... DINNER AND TESTIMONIAL TO JOHN MATTHEWS, ESQ. FACTOR TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. A proposal having been set on foot to present testimonial to John Matthews, Esq-, who has lately been appointed factor Sir Robert Peel, a handsome silver breakfast service, and some ...

... some discussion, the motion was withdrawn. Sir R. Inglis, in moving for papers connected with the expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin and his companions, strongly urged the Government to lose nc time in resuming the search, suggesting some subsidiary ...

... altogether to 21. The Marquis of made statement regard to the recall of the French Ambassador similar to that made by Lord John Russell as given below. The bills upon the table were advanced a stage, and at six o'clock the house adjourned for the Whitsuntide ...

... the issue of which could not be doubtful to any reflecting mind. The noble lord resumed his seat amid great applause. Mr Grattan, a very discursive speech, opposed the motion. Mr Conolly, while prepared to concede the free toleration of their religion ...

... having absconded to avoid the service of the Speaker's warrants, and that they be committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms. This motion was agreed to. Lord J. Russell moved that, on and after Ist May, orders the day should have precedence of notices ...

... ecclesiastical debate, in which Horsman. with his usual courage and severity, insisted answers to his probing questions, rose Lord John Russell, when the order of the day was read. To those who had been present when his first great speech was delivered, five ...

... took position near the throne. There were altogether about 100 peers the house. Besides those already mentioned, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Abinger, Lord Beaumont, the Marquis of Winchester, Lord Redesdale, &c, &c. At two o'clock, by which time all the company ...

... murdered near the celebrated Ballingarry, in the county Tipperary. After a stormy scene in the Dublin Town Council, in which Mr John Reynolds played an active part, Mr Alderman Kinahan has been elected Lord Mayor. Sporting authorities a? that the wetness of ...

... its place some other mode of secondary punishment. The subject then dropped. THE LORD-LIEUTENANCY OF IRELAND. The Earl of Cardigan called the attention of the house to the absurdity of continuing the office of Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland now that England ...

... niece to the great Henry Grattan. It is stated that the total loss the Great Southern and Western Company will sustain by the late fearful accident at Straffan will not be less than £80,000. The office of Ulster King-at-Arms has been conferred on the ...

... the season: namely, Mr John Pattie, Jock’s Thorn, president ; Mr Chr. Halliday, Dykehead, vice-ditto ; Mr Jolin Stark, schoolmaster, secretary and treasurer ; Messrs John Pattie, Chr. Halliday, John Halliday, Robert Graham, John ‘Thorburn, James Heard ...

... remarkable specimen of trial by jury which took place in 1846, at the Cardigan assizes. A gardener named John Cure sued Edward Lloyd Williams, Esq. of Gwernant, the county of Cardigan, for an alleged balance of money d„ e to him for wages while that gentleman's ...