... TmIs is a stupid work, thought Jack, I may have more fun outside: so Jack put on his cloak, left the masquerade, and went out in search of adventures. Ho walked into the open country about half-a-mile, until he eame unto a splendid house, standing in a garden of orange trees, which he determined to reconnoitre. He observed that, a window was open, and lights were in the room; and he ...

... ;ffJCegn h1trIifigntm. A M ERIC A. ARRIVAL OF THrE EUlRtOPA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDIENT.) LivrurooL, MoxDtv.-We received New York papers and advices to the 11th, inclusive, and Boston to the 12th inst., by the arrival of the steam ship Europa, at this port, yesterday afternoon. The Europa had upwards of sixty passengers, and silver specie on board to the amount of £15,000 sterling. A large ...

... br -Iresx5 MINISTERIAL DEFEAT ON LORD DUN - CAN'S MOTION.-A LEGISLATIVE ATN- ARCHY. (From the Times.) GOVERN~mNT again in a. minority! The butt has only been set on one. end to be knocked down again. All the agonies-of the Ministerial crisis have merely given us a target for ambitious or disaffected Re- formers to -try theit' 'skill upon. Mr. Locke. King scored two to one against his political ...

... Bailwag I'lltdii-qcnce. DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLMN RAILWAY. Taue half-yearly general ineeting of this company was held on Friday, at the Company's office, Talbot-street; Dublin, the chair was takei ?? Digges Latoucho, Esq. The report stated that debentures to the amount of £25,101, hearing ihterest at 5 per cent. had been issued to contractors to whoim the company were in- debted. The ansount ...

... EXTENSION OF THE , CIVIL JURISDIC ON OF IRISH ASSISTANT-BARRISTERS. | IT will be seen by the Parliamentary report of Thurs- day, that the second reading of the very important bill, introduced into the Commons by the Irish At- torney-General, for extending the jurisdiction of As- ?? in Ireland, has been postponed to a future day. We are not sorry for this; the measure being of such a nature ...

... THE DIVISION ON TIWE ECCLESIASTICAL TITLES BILL, (Fronm COrrespondent of illil.) As regards the Irish members, 50 voted against the bill-of those, 33 were Roman Catholics; 32 voted for tile second reading; 21 did not vote, and Dungarvan was vacant-or, rather, the hon. member had not talken his seat. The analysis of the minority may be taken as follows:=- ' - Roman Catholics ?? 36 Irish ...

... I OUR NAVAL DEFENCES.-A NEW ARGU- MENT FOR THEIR INCREASED EFlrFI- CIENCY. I LORD JoiiN RUSSEiL is, occasionally, the very soul of candour; but the cases in which this virtue is more especially observable in him are those wherein frank- ness comes too late for forewarning, andi ?? serves to illustrate the mischief which has been e&f'ected by the absence of candour at the time when it was most ...

... TIHE POPE'S BRIGADE IN TIHE IMPERIAL PARLIAME NT. IT may well strike an inexperienced observer with surprise that so small a party at.that which is repre- sented by the o Irish vote, in the House of Com- mons, should, as is boastfully alleged, have thepower to make and unmake Ministers, as the famous Earl of Warwick is said to have had the power to make and unmake Kings. This is, however, a ...

... I LECTURE BY PROFESSOR CRAIK ON THE I BRITISH CONSTITUTION. ON Wednesday evening, pursuant to announcement, a very interesting lecture, on the British Constitution, was ?? Craik, of the Belfast Queen's College, before a numerous audience, in the Music Hall, in aid of the funds of the Working-Classes As- sociation. The Presidentof the Queen's Coll6ge acted as chairman on the occasion, and ...

... A Bill to provide for the better Distribution, Support, and Management of Medical Charities in Ireland; and to amend an Act of the Eleventh Year of her Majesty, to provide forthe Execution of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor in Ireland. ,Prepared and brouight in by Sir William Somerville and Mr; Attorney-General for Ireland.) run preamble ?? it is expedient to ?rovide for the better ...

... RICH AND POOR.-MASTER AND SERVANT. As Violanto became more familiar with her new home, and those around her became more familiar with Vio- lante, she was remarked for a certain stateliness of manner and bearing, which, had it been less evidently natural and inbhorn, would, haye seemed misplaced in the daughter of a forlorn exile, and would have been rare at so early an age among children of ...

... SCOTTISH AMICABLE LIFE ASSURANCE ' SOCIETY. I Tis: annual meeting of the directors and members of the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society was held on Thursday, March 20, in the office, Buchanan Street, Glasgow. Mr. Graham Russell, the senior director present, occupied the chair. Mr. SrnNS, the manager, read the following report by; the directors In presenting their annual statement, the ...