... I -- Yesterday there wad a private view of the picturee, &a., seleoted by the prizesoldere in the Art Union of London for the year 1855, which have been arranged for exhibition in the gallery of the Society of British Artists, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East. The %valls of the gallery were or this occasion hung with pictures of various degrees of merit, estimated at prices varying from £250 to ...

... | 6I - a TO THE EDITOR Or Tng MORNING CHRONICLE. I Sea-A volume has been published within the last few D years entitled The Mormons; or, Latter-day Saints, a r contemporary History, the writer of which states in his preface that three letters, forming the basis of his larger work, first appeared in The Morning Chroizicle. It is on thi account that I venture to request the insertion in your ...

... INSTlTUTIONA L ASSOCIA TION OF LAN- C CASHIPE AND CRESIIIRE. EXCURSION TO KNOWSLEY. On Satirday afternoon the members of the Mechaniea' a- Institutions connected with the InstitutionallAssoeiation of ?? and Cheshire, by the kind permission of the Earl of Derby, met at Knowsley, under circumstances of the most agreeable description. Not only were the beautiful grounds of the noble estate, and ...

... WAR OR PBACE. To THE EDITON. 01 TOHE MORNING CHROYICLE. SIR-I trust you will allow space in your valuable columns to unmask the hypocritical pretensions to patriotism, to political wisdom, or attachment to justice with regard to nstionalities, of a knot of individuals, who were the chief promoters of a public meeting, held at St. Martins-hall, on the 15th inst., for the ostentatious object ...

... THTE MORNING CHRONICLE. .LONDON: TUFSDA Y. A UGUST 14, 1855. In the House of LOsoDS, yeSterday, Lord ST. LEONARDS moved for a return of the namber of appeals beard and disposed of by their lordships during the last five years, distinguish'ig those from England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the decisions in each case. He could not omit al- luding to an attack which was reported to have been ...

... ECCLESIASTICAL I2VTBLLIGENCE. it APPOlSTM5ENTS. t Tue Bishop of London has presented the Rev. Derwent Coleridge, M.A., Prebendary of St. Paul's, and principal of: St. M11ark's College, Chelsea, to the vicarage of Northolt, | y rendered vacant by tie preferment of the Rev, W. G* i H nflmphry, BD., to the vicarage of St. Mlartin-in.the-Fields. e | The followine curates have also received ...

... ?? NVO TICE OF INTENDED VIS 2'RIB UT1U-N If 0F NA VA L PRiZE MOSTE Y. [FROM LAST NIGOUTS GAZETTE.] Department of the Accountaut-(}enral of the .Navy, Admirqlty, Somerset House, Areg. 16, 1855. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and marines, and to all persons interested therein, ?? the distribution of proceeds arising from the following Russian prizas, tao captured on the 13thi ...

... We have on previous occasions pnblished this &at at different ptages in its progress through the House of Commone. The provisions of the not, after the introduction pf the Lords' amendments which were assented to by *he HIouse of Commonis, are as follows Whereas it is expedient to enable mentbers of joint-stock companies to limit the liability for the devisA and engage- ments of suoh companies ...

... - XITu MORMONS. A young farm labourer from Cleave's Hills was per. suaded six months ago to set out to America with some of the Latter-day Saints. 5o80 of the Mormons embarked at Liverpool, and he amongst the rest, on being bap- tizd and paying 3Si 10s. fer his passage. A rich farmer od one-half of his property, and went to join the same party, taking his wife and sime of his relatives. The ...

... THE CAT.-41NE-lTAILS AT ALDERSHOTT. -A SOLDIER FLOGGED TQ D-EATH. I We entertain the profoundest respect for the non.com- missioned officers and soldiers of the British army, and a proportionate contempt, as a body, fer bothitssuperior and subaltern officers. We believe the generality of those epauletted gentry, who flaunt about in scarlet and gold lace, to be a compound of the blackguard, the ...

... TEE LAW OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. The registr-ir of Iriendil societies in England begs to call the particular attention of the offieers aud mem- bers to the follawing abstract of the provisions ot 18 and 19 Vic., c. 63, a. 29, 24, ?? 13, which apply to all friendly societies: ' If any person shall give to any member of a friendly society estsblished under any act relating thereto, or to any ...

... DWPERIA.L P&LIE. , .. oUSE O' LORDS-Monday. CRIMINAL LAW,-Lord BROUGaAR, in moving -for the criminal law returns took occasion to ask the noble, lord on the woelsack whether there would be any prospect of the Summary Jurisdiction, Bill passing during the present session of Parliament? lie also wished to know whether, if the Assize Session Bill were not passed this session, the noble lord would ...