... In the Westminster County Court, yesterday week, Messrs. Thrupp, coach-builders, of Oxford-street, sued the Hon. Mr. Norton, metropolitan police magistrate for the Lambeth district, to recover the sum -of £,49 l1s., being the balance of an account due to them for repairs done to a brougham belonging to the Hon. Mrs. Norton, who has for some years past been separated from her husband. Mr. Dodd ...

... V10wul vacdrt AND EAST RIDING TIMES. HULL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1853. THE inquiry into the electoral malpractices at this borough,though noininally only adjourned,is i virtually at an end; and the Commissioners, though jaded and worn, are now, we presume, busily drawing up that report which is to embody the result of their prolonged investiga- tion. Whilst they are thus employed, it t may fitly ...

... We must say that we looked forward .with. more curiosity to the electoral experiences of Mr. JAMES (LAY than to those of any other of our late members or candidates. His connection with [lull has been longer and more intimate than that of any of his col- leagues or opponents ;. he was known to have been in close and constant correspondence with the most active,-and, as it has since turned out, ...

... REG I .T , ?? ..G ?? BOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCEL too The duties on solid bitumen. have been abolished by the imperial decree. The Archbishop of Parts and the AbbE Deguerry have, Win on the proposition of the minister of public lnstrujctlun cult been created by the emperor officers of the legion of I honour. In the army, Generals de Is Hitte and Bergbre, Di and Vice-admsirrl G*rlvel, have ...

... A man, named Johann Diederfck Cordes, who was em- oon ployed in a sugar refinery in London, went with a lighted in candle, on the morning of the 30th nlt., to clean out a tank :el- containing charcoal. After removing the lid, ha placed his en. legs inside the tank, when the explosive gas ignited, blow- 33 Ing Cordes backwards against a brick wall, and injuring red him so severely that he died ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-TIIURSDAY, AUGUST 11. The house roet at five o'clock. Not more than lralf-a-dozcn Slot pecro were preserrt. lect Saverali petitionls Were Presented, and various public and pri- h 1 vtot bills were advanced a stage, the The Naval Coast Volunteers and the Consolidated Annuities sar~ (Irehlrid) Bills were read at third thime end passed.th Adjourned at twenity ruinutes poet five. ...

... THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, AUGUjT 26, 1853. S&LUS POrULl LEX SUPIREMA. S U IMI MI A It Y. There is now a lull in the political Vorld. All 0 apprehensions of the disturbanlce of the -peace of c Europe have been removed. Legislators, after the most protracted of sessions, are ?? that a leisure which is necessary for recruiting both mindC and body auld the people, in the enjoyment of the ...

... SECOND EDITION. FRlANCE. PARIS, TuEns.&Y EVEXiNmG. Yesterday, on the occasion of the Fete Napoleon, the Emperor and Empress found assembled, at twelve o'clock, at the Tuileries, in the salon of Louis XIV., Prince Jerome Napoleon, Prince Napoleon, the Princess Mathilde, Pridce Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Prince and Princess Murat, and Prince Frederick of 1-Hesse. These princes and princesses ...

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... FROM2 TIlE LONDOiWGAZETTR?-Taosd?zy, Aug. 30. iof ?? WHITEHALL, jutG. 30. De Gre.- The Queen has been pleased 'so apptoint Thonmas Alexan- n f dor, Lord Lovat, to. be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of j i.g the the shire of Inverness, in the room of Francis William, Earl t tlreadg: of Seafield,; deceased. - . .. . mnd : DO)WNING-STREET, Auo. 29. aetfon - Tbei Quieerr~has been pleased to ...

... se Yesterday morning, between twelve and one s, o'clock, a fire of alarming magnitude, and destined to 2s destroy an immense amount of property, broke out on the 3B extensive premises of Mr. Kirkman, pianoforte-maker, in Dufaur-place, Broad-street, St. James's. The flames were .e not perceived until they shot forth in a body, encircling the p greater portion of the extensive works. The engines ...

... Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the pro- prietors was held at the York Road Assembly Rooms, York- road, Lanlbeth. In the absence oi Mr. F. Scott,;.il.P., who was engaged on the Petirborough Election Committee, the chaif,;was taken by Mr. Hibbert, the deputy-chairman.. p The report, an abstract of which appearedin the Daily to News of August G, having been read, the accounts were taken as ...