... HO-USE OF LORDS. THURSDAY, FEB. 24. IONIAN ISLANDS.—Earl GREY having inquired when a copy of the commission under which Mr. Gladstone had undertaken his mission to the Ionian Islands would be laid .before Parliament, the Earl of Derby objected to the promulgation of a document which might, he remarked, provoke a premature debate upon the whole question, which was not yet ripe for discussion. ...

... NEWPORT POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY. (Before the MAYOR, Ex-MAYOR, WM. L- A. HOMFRAY, Esqrs.) ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—John Horam was charged with stealing 2s. 3d., the property of his master, John Placltmore. The prosecutor is a butcher in Commercial- street, and prisoner had been in his employment. Having missed money at diffeient times, on Saturday he put sotte marked money in the till. Shortly ...

... FRIDAY, FEB. 25. COLLECTION OF RATES.-Earl GREY moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the Act 13 and 14 Vic., for amending the assessment and collec- tion of poor rates and highway rates upon small tenements, and of another act passed last session, respecting the municipal franchise. He believed that in consequence of these acts the constituencies by whom the town ...

... RATES OF FREIGHTS AND CHARTERS. (From Mitchell's Maritime Register of Saturday.) Arrivals of tonnnge have been light, but there is less firmness in the Freight Market, the number of vessels offering for engagement being still in excess of the de- mand. A contract for 20,000 tons of coals for Aden, to be shipped at the rate of 5,000 tons per month, has been taken to-day at about 62s. per ton, ...

... THE DUTY ON SERV ANTS ,-Last year the assessed duty on servants amounted to £ 192,760; and on carriages to £ 300,597. THE GREEK LOAN.-There is a balance due by the Greek Government on that part of the Greek loan guaranteed by England amounting to £109,428. ...

... NEWPORT, ABEEGAVENNT, AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. —The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at the Loudon Tavern, the Hon. W. E. Fitzmiurice in the chair. The report stated that the total revenue from all sources for the half-year amounted to £ 34,233, the total expenditure to j615,865, leaving a balance of £18,368, which, with the balance of dB862 from the previous half-year, gave ...

... The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the suf- ferers on board the Black Eagle, took place in the Grand Jury room, on Wednesday afternoon. There were a number of gentlemen present during the inquiry, amongst whom we observed Captain Crewa Reed, commander of the naval coast guard for South Wales, and Messrs. Clements and Tomlinson, engi neers. Mr. Ingledew appeared on behalf of ^|r' Elliott, ...

... rrl MARSEILLES, FEB. 27. lhe Nepaul has arrived, with the Calcutta and China mails, which left for London at 10 a.m. Advices from Calcutta are to the 22nd January. The last battle in which Lord Clyde was to engage the rebels in India was fought on the frontiers of Nepaul. Nana Sahib was repulsed and driven into the interior, and Jung Bahadoor was charged to complete the pursuit of the rebels ...

... At the Marlborough Police Court, on Saturday, a youn°- man, of a French family, who, in the course of the follow- ing strange application made to Mr. Bingham, the sitting magistrate, gave the name Misonier, and said he resided in Broad-street, stepped into the witness-box evidently under the influence of extreme melancholy. In person he is spare and thin, his cheeks sunken, and his com- ...

... mluested by Mr. Williams, of the Albion Hotel, Bute-street, to correct an error which ap- peared in a paragraph last week, stating that nine bagatelle balls had been stolen from his house. The robbery took place at another Hotel. Mr. Williams states that lie never had a bagatelle board in his house. ...

... FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE | BANKRUPTS.—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25. J. G. TURNEY, Mount-) .lace, Walworth-road, Surrey, grocer. W. IRELAND, Plaistow, Essex, licensed victualler. B. LOVELL, Northampton, currier. J. A. MUNDY, Pulborougli, Sussex, coal merchant. J. llAtcDwiciiE and J. JONES, Gracechurcli-street-chamber merchants. W. G. HORNCASTLE, Hif>-lvstreet, Poplar, auctioneer, S. H. SPLATT, Strand, ...

... IONIAN ISLANDS.—Earl GREY having inquired when a copy of the commission under which Mr. Gladstone had undertaken his mission to the Ionian Islands would be laid .before Parliament, the Earl of Derby objected to the promulgation of a document which might, he remarked, provoke a premature debate upon the whole question, which was not. yet ripe for discussion. Every day the govern- ment expected ...