... I ?? laPRESENTATION OF REQUISITION TO mn elWILLIAMI WILLANS, EsQ. vi lilaccordance withiour intima,,tioni of Saturday *~the cotonittee for Conducting the ealection of this gell . tlenian met en Mslndayevesiugnweek,atidappoin~teda depo- ntationi to wait upon hist, eil his returtt fromt London, to present thle requisition. 'lThe gentlemten selected %wore F dSchiwanm, Thus. Ilallintson, Wriglt ...

... kOREIGN NEWS. rep FRANCE. t PARIS, Friday.1Mornin.Q. Co] *'The Monitesar publishes the law on Administrative Coan ni t aeiigation. i eetd The decree of 211th March, 1848, ore clubs,Isrpae, , * .rticle 13th excepted, which prohibits secret societies. A decree regulates the disciplinary system of the mer- Chn ay The Government candidate is beaten at Lyons by 5,000 UPO ,vote& ?? On Thursday, a ...

... (From Mr. Ludlow's Third Lecture of the ' Rela- tions of Capital and Labour,') When we noticed Mr. Ludlow's able and interesh- ing lectures lately, we promised to give the full and excellent account of the manner in which Trades' disputes are settled in France, at least in some districts, We now redeem that promise. The French ' Conseils de Prudhommes offer the ex- ample of a process ...

... MR. SaMITU O'BnIeN, &c.-The following, from a New York journal, has appeared in the Dublin newspapers:- As we are going to press we learn that orders have been issued for the release of the Irish state prisoners, Smith O'Brien, John Mitchell, and their companions: subject, however, to the condition that they are not to set foot in the United Kingdom. Particulars in our ?? York Trurhtefler. ...

... THE ANTI-MILIT[A AGITATION. The Militia Bill, as we anticipated, is growing more and more unpopular; the middle classes, true, to their monetary instincts, denounce it, on the plea of an increased agitation the working classes, because they have nothing to fight or. Give them an interest in the country and you need not rear but they will defend it. Numerous meetings have been held in London ...

... Paris abounds with palaces and public buildings, freely accessib'e to the penpin, to which we have no- tbing in the British metropolis equal, either in beauty or extent ; yet not content with the existing provi. sion for the recreation and the comfort of the inhabi- tants, a decree has just appeared, by which a Crystal Palace, on the model of Sir J. PAXTON4's building, is to he erected in the ...

... Public faretiogo. ENROLMENT OF THE- MILITIA. A public meeting of the inhabitantorof Mile-end; Stepney d&c., took place on Wednesday evening, March the Slst, at the Beaumont Irstitution, for the pvrrose of pro testing against the proposed embodiment of the militia. WMr. Tohn Scoble presided. le observed that ther subject Oas scat ccly second in importance to any that could be-dis- cusseid. ...

... ciprtiot Inteuisentt. NATIONAL CHARTE R ASSOCIATION. The Executive Committee held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday evening last, when a discussion took place relative to the present position of its finances; and a desire was expressed that, as the liabilities had been reduced to a small amount, that two or threeweeks, at farthest, would enable the Com- mittee to conclude its mission with ...

... gorriffit he IS WRECK OF TrE STEAMER PORTO.-OPORTo, March 30. an -A most lamentable occurrence in the loss of the steamer is Porto (Portuguese) has thrown this city into the greatest consternation, all her passengers (thirty-six in number) a, bavingperished, and only seven of her crew saved. That unfortunate vessel sailed from this on Sunday morning for of Lisbon, and from some cause or ...

... - Tent EXODUS -The flight of the population from the d souh is thus described by the Clonmel Chronicle:- h , The tide of emigration has set in this year more strongly than ever it has within our memories. During the winter n months we used to observe solitary groups wending their I way towards the sea coa.it, but since the season opened (and t a most beautiful one it is) these groups have ...

... PARLIAMENTARY PRO8P ' | In looking forward to the next EleoLioll, ful man can fail to be struck with the sup transitory natureof the main questiOD parties will join issue. The New Pan' settle nothing that is not already settled, from the very nature of the circulnm which it will be elected-be wholly tuable any new or comprehensive policy. Tie I nistry is a provisional one, in spite of its to ...

... Mp probintefs. in LIVERPOOL HHAtS CONsATLAasnwr.-At a special meeting IC Of tile Watch Committee on Saturday last, Captain Greig, in for nine. years print auijutant and paymaster of the pen- ie sioners in Liverpool, was appointed to the head Constable- 9. shp of Liverpool, ti'ee Mr. Dowling. Theie were several ,h other military applicants, but his principal opponent was a in M1r. Bighamn, a ...