... On Sunday last, sermons were delivered in the churches of 16 of the various denominations ii the city, by the Rev. T. D. Wingate, Kilmun the Rtev. 11. Gault, Glasgow; the lieV. p. M'Dowall, Alloa the 11ev. John Pillans, Pertl; the Rev B. Iuixter, Kilwilniing; the Rev. J. Cuiross, Stirling; the 11ev. W. Elmslie, Inseh ; the 11ev. Dr. Houstoll, Kilock. bracken; and the Rev. W. Wight, Harbury. ...

... FROM THE TIMS.' GLADSTONE'S BUD)GET. DISR.AELI'S BtlhDpr Tho Legacy dutv to be ex. The House-tax to b. T tended, so that every man viz., 9d. in the peslr I' who succeeds to an estate put on private ho,,. ,'trl shall pay according to his in- 6d. on shops, ,in , Ill e1il pital, in order tion of 1ll. il tie to redress inequality of In- being taken ofn'ImIt' come'tax upon intellgenco on trades ...

... HU-I:L WORKHOUSE. The usual weekly meeting of the guardians was held at the Workhouse on Wednesday afternoon lastt, tbe go- Vernor, Mr. Buchanan, in the chair. From the weekly etatement it appeared that' there were 345 persona icathe house at the beginning of the week remaining in the house at the expiration of the week, 3386; corresponding week last vear, 337. The total number of persons who ...

... FORIZIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS. Pfl~lTC2.-MxSC.&aar~l or THEo Expaxss.-Some alarming symnp- totns ?? recently shown themselves with respect to the health of the Empress, and being threatened With a miscarriage, she was re- commended by her physicians not to subject herself to any fatigue. The precautions? however, were useless, the threatened event having taken place on Monday, but the situation ...

... ?? JAM4 Toals CrjImakit. BANGOR, FRIDAY, APRIL 29,1853. In the House of Commons, on Thursday, Mr. Wilson entered into a brief exposition of the intentions of Government with reoard to the reforms so imperatively dernanded in the Customs, and moved certain resolutions, which wvill be found detailed in our Parlia. mentary intelligence. The contelnplated measure is certainly a step in the right ...

... ITHE ROT HERHITHE GUNPOWDER SEIZMIIE. Messrs. Halo were again brought up on Thuis lay,aot the Bow-street Police-oflice, for the decision of Mr. Henry, the magistrate, relative to the CoinpositioII n.ized on his premises. Mr. Henry delivered his opinion, and stated thilt, lalthoug the composition was not granulated, set it Nvas, no doubt, of that explosive and dangerous nature that lie felt ...

... LONDON: SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1853. in the HousE of LORDS, last evening The Crystal Palace Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of ABDRDEEN, in moving the second reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill, explained the reasons which had induced him to change his previous opinion on this question, and he showed, at the same time, that he had formed this de- termination some time previous ...

... * (From the 7iviesj. w GLADSTONE'S BUDGET. DIS~AALI'S BUDGET. The legacy duty to be ?? eduld L sota vr .a h eon,- vic :-14d. in the0 Pound oxtra ceads to en estate sheall pay put 00l private houses, asod 6d. according to his interest in on shops, in consideratlous the ceplital,in order to redress of 1IV. in the Poond being ?? Of ?? tokden Off income-lox1 on trades into).igence and ekill, ...

... FROM OUR OWN CORRBESPONDENT. . - XT - - - LONDON, PRTDAY MORNINGs. The debate oil tlsat part of the budget which continuesI and extends the i ncome-tax commenced on Monday ; it E was resumed last night, and it will probably close to-night,I when the government willibave passed their greatest crisis r of their first session. Before I say anything of its tone or d character, I think it well, to ...

... WILLIAM BURKIE KIRWAN.-A letter from Cork states that William Burke Kirwan, the anatomical draftsman, who had been fixund guilty of the murder of his wife at Iroulad's Eye, but whose souterce had been commuted to transportation for life, is to be forwarded to the Swan River settlement, in the Robert Small, transport vessel, which has reached Queenstown to take out convicts for that colony. ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. MAGISTRATES' OFFICE, HIGH-STREET, NEWPORT. SATURDAY. Magistrates present: Rev. Thomas Pope, Rev. Chancellor Williams, and W. H. M. Style, Esq. Elizabeth Waits, a married woman, carrying a child in her arms, was charged with stealing growing wood at Kemyss, the property of George Lawrence, Esq. Bound over in j620 to appear when called upon. Thomas Parker and Isaac Pask, ...

... GCRMAN POLIOE IN LOUDON.—he> Deltatt publishes the fol lowing note ;— Berlin, April 21. Herr Koerne, an officer ol the crown, has left London with several agents of our police to collect evidence of the supposed connexion between the plot discovered here and the machinations of the political refugees jiving in London. ...