... A Cabinet Cot-sort, was held 011 Saturday. HER MAJESTY and the Royal Family will arrrive at Windsor Castle from Buckingham Palace on the 9th of June. HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY.—Tuesday being appointed for the cele- bration of her Majesty's birthday, business was wholly suspended in the Customs, Excise, the various docks and boifcled warehouses, the East India-house, Bank, Stock Exchange, the ...

... DOWRY TO THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—The report of the resolution respecting the annuity to the Princess Royal having been brought up, on the question that the resolution be agreed to, Mr. Coningham moved as an amendment that the amount should be reduced from £8,000 to £6,000 a-year; that sum, with the £40,000 granted for dower, being, as he believed, sufficiently liberal.-Lord PALMERSTON regretted ...

... The following extract of a letter addressed to the Leeds Mercury, by a person of excellent principles and character, formerly in that establi3hment, states so dis- criminatingly and fairly the pros and cons of the practical question of emigration that it iniy be useful to pub- lish it:— As to myself, I am still at the printing business. I was twenty-eight yeirs with you, but I have now been ...

... ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.-On Wednesday last, a young girl named Ann Price, a servant in the employment of Mr. George Cox, the Three Horse Shoes, Wernrollydd, in the parish of Penrose, was brought up in custody of P. C. Edghill, No. 44, M. C., before Capt. J. Davies. charged with stealing 12s. 2d., a pair of armlets, and other articles, the property of her master, and remanded until Saturday, the ...

... On the best authority, the Press gives the total loss to the conservatives in the borough elections at four (these are purely accidental ), and in the counties from 15 to 20. The Economist classifies the changes in parliament as follows 49 conservatives have been supplanted by liberals 29 liberals have been supplanted by conservatives 10 Peelites have been supplanted by liberals; 45 ...

... VERY THICK BOOTS -Frederick the Great was very fond of disputation; but as he generally terminated the discussion by collaring his antagonist and kicking his shins, faw of bis guests were disposed to enter into the arena against him. One day, when he was even more disposed for an argument, he asked one of his suite why he did not venture to give his opinion on some particular question. It is ...

... PICTURE OF AN ILLINOIS BANK.—In conclusion, I will depi-ct for you an Illinois Bank. A frame-house', a counter so high tyou can barely lay vour wrists on the sharp edges of it, and so narrow that but one man can approach ac a time. The specie scoop hangs high up, like the L.vs of Eero, but unLke them covered with cobwebs. Your check is cancelled in deadly silence. You htar some fumbling behind ...

... THE INDIAN MUTINIES. ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND INDIA MAIL. The following is a summary of the events which have taken place in India from Oct. 18 to Nov. 3, inclusive :— The force at Lucknow, believed, when they left Cawn- pore, to be too weak to maintain themselves at the capital, and intended to have rescued and brought back the in- mates of the Residency, have been able to maintain their ...

... L. LEMPAET, Brunswick-place, City-road, and Fenchurch- street, City, general merchant. L. M. BACHRACH, Clement's-lane, City, and Orchard- cottage, Dalston, merchant. W. LAKE, Banbury, Oxfordshire tailor. J. MAPP, jun., Gray's-inn-lane, licensed rictualler. J. Low, Rayleigh, Essex, carpenter. J. K. WESTROP, Staining-lane, City, glove manufacturer. C. E. HANDY, Darlastan, Staffordshire, ...

... The tightness in the City has rather seriously affected the mendicant interest. Children in arms excited little attention, notwithstand- ing that they were hardly pinched, and made a propor- tionate noise. There has been an almost entire absence of quotations among the preaching and psalm-singing speculators in. white aprons. Little or no business has been transacted on flagstones* in Ecce ...

... INQUEST.—On Thurdav week an inquest was held at the Commercial Inn, before W. H. Brewer, Esq., coroner, on the body of Samuel Hill, labourer, who came by his death, on the previous day, by being run over by some ballast waggons, which were proceeding down an incline to a ballast pit, near the Western Valleys Railway. Verdict: accidental death. The deceased had only left his home, in ...

... MARK-LANE, MONDAY, AUGUST SI. With new English WHEAT the market was abundantly supplied to-day, and there not being a large demand, prices further declined, and rule 3s to 4s per quarter under those of last Monday white selling at 5£9 to 5is, and red 46s to 56s, at which a clearance was not made. Old sorts met a slow sale from 50s to 60s. Of Foreign many arrivals, and few buyers: the rates ...