... SALUS POPULI LIX SBUPRMA. ' : BIJMMARY. I DOMESTIO.' - In the House of Lords, last 'evening,, the Lord Chancellor stated that- it -would-be' necessary to amend the Bankruptoy Act, the operation of. whiol.was costlyland unsatisfad- tory. As an illustration of the evils atteuding the present eatern, ' is lordhi4p, state&.4lmtiit in 1864 the number of adjudications in bankruptcy was .7324, and ...

... NEW PATENTS. (Contributed Mr. Seerf* ftca The following patent* were sealed daring the week February 9, 13&>: Tbomaa Bojle, London, an improved air saaoke valve. Dated July 14. Kdwin and Frederick Crook, improvement* in the Mil ill— bracket* for supporting banner screens, reading deaka, other articles. Dated August 9, Mark Payee, Northampton, improved at traction engine. Dated August Henry ...

... In Vice-Chancellor Wood's Court, on Saturday, the suit Wright v. came on for hearing. This bill was filed for declaration that the sale of the of Haibury, Warwukhire, might be confirmed. It appeared that In April, the plaintiff borrowed £'1,600. from Messrs. Holt and Sweeting, with which, in addition to £2,400. partly paid by him and partly contributed by others, he purchased the advowson. ...

... .- i - N_ I IM-TE do= I l'i SI plr ; , ~ s TIEIRS., I On Friday Last axery vioient ses prevailed on the Northumberland coast, though there vas but little a wind, and it was evident that a gale was raging at sea. About ten o'clock am. several large steam- t ships from the continent commenced to rui for the I Tyne. The Earl Percy, belonging to the Tyne Steam Shipping Company, which had ?? C ...

... - ?? ?? -. -- ?? ?? ;z!jz 1- ?? I f ? 41 I 0 -f 5r 'A ' e b? 5 - VI 1? A, -);v x v. I$ln . (ESTADLISHED ANNO 1737.) BELFAST: WEDNESDA.Y, FEB. 8, 1865. PARLIAMENT was openedyesterdaybyCommission, but, oontraryto expectation, ?? of Wales was not one of the Cotmmissioners. The Address was moved by Lord Charlemont, and seconded by Lord Eoughton. Lord Derby made an admir- able speecoh, f tll of ...

... The following were the receipts on the undur- mentioned railways during the vast week 0 Receipt3 Belfast and Northern Counties_ £1,966 £1,8 2 Belfast and County Down 661 659 Blyth and Tyne _.-_.---..- 1,840 ], 720 Bristol andExeter_-.-..-._ . 5,410 6,174 Caledonian _ 17,555 1',504 Cambrian 1,3 8 1,266 Cork and Bandonn-.-_-.. 342 4.56 Cork, Blnckrock, and Passage - 183 10 ...

... Betting in Hyde-parik. DOGG3IX V. C0ATBRNS -This was an action tried at the Exchequer Chamber on Monday before the Under-Sheriff of Mid. dlesex on the 30th of June last, when a verdict was returned for the defendant. The action was brought for money had and received, and upon accounts stated. The defendant pleaded first not guilty, and secondly that the money was deposited by the plaintiff ...

... ABERDARE. ABERDAP.S PENNY READINGS.—The first of these popular entertainments was given in the long reom of tbe Temperance Hall, yesterday se'nnight. In the absence of tbe president and vice-president of the Readings, the chair was occupied by Mr. J. Osborne Riches. Tbe room was crowded, and the programme was exhausted under the most auspicious circum- stances. Four readings—three in English ...

... ] AlT INDIAN GIANT,-We read in the lriend of India:-A 7usus naturce in the shape of a giant has made his appearance in Nagpore. The man is seven feet four inches high, his head is not particularly large, but his aspect is described as 'hideously repulsive.' At first the people thought he was a demon, and stoned him accordingly, but five peculiar marks having been discovered upon his head, he ...

... THE EDINBURGH UP. PRESBYTERY AND SUNDAY GOODS TRAINS. A meeting of this Presbytery wats held on Tuesday~ Pand after appointing the Rev. W. Bruce, Infirmary Street Olsurds, as conjunct clerk, took up the qces- tion of Sunday goods trains. I Dr. ANossEwV T1'HOMSON moved- That this Pres- bytery express their strong disapprobation of the running of goods trains by railway companies on the Lord's ...

... ' Mr. Lowc. statee that another slight shook of earsthquake,aeerrred at Beesto'i,, near Nottinghame, at about haif past one o'clock on the mornina of the 1st inst. B e adds :- The earthqual e of the 27th ult.. was felt at EOhnlford, Rectory, near Strodd, Gloucestershfri. B3oth Mr. and' Mrs. Ireland e6x ;petiienced tbree distinct r-hocks which caused the wiidows to rattle iiolently. It 'was ...

... THE KERS OR KERBS. (From the Spectator.) P The pedigree of the lers or Kerrs, though not stretching back farther than the fourteenth century, is a singularly complicated one. They are divided into tw o great clans, the Hers of Cessford, now, a represented through females by the Duke of Roxburghe ; and the 'Herra of Fernibirst, re-. presented in the lineal male line by the Mar. ri quis of ...