... 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 ...

... LATEST FROMI FRANCE. . ~(in EnECTRIC TELEGB.iPIL.): . PARIS, SUNDAY EvzN1NO. .Thao French Minister at the court of Prussia has p resenlted to the King his letters of recall. ,The Second Danish Chamuber has rejected the Lstate budget of 13,307,054 rit dollars, demanded by .the government, and passed one granting 13,066,176 .rix dollars. The receipts are estimated at 13,795,198 .rix dollars. An ...

... 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 ...

... THE CONSOLIDAIED ANNUITIES-DEPUTATION TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT. On Saturday the deputation appointed at the recent meet- ing of Poor Law Guardians held at the Rotondo waited on the Lord Lieutenant at the Viceregal Lodge, for the purpose of preeenting a memorial entreating his Excellency's power- ful aid in support of their claims for the remission of the consolidated annuities. The deputation ...

... HOUSE OF CO-.IMONS-FRIDAY. Order for third reading read me iowtn madeil, aud question pro. posed, 1 That Vtoe bill be now read the third time., Amendment lirpsilesd, to leave out the word now,' mid at the cnd ofthe (jttesttftioitodd tliewerets 1upon this (lay siximonths. Ques- ?? the wordl 'nun' stand part of the question:- Thu leouse divided ; Ayes, 2S8; Noes, 239. AYES. Adair, 1t E Duke ...

... At the evening meeting, on Friday last, a lecture was delivered by Mr. T. H. Huxley, On the Identity of Struc- ture of Plants and Animals. Coamencing with minerals and vegetables, Mr. Huxley observed that one marked dis- tinction between them is, that the latter are always under. going change, whilst minerals remain the same; or, at least, they undergo no changes but such as are produced by ...

... COL)IONIl_&.POST'AGE. I:N'I'1' ?? WITll fiE PlUEl~r M1NTS2'-~t1 (hiniStaird-iM n numerous :isnd inlfluential til.lpuln- tit1of ,.n nh ?? ?? n ior.5l P oot. g .As.- ole I.- (lieu tv cppmiatnes:iint, nl~on the Lordo lAlher- 1 o.n et nor tu~,'E :c, at ilo Bofficial, Es. 'residne Calden- cotrt,; sr the pus o. layingrd ?? his Dilord 2ship ther sraste , o i..k bi-~ropos, by~ the J.o1. ssit, -Ensq., ...

... way in the derk, walked over the pier, and fell into the water. Fortunately his cries were heard by the officers and men on watch on board tarus, lying alongside the pier, who promptly obtained a boat They arrived just as his and proceeded to his assistance. cries had ceased, and he was picked up floating back upper- most. At the moment that he was safely placed in the boat, a steward of ...

... Woe 4 matirs 3jfornlat DUBLIN: MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1853. I REASONA . STRENGTH, OR THE ALTER- I -E ON .- NATIVE. The Morning Chronicle is snappish to a degree on the recent defeats of ministers. If gentlemen members will not set without the whistle or the whip of the Treasury shepherds, let them look to the consequences I There is Kilmainham Hospital on which they suffered a surprise, and ...

... THE ATaLONE AND CARLOW ELECTIONS. I The latest intelligence from Athlone represents the contest as being left between, Messrs. Norton and Keogh. Mr. Ennis is said to have retired on finding a large number of his expected supporters pledged to Mr. Norton. It is stated that the Con- servatives will start a candidate of their own, and that thus a third competitor will be in the field, Qn Saturday ...

... 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 ...

... D)EPLCTATION TO THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. oil Saturday afternoon a large and irniporiusit del utittoio, consistilig of members of Parliament, and iliercliail3, bainkers, aud traders from till parts of the kingdom, had as, interview with-the First Ljord of use Treasury, at IlE. otieal, ?? in Dowising.5treet, on the sub1ject ci colonial postage. Tue deputation inclssded Mri. Thoemscz, Haukey, M r. G ...