... MR. MAGUIRE, M.P., AND THE GOVERNMENT.— The Irish papers publish a letter from Mr. Maguire, M.P., to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, in which the former declines an offer of the magistracy, lest it should be said that he accepted the honour from the present government by way of reward for the course he took in the late Indian debate in the House of Commons. The Lord Lieutenant has replied as ...

... The Daily News correspondent writes from Alexandria, May 18:—My telegram of to-day's dite will have in- formed your readers of the great loss this country has sustained. It is certainly a most unfortunate circum- stance that his Highness Ahmet Pacha should happen to be ttle victim of tne first railway accident we have had here ever since the line was opened. According to report, he very ...

... 0tutuatg, MB. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, M.P.—Mr. Michael for West Cornwall, died at Trevince, ThJd/™a»Jn t, y aftern°°ni a little after 5 o'clock. The deceased gentleman was the head of the large copper -melting firm of Williams, Foster, and Co., and also of the tin smelting firm of Williams, Harvey, and Co H« was a magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant of Cornwall, and Deputy-Warden of the S anniries. He ...

... TUB Rev. Alfred Poole has addressed a letter to the Times, dated from St. Barnaba3 College, in which he makes a statement agreeing with Mr. Liddell's remarks and in which he says also I most solemnly and emphatically declare that the whole of the filthy and disgusting statements which the Hon. and Rev. F. Baring has thought it right to make public are, as far as I am concerned, entire and ...

... A most painful scene occurred at Hertford, on Tuesday last. Towards the close of the proceedings of the Hert- fordshire election, just after Sir Edward bad concluded his address with a fervent tribute of admiration to the womanly beauty exhibited in the long line of open car- riages, chaises, and vans, drawn up in front of the hustings, there was an unwonted stir in the crowd, which parted to ...

... BANKRUPTS.—FRIDAY, JUNE 11. J. WEIR, Albert-square, Commercial-road East, merchant, J. PARSONS and J. HARTLAND, Dudley, Worcestershire, and Tipton, Staffordshire, coal masters, H..DICKINSO Nottingham, stonemason, P. PHILLIPS, Crowland, Lincoln-Hi e, merchant. E. jun., Tonyrafail, Glamorganshire, draper- G. KNIGHT, Stroud, Glouce.terdlire. brazier. R. BBIGGS, Burgh in the. Marsh, Lincolnshire, ...

... Jiabal and Ifltiitarg, FLOGGING IN THE NATY.—On Thursday morn- ing last, the cook's mate of H.M.S. Hogue, at present lying at the Tail of the Bank, Greenock, was flogged for giving insolence to the second lieutenant. The senteric i of the court-martial was, that he was to receive forty- tight lashes, but it was found he could not stanj mora than twelve, which were inflicted on him in presence ...

... RAJAH BROOKE.-The Earl of ST. GERMANS com- plained of a series of notices placed on the paper by Lord Kingston, wherein serious charges were implied against Rajah Brooke. No day, he obierved, bad been appointed for the discussion of these charges, which, meanwhile, had obtained a wide circulation, while no opportunity was afforded either to explain or refute them. THE NEW PAROCHIAL REGISTERS ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, JUNE 18. PRIVATE BILLS.—Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the present system of proceeding in parliament on private bills, and to consider whether any improvement can be effected to facilitate such legislation and diminish its expense.-The subject of private business and bills was discussed at some length, and various ...

... It would seem that the high price of corn which has prevailed for many years has yielded to the influence of successive good seasons, and that a oycle of cheap food has now fairly set in. Within the last twelve months the imperial average priee of wheat has fallen from 60s. per qr. to 44s. 7d. per qr. It may at this time be interesting to look back to the periods of high and low prices of the ...

... An extraordinary action for libel has been brought by Mr. Hugh Robert Hughes, of Kinmel Park, in Den- bighshire, son-in-law to Xxird Ravens worth, against Lady Dinorben. The libels were contained in a series of anonymous letters to the father and mother-in-law of the plaintiff before his marriage, and since that event These epistles are wild and somewhat indelicate rhapsodies, and were ...

... CHURCH RATES.-At the close of last week a Vestry Meeting was held in pursuance to notice, for the purpose of levying a rate for the repairs and necessary expenses of the parish church for the present year. As it was decided last year that no rate should be levied, and the necessary funds should be raised by voluntary subscriptions, and as £ 7 more than was required had been so collected on the ...