... 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. ...

... TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Traffic for the Week ending March H, 1859. £3J51 9 3 Corresponding Week last Year. £ 3 )36 15 7 QUEENSTOWN, March 12.-Put in, 11, the Williama Mary, from Cardiff and Milford for Tamgona (rail* way iron), through stress of weather. ...

... WERE it not a question of life and death Are should be disposed to remain silent upon the manner in which Mr. Reece, the coroner for this district, discharges the duties of his office, after the frequent comments we have made on the subject. We have repeatedly shown that he is systematically behind his own appointed time, and, indeed, sometimes neglects to make his appearance altogether; that ...

... At the Cardiff County Court, last week, the case of Ferguson v. Bagchet was heard. This was an action brought by Mr. Henry Ferguson of Cardiff, the owner of a ketch called the Devon, against Mr. Edward Bag- chet, of Langport, in Somerset, the owner of the barque Strang, of Bridgwater, to recover the sum of £14, for damage done to the Devon on the morning of the 23rd day of November last, by ...

... ARRIVAL IN THE METROPOLIS. The announcement in the papers, that the Neapolitan exiles would arrive in London on Monday from Bristol, brought crowds of respectably dressed persons to both the Paddington and the Waterloo stations, some uncer- tainty existing as to which route would be chosen. Paddington, however, was the one ultimately deter- mined upon. The exiles arrived by the quarter past ...

... BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. [Ottr readers Kill understand that we do not ho7d ourselves re- sponsible for our able Correspondent's opinions.] H THE shaft is sped; the archer, little John, is looking on hard to see the effect of his twang- ing bow. Before I send my next, I suppose we shall know whether the last conservative ministry stands or falls. I call it the last, because it has been so ...

... (From the West Sussex Gazette.) On our visit to {Midhurst two years ago, we were surprised to find how little Mr. Cobden was thought of by his neighbours in comparison with the world wide fame he enjoys. We imagined that the name of Cobden at Midhurst would have been like the name of Shakespeare at Stratford. But we made no allowance for the conservative prejudices of the place. The brilliancy ...

... LONDON, MONUAT, MAECH 7. At present there are few export purchasers of Colonial Produce, but the home trade demand continues favourable, and prices generally ruled firm to-day, although large public sales art an- nounced for the week. There is an increasing dèmahd for articles used in manufacturing purposes; stocks are moderate, and prices have an upward tendency for Indigo and Wool. Russian ...

... 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 ...

... IF we are to believe the Americans, in that land of republican simplicity and Spartan virtue there is not a little of base alloy. The recent report of the Investigating Committee of the House of Re- presentatives, says an American paper, discloses a state of corruption among public men in this country which is replete with disgust to the most lukewarm patriot. It reveals a state of things ...

... The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock on Monday. At that hour there was an unusually numerous attendance of members; the Opposition benches were fully occupied, those on the Ministerial side of the House rather more sparely. Many members, even at this early period of the sitting, were driven up to the galleries, on ordinary occa- sions, at the same hour, almost untenanted. The Strangers' ...

... The Observer says it is understood in the highest political circles that the motion for the second reading of the Government Reform Bill will be rejected by a majority of from 80 to 90 votes, and that the resolution of Lord J. Russell will be carried by a majority of from 60 to 80. It is at present considered extremely doubtful whether the government, in such case, will resign office or ...