... TiHE MORNING CHRONICLE. LONDON: THIIURSDA Y, APRIL 21, 1853. In the HousE of COMMONS, yesterday, The CHIANCELLOIR of the EXOnEQuER called atten- tion to an inaccuracy in the resolutions, which made it appear that the soap duty was not to be entirely removed. It was his intention that the duty on the importation of foreign soap should cease altogether when the excise duty was remitted at home. ...

... I jIIORA770 CHBROIC'LE OFFICE, I ?? 12, SVoonl. EXPRESS FROMI PARIS. [FrOit our, OWN COItRRESPONDENT.] PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Conslitutionnel of this morning contains au article on the differences which have arisen betweein Austria and Piedmont on the subject of the seques- tration of the property of the Lombard uzipt~s, in which it eudeavours to defend the part taken by the French ...

... .rHE MORNING CHRONICLE. 4 LONDON: MONDAY, APRIL 18, 185S. The financial proposals of the Government will be known throughout the kingdom in a few hours, and it is needless to dwell on the importance of questions which are exciting universal attention and curiosity. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcuEQuErl is perfectly able to explain the grounds of justice and expediency which may have determined his ...

... BO YAL ASIATIC SOCIE PY. APRIL 16,-Lord Ashburton, president, in the chair. Professor F6rbes Boyle, M.D., delivered a lecture on the products of India known to the ancients. In leotures previously delivered, it had been shown that many of the arts and manufactures had been practised at very early periods by the Hindus and other ancient nations, and that India possessed mineral, vegetable, and ...

... An adjourned special meeting of the members of the In- stitute of Actuaries was held on Tuesday evening, at the offices, 12, St. James's-square, for the purpose of consider- ing, with reference to the pending parliamentary inquiry, the present state of life assurence offices, and whether any measures should be taken thereon to promote their welfare and stability ; Mr. Finlayson, chairman of ...

... INCORPORATED SOCIETY for PROMO- fTING the ENLARGEMENT, BUILDING, and REPAIRING of CHURCHES and CHAPELS. This society met on Monday last, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury in the chairs There were also present his Grace the Archbishop of York, EArl Howe, the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Worcester, St. Asaph, and Liandaff; the Rev. Sir Charles Farnaby, Bart., the Right Hlon. Sir John ...

... [FiOl1 OUR OWN COR1ESPONDENT.] DUBLIEN, SATURDAY. Farmers are complaining of the advance of wages, trisiing from the scarcity of labourers, and meau- Nhile the exodus continues on as great a scale as tver. But still the labourer is poorly paid, as com- pared with the rates prevailing in England and Scotland. In the county of Kilkenny, for example, it is stated that the average payment per ...

... JLECZION COMMITIEES. BARNSTAPLE. SIlR W5L. F'RASERt AND 31R. DREMRISDGE UNSEATED. The committee in this case met again yesterday zvorning the Hon. I. 0. Stasdev in the chair. 31r. J. C. Clav nod Mr. George E. Ringson, agents of Lord ' Ebrington, bnd Mr. Bencraft, town clerk of Barwsttaple, were examined witb the view to proving agency on the part of several parties whose snames had been ...

... MORNING C'HRONIC'LE OFFICE, Wednesday, 12, Noon. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. If we were to judge of the state of affairs in France by the Paris journals, we should be tempted to believe that there never was a period of more calm than the present, and never a nation more satisfied with its Government than France. Look to the journals-they have ...

... ELECION MVICOMTIEES. COCKERMOUTH. The committee assembled again yesterday morning, when Sir WV. Riddell proceeded to sum up the evidence adduced for the petitioners. He relied mainly on the cases of Graves, Dempqter, and Smethurst. Graves, he said, had been carried off, onl the eve of the election, in a beastly state of intoxication, with the knowledge and consent of Mr. Aglionhy, to prevent ...

... MORNING CHRONICLE OFFICE, Tuesday, 12, Noon. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. Letters from Turin of the 15th state that as soor as the Sardinian Government learned that ths Austrian Cabinet was determined not to giv( a satisfactory reply to its demands with re spect to the sequestration of the propert3 of the lnzigr6s from Lombardy, who have be come ...

... UNI VERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 16. PRoFEnssOISiP OF NATURAL PHILOsOPny.-The electors to the Sedleian professorship, viz., the Vice-Chancellor, the President of Magdalen College, and the Warden of All Souls' College, have appointed the Rev. Bartholomew Price, M.A., fellow, tutor, bursar, and junior dean of Pembroke College, to the Professorship of Natural Philosophy, vacant by the ...