... 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' ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... TIHE OVERLAND MAIL. -1 .A .AIt.i. ?? We(o'ipChronicl'e) have rcceivcd bly extraortlinary, ex- pre'ss our- private corresponi~dence ?? from Bom11bay to the13t MachandCalutt ?? 5. Thle mail of tile 8th February reaolied Bombay onl thc 10th March by the steamner Acbar. (From the M1orning Chronicle's Correspoudence.) Bombaty, M1arch 14. The latest news from Burinal is of the 23d of February, but ...

... 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 ...

... SOIREE IN IIONOUR OF MRS. If. B. STOWE. Qoucnmn Lfl AZ.i1flU.f 'J main. SI. 05. 01ru Ut. Onl Friday night Mris. Stowei tile distinguished author of Uncic Tom's Cabin?'' was cutertajised at at soirde ill tile City Hall, when upwards of two thousand of our fellow-citizette, nuilo end feiniae, aissembled to do0 her honour. 'rTe huimense hell was crowded in evcry part, anid mnany hundreds, Ave uul ...

... (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 ...

... LOOSE MIETIORANDA ON GLASGOW SUBJECTS. d -s mf NO. XIII. By SicEscX. REM INIS CBNCES. - In my lent commuinication to yeni I mecntioined that, eighty years ago, nor place of residence woo in thc Catidleriggsi, 01111- site the Bacoar, and that our immediate neighbotir upon die north wais then D~r. Baird further ,that our property woos bouinded onl tile west by the~ long garden of Mr. Baird of ...

... AMERWCA. Liverpool, Thursday. 1 By the United States nmil steam-ship Baltic, Comstock, commalldoor we have aduices froam New York to the 2t iDst. She has ,brought 181 passengers, and a small amiount (about $6000) of specie oil freight. TIhe 1altic Whell two days out broke thc crank pin of he engiics, and lad to lie-to for 26 lmnors in conseqsllence. At 1 o'clock this morning she got foul of ...

... 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 ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-TiunSDAY, ArRIL 14. Tho LORD CHIANCELLOR took his seat onl tilo woolsack about five o'clock. The Earls of Fingal and Kennmare took the oaths and their seats. Petitions were presented by the Earl of EGLISTON from tile Presbyteries of Fortar, Ayr, Kelso, and other places in Scot- land, against the admission of Jews to Parliament, and from the students of the University of Glasgow ...