... On Monday the Duke of Newcastle was examined until four o'clock, when the committee adjourned. His evidence consisted generally of details as to the arrangements with tespect to the Crimean'expedition.' On the following day his grace was re-examined, and explained the difficulties of transacting business with some of the subordinate departments., He endeavoured to remedy them. The Ordnance ...

... NEW PrER.-Mr. E. B. Roche, M.P. for the county of Cork, has been created a peer of Ireland by the title of Baron Fermoy. THE LORD PRIMATE of all Ireland, the Right Hon. and Most Rev. Lord John George Beresford, D.D., Arch- bishop of Armagh, has completed the term of fifty years as a bishop of tho church. The late Right Hon. James Grattan bequeathed the sum of £8,800 to be divided among sonie ...

... . J,. ,,J. J.L j,L J,.LT L M %, . - xA the The London Gazeite contains the following despatch from Lord Raglan ?? Before Sebastopol, April 14th. col My Lord,-Since I wrote to your lordship on the 10th instant, a steady and heavy fire has been maintsined from all the batteries of the allies. The fire of the British artillery, chiefly directed against m : the Garden batteries, the Barrack ...

... soreigii anD 00101n(ar x~celfanv. Several of the Engl1ish missionaries lately expelled from Poland for the circulation of the Holy Scriptures, Lave arrived at Hamburg on their way home. Brother Jonathan infuses liveliness even into the report of a cattle market, if we may judge by the following, from the Me New York 2'ribune of the 1lthuinst.: There is nothinguew in the swine market, not even ...

... On Tuesday evening, the eighteenth annual meeting of this T society was held at the Corn Exohauge, Hanging Ditch.Moo There was a numerous attendance; amongst those present Jam were Samuel F. Fletcher, Esq. (in the chair), Rev. W. Black. trati burn (superintendent end secretary), Rev. J. Richardson, folk R1ev. E. Walker, Rev. T. Rawlinson, Rev. F. Tucker, Rev. ordE Robert Halley, D.D. Rev. Mr. ...

... BUILDING SOCIETY. IS The annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday, anoti )s at three o'clock, in the Town Hall; the Bishop of Manchester able Is in the chair. The attendance on the occasion was rather the i small, The proceedings having been opened by the see- form 0 tary of the society, the Rev. Mr. Pitcairn, with prayer, chur The Right Rev. CHAIRMAN said he scarcely deemed it ...

... I Tie picture Of ZNelson Receiving th Sw-rds wi be removed, on' Wednesday nexat, froul he'showrooms of; Mr Isaac, ?? tediderthe Mir. Richard$ Sil'pknfasacaniae oforr ?? represenitation 'of~So~n~od nth l fM.Jh Ili hani, disqIsalle.~ ?? ¶f1'he twove55el5 up as hopital- hipul the Sah danhaiand Great Tismania, belongsg ?? Baines and'Co., irfr now lyingi te rivea eady to pri used tq'the,'sditt ...

... HORSEWWHIPPING BY A WIDOW. the1 Of all the men in the parish of Ifraoonibe, during this £20 last week, none (says the North Devon Herald) has been dur: inquired about so much, talked about so freely, or laughed side about so heartily, as Charley Blaokmore. Charles is a a la! sober, plodding, saving son of the hammer and trowel, writ who, if his wit is not so sparkling, or his tongue so byt ...

... OOLLTS14a 9R0E;ANNEL. LOSS:O 'A GsOEW STAME: N On Sunday mnorrning blatr e olision took place in the .channel between the barqoe'Robert, outward bound, and a i the screw ?? Orolina4,from Philadelphia to l this port, teaulting'in the los1ef- the- latter vessel. i- The Robert, commanded byaiaptain Arohibald Stagg, ii is an American vessel, and it 4apearl that she left the . SMersey on Thursday ...

... er lie T1'le weekly meeting off this board was beld on Wednesday last, be aet ?? Derby workhoukis, Mr. Alpsarinutie chair. The other ad rrembrsr present were Messrs. J. Ifarriaon, G. Htarrisonr, Mount. ni- field iddleyJ Birch, Pitts, Kirkuc,, Batten, Shaw, Werisley, *e- Lbasm~ ud -itusfru-orrlewr gatda tb follows :-AMr. Potts, £175'; Mr. Oluey, £26 ; Sir. Lythgoe, £16. iee -Mr. Gough reported ...

... II 11 r_A_ _ . ?? . A fo_ ?? I (From Oleny8 Garden Almanac for 1855.) BALSAMS should be sown in heat, and as soon as they are up, planted, say five round the edge of a six-inch pot, with the seed-leaves an inch above soil, and no more. These may be kept in heat near the glass, and where they can have air occasionally; they may grow in these until they touch each other, when they may be shifted ...

... (For the Preston Chronicle) f, In the Holy Land, the land of Palestine, there is a C small plain, about eighteen miles by thirty, called the plain of Esdraelon, and sometimes the plain of Jezreel; r which, on account of the many battles that have beena fought upon It, has been designated The Battle Ground d of Nations. Here Gideon defeated the Midianites, b Deboran and Barak the Canaanites ...