy Chaiiir- IrTita, J. Paxton, Esq. aind other directors; ?? Ileacock, Esq. 1,was also present. 1 M~r. PRatTrON Objected to thle Chairman affixing ...

... DERBY : - - -- SII- liB ulty II''IVESDY,1 ?? 'rhe Foreign Intelligence of the past week is al exclusively confined to the visit of Lous Nspr;E to Cherbourg, for the purpose ofrcviem;rn,.z .. 'I to Cherbourg, for the purpose ofireviewin, the 1Frs, Fleet. Particulars of this exciting SeCen, are i in another column frow the Correspondent Ofeti9es ing journal. Our contemporary, Speakin othe ...

... CHIARTISM, On the evening of Tucesdy, in last week, Mr. EARNEST JONES, who styles himself one of the political victims of 184S, asd just liberated from a Whig dungeon, gave a lee- lure in the Mechanics' Hall, in Derby. on * the political and social causes of the misery, crime, aid degradation prevalent in this countrv and the menns for operating a beneficial change.' Iie lescauted at great ? ...

... CHURCH{ INTELLIGENCE. ..rl n ?? let PROJECTED.---The Rev. D. Wilson, of Ising- ate ton, has published a pamphlet onl the subject of at proposed eamusement of thle party supposed to sympathiise with Mr. iM Georhais. 'ihc followving account of the plan is given by thle ,,sRecord:- There is a general concurrence of ophilon as to the I necessity ofatn union lin the Church against Tractarianaggres- ...

... THE GREAT IMPOSITION ON ALL NATIONS FOR I 1850. t TO JOHN BULL. The following are some of the most recent articles sent in for exhibition, and will doubtless command a ready sale:- A Pacificatory Protocol-by Lord Palmerston-peculiarly irare. A model Constitution from Erfart-sixteenth edition, with variations-from an unknown contributor. A Seventh Point to the Charter-with a lock of Cuffy's . ...