... M ISCELL AN BOUS. luther's Childhoo(.-TIie habits and manners of I that time were generally harsh and rude, and so Was c his education. Luther relates thlat his mother once 0 scourged him till the blood came, on ?? of one a mi.serable nut; that his father liad punished him so t; severely that it was withi great difficulty he could get 1 over the child's terror and alienationl. At school lie 1, ...

... . FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 15. Lord Brongham's Scotch Law of Evidence Bill was read a third time, and passed the House. of Commons A- A fn 1 O t 1 ' A A 8 MA.-nnA* sa n'ewA n* I on Monday, with amendments. These amendments vwill require the sanction of the Upper Horiso before the measure receives the Royal assent and becomes law. On Tuesday, the Canada Reserves Bill was read and passed, by 80 ...

... The following are the receipts of railways for the past week:- HIiles opened, - ia.Dic Returns. NA31e OF RAILWAYe. - 1853. 1852. 1853. 1852. 72J 72k Aberdeen . ..639 £140.9 37S 37j, Beltast ond Ballymon ?? 702 710 92 32 BirkenheoadLsncslkiro&Uhkeshi J Fuction ., , ,, 1717 1782 26k 26k Bflrok'rn ?? . 84k 84j Bsiatol and Exeter . . 4615 4343 1831 189' Caledonsian .. 8855 7775 94 94J Chester lntd ...

... HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY, A'RIL 12. The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. Mr. CARD WELL further postponed until Thursday next his resolutions relating to railway and canal bills containing powers of amalgamation. The Forth and Clyde Junction Railway Bill was read a second time. Petitions were presented by Sir G. MONTGONs.RY (2), from the Presbytery of Kirlecaldy, one against the ...

... HOUSE OF COMAMONS-TnURhSD)AY, APRIL 14. my _ e. - a -1. P ?? -W - ?? ?? The SeltiEIct took the chair at four o'clock. Petitions, praying for the repeal of the dutics on paper, adver tisements, &c.,werc presutod by r. COWVAN, from1 Mr. J. Greig, proprietor and editor of the Scottis/ Press newspaper ; by Mr. it. IIArTIrn, from Peter Micenzic and Co., proprietors of the Scotc7 Reformers' ...

... DtIUKE OF WELLINGTON, 131, SCREW LTNE-OF-BATTLE SIIIP, CAPTAIN HlENRY BYAM MARTIN, C.B. 7- (From the Standard.) f Portsmouth, Monday. I This most magnificent of warx steamers has more than. f answered tile most sanguine expectations that could possibly have been imagined. This day was witnessed the largest war- steamer in the world, and we may say the handsoomest, doiig an average of tell ...

... LI:=ER1'OO, APRIL - 16 1.1VE4RPOOL., APRIL 16. (Frone osr own Correspondent.) b The royal Mitil steani-shilpi Canada, Captain Stone, sailed tl this afternoon for Boston, rica lalifax, carrying out the large te number of 200 passengers, a heavy cargo of goods, and the usual enails for Canada and the United States. Every berth f fore and aft in the ship was taken up, ine 'act, a considerable ti ...

... (From the Examiner.) It is astonishing what may be done by a phrase, especially if it carries with it the awe of a vague warning. Thus any proposal for improving the public safety in railway travelling is resisted and routed at once by the magic words, Beware how you diminish the responsibilities of companies. This warning is ti decisive; no one asks of what practical avail are P these ...

... s ?? ?? (From the Morning Chronicle's Correspondence.) Paris, 'i'ursday Evening. Tile accounts from Madrid continue to be of an alarming character. The situation of public affairs is becoming daily more and more critical, while the irritation of the two sections of the so-called Conservative palty (for the Liberals have dis- appeared alinost'entirely from the political stage) continues to ...

... -Thc haf-yerly meeting of this reverend Court was held in Ayr o uday. A letter was read from the Clerk, the Rev. Dr. Auld, inti- iusting that ho was unable, from indisposition, to attend the court;- at the 'samne time ainnouncing his resignation of the office of Synod Clerk,' wh~ich res~ignatiosi ho would duly lay before tie court ait next incoting. Thle Rev. Dr. requested that his sol, AM r. ...

... IMPROVEMENTS IN GENERArTIN STEAM. Mr. S. Cable, of St. Louis, U.S., has taken out a patent for x a new mnods of generating steam, by whiil be proposes to dis- pense with boilers altogether: His plan is to employ a metal- lie net-work, similar to Ericsson's, upon which, when in a properly heated state, jets of water will be thrown, and being immediately converted into steam, will be conveyed to ...

... MRS. STOWE-SOIREE OF THE WORKING MEN. I I . _ . - Q I-. ! -f_ 2&A -& ?? l, tl 41-Stu .. ('lfDit, C On Satur~day evening Mrs. Stowe attended a soirbe in thle City f- lail, given ander thle auspices of the Working Men of Glasgow. The centrec of thle hell] wes pretty well filled, but not crowded, 1and on this account the meeting was much neore comtforta..le r than that of thle previotls ...