... TU23- LA-T I-IAL1~'-E- - -- TfIl LAST HIALF-CENTURY. nage |1L p 000; N.I flea- WHATEVER other good may have been, or may be here- this after, produced by the Great Exhibition, we have one islal- valuable specimen of its fruits before us in the shape of U or! the Reports of the Juries on the subjects of the thirty tion classes into which the Fxhibition was divided. These 1 reports form a ...

... ~~~~ - . A Aftn1 ToE expense of the Diplomatic Service has been often an complained of by the financial reformers in this coun- on try, and indeed not without reason. The American go- an Terapent seems to have thought the matter worth at- th tention, and, whether with a view to the reduction of co] the emoluments of its representatives abroad, or for any cis ether object, we are not informed, ...

... POOR LAWV BOARD. the THE seventh annual report of the Board of Supervision I has been published. It bears the date of August, but 9f treats of the year ending May 14. It does not contain `1 much interesting information. but such as we find we Itg may as well lay before our readers. the Since the date of. last report, 18 parishes, which had. wi previously raised their funds for the relief of ...

... T ._ qD:I.' nI)A U-? 1l;.1 cvorz Ovronj).-Tbe Right H-on. Edward Cardorell, president of the Board of Trade iii the now Administration, 1 was ellec ted onl Tuosday, without oppos-ition, a representativo for C the city of Oxford, in the room of Sir W, Page Wood, who has al recenitly bonappointed a ViceChnel. UNeIVERSITY OF OXFORD.-Tihe nomination took place onl T'eassioy. Tho Rev. Dr Hawkins, ...

... A GRI CULTURE. Adttl~if~TURE:ITS PAST AND ITS FUTURE I pOLITICALLY CONSIDERED. ~ s~e ornen ent of a new -year it may not be unin- or uninteresting to look back on the events of Pwrict through which we have lately passed, in their enL i the, interests of agriculture, and to consider v. iut licaltions the present aspect of affairs affords ais 4 ,s fulture prospects, of the cultivators of the ...

... I- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~fe( lie if ~~~~ENGlLAND. to to A Cabinet Council wvas heldI on Thurs9d ay afternoon at the ,r Foreigni Office, Downing Street. The Ministers present were- ha k tl]C E1arl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chisncollor~ Lord Granvill~, tile de, qDuke of Argyll, thle Marquis. of LansdownRO, Viscount Peluer. wi n ston, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancel. pa is ...

... - ad COURT OF SassIoze.-The Court - of Session resumned lfut An id sittings on Tuelsday, after the Christmas recess. 7o SOLICITOR-GEN-ERAL FRo Vris reots sif have been current as to tht filling upl of this office; and in con- 5ueotion with thea appointment, the namnes of several gentlemen, - ,well known for their Conservative principles, lhno been men- re, tioned. All douht on the subjdct, ...

... ued At an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of 1 nu the Midland Great Western Railway Company, held in Dubliu ire; on Tuesday, it was agreed to purchase the Grand Canal. The the price -aid'is £316,000, aud the original cost of the canal was be- two mtillions. the . LONDON AND NThrI-s-WESTERN RAILWAY.-It is asserted I is by 'sme who have gone into the calculation that this ...

... , N A | t ATI2 LiBUTENAiTt-GENERAL BUrRRELL, C.B. - In th lY our paper of the 12th inst. we shortly annonnced ;he death of do at tlis allant snd distingrilshed -officer. He entered the service Tb .2. as Ensign, February 4, 1797 . Lieutenant, May 3, 1797; Capt, i asM. March 28 180'; Major, April 30, 1807; Lieutenant-Colonel, tl, es June 4, 1813; Colonel, July 30, 1830; Mejor-General, Nov. cla a ...

... TIHE IRISH BRIGADE. ny InIsti Politicians have discovered the advantage of ggita- gir yvetion, but they seem to have overlooked the fact that it is Ime, he only at distant intervals that a true agitator is to be per he met with. Such men as Grattan and O'Connell are not eVe en of the every-day crop of Irish orators. They rise with e se- great occasions; and without a great cause, even the f . ...

... HARBOUR COMIMISSIONERS. 1l~tiuf of tie I-T liosa Bard was ho~ld On 1Moiaday-tbe Tit 1'losoT explained to the meieting that they hall been a1 bvetel lierit that inconlven ient hour (12 o'clock), as the do- y1 t1l tl a~iit would be laid before them had been received only it c:,letiray~ nl'Igh, and because-it was desirable the Board should I 154eiry 1e1cle acqiiainted wvithi their contents,. bc ...

... EXECUTION OF GEOP.GE CHRISTIE. 05 Os the morning of Thrursdlay lest, thig wretcir~d individural explirteri, onl the scaffold in front. of the Town-Hoeso here, the it horrid crime of the murders of Mrs Rosas and her gr-aridhijld, Inear IKittybrewster, onl the 4tb October lest. iSince receivingiris sentence be-fore thle High Court of itisti- ciery, onl tile 23d ult,, Christie lied conducted ...