... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... ThIRD EDITION. PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY AFTBERNOON, IN TIME FOR POST. POSTSCRIPT. LLOYD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OFFICE, SATUMBAy AFTERNqOON. The monthly returns of the board of trade for the month ending Jan. 31, 1857, have just been issued. We subjoin the total declared value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures during the month, including only the enumerated articles': For ...

... 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 ...

... Iof ~ R OPENING THE GOLDEN- INeCS BIB lane Schools. . ttr ?? Highness Prince Albert, ac- *tii;r i i. oftQ li ales, anld assisted by soune of the chief 'C Pr ,lb tire hrgna progress, publicly opened, w ithl much et s df edtit0 schools in this populous district. . rechevare coiled the Schools of St. Thomas, Charter- : 1 .o ~t the end of Golden-lane, at the narrowest and rseep part of thlat most ...

... The royal mail steamship England, Captain Dun- das, arrived at Dartmouth onTuesday, the 17th inst., from India, via the Cape of Good Hope. Her dates are-Calcutta, Dec. 15 ; Madras, Dec. 22; Point de Galle, Dec. 27; Mauritius, Jan. 12; Cape of Good Hope, Jan. 31; St. Helena, Feb. 10; Ascen- sion, Feb. 15. The England brings a large mail from the Mau- ritius and the Cape, and about thirty ...

... A meeting of the fellows and their friends took place yesterday, Colonel Challoner in the chair. The following fellows were elected :-Messrs. John Noble, Thomas In- grain, Philip Frost, William Frederick Saunders, Henry Bradbury, -Lloyd, John Butcher, William Paul, Charles Fisher, - Tillyard, and Mrs. Frances Dumergue; and as an Honorar!' member, Mr. Henry Behrens, of Travemunde. Magnificent ...