... 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, ...

... ?? from Odessa state that on' the 1st inst. a coureier hhad arriv~ed from St. Petersburg, bearing an imperial order to suspend the military and naval prcparations :that have been going forwvard for somue time past at that place. TLhe Ooh^sti utionanice ?? letters from 'Constan- tinople, of the 5'th inst., which relate the reception of Lord Stratford de Redoliffe at the landing place of Tophana ...

... 'XT~iE UN-ITED STAT r;ES. :\ItR1R'VAL OF TH~E FRANKLtERIN. SOlUTHAM3PTON, WEDN'ESDAY. The ?? arrived here thlis evoninlg, havilg, Mt N: Yurk, April the itbn She brings specie to! the om ont of rvto hundrecl tfousand dollars. The! New '1~urk Imol~ey markiet was active. In breadstuffsI u2nd iI ur the iccciit.Y wecre fihir a0d tho suppivr 'u B~(. In cot ton no declirne is qooted, the price ...

... THE FRiEND OF THE CLERGY. The third anniversary of this useful and rapidly extending charity took piece yesterday, and wias inaugu- rated in the first instance by a religious service at the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Chepepide, at which Lord J. Russell, the Lord Mayor, and M~r. Sheriff Croil, and a numnerous congregation, attended. The sermon was preached by the Right Rev, the Bishop of St. ...

... ILVI' KST FIIOM FRANCE. t M tlii?ti. '2?11 ?? TELEORAPIt.) PARt>, ?? ID,\ilshAY E\'E?50N0 I ?? S rvdhri':n ('hatnber of' 1)epur ice on Tuesday Ti ?? n t of the ('onticil of Ministers presented a 1. II rrra'iding a credit of 400,Otttlf., for a loan to be ii: ? tm 1, .ttb.n d emigrants, who had become ut ott ? and whose saroprtg had been '?cd tic the Auctrian government. I.> Boar-c to-d?tv tim ...

... HOLLAND, CHALNAGE OF MIINISTRY IN HOLJLAND. BlitUSSELS, WETDESDA.. Tlhe Dhutch cabinet has resigned. M. J. X. 'Thor- becke, Minister of the Interior since 1849, is replaced by M1. lReenen, burgomaester of Amnsterdam; and M. .NAijovelt by MI. Hall. EXSCITEMIEiNT IN THE rARLIAMIENTT. BRUSSELS, TUBsDA.&v .u Durig the sitting of the Seconld Chamnber yester-I ,day a comusittec wvas appointed to ...

... SHORT WEBIGIITS A1ND MEAS (YBES. Yesterday, a special session was held at th Sessions House, Newington,. for the purpose of hearing sumonses against tradesmen for having in their possession weights and measures wvhich were * not of the legal ,standard. The magistrates present were J. E. Johnson . chairman), Cites, Iranci-, C. Lone, and A. ]3ovson, E3sqrs. 'lbsh followving were the cases ...

... I HOU|SE OF CCOMMONTS.-WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. The SPEAK;ERl tookr the ehair at 12 o'elock. PRIYfATE BUSINESS.' M~r. SOl'IIERU(N mo^ved, that in the crse oi' the London tnd Soucti M'esterii 1ltxilwanv (Eesingstoke nnd Salisbury Branch), pet tonz tar a bill, the standinlg order, No. 161, be dsscrcnsedl ith; anld that the petition for the bill may be preisenteel to tb2 haumc, notwithstandling that ...

... DvasBore, APRlIL 20. 'There has been yet not muach opportunlity fo~r the public expression of opinion herc on the subject of the budget. The Precisslalwhlichl may lbe takxenas ex- Ipressing that of a large section of the Irishl liberele, confesses that it is founded on a free trade basis, although dissatisfiedd with it for tlte mnode in Which Irish interests are dealt with: . The general ...

... d THE LEVELE. o. P~rince Albert held a Levee on behalf of her M~a- . etattwo o'clock yesterday afternoon in St. James's ~, Palace. a The Prince arrived from Buekioghamr Palace about two e o'clock, escorted by a detachment of Life Guards, and was treceived by the ereat Officers of State. His Royal Highness was attended by the Deke of Nor ,folk, K.G., Lord Steward; the Marquis of lreadalbane, e ...

... M.Nadrid letters of the 14th confirm our telegraphic intelligence as to the composition of the new minis- try, and report the want of confidence with which it was ~regarded in the capital. Formed with the greatest difficulty, and denied the countenance of influential politicians, it was believed that it would by no means conduct to a solution of the crisis into ?? royal absolutist cravingts ...

... -PIEDMO(NT. The Piedshnontese Gazette of t hel1 6th con tains the text of the memoranldam,theconchision of which has already been quoted after the telegraphic despatch. The document, which is drawn up) in French, commences with the assertion that wvhen in tho last Italian war Pied~mont, overcome, but not humiliated,; declared that she could not abandon those Austrian subjects which had made ...