... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... 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, ...

... 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, ...

... SATURDAY, MARCH. 5, 1859. THE REFORM BILL. SIGNALLY failed, will be the verdict, we should think, which the country will pronounce upon the measure so lengthily introduced on Monday night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A full house, both of hon. members and of strangers, together with the semi-official leader of the Times of that day, tended to exhibit the interest which was felt in the ...

... acciticnts anii THE LATE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.-On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, opened an inquiry at the Buffalo's Head Tavern, New-road, St. Marylebone, relative to the deaths of 'John Rufus Reeves, aged 30; Rufus Reeves the younger, aged eight years; Jane Reeves, aged four years; Frederick Reeves, aged two years; Emily Reeves, aged sixteen months and Goody, alias ...

... Efte GTmirt, A CABINET COUNCIL was held on Saturday. A MEETING of members of the House of Commons was held on Tuesday at the official residence of the Earl of Derby, in Downing-street. About 208 members attended. Lord Derby was accompanied by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir E. B. Lytton, and Lord Stanley. HER MAJESTY has been pleased, on the recommenda- tion of Lord Stanley, to approve ...

... SERMONS AT THE PIER HEAD AND ELSEWHERE. Very soon after the explosion the Rev. G. Howe announced his intention of seizing the opportunity to impress religious truths upon the minds of the people. Accordingly on Sunday afternoon last a vastjerowd,' numbering some 2000 people, assembled on that part of the pier head be- tween the West and East Bute docks, near the spot where the late explosion ...

... ptoptt gtol gitfellipr*. THE PORT TRADE appears to improve slowly, and the dock and the river to wear a better aspect than they have for the past month. Slight as is the improvement it is hopefully looked forward to by the hundreds of unemployed labourers who throng the wharves and quays, or from dire necessity, break stones for parochial relief. If our large colliery pro- prietors but did ...

... ■personal, A LAWYER TAKING IT COOLLY AT 140 DEGREEs.-Baron Alderson, in a letter to his son, says: — I have been obliged at last to send for Sir Benjamin Brodie, to see me for my sciatica, and to-day, by his order, I have been stewed alive in a vapour bath. Dreadfully hot, I can tell you-140 degrees, while a hot bath is only 98 degrees. Yet it was not unpleasant after all; for hot air does ...