... INQUIRY INTO THE MORTAL TY 2ON 3OARD j x TIHE BHIP DUKE OF PURTLmn - Tne frightful' mortality of Chinese on' board the British ship Duke of Portland has been the subject of investigation for several days before the LocalMarine Board, Cornhill; Mr. Duncan, Donbar chairman. Captain Seymour, the master of the Duke of Portland, deposed that the ship left' Hong Kong with 832 Chinese coolies. The ...

... ?? - -- ?? .I P 1. - OP T . i. . . t is ag'eat blessing to Enghishme' -an& one, for. whic they are truly and 'devoutly grateful, that the . Sovereign can do no wrone, It is, therefore, very inconsistet ii th ose officers who complain of the recent display of nepotism on the part. of. the Queen, i'.whc'.has appoirted ?? )lephewP, his Serene Highne's .the Prince of Leiningen,..toI fU the ...

... COUAt LACRYBS AND THE ZINCOME TAX. * .WXIe hsave alreadty'givdn, in -lump sums,. the expenses of ths' dilrerent departments of, ithe royal jousiehold for sala- 'rie; adid propose .ov.tfo'perform fortheksinetanistre- cipiedls' the same service Which ws lately rendered to Prince Albertt; not diopbting that they will cordiallyvfol- 3lo*'tfie' pampl1e, which he; will ef course as cordially set ...

... X m . , OIP THE TYIE, STEAMER. The Tyne, iron West India steamer, 2,184 tons, left Lisbon on Friday week, and hiad heavy seas and hazy weather throughout her-homewardrun. On Monday it was found impossible to' take an observation, owing to the dense state of the atmosphere. Soundings .were-. made every, 'two hours, and the results so far agreed with. the chart and the supposed course of the ...

... THE GREAT HOAILWAL YORGrts. Leopold Redpath and Charles James Comvns Kent were placed at the bar of the Old BEiley on Friday morning to answer the indictments 'of fraud and forgery preferred against them. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr; Bodkin, and M-tGiffaid prosecuted. Mt. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Tin- dalI Atkinson defended Redpath; -r; Hawkins and Mr. Thompsonp defenided Kent. ' When the ...

... I ?? iCCOUN I T-E LAEI TL PERSIAN ACCOUNT- OF THE LATE BATTLE| The following is the 'Persian account of the late action between the British and Persian froops, taken from the Teheran Gazette of- the 1st rajah, 1273 (26th February, 1857):-'Ith February, ° Souja-ool-Moulk communicates to us in haste the fol- lowing news, dated 8th February:-Tbe 7th inst. five Eng- lish regiments, having with ...

... BUMOROUS GATHERINGS. [From Pusschl THEe SILENT SXELL.-A puff in the corner of a news- paper, pretending to be a critical paragraph, commences with the statement following:-' The narrative of Admni- ral Nspior'a Baltic campaign hue burst upon the political and naval world like a bombshell, Yes, very much like one of those bombshels which the gallant admiral poured' into Cronstadt. The ...

... GVOSSIP OF THE WEER. -The Evangelicals are in luck. Another of the pious howlen is elevated to the episcopal bench. The Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, a younger brother of the Earl of Chichester, it is said, has received from Lord Palmerston the appoint- ment to the bishopric of Norwich. The new overseer is, we are told, a strong adherent of the Evangelical party in the Church of England. These ...

... E E THEl NEW SPEAKERi. [From the Times.] The candidate on whom the choice of the Government has ultimately fallen, Mr. Evelyn Denison, has in an un- nsual degree all those personal advantages which we are accustomed to look for in a Speaker. A tall, handsome man, with a good voice and manner, must be very want- ing to his natural endowments if he cannot command the attention and respect of a ...

... EiINOROUB GATHERnlxfk. [From, Pnch.]- THEtLAST REsopioax.-4athtr (expostulating, with his ion): James; I am grieved beyond. expression to see the iruel way in-which you have been going on lately. I have .ried you at everything, and you have failed in everything 1 put you; i? a merchants office, 'and ?? were igno- miniously sent about your business. I bought you a corn- mision in the army, ...

... THEi DASHiN'G WIDOW AND' THE AMIOROUS COLONEL. At the Bri'ghton County Court, the other day,.Mrs. Thatcher,'a widow, sued Colonel D'Aguilar for .the sum of 501 parcel of 601. (plaintiff abandoning the excess), for money payable by the defendant for the support by her of his illegitimate child from the mouth of April, 1855, to April, 1857, nd for' money agreed to be paid by the said defendant ...

... ;AUGURLTro, -OV CALTHORPE PAR. 4 T AII El XlklVlGHAi . ._ - : - , Mondaywa, a -great gala day at. Birmingba*1 f6r the'l rD 6ko of Cambridge att nded by a large party of visitors, I iinaugurated Lord CaltR4rpe's gft of a freejpark.t o the. | people of that borough. 'There are few, ifany; of cur- great manufacturing towns which stands more in need of 1 the gift' of a park than Birmingham-the ...