... 'OOEAYN PEITAriNY POSTA GE BAZAAR. A bazaar was opened at Manchester, yesterday, which promises to augment the funds necessary for carrying i ont the movement very considerably. The ocean penny postage, as it is termed, means, of course, a threepenny postage-a penny for freight across the deep and a penny at either end of the voyage for inland transmission; and a large expenditure is necessary ...

... TUE Ali1'-UNION.--I)1SThIBU ION OF PRIZES. Thu tseeiversar'v mneeting of the subscribers to this Ln ao'dtv w' be .C3etcadaj-, at the Lyceumll 'beatre, for the .citeiit the report of the council, and distri- i Itlgthe ?? MoINI EAGLIc prsiet f the T ?? wsolbtrg t'daco of ladies anti gentlemen, Ta- thi ?? u,o quite So eunacrous as an former orsasloac. T mr. ut .vf cc, 'll. S., read the report, of ...

... 1MPE RIALJ PARLIAMEN T bring HOUSE OF LO-RDS.-FicTDAY, A~rIL 22. tbinlg The LORDt CR.`x.,rL1ciRt oak hi s-at at 5o'cl~ek. Yi~ PETI rIONS P'JIJSE NTED. CLERGY 1L~1,iyliS (CA'NAiDA) StLL-fly thle Ea rl Of first ti CLEiBY, from ovraE pac the Bishop of 110O uponl I CUESTERi, fromI thep. Society' for tlte Propagation of tehre Gespi in Foreign lert-', and lb B shops of Qachec a nd f~or hII Tt tonto ...

... T~lr I .1iMNUFACTURtE OF FLAX., At the~~-cl meting, of this body field lasl ee-~ni-i, M\r. 1i. s-s ca-IecLNSoS, 31.P., in ~the chair, ain in-S5 t-r.st5C! fasi r on ree,,nt improvemesnts ii the tiarissftc- bi *-c was relby ?? Wilsona, ?? I-in cil,51 It the lieiultural College at Cirenceester. Atr Ieetan thI appearan'ce of thle growilig plant, its 3C t'i-ut of Iutivirilant thc mode of reaping, ...

... DUBLIN; APRIL 9. Their Excellencies the Earl and Countess of St., Germans entertained a large and distinguisbed-party at dinner nt the Castle last evening. The vice-regal lodge, Plumnix Park, will becomeh the residence for the season, of their excellencies, after this day, the 9th inst. . l The weathe r hns a gain become broken, and during this day it has rained almost incessantly, hut the ...

... 1I1ER1IAL PARLIAMENT. HIOUSE OF LOIIDS.-FrIDAY, APRIL 29. The Loitm itScCLU took his scat at 5 o'eleck. I FEll rioNS PRESE-NTTED. MALT01N1 ELECTION,-By Lord miONT EAGLE, from N altoi), cnitapleittino of tito ?? of thle election corn- !nittee of the other lsitise. -y odSY n jr wioss ii ssastt BILLt-y Lod AY nd SELE, ?? places; the Earl of CAlLISLL~, frons titeMayor, Alde~rmen, and ...

... COATFERBBNCE' ON THE STATE, IOF M' ERCA.Y- TIL LAW[.I A conference of deputies from all the great sea- ports, end from many of the manufacturing towans is to be held in the offices of the' Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, on Thursdav and Friday next, when the following proposi- tions are to be submitted. 1. That the grievances under which the trade and com- merce of this country labour, in ...

... (BY LECTRIC TELEGRArSH.) PARIS, TxcURSDAn EVENING. t The Jlioniteutr of to-day contains the following:-t Efforts are being made to persuade the public that I the government intends proposing a modification in a the tivil portion of the marriage ceremony. There t is no foundation for the rumour. The experience of 60 years has confirmed the wisdom of our civil legis- F latictit that important ...

... E'ECTIO E.XPOSU.RIES. .8, ' ; j a, ' : . i, ?? v,v. -. ?? .. - TAUNW$N. ?? .1R. K~ILLS UJNSE ATED. d; Yeaterday ...

... TlHlE TAX ON ADVERTISEMIENTS. To-NIGhIT M~r, MILNE2B GIBSON is to bring under the notice of Parliamenlt the branch of taxation that bears peculiarly on1 th e press. On the present occa- sion he is to place the subject before the House. of Commons in three divisions--first, the -Advertise- ment Tax, then Paper Tax, then Stamrp Tax. The mere fact of the existence of this treble taxation on a ...

... YMI ITA] Y. __ __ t (PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.) WAR-OFFICE, AnRaL 8. 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Major John Daniel Dyson to be lihuteuant-colonel, by purchase, vice Arthur, who retire;s Captain Edwards Dyson to be major, by purchase, vice John Daniel Dyson; Lieutenant Frank Chaplin to be captain, by purchase, vice Edwards Dyson; Cornet James Swinbarne to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice ...

... 1,0X.2790X U1?SDAY, A PR.21. IN the HOUSE of COaMMOxa yesterday, the fl^,EN- CElLLOR o'f the EXCHEQUERt stated that soem figures which appeared in the printed resolutions relative to the importation of soap wvere erroneous, it being the intention of the government that the import duty should cease with the excise duty on that article. The Public-houses (Scotland) Bill passed through committee, ...