... On Friday a soiree was given to Mr. Bright at Roch- dale. The audience comprised about eight hundred persons, and hundreds were refused admittance. Mr. Bright defended H1 SCON S1 STE Nct. This question of parliamentary reform, which some men speak lightly of, and which some writers write of as though it were of no moment, is of the very highest moment to you and to this country; it lies at the ...

... NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Several changes have been made in the House of Com mons, death having removed three, elevation to the peer-^B age others, and appointments a third class, who were^B members of the parliament which broke up at the close^H of the session on Monday, the 2nd of August last. few days previous to the pro rogati on—n am el y. on the^B 27 th ofJuly—Sir William ...

... \ru Saturday ^ie weekly meeting was presided over att assett, Esq., the chairman being unable to end on aceount of sickness. Of the town guardians were present—Messrs D. Lewis, Cory, Twigg, fixandor, Willett, and D. Jones Rev. C. W. Evans, v- H. J. Thomas, Mr. E. P. Richards, Mr. Davies *), &c., &c. in^Gn ^'e Clerk had read the minutes prior to the of public-business, complaint was made y Mr. ...

... FREIGHT LIST. COAL. Brazils, West Indies, d'c. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 0 0 to 18 6 Aden 0 0 to 50 0 Messina 16 0 to 17 0 Bombay 50 0 to 55 0 Marseilles 0 0 to 18 0 Bahia 28 0 to 29 0 Malaga (ck.21s) 16 0 Buenos Ayres 35 0 Madeira Calcutta 50 0 to 52 6 0 to 17 6 C. Good Hope35 0 to 39 0 Patras or Zante 0 0 Cape Verds 16 0 Palma or Port Malion 18 0 Havannah 0 0 to 15 0 Palermo Hong Kong.50 0 to ...

... PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. THE country is promised a Refonn Bill, and the Derby Mini-try have fixed Monday next for the declaration of their views on that 'topic-or ra- ther the variety of topics which a Reform Bill is supposed to embrace. The Government proposi- tion will require watching, and the following timely notice has been issued :— raHiluÍienturJ.TIef(¡rmCommittee, 15, King- street, ...

... fEarftefrK LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. -21. Demand has become moderate for Colonial Produce; supplies, however, have diminished consumption is favourable, and prices generally rule firm. For Russian Produce the markets have a dull appearance, and a further reduction has taken place for Tallow. Prices are fully as Inch for articles in Manufactur- Purposes, and there is An increasing demand. Trade is ...

... Mr. Lewis Wride, from Lanisheu, lias been pointed to-day assistant relieving-officer for t Cardiff district, at a salary of £ 50 per anmr.n. ...

... About half-past six o'clock on Saturday night, i° formation was received at the police station that the workshop of Mr. Edwards, carpenter and buildet, Plucca-lane, was on fire. The Superintendent i1' mediately despatched the hose reel, and after sotf, delay, in consequence of the difficulty of procuring horses, the engine was also driven out to the see f of the conflagration. On arriving ...

... LINLITHGOW.—The election of a representative for the county of Linlithgow, in the room of Mr. George Dundas, who has received a colonial appointment, took place on Saturday. The formalities having been gone through, Mr. Blair, of Avonton, proposed the Hon. Charles Bailie, Lord-Advocate of Scotland. Mr. Walker, of Inneravon, seconded the nomination. No other candi- date having been proposed, ...

... - OXFORD.— Mr. Justice Crompton and Mr. Barof1 Charinell. Saturday, FeWulafy 26,' Beading; Wed- nesday, March 2, Oxford Saturday, March 5, Wor- cester; Thursday, March 10, Stafford; Saturday- March 19,- Shrewsbury; Wednesday, March Hereford; Saturday, March 26; Monmouth; Wed- nesday, March 30, Glo'ster: .1' WESTERN.—Mr. Justice Crowclejr and Mr. Baroi Watson. Monday, February 28, Winchester; ...

... Probituial. A NOVEL CHIMNEY SWEE £ .—A curious freak of Reynard the Fox occurred last week at Dursley. Sir Maurice Berkeley's hounds met at Kingcote one day, and having found, the fox made way, skirting the hill right into the town of Dursley. Here he got on the roof of a shed, and, rising gradually from roof to roof, at last gained the top of a house lately occupied as a pawnshop, and popped ...

... Ck Carbiff Chnes. u SATURDAY, FEB. 5, J859. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. THE elected and hereditary branches of our national assembly have commenced their sittings, and have grave matters of state before them. Witli the menacing attitudes of belligerent con- tinental nations before them, British legislators have a duty to perform to their own country which should not be lost sight of for a moment. ...