... HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, FEB. 28. Lord Doxooossusoa, in moving the second reading of several bills to amend the relations of landlord and tenant in t Ireland, described the hardships which were constantly In- flicted both on buyers and occupiers under the present faulty state of-the law, He managed his own landed property, and r from his experience of the obstacles to improvement which t the ...

... he A man of philosophic temperament resembles a cucumber; RI e. for although he bay be completely cut up, he still remains W In, fd ool.-Diogeates.n , An Orleans paper says that it requires three persons to start 34 MD a busines firm there; one to die with yellow fever, one to get he kiled in a duel, and a third to wind up the partnership Me- business.l e- In a tract distributed by the Mormon ...

... .-C tha I nnrnn l ,V,- gh At a recent meeting of the London Farmers' Club, the vs. subject of agricultural statistics was discussed; and a resolu- is. tion passed, that the collection of such sratistics by govern- est ment would be a public benefit, though of no particular ad- n- vantage to farmers; and the farmers will assist the scheme, ip- provided it be carried out in a mariner as little ...

... ..V TitX LXV55. The Queen held a levee (the third this season) onWed ti nesday afternoon, in St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and tI Prince Albert, attended by the Ladles and Gentlemen in b Waiting, arrived from Buckingham Palace at two o'Clock, escorted by a detachment of tbe Life Guards, and were re- ceived by, the great officers of Stale. 1] Her ajesty weore a train of white and gold ...

... MIDLAND, *The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the stto on Friday last. Air. Ellis, the chainuan, iresided. The Secretr read the report, of which the following Is c .an abstract; 191igtels half-year tereceipts hmut ed to 58,4401.. in excess of those for the corresponding period of'1852, The balance available fordividendi1s202,8251., and c' the directors recommend that a dividend ...

... mne a.#tAsh rerm .nanltv of tf ,81 This criminal suff~e-rc-dth-e ex~t-r-emepen alt-y o-f the law In II id, front of the county gaol, at Aylesbury, on Friday nmorning. IC eX Immediately after his conviction, Hatto expressed a desire as el to relieve his Miind bkr malting a full confession of his rcrime; Ic e- adaln tttet itti by Hatto. was taken down by e' tothe Rev. G. A. Cuison, chasplain of ...

... bhavof Guards mnrdhsd from Tniudni, . wS A11 ri~krAit&xiu±N.: Anotber body of Guards marched from London on TaesdaY ate morning; and the spectacle wa s till morereinarkable than the ose bstirlight departure of the battallons duringthe previous *eek. n y:It con fiated of the First Battalion of theScots Fqsll1ei Guards, i In u' under Colonel Dixon. The houerixed for their departure t thr hfrom ...

... ch DVIUJ.1141 AUJ 0- V.. XIMArEAni. *Vice-Adm~iral Sir C. Napier', K. C.B., who is, appointed to 0155 be the command of the Baltic fleet now assembling at Spithead, gall was [oen Tuesday tight entertained at a' splendid itbanqutet O 'Y` by the members of the Reform Club. The dinner took place P hro in the coffee-room of thes club.'hotise, In Pall.mall, but, apri .11 owing to its limited ...

... t11, x o THE COMPROMISE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DERBY MERCURY. Sir,-I am not going to discuss the propriety or impropriety of the receni political compromise, neither am I about to enlarge on the supposed similarity between the two Derby chambers of horrors, one-the dark room at the County Tavern, under Conservative presidency, the other-the pri- vate room at the Midland Hotel, under liberal ...

... THE PREPARLTION FOR WAR. I A -8 . A- fla sP - * a A- A.%. A * AdS~ L amp l sand ape X. Pb w aIN. The following list of the staff appolntmenta in the expedi-4 tionary army may' possess some interest, though nearly all the names that appear In It have already, from time to times been asnotnced.-- Commander-in-Chlef, General Lord Raglan, G. CB. GWNelsAt S OF DivistoN.-Lieutenanth.enernl $Ir ...

... edC NOTa STAFFORDSuntiE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.-CH!A- st nLR DlSTr.IMT-The ploughing match took place upon the ly farm of Mr. Marson, of Hardiwick. There were fifteen teams 'as entered for competition, and the prizes were awarded as fol- he lows :-Class 1. To the best ploughman, son of a tenant far- so mer, 21., Mr. Wnm. larson, of Hardiwick. Class 2. To the da best plougihman, being a hired ...

... Of DzsTnucTsvz FIR sIN Lzens.-Abouta quarter to 7 o'clock he on Tuesday night a destructive fire broke out in a tow waste re- mill in the occupation of Messr. Wilson and Greenwoodc , IWater-lane, Leeds, and was not extinguished until the build- ret ing was entirely gutted. The fire was discovered- by several ed persons at the same time, when the flames were Issuing from ste various parts of ...