... LAND IN AUSTRALIA. (FROM1 A COonyElONDENT.) You will perceive by the accompanying papers hat the land agents are all in a fame at having the epithet of Land Sharks applied to them. However, that does not alter the fact, which is pretty weU admitted now, when others besides LLoYD's humble con- tributor have found tongues to speak. It is to be hoped that with exposure Will come redress. For ...

... IMPOR'TANT DECISION ON SLAVERY. The most important decision ever made by the Sa- preme court of the United States was pronounced yes- terday. That supreme tribunal of the land decides that the ordinance of 1787, se far as it prohibited slavery from the north-west territory, was uneousti- tutional; that the) Missouri compromise, so far as it excluded slavery from the Louisiana territory north ...

... The Lord Chbaoellor' Divorce Bill has passed o second reading; but even were not a dissolutio of Parliament imminont, we should have but faint hopes of the measure, all im. perfect as it is, becoming law. Of eourse, tbe bishops bite and nibble at auU the clauseg. The Bishop of Exeter boldly moved the virtual death ef the bill, but it escaped the mercy of Pbi]potts. The Bishop of Oxford %ccused ...

... Tbe ?? of Baron Rothschild have ?? their determination to again bring him forward ae a crndidate for the city of Leadon at the general elec- tien, and their well grounded confidence in the cer- tainy of his euccess. The baron himself is resolate te fight to the laest. At Manchester a meeting has been held of the ol(I free. trade party, at which confidence was expressed in the sitting ruembsrs, ...

... I ROYAL BRITISK BANK. I On Wednesday evening, a numerous meetng of the creditors and depositors of the Royal Brisish bank was held at EvanSs's hotel, Covent-garden, to consider a compromise proposed by the shareholders. Dr. Wak- ley was called to the chair. The chairman referred to a circular letter emanating from the committee of de- PoeitorE, which stated that, even if the creditors eould ...

... _HE NEW AMERICAN C&BINET The York Herd malkesthe followingremarks on the appointments to the new cabinet at Wash- ington:-. The appointment ef General Cae3 to the important office of premier to the incoming administration an- pears to have been partly an act of. necessity aid partly a stroke of policy. Mr. Buchanan had con- luded to dispense with General Case, etd mainly on accoent of hib age, ...

... K. , I O i U . RM -A . _,IM[IGRAMjO TO ATJSU9&2A , ?? A - A_ As - . . To TIM EjDIT o-Sir,-A an old olonist and one who bas in his own pereon experieiioed the benefits to be derived from eMigration, I elot conceal the Batis3 faetion feel at the re.-opening of the disossion of this important question, and that the working classes (of the metropolis at least) are beginning to be alivets the ...

... DnX5imW BURGLARY. On Friday morning we.k, at an early hour, the dwelling- house of Mr. White, a farmer residing at Hamsterly, a re- tired village in the western pait 9f the county of Durham, was entered by a man armed with a formidable weapon-a hay spade' who proceeded to ra,1ack the house. Mr. White was not at home, and the only inmates were some women. The servant girl, hearing some noise ...

... TH'Z TIMES '-TS HATRED AND ANTZ. PATrY OF POLIICAL INTEGRVTT. In another place will be found an article extracted from the Times, scurrilously abusive of Mr. W. WVilliams, the excellent member for Lambeth. The leading journal cannot believe in Mr. Williams's patriotism, and sneers at the purity of his political eareer. We can well understand the editor of the Smes expressing incredulity on ...

... The etonemasons working at the military hespitalSt, Netlay, Hante, have struck, for an hour atd a hal'se holiday on Saturdays. On Monday, the whole of the mecbanicd in Sheer- neso dockyard commenced upon weekly wages, the task and job work being entirely abolished for the present. In the year ending December last, 1,269,968 quar- tars of corn, grain, meal, and &luir were imported into Ireland ...

... The business necessary to be disposed of in the House of Commons prior to a dissolution is proceeding rapidly. The Chancellor has taken, certain money votes on account (for details see Parliamentary report); and the income-tax bill has been read a second time, and committed, though not without somlle discussion, the motion affiording another oppertucity for renewed at tack upon the government ...

... THE SANCTITY OF POT-BOYS. The neceseity of protecting the police in the execu- tion of their duty appears to have beei, lately lost eight ef by polioemaglstratcs. A fewF days since, Charles Elks and Wiliam Ekin, lila brother, the ss of thieves, committed a eavage assault at 4rleIrt's night-house, uponx an Irish labourer, a con- stable, and a pot bsy. The result was, that Mr. Nor- on ...