... STEP BACKWARDS. If we were asked upon what Governmental institution the blessings of the people of this country were most likely to be showered, were a special benediction called for, we should mo*t decidedly reply, the Post- Office. The welfare of the Post-Office is so intimately bound with all that concerns the story of our lives from year to vear, that not a man, woman, nor child in the ...

... hex we a short time ago hinted that might be advisable, as a matter of public interest, to pay more attention to the proceedings in the Small Debt Cour than has been usually given to them, we certainly did not anticipate the occurrence which has induced us to write these remarks. We have hesitated till now to notice it, partly because it was in itself merely contemptible, partly because it ...

... have published the evidence taken before the Commission so far as it has yet been made public and though it yet too early to form any conc'usion as to the general bearing of the investigation, we may gain some idea as to what are he the general tendencies of the evidence. The witnesses already examined represent the landord interest and that of the wealthy tenant farmers. These two classes are ...

... to RE- ?? E^ of iloo and upwards, secured s ?? upon the Metropolitan , ?? at Six per Cent, per Annum. v, i; JOHNSON, .Secretary. .- L ENTRAL RAILWAY I . KUENTUUES. .. . imp.ii) are prepared to i;| - ..i £100 and upwards, for , ?? interest at ti_ per cent, per . . i;. ?? I . ?? t - . .: vi. 1. MP. Chairman. ;.,i NG, secretary. s Ii ?? ATION ;m J CANAL ' X !\ ri!_t ELEVENTH ORDI- -. ...

... ORPjJ ANS of \ ■s^nfrom tins Port, lost in the Gale of 2 , A th and 2oth ult. V J me , ' o>-G th. imany lire, lost in the disastron. Gale, of the ' o«b and 25th of November were those of il.rJ « A v oU tl, iron l this Port, ,„ iBR ?? distress, and depriving three \Yiv„ wilh the - c , U,e Jg H u.band. and Parents, . nd , wilh them, th, I ,ri!)9i' teDeB ' j ■ of these bereaved families i, ...

... is HEREBY GIVEN, that Green ?? Buoys, marked with the word Wreck, ha*.e been laid ■** the wrecks of vessels sunk at the entrance of the Thames. „ J-08 Baoys lie In the positions and depths of water, aud with ™* murks and compass bearings hereunder given respectively, -, WRECK OFF YANTLET. ,J. e t» fathoms north of the wreck, in four fathoms at low water I* 2? tide 3« wit - h •ft Trees ...

... the command of Captain DAVID BRUCE (lato of the Irene) ; she has a full poop, fitted with every comfort .for first class pas«engers, and her second- class accommodation is very superior. She is lying at the Jetty, London Docks ; will call at Plymouth, and wiU carry a surgeon. —For terms, be, apply to Captain Brace, on board; or to DEVITT and MOORK, 0, Pilliter-street. CALCUTTA Direct, calling ...

... leave the East India Dooks on the 6th November, call at •'ytviouth, and carry an experienced surgeon.— Apply to F. KEEN and Co., 72, CornhiU, E.C. Passengers by this line _* n proceed from Faddingtou to Plymouth at reduced fares, by to F. Green and Co. for tickets. AUSTRALIA.— BLACK BALL and EAGLE ?? LINE of BRITISH and AUSTRALIAN EX-ROYAL AIL PACKETS. fort. | Ship. Tons. ToSailfrm ToSaiL ...

... burthen, has half her poop accommoda- Perim,i„Hajr„ c»«aged. Will call at Plymouth, and carry an ex- Co ii. i 2 B«rgeon.— For plans, &c, apply to COOKES and ?? ; or to DEVITT and MOORE, 9, BU- STnf^~to AUSTRALIA UNDER SIXTY *t»t« nf *t 8 —Packet of the 15th May detained, owing to tho brstwi tlle„ti(le, ?? May.— For MELBOURNE, the cele- GRAY v lary Bcrew steam cliPPer- GREAT BRITAIN, JOHN Uujij ...

... conse- »iKl i^* f n , c . c of the Jcnkin Sand having extended to the North- ,ll»«'iii ,. lol ' owiß g alterations wUI be made on or about the lst A wt. Bu °y»ge thereol, viz. :— 8o nh»», , ln Bu °J* will be moved about Hall a Cable to the AY» .? f its Present position ; ?? ct Ru °y wiU also be moved about a Mile in aSE by As ?? 1 ' anil ■¥*«« lini nal Bupy » to b « called thc East ßlvth ßu °y ...

... will leave the East India Docks on the sth November, call at Plymouth, and carry an experienced surgeon. — Apply to F. I OREEN and Co., 72, Cornhill, E.C. Passengers by this line can proceed from Paddingtou to Plymouth at reduced fares, by applying to F. Green and Co. for tickets. AUSTRALIA.— BLACK BALL and EAGLE LINE of BRITISH and AUSTRALIAN EX-ROYAL MAIL PACKETS. Port. Ship. ] Tons. ...

... Melbourne .jßockhampton 2000 London . . 25th Oct. Do. [Southern Ocean 3000 Liverpool sth Nov. Do. Blanche Moore 3000 Do. sth Dec. Do. 'Groat Britain (s. s. ) 500 h.p. Do. 15th Dec. Sydney ?? Sydney Dacres 2200 London 10th Nov. Queensland . ! Wans f ell 1800 Do. 25th Oct. New York..^Pennsylvania ?? 2000 Liverpool 25th Oct. The above celebrated clippers, so well known for their rapid passages ...