... HOUSE OF LORDS (THIS DAY). SCOTTISH MILITIA. In answer to the Duke of Montrose, The Earl of AsIERDEEN stated that he had previously been misunderstood. The militia in Scotland is to consist of 10,000 men, and is to be called up this year. Lord BsoOUGHAM expressed his approval of the proceedings of the British government, to prevent war, and strongly con. demned those of the Czar in encouraging ...

... I I ON Friday, Sir JOHN HAND1ER presented a petition from Mr. JOHN HEWITT GALLOWAY, complaining very properly of the bad faith kept towards himself and others, by the proposal to disfranchise them, after an assurance that they would be protected from all forfeitures and penalties as the consequence of their disclo- sures. But the petition gravely goes on to as- sure the House that the ...

... WE confess we have been startled by the character of the secre and confideutial corres- pondence between the RUSSIAN EixrEuon and the English government, which has just issued from the QUEEN'S printers. We deal in no ex- aggeration when we say that the State docu- ments which have been this week made public, exceed in interest and importance any that have seen the light since the ...

... I I 2Vee following st, speciall cyosnpiled fors MAartood's Diredovy atnd Reister, ezhibits the number of ships lost in the Davis Straits and Greenland Fisheries, from 1816 to 1853, inclusive. 1816. 1829 n Name. Port. Tons. Name. Port. Tons. Earl Fife, Banff . 290 Rookwood, London ?? 363 1817 Jane, Aberdeen . 280 London, Hull. 310 Home Castle, Leith . 311 Daumtless, London. 286 1830. ...

... L,&'ES' IN T E LLIGENE (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LONDON, TiHURSDAY EVENING. FUNDS REMARKS. - Consols closed at 91 account, and 9la-j mnney. In the continued abseoce of political news the funds were steady, and in the afternoon advanced j per cent. Railways were well supported, and closed with an upward tendency. Land, bank, and mining description were quietat former qnotations. Foreign bonds ...

... . TREMENDOUS FIRE AT MESSRS. | RYLANDS, MANCHESTER. A fire took place on Wednesday night week, in the large warehouse of Messrs. Ryland and Sons, New Market-street, Manchester, which destroyed that establishment, and caused great damage and loss of property at several other warehouses. Messrs. Ryland and Sons are dealers in Manchester goods generally. Their warehouse occupied the whole of the ...

... I to, a The annual public meeting of thed Hull Protestant mar Alliance was held in the Public-rooms, Kingston- acer square, on Friday evening last, and wvas numerously Ime( rittended. Dr. Sandwith filled tire ch air, and Was ?? surrrounded on she platform by a number of clergymen, Iran iniristers of various denominations of Protestant earrl Clirrstiarns, andl Jay members of the estabtisheod, ? ...

... DISTRICT INTEBLLGENCE.| HEDON. pan, of N on Sunday last, the Rev. J. H. Wake preached his tile farewell sermons at Hedon and Preston, wvlich places D he is leaving to go to tire vicarage of Sutton in the mlan Forest. In thle afternoon hie addressed the children of xhii the [-edon anid Preston Sunday schools, after thle scr- to vice in the church at H-ledon, in a very interesting and Wil ...

... According to a current rumour, repeated with as much regret as amusement, a serious calamity lias be- fallen one of our most leading statesmen: an incubus has fastened on him. It is related of Theodore Hook, that hle carried ihpu- deuce to such exquisite lengths as to count with certainty on dining in any house upon which he pleased to fix his eye. If lie doonsed a given establishsment to ...

... LORD STANLEY has writton a brief pamphl3t of sixteen pages on the subject of Palrliam sntary publications, which is well worthy of perusal and consideration. Now, when everybody professes to desire the spread of education, and when a popular agitation in favour of a repeal of the taxes on know- ledg3 is going forward, his lordship thinks it not unworthy of the attention of parliament whether ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMLNr HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, !MARaou 10, EASTE11-N WA-R. Lord SHiermnUesY snoved for certainl 1cer niected. with the amlount of religions, libesty p~ Christians iii Turkey, axed called the ?? -anifeshetii her irowr to foward, an litista e, it ?? power tooppose, the progress of Protee~s throughou the wsorid. Tue oneo preaiili55isit the miind of the Emeperor Nichilas acesxr iil i ...

... THE CZAR AND THE EARL OF IHE CZAR ABERDEEN. (From the Pres4.) In the year 181.1 the Emperor of Russia visited oi-r country. An estrangement having thoien taken plaC between England and France, his Maiesty deenied the season appropriate for thle advancement of -a long- cherisled project, and lie seized the opportunity of por- sonally accomplishing it, weith the co-operation of an English ...