... ?? -:)aO-nuon. WEDNESDAY, MAY S, 1860. It appears fronm a printed parliamentary paper that there are 190 loain societies existing, all of which, except aSIC in Wales, are in England. The number of applies- tions for loans in 1849 mas no fewer than 69,642, of vbich number loans were made to 56,710. M. Halvy, the celobrated composer, arrived on Wed- iesdav fromu Paris, to superintend the ...

... Fralail;' 'an 0a@ftte. 1 LonD CIIAX5BE]1LAtI S OFFICE, MAY 9. hc Notice is blrcby given that her Majesty's Birthday hI vill be celebrated on M educsdav next, the 5lith inst. IV BAN KRtPTS. am DAt, Ricld, and Joseph Brown,Covent-gardefl, coach ar lace makers PTsntATT, Edward, Park-vi'lage wet, Regent's-park, of adveerishig agent tE 11OLLANIU, Join, ('Cveetry, builder al HAYHURST, Wrni., Li ...

... THE:QuarEN.-The following bulletin of Her Majesty's health was issued on Wednesday:- Buckingham Palace, May 8, 1850, 9 a.m. el The Queen and the infant Prince continue well. h JAMES CLARK, M.D.V CRALES LococK, M.D. V ROnERT FERGUSON, M.D. 2 Her Majesty's recovery is so far advanced that no I more bulletins will be issued. ql We are sorry to announce the indisposition of the Lord 5 ...

... MilSCEL L A NEOUS. THE GREAT EXit1BITION Or 185I.-At a public mneeting of the inhabitants of Alarylebone, last week, to pjomoote this ?? Portman in the Chair, Mr. Cobden salid, A referring to the jealousy lest our markets be glutted. by fomrign products-quite aii error, as the show will not be at bazaar-he was prepared to make a statement that would relnove all fears. It was, that there wos a ...

... ENGLANI'S' GOOD NAME.-Our late proceedings in Greece have induced foreign notions to make a little alteration in our anational nickname, by adding a letter to it. Inatead of calling us John Bllu1, they now everywhere style us John ?? Aberneth,, the eminent surgeon, used to tell his scholars that all humaen maladies arose from two causes-stuffing and fretting. Why were there no postage labels ...

... IIPfUUAiL PARLIAM ENT. HOUSE OF CoMMDONS.-~TIURSDAS- iai petitions were presenrted agairirst Sunday labour in tile rsrii pol st-olice by, lord H-othaln, frorn the East Riding of York ole shire ;by Mr. Chiristo)llicr, from Lincolnsehire ;by tlie Alcock, fromt Senostl . Towvn ,and Wrrndsworth ;by Lor-d s0p Gaiwnv, from tire Pairish of Grove, in tila huiidred of Bia.'vt- ?? law ;'by Lord Marich, ...

... P1RIiVTEJS' PENSION SOCIETY. The anniversary festival of this valuable society, which has for its object the relief of aged and infirm printers and their w-idows, wms yesterday held at the London Tavern ; Mr. Frederick Peel, M.P., in the chair. The cloth leaving been removed, after an excellent dinner, The Queen, Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family were ...

... LONDON: M ONDAY, Al Y 13, 1860. The late intelligence from Athens will have been received with a satisfaction only alloyed by the dis- agreeable reminiscences which must always hang over this episode in the history of the foreign policy of Great Britain. We have had to wade through a good deal of mire-but, thank Heaven I we are out of it at last. Neither are we quite insensible to the ...

... ve VONDON: 9- IVEDYU2.SDA, ASSAY 8, 1850. so e- o In. the HOUSE of LonDS, last night, after the shi presentation of a number of petitions, the Indern- nity Bill was read a third timenand passed, and the tn Process and Practice (Ireland) Bill was reported. of Earl NELSON postponed the second reading of the o Foreign Chaplaincies Bill until after Whitstntbie. s The Marquess of LANSDOWNE ...

... OXFORD, 1MAY 7. The following remarks on the proposed Royal Commission of inquiry into the state of the Universities, have been ex- tensively circulated:- Cuncti se scire fatentur - sed dicere inussant. The Royal Commission announced by the Prime Minister has been already denounced in various quarters on several grounds. 1. As an insidious and ?? attempt to extort, by a kind of moral ...

... FOREIGN -INTELLIGENrEu FRANCE. PARIS, TmURSDAY. The tribunes of the assembly were crowded yesterday at an early hour in expectation of the electoral law. M. Eugene Sue took his seat and was the object of general attention. The hon. member'placed himself on the same bench with Messrs. Vidal and De Flotte, with both of whom he cordially shook hands. M. Sue is a pleasant, jovial-looking, dark ...

... . 8 The follow ing extracts are taken from one of' the editorial articles iln the Iris m'n, headed- -a 7. ~, ?? I - I. I I . * . 0 -Whenever ]iberty,' iaving passed her 'minority, II arrived at full age, and sat' down 'to reign over man r in a goodly maturity, shall send her inspired penmian . to write her biogrsphy and to trace the gradual U progless bywhich civihsation in one .stage chained ...