... 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. ...

... 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 ...

... .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 ...

... 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 ...

... IRELA ND. [FROM OUR OW?{ CORRESPONDENT,] DUBLIN, SATURDAY. There is now au active movement amongst the advocates of tenaut-right, in Ulster, who, whilst pressing their claims with earnestness, do not seem disposed to fall into the old error of intemperate clamour. The wost remarkable feature in the pre- sent movement is, the apparent separation of the Uster people from the League party in ...

... ARlCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. The customary monthly meeting of this society took place sA their apartnieots in Suffolk-street, on February 4; Mr. Edward Hawkins, ?? in the chair. Lord Talbot de M1alahide, president of the institute, sent a reportof the progress of tite arrangements connected with the Idustrial Exhibition iR Dublin, with the object of corn- ?? ith that great display of productions ...

... -4- [FROM OUR OWN COBRESPONDENT.] PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING. On Monday next the Session of the Legislative corps is to be opened with a message from the Emperor, in which the Chief of the State will give an account of the present positiof of the country, and at the same time give a sketch of the ?? which will be submitted to the Legislature. This message will be delivered not Ie during the ...

... ANNUAL MIEETING OF 7HE ilfANCHEbS- I TE]R C0AMBA]?R OF COMMERCE. The annual meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Com- merce was held on Monday at the Town-hall, Mr. Bazley, the president of the board of direction, in the chair. Mr. BAZLEY, in opening the proceedings, said that, fortu- nately, during the year just ended the great community of which they formed a part had been in a state of ...

... ONJ VERSITY JNTELLIGEACE. + OXFORD, Fs3. 15. In the Convocation to be holdeti on Thursday uext, the 17th instant, at ten o'clock, the nrninationo of the Rev. George Marshall, M.A., studeot of Christ Church ; the Rev, Rowland Muckleston, M.A., fellow of Worcester College; Montague Bernard, ?? Trinity College, to tel office of Examiners for the Hertford Scholarship fer the prernoticon of Latin ...

... JE WISH DISABILI TIES, HOUSE OF COMMOMS-THURSlys . Motion made, and question put, That this Hlouse ,io tes! ve it,,. into a Committee, to take into consideration certac' CivJ Dl J:. lities affecting the Jews :-(Lord John Ituisell). Tll divided; Ayes 234, Noes 205. AYES. Adair, H E Duff, GS geatilln,R p-ice, l;P Alcock, T Duff, J Keating, If S iti,canlo, I) Anderson, Sir J Duffy, C G Kennedy ...