... 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 ...

... CARDIFF BOARD OF GUARDIANS. The weekly meeting was held on Saturday, E. David, Esq., in the chair, and was rather numerously attended at one time during the sitting, as there was an evident determination on the part of the country guardians to elect the man of their choice, as as- sistant relieving officer for Cardiff. In the course of a conversation relative to medical charges, Mr. Paine ...

... FRIDAY. (Before the MAYOR and E. J. PHILLIPS, Esq.) THE APPLICATION UNDER THE DIVORCE ACT.- Mr. Champ, on the part of Mary Ann Grant, whose case was adjourned on Friday last, repeated the application for protection. He submitted, in answer to an objection raised by the bench,— that the applicant might send her children to their father, or run her husband into debt, that such could not be the ...

... Swntific, —— THE NOVEL IRON STEAMER, built^ by Messrs. Winans, of Baltimore, a sketch of which recently appeared in this country, has made an experimental trip. The accounts as to the result are very meagre. The Baltimore Sun says:— With a pressure of 56 pounds of steam (half her capacity) a satisfactory headway was made. The points of the bow and stern barely touched the water, and the even ...

... INTELLIGENCE IN LANCASHIRE.-The Man- chester Examiner says in its answers to correspondents We are surprised to learn that at Congleton two bottles of wine have been staked upon the following question, Is 'upwards of 100' more or less than 100 ? More, of course. Upwards of a hundred means a hundred and upwards. This very abstruse question is sent us for solution on an average perhaps once a ...

... The arrivals of English wheat during the pre^ntH week coastwise have amounted to 1080 qrs., almostH wholly from Essex and Kent. By land carriage freshH up to-day the supply was small, and the show of samples was limited compared with Monday; no change took place in prices, and the demand may be called steady. Fine foreign realised previous rates but the demand fur them was by no means active. ...

... PRIDAY. (Before R. O. JONES and W. D. BtJSHELL, Esqfs.). SMUGGLING..—Captain Tennant and his mate Joseph de Frere were charged with smuggling.. Mr. Bird de- fended and Mr. Peake prosecuted on behalf of theeustcMns.. SloImhel, 1;illey, tide surveyor, said on tdie 22nd of Jan. he went on board the St-Milo, from Nantes, with a cargo of flour,, for the purpose of clearing her, and ongoing into the ...

... As a very great deal of erroneous matter, some of it absolute nonsense, has been published lately about the birth and parentage of Sir Colin Campbell, we deem it our duty to publish the following original certificate of his birth and baptism in this city of Glasgow, which cer- tificate we have for some time had the honour of having in our possession, and we are willing to show it to any ...

... \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, ...