... ART-UNION ANNUAL DISTRIfU2ION. The annual meeting of msemrs of the Art-Union trek piece Yesterda'y at the Haymefrket Theatre. and the Wital distributionl of prizes took place. The chait was taken by Lord MONTRA e i.F., and both the stage and the body of tbo theatre were crowded with a fashionable audience. The proceedings wcere opened by Mr. Godwin, the hon. rcrenir~r, reading the report, ...

... THLE MO1RNING HERALD AND STTANDABD. Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, the cop5rights theso two dnily newspapers, together with that of the St. Jamnes's Chronicle, published three days a week, -were offered for sale by public auction, at the- Auction Mart, City, by lessrs. Christie and Manson. The property was put up in one lot, and was offered for sale under the orders of the assig- nees of ...

... KSING yDWAARD-STRXE-E SAGGED CHOOLS .AND GI.RLS' REFUGE. I The eleventh annual mceftin of this excellent in- etitution, which is situate in the densely populated locality of Albert-street, Spitalfields, was held last evening, under the presidency of Mr. RoBEnT HANDUny, M.P. The inhtita- tion is divided into two branches; the first, and not the least important, is the girls' refuge, which has ...

... L OND ON, &4TURDAY, A PRIL 4. ONE result of the General Elections is already certain; the Parliament now in the prccess of formation will contain an unusually large proportion of new members. This circumstance will necessarily iaugment the regret that has been so universally felt and expressed at the resignation of the office of Speaker by Mr. LEFnvm. It is at all times an ar- duous task to ...

... JATEST FROM ABROAD I FINAL DEPARTURE OF THE ENGLISH FI,EET FROM TURKEY. The following telegraphic despatch from Constan- tijople, dated April 1, has been received at Paris: IThe English fleet left Constantinople yesterday, making for Malta. UNITED STATES. (BY MEaCTRIC TESLORAOIl.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATRnDAY. The Leopold I. has arrived with advices from Ne, York to the 21st ult. The Asia, from ...

... N4AVL AND MILITARY I (PFOM LAST NIGHT'S GAZPTTh,) WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 24. 25th Regiment of Foot.-Enaign Frederick Stephen Terry to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice E. Priestly, promoted. 2nd West India Regiment.-The exchange between Majors Lewes and Miller, which was published in the Gazete of 17th instant, bears date 17th April, 1857, and not 17th April, 1855, as previously stated. NAVAL ...

... [The following appeared in our Evening Edition of yeoterdayil: The Jtoniteur publishes an Imperial decree, pro- multing the convention signed on the 7th March, by the terms of which England gives up the right to trade between the embouchure of St. Jean and Por- tendic, in return for the cession of Albreda. eFoR oUR OWN COUnESPONDWT.) PARItIS, Tnru.lDAT EvENINO. Yesterday afternoon, at about ...

... ADOLYGIAD AR YR ETHOLIAD. GELLIR cymhwyso yr ymadrodd, A bu tawelwch mawr, at gyflwr ein gwlad yu bresennol, wedi i gynhwrf yr etholiadaa fyned trosodd. Nid oes un amgylchiad yn peri cyffroad mor fawr a chy- ffredinol ag a wna y dygwyddiad o etholiad senedd newydd yn y wladwriaeth. Fel y cynbyTfa ac y terfysga gwynt cryf ddyfnderau yr eigion nes yr ymgyfvd ei donau cynddeiriog ac y deifr i ...

... j Cl:? -( uTuln. - A TAGO 1, A LLINACH YR IARLL.-Pan oedd y Brenin lago z, ar ei daitb i Loegr, croeaiwyd ef yn Ngbastell Lumley, ei.teddle larll scarborough. Dangosodd perth- ynas ijr larll linell achyddol hirfaith y teulu i w fawrhydi, a ho!;ai yn yiff'rostgar ei bod yn cyrhaedd yn anghred- adwy , ibell vn ol. ' Yn wir, ddvn. meddai v brenin, dichon ei lod* oud ni wvddwn o r blaen mai ...

... M IIs CELLA N EO U S j firs 11cr Iloyal Highness the Du~~~chess aof Kent 'hston I ?? wil PO- Viscountess Palmerston has been someht'ah-me era posed lately. it was from this cause the Premir hured ins1 away from Tiverton to Torquay., in order to give her LaIdy- ike shipa& day or two at thre sea-sidie, where the -Viscount and Of the Visceuntess would have renseikeed longer had not the'state oti ...

... RAILWAY BRIDGE, RICHM1GID.ROAD, TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MERCURY. n GENTLETIIN,-Allow me briefly, through the e medium of your paper, to call attention to the disgraceful e state of the above bridge, which, at the present time, is o neally ankle deep in mud. Such has been the state through k winter in wet weather, there being no full from the centre e of the bridge. e The greatest number of ...

... IMAI SC EJEmL AN EO US.| - - - . -3 4_-4 > .11 aY 5 i. The quantity of drain pipes made in England is i said by the Buildel- to average forty miles a week. i The Aforning Advceilisev bi livves that Lord Pan- mure will, next month, resign his situation as Minister of War, and Mr. Sidney Herbert will be his successor. In the city of Chicago, United States, there are over , 3J0 grog-shops to a ...