... To the Editor of the Nlor1t thales phroicle. Sir,-Wales is in a steady course of improvement, from which the owners of property derive great advan- tage, and the comforts of the people generally are ad- lcanoed; but a more powerful stimulus might be given to progress, could ancient prejudices be a little over- loouk ed. In some places this has been done, and the conse- quences have been most ...

... j eal('; ~ij'Ck.-Fijweo? iers lost.-A letter from Corli conta ius tbe ?? ship Cairo, of New j York, Captain Wooster, arrived in Cork harbour yester- dn-, (Saturday), with a cargo of timber from Savannah, for orders, Ivith Captain W. IT. Platt, of thc American I bark Mayvflower, and a portion of the crew of thc vessel, on board, shoin sie had picked pl) at sea. The May- flower scaled from New ...

... P ?? 1? ?? PuNcIii. I ?? :, - , ! / -I, cw -It is confidenly ex- )cC' ttt irl tI' 3 ' 5ill ?? ?? nei CV;. Th . o- : l'i l7.'.-V,.OnIa. To avoid ',iy~n ?? iS. witl-. nl' A volwienl whell they travn-el, t 1W intent ' *nioe honoured ill the breatlh 1' ?? ?? ass vs the Bb-inh hnn1-am Jowrnal, i'I! S: tht~l:. 1 i inl his healtli. Of all the * '1 i-iowv 3 ?? tihere i'i none to vhiell i'i ?? ?? -A ...

... PICKINGS PROM PUNCh. A Call of ?? IHouse.-We think it wvas Mr. Roebuck a I lwho, on board the PIra, amused himself by calling out sc to the steward, I Hcre, Chiltern Hundreds ! yt The wrong Tootl.-Young Practitioner: H'm, very L odd-I must have made some mistake; there's nothing II( the matter with this tooth. Never mind, try again I ta Tobacclianatlin Nooienclature.-The committee that m ...

... I BRUTAL OUTRAGE ON, A jISS1N)\NAlY AT I 0XOLVERHALII-M1PTON NI ?? isbeco0-min, somiewhat celebrated of late fo the frequency of the outrages tlh.t are ?? in the town by 'the baser sort of the R-Oa!' C:athlolics there. At about the time of the last raccs'. soml peaceable and honest laymien, wlho were hol'ding forth in their homely style, were severely handled on a Sunday by a mob of ...

... FOREIGN AND COLONIAL AFFARS. FRANC E. TIIE CONFECENCE AXD TilE i'IiISCll'C rrTlES-TIIE ;ti it~l 81. loUU itE.-' LIXDSAY,-A lASS TO S:tll'Z.tit.AN'I'.~-1.TttCE NAPOLEON. Thlc L tlitatiokllueld as LIII trticle on the result of the laloltrs of' the Paris Conferecnce, according to which the peop;e in bot! Pcrincipalities will cnjoy equality in the evce or ?? ilv. pcisolnii I iherty, prioperty, ...

... A comparison of the duty paid on whisky during the years 1851-1854, and of the means taken by spirit dealers to meet the difficulty of a high-priced article, will inevitably establish two propositions- first, that so determined in Scotland is the love of whisky, that we have paid for the article during the last four years many millions of pounds sterling more than we paid for it during a ...

... ECCLESIASTIC AL. PREFERlMENTS ANIJ APPOINTMES'Ts. Rev. E1. Alfree, M.A., Rcetor of St. Swithill's; Chap- lain to Mr. Sheriff Conder. Bev. I1. Baker, M.A.; Perpetunal Curate of Aldring- bamn. Rev. J. W. Berryman, B.A.; *Vicar of Rmineth. Rev. J. Boyle, LL.B., Incumnbent of Trinity Chiuch, Barnataple. Rcv. J. W. Brooks, Vicar of Nottinlgbam; Prebend in Lincoln Cathedral. Rev. J. E. C. Colquboun; ...

... THE as FUEE;LLION n joulrnals.] S ?? ( I it' n-Lt- hie u'cro' casionswe Ih ave not II(W Torec'' Id y grein t :1c !:avi ?? our ;n il! tslsh Or ?? 1bt!c scuo insurrection. Ak ?? the si-.oal d'C'' ov.. e (r lG1,0O ?? of lieo'. un 'r 'a o ?? nn ii 1thc of last month, by Sil IOIre ('lrIlt, o'iw 1c11 up ;1- it wias bV one or twvo tS in ?? samle Sirn i ?? of the pCacC of til UIlll y 11 vc n.ct 1:c; ...

... ' Onr old northern friend, BLACKWOOD, opens this month with a, capital article on a work published a few months ago, by Mr. W. E. Gladstone,-who finds leW- ain. sure, amidst the cinims npon his time, from his Par- liamentary. and other public duties, to attend to his classical studies. The right honourable gentleman's H Tgomer, and the Homeric Age, have attracted con- siderable notice, With ...

... FPRANCE. PR!NCE -NAPOLEON' TO l'E iG3 ADaiI}RA.-iMn. SA;S AT ST. CLOUD. - TIE OWN COERRESFON- 1)ENT Or TIE TIME?. Honours, ?? atfi title, cntitic to shov.cr plcntcously on the head of Prinec Napoleon. It is rc- ported that hl is to be either named High Admiral, or placed at the head of the -Ministry of Marine. Competent judges are of opinion that His l-ighiess would be quite at sea at thc ...

... as On Wednesday, the half yearly meeting of the com- sv pany was held at Welshpool,-Sir Vatkliln W. Wynn, to Bart., M.P., presiding. of The Secretary, (Mr. E. Stephens,) read the Report of the Directors as follows:- rMPOBT. The Directors sbihmit to the 'roprietors the ainexed Stitoient of the Company's Aec,,unts, made up to the 30th Jute, 18Z8, ail also the Engineer's Report. re it Will h-e ...