... Admission of Clergymen to the Bar.—A meeting of benchers of the several Inns of Court was held last week in London, Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., M.P., P jhen it was decided, by a majority ef 12 Iv -I'l ? ordained clergymen should be henceforward eligible for call to the bar. The occasion which srave rise to the consideration of this question in this formal manner was the call to the bar, in last ...

... POLITICAL GOSSIP. ANOTHER garter is placed at the disposal of the Premier by the lamented death of the Duke of North- umberland. AN odd idea has been started in Belgium-namely, that the Kinsr of the Belgians is to arbitrate between Austria and Prussia. IT is rumoured that the Admiralty have decided, as disarmaments appear to be general throughout 2 OOCp6' ret'uce number of Coast Guard men by ...

... SPORTS AND PASTIMES. THERE is to be a fancy entertainment at the Vic- toria rink, Montreal, towards the close of the present month. None but those in costume will be allowed to appear on the ice, and masks to be generally dis- allowed. WE hear that Boston can boast of a one legged skater who is quite as extraordinary in his way as Donato. He is said to be a nice young man in his manners ...

... The Produce Market. J MINCING-LANE, FEB. 13. Sugar.- Although demand is much better, still rates have not improved extensive. The closing terms to-d^^trSS low to fine brown, 24s to 29s yellow and refining 29* oos grainy,32s to 3Ss native Madras, 23s to 26s.—Grocprr. white, 38s to 40s; ditto, yellow, 31s to 37s; Cuba Museo- white, 38s to 40s; ditto, yellow, 31s to 37s; Cuba Museo- r. vado, 27s ...

... The case of Lewis v. Powell came before the Court of Queen's Bench last week, and was tried before the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury. ThisVas art action brought to recover damages for an alleged breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was the daughter of a medical gentleman residing in Cardigan, and the defendant was Colonel Powell, M.P. for Car- diganshire. The damages were laid ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the House of Commons, on Wednesday, on tlie report of the address, in answer to the speech from the throne, Mr. Scully moved to omit the paragraph relating to Ireland, and to insert We regret that the general condi- tion of Ireland cannot be regarded as prosperous or satis- factory, and that multitudes of the inhabitants continue to emigrate to foreign countries ...

... THE SAFFRON-RILL MURDER. } The extraordinary ciroumstaneesconnooted with the I crime for which the Italian, Serafini Polizzioni, now i lies under sentence of death still continue to attract a. great great deal of public attention, and Mr. Lewis, the solicitor who conducted his defence, has been ac- ] tively engaged in preparing facts and evidence to be laid before Sir George Grey, with a view ...

... PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS. ] I AM somewhat late in commencing my Parlia- mentary Jottings for the session of 1865; but as last week your paper was so occupied with the Queen's Speech and comments thereon, you had not room for any facetious correspondence. Per- haps I may be forgiven if I go over the ground of the opening again, as I might give to your sub- > scribers information that the ordinary ...

... The anxiety which. was expressed as to the likeli. liGod that the large amount of private business await- ing the investigation of Parliament would not receive its due share of attention during the present some. what exceptional session, has not been allayed bv the decisioa come to by the House of Commons last week, that in future, committees on private bills shall consist of four members, ...

... The Bishop of London and Mr. Bellew.- A gentleman named Forster, who appears not to like the theatrical readings of the Rev. J. M. Bellew, has written to the Bishop of London (enclosing some of the rev. gentleman's advertisements) inquiring whether it is with his lordship's sanction or approval that such readings were given by a member of the Church of ngiand in his diocese. The bishop has ...

... DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE. THE HIGH SHBRIFF.— Arthur Davies Bcrrington, Esq., of Pantygoitre House, has been appointed High Sheriff for this county, for the year ensuing. PONTYPOOL, CAERLEON, AND NEWPORT RAILWAY.— The bill for a railway from Pontypool to Caerleon, and to the Great Western Railway at Newport; capital, £100.000; loan, £33,300; has passed standing orders. BSTJMAWK, BLAENAVON, AND ...

... A serious flood occurred near Birmingham on Wednesday. Between the Soho and Hockley stations of the Great Western Railway is a tunnel over which an arm (about a quarter of a mile long) of the old Birmingham Canal passes, having been constructed for the convenience of a. coal wharf and & manufactory which exist in the neighbourhood. The driver of a train which passed through the tunnel on ...