... I ItO (WE OF LORDS The Lords met at Five o'clock. TlE SLAVE TRADE. Lord BRoUGHuAMc called attention to th'e state of the African slave trade, and urged that the Northern States were by no means entitled to the credit they assumed to themsel ves for the measures they had recently taken for the repression of slavery. THE IRISH POLICE. The Marquis of CLANSU1CARDE called attention to the ...

... D~UDLEY. MacTacTO OF TUO C'OURT LeseT.-ELeOTtON OF MAYOR AND OFFa'ER9e.-Thle annual meeting of the ancient Court tonok plaice at Thle Ie-tfel yesterdlay, caftan thcem lvere presen~t Isl. E GIrainger Mlayor for ties past year). the Rev, T. Harper, Messrs. C. Tinleoy, J. Necessed, WV. H. liroolee, T. Biretteil, S. Ittdgs, T. Price, J.1 Jordlan, J. F. Watkins, IV. Minty, B. Ceebrane, G. Stesveoan ...

... . (Frem ottr cua Corremponrlent.) Thanksgiving and harve.t festivals greet us on all bands at the present time: an1 it is befitting that the nation should rejoice at the abundance of the fruits of the earth, provided for another year's require- ments by a bonatiful Providence. The present is the season for agticultural shows ald fentive gatherings. The golden treasures of thoe fiels liavin7 ...

... CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE ?? I ?? Rsj The following documents have boon forwwarde to (Timies) for publication. We believe thlat thoh l addressed to every Roman Catholic Driest in sye Wraet polis os eto Rev, dear Sir,-I particularly request that Ose or more of the clergy of yoosr nolesion will, to '1011 tlse courts and lanes, an oter ?? - fO'rw, go itot ?? d~well, and usle every ef-fort. tn it, ...

... TI E CATHOLIC BISHOP OF BIRMINGHAIM ON THE PAPAL QUESTION. On Sunday morning last, at the various churches and chapels in this diocese, a pastoral letter was icad from Dr. Ullathorne, the Catholic Bishop of Birmingham. It commenced :-Dearly beloved,- AVo have been so repeatedly asked when we in- tended to give the faithful of thie diocese an opportunity for making their offerings once more to ...

... LATE ST N AEWSi CHELTENRitUl. Tns LANCASnlRs FUND.-NVithiu tlle past weels, number of gentlemen have formed themselves into a eom- mltteo for eolleeting weelely ?? subseriptious, ana already £32. has been eontributed through this agoucy. AVe are gllul to hear also that the mcstsel3 of the Chel- ?? police force have sot n praisesvorthy ex:snaplo by commencin6 a subscliptiou in aid of the fuud, ...

... ~f . Pi~min tax paloot§; THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1862. i NEWS OF THE DAY. VERY little-business of importance was traus- acted at the morning; sitting of the House of Cormupons yesterday. Mr. MW'MAIroN moved the second reading of the County Courts Procedure Bill, which 'was opposed by the ATTORNEY- NEISAL, and was ultimately withdrawn. In the 'course' of the short discussion Upon the measure, Mr. ...

... LATE ST NEWS. 134 ELEROTHICl AND INTrERNATIONAL TEPI3ORAlAPH ticEs, TEMriEx B UUILDIING, N Nw STREETIS REUTEKd'S TELRGRA-dS LATESNf FROM AMERICA. LLvERtPOOL, MONi \Y. T lhe Royal Mail steam-ship N iiagara, from Boston, arrived here at noon to-day. NEW YORK, MAY 29th. (Per Niagara, by telegraph to Halifax and vid Quneenstown.) ConCirmatory accounts have been received of Beau- regard being at ...

... The Naples correspondent of the Times gives what the Americans would call the statement?' of one of a body of travellers who were captured by Crocco's band on the 14th of March in the Val di Bovinoe We were recom. mended, he said, to-avoid the diligince, so we left Barr in a carriage drawn by five horses,> al at Foggio were joined by 'another carriage with'theea borsae. At a quar, to ...

... I MIPORTANT MEETING OF THE WEST BROMWICH COMMISSIONERS. A special meeting of this Board was held yesterday; present, Thomas Jesson, Esq., Chairman; Messrs. W. J Kite, E. Caddick, J. Morris, E. L. Bullock, S. Roberts, B. Plant, J. Lees, T. Lloyd, J. Spittle, and H. Jackson. In the surveyor's report the only matters of interest stated were the presentation of the ground plan of the new Ragged ...

... THE NEW CO.DIET. To Ihe EDriTlO of the DAILY POST. In reply to G H. who headed his letter of this : Mr. Dallnce's Comet,' I hocg to say that when I wrote dx letter of tie ith i st. i spoke theoetic ally when I said, . 0deoleniled lMr. T. L. Plalnts a'redction, knowing that comet iS actiliC iil oni our; atniosp i~clro. I hai hO ?? ofteexistence of thle eet; *but two days after the d: te of my ...

... BY ELECTmIO AND INThEeNATIONAL TELEGRAYHL OPICEi, TEmnima BUILDINGS, NEW STREET. .REUTER'S TELEGRAMgS. LATEST FROM AMERICA. STATE OF AFlFAIRS AT NEW ORLEANS. EXPECTED -BATTLE BETWEEN HALLECK AND BEAUREGARD. QUEENSTOWN, MAY 14. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamship City of New York, arrived this morning. She landed mails, and proceeded. AU well. NEW YORK, MAY 3. Full ...