... THURSDAY, JUNE 25. OATHS BILL.-On the motion that this bill should be read a third time, the Marquis of BLAHPFOEB moved an amendment to defer the third reading for six months. Ile repeated some of the usual arguments against allowing non-Christian members to sit in parlia- ment.—Mr. DRUMMOND seconded the amentment, declaring that by the very suggestion of the measure the house had forfeited ...

... HonTjon. THE DIRECTORS Or THE BRITISH BANK.—At the case of the ad- wirned examination of the directors of the British Bank, Mr. Link- later stated (says the Observer) that all the ten persons against whom warrants had been issued by the Court of Queen s Bench had, with one exception, been arrested; Mr. Cameron was amongst the number in custody. The prosecutions will be at the expense of the ...

... IJrolmmal. THE DUNMOW FLITCH OF BACON.—The award of the flitch of bacon at Dunmow took place last week. The town presented a much gayer appearance than in 1855. At the entrances from Chelmsford, Thaxted, Stratford, and elsewhere, triumphal arches were erected, bearing on one side the word Welcome, and on the reverse some loyal motto. A line of banners of various hues stretched across the ...

... ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.-On Wednesday last, a young girl named Ann Price, a servant in the employment of Mr. George Cox, the Three Horse Shoes, Wernrollydd, in the parish of Penrose, was brought up in custody of P. C. Edghill, No. 44, M. C., before Capt. J. Davies. charged with stealing 12s. 2d., a pair of armlets, and other articles, the property of her master, and remanded until Saturday, the ...

... One of the most lamentable accidents which ever occurred in Shrewsbury took place on Friday night. M. Jullien's annual musical fete had, in conjunction with the Shropshire Horticultural Society's show, been held during the day on a by-let of the Severn, called the Island of Poplars. The river at this point is about 150 feet wide, and is at the deepest point about nine feet deep. The island on ...

... etituarp-, DUCHESS OF BEDFORD.—We regret exceedingly to announce the demise of this much respected lady, who expired s jmewhat suddenly on Friday, after only a brief illness. Her grace was the daughter of the third Earl of Harrington, and espoused the present Duke of Bed- ford, by whom she leaves an only son, the Marquis of Tavistock, in 1808. Few ladies have adorned the British peerage by ...

... F n\vr HEK' We3tsfretjr. SmitliSeid, giass merchant. n 7, Han ow-r-oad, 1'addingtou, oilman. C. Duv ALL,Crosby-row, Walworth-road, '-buildings, Knights. bridge, provision merchant. monger! Hishstleet and Spencer-street, Shoreditch, furnishing iron. S. ->1. LANE, Swallowoliffe, Wiltshire, corn dealer. i. a. CLAEK, Minories, City, licensed.victualler. D. JOHNS, Cardiff Glamorganstiire, draper ...

... The nature and effect of this verdict, says the Daily News, appears to be as follows, In Scotland, as in England, a criminal trial is a wager of law. The prosecutor undertakes to convince a jury that the accused is guilty the accused, to satisfy the jury that he (or she) is innocent. The jury are not expected to do more than express the conviction produced on their minds by the statements of ...

... oil! listen, Jonathan, to me; I am, as true as my name's John, Particularly vexed to see how some of you are going on; Not only, too, as your sincere, albeit your mistrusted friend, But on my own account, I fear to what a goal your rowdies tend. Of Justice to the loud appeal with ear and heart stone deaf and dead, They strive with headstrong wicked zeal the curse of slavery to spread. The ...

... f jijiniiitMis fur Tuesday—Abergavenny Fair—Magor Fair. Cheap Books sold by J. H. CLAM, Usli. THE POETICAL LIBBARY, CLOTH GILT, One Shilling each. Byron's Poems More's Miscellaneous Works Gems of Poetry for those we Love Ovid's Art of Love. Gems of Sacred Poetry Sacred Harp of American Poetrv Heman s Poems Thomson's Seasons Language and Poetry of Flowers The Lover's Offering. Milton s Paradise ...

... The annual copies of despatches relative to emigration to America supply the following particulars:—During the season of 1856 (last year) 22,439 emigrants landed at Quebec, against 21,274 in 1855, of whom 10,353 came from England, 1,688 from Ireland, 2,794 from Scotland, 4,537 from Germany, 2,806 from Norway, and 261 from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Of the emigration from England, 7,262 ...

... The above highly interesting ceremony took place on Friday morning in Hyde-park, in the presence of many thousands of per- sons of all classes and ranks. It had been universally anticipated to prove the most interesting home incident in connection with the late war, and has been a frequent theme of conversation for many days past. Our readers are already aware that the authorities, in order to ...