... LINNEAN SOCU1TY. A meeting of this society was held on the 1st instant, Mr. Robert Brown, president, in the chair. Mr. Daniel Oliver, jun., and Mr. William Thomson were elected fellows. A paper was read, On Venation, as a generic character in the Ferns; with observations on the genus Hewardia, J. Smith, and Cionidium, Moore; by Mr. Thomas Moore, ?? curator of the Botanic Garden, Chelsea. ...

... .IBTROPOLZTAN COMMI'SSION OF SE WE RS. Yesterday a special Court of Sewers was held at the Court- house, Greek-street, Soio, for the purpose of receiving the annual statement and account for the year ending Deoember, 1852, and for the transaction of general business. Mr. R. Jebb occupied the chair; and Sir C. Fellowes, Messrs. G. Baker, J. Hawkshaw, W. Hoskings, H. R. Hunt, and G. Spencer ...

... OPENING OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE ON SUNDA YS. Ans adjourned meeting of the working classes in favour of the above object was held yesterday evening at Drury-lane Theatre, when a gnod, but not overflowing, audience was in attendance. Mr. Mayhew, who was to have taken the chair, being absent, Mr. Prideaux, a cabinet-maker, was delegated to tite presidency. Representatives of various classes of ...

... lheABBA TE DE COL under PENANCE TOT11i EDITOR oF Tnts MORNING CHRONICLE. ec St is very probable your Engtiele readers may bave t eard enough about the aroh impostor who was sent to us } fN Itaiy last year, and who, after a series of frauds and w r'ere5, which have already been exposed in-your columns, sros preparing himself, by a course of discipline in the Alps, for the ghostly absolution of ...

... The MASTER of the CHARTER HOUSvfI TO TEE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE SIR-It is well known to old Carthusians that the UV remains of Good old Thomas Sutton, their ancient bt factor, used for many years to lie, wrapped up it sheet I? on the top of a pile of coffins in the Charter ?? Tal The present master, to avoid the removal of the foull body whenever a new burial took place, has set uP ...

... MHE MORNING CHRONICLE. LONDON: SATU4?D.Y, FBBIRUARY 26, 1853. la the HousE of LORDS last night, The Earl of ELLEN.BoROUGH presented a petition from certain native inhabitants of Madras praying for a redress of grievances, which principally arose from excessive taxation, and the delay and expense of the courts of law. The petitioners suggested a variety of reforms for the improvement of the ...

... IMPERJAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF L.ORDS-ThVeDAY. Their Lordships met to.day for the first time after the re- cess. A considerable number of peers were in attendance, although,judginsg from the sounds which constantly pro, ceeded from the body of the house, most of them oere suffering, more or less, from the prevailing epidemic. The new Lord Chancellor, Lord Crauworth, however, looked *ehl, and ...

... On Thursday, the 3d inst., Dr. W. B. Bexileld (Mus. Bao. Ox(,, Mus. Dr. Camb.) gave the first lecture of his course On the present state of Music in England. The subject was church music, the different classes of which were treated under the denominations subjoined-chants, psalm tunea, chorales, services, anthems, sanctuses, responses, masses, voluntaries. Various examples of these were per ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY. Their lordshi Ps met at five o'clock, The Esrl of DERBY presented several petitions from the members of mechanics' institutes, praying for a cheap dis- tribution of parliamen.tary papers. Similar petitions were presented by Lord STANLEY (of Alderlev). from Norwich and Macclerlield. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions in favour of an extension of county courts. LAW 01F ...

... . EFROM OUR 6WN COnRESPONlDENT.1 ; -. DIDBLIN, MONDAY MrmNING. The provincial journals, received this morning, havfe two remarkable features in their intelligence- the:extreme severity of the weather, and the enor- mous extent of the emigration, whicli proceeds on a vast scalb, even -Whilst the roads nre deeply covered with snow, and, the temperature is so low that trees ?? been killed by the ...

... WYINDSOR, Frm. 9. h1ir had the honour of dining with ler Majesty fte f° ler R Highness the Duchess of Kent, her ei§ ile - the Prince-is Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the !- JighlII11 tilop 1i canterbury, the Duke and Duchess of Wel- Arb t ?? iu ?? to the Duchess of Bent, the de Speth, Lady Caroline Barrington, Viscount Fl e, ard Sir James Graham. 2^tijd -of the 2d Life Guards attended in the Castle ...

... SACRED HARMONIC SOC1ETY. HAODEL'S oratorio of Judas Maccabeus was one of the promised revivals during the present season, of the opening programme, and on Friday evening the pledge was fulfilled by cue of the most satisfactory, complete, rnd brilliant perform. ances which the Society has ever given. With the work in question another flandelian revival was announced, but not then named, and we ...