... LOSS OF THE SHIP LORD I GEORGE BENTrNcK. HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS. By the arrival of her Majesty's corvette Electra at Portsmouth, from the Falkland Islands, we learn of the lamentable loss of the British ship Lord George Bentinck, Captain Irving, outward bound to San Francisco, from Shields, which foundered on the 22nd of last Nov., inlat. 44 S., long. 54 W., her master, two ...

... IMERCHANT SHIPPING LAW I AMENDMENT. I TOWN-HALL, HULL, SATURDAjY, APRIL 18. An important public meeting of the merchants, ship' owners, shipulasters, and others, was held this day, at noon, in the Sessions-halls-Win. HENrRY Moss, Esq., mayor, in the chair-for the purpose of considering the sppressive nature of certain provisions in the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, and the Passengers' Act of ...

... bo PROSPECTS IN THE BALTIC. -As regards Russian pro. duce the supply of tallow this year is estimated at 1150,000 casks, inclusive of then JO,000 casks now on 'o hoard the wintering ships At CrontaiA. The price Was 18 150 roubles for cash, and 154 with hand money. Of U hemp, the quantity for shipment will be aboutb30 000 d tons, mostly of very fine quality. While the hems for Id shipment in ...

... I -- ?? o ROYAL YoxKsaxIE yAcHT (CruB.-_We are glad to learn that the Right Honourable Lord Londesborough accepts the ofdice of commodore, and that his lordship intends giving a valuable cup to be sailed for during the 5 season. He is about purchasing a new schooner yacht, a of about one hundred tons, with the intention of yacht- ing on the Humber, and for being useful to cruise off his ...

... I ft Friday, the 3rd instant, Mr. George D. Kirman admitted a member of the Royal College of Ageons. SEi HULL EtECrION.-Lord Ashley, who is only in m E1i. twenty'-sixth year, has begun his public life under w ~.j auspicious circumstances, having been chosen oneo0 ?? representatives for lHull, the third port in the o lisigdom. Doubtless the.prestige of his father'sa nameo kid someothing to do ...

... The Times thinks the members of the new House of Commons will turn out at least as good as Ihe old I ones. I DISASTER TO A PASSENGER SHIP.- The Martin Luther, which has been towed into Plymouth, had her t boatswain and four seamen carried overboard, whilst trying to secure the foresail; they were all drowned. The hull of the ship was in good condition; but in heavy weather most of the berths ...

... I I I NEWS FOR ENGLISH MEDIOAL MEy.-According to k t Independance SBeige, a medical officer attached to r8the Prussian army has just -left Berlin for London, in r8 order to assist at the arcouchement of Queen Victoria. O n Friday afternoon, the 3rd instant, his Royal High- 6 ness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by Colonel es Pipps and Mr. Gibbs, visited the works of Messrs. i, Glass, Elliott ...

... I _ . I LONDON, Wednesday. D The re-election of Lord Grosvenor, and the substitu- tion of HanburY, the brewer, for Bernal Osborne, th rWit, as representatives of Middlesex, is the last of those , constitutional struggles in which the metropolis takes , any serious interest. Therefore, at five in the afternoon ! of yesterday, [wben the clerks in the polling-booth at r Charing-cross closed their ...

... Bra ^ ?? FRANCE. I 'lThe correspondent of the Times states that the arrests which have lately been made in France relate to a con- h spiracy formed forurteen months ago for the purpose of t, blowing up the Emperor while sittiug in his box at the n theatre. SPAIN AND MEXICO. A hope is expressed in Paris that the differences between these two powers will he pacifically settled. A, pacific ...

... I j A local journal gives tle following account of the reception given in the town of Tipperary on Thursday to Mr. Waldron and his friends while ;egaged in an electioneering canvass for the county of Tirbpperary ter having had an interview with Dr. Howley, Mr. Waldronewith several of his supporters, entered his I committee rooms, at Mr. Haye's, in the Main-street, at about one o'clock. ...

... IMERCH4NT SHIPPING ACT. .MEETINGs have recently been held at Southampton, Liverpool, and other ports, respecting the operation of the clauses in the Merchant Shipping Act having reference to decisions before local courts in cases of wrecks and other accidents at sea. Very serious, and we believe just, complaints have arisen on the part of shipowners and merchant captains with regard to these ...

... ALL is fish that comes to the journalist's inet, especially during the recess. If Parlia- macit had been sitting, the leading journal would have been thundering against the Tories, and backing up Lord PALMERSTON even at the expense of a needless war or two. But since the House of Commons has been dissolved, and the elections are at an end, it has betaken itself to an exposure of what it calls ...