... THE SCHEME FOR REDUUINte TIlE NATIONAL DEBT. The advantages and the disadvantL,,,. Inc, the Chancellor of the Exchequer's era redncing the national debt arise lrbeii the perasame cause. The arran n he i poses is an engagement to pay off a eerry portion of the national debt every year fors the present time to the year 883b ether there be in the Exchequer a surplus or a 'deficiency. It is, in ...

... I Parliament and the country are now in possession of the whole scheme of Reform proposed by the Government, and we venture to think that general opinion will be decidedly pronounced in its favour. Tho Ministerial plan for the redistribution of seats will no doubt be found open to various objections on points of detail, but it is unnecessary to anticipate now criticisms which will more ...

... II! I II I I oE Tb;EC OF HAD.w~i CBll'PlN at hel~ ew a ork journals contain roporf 'di tile ?? ta G-reatt Fenian gathering in ?? .v cod on the 15thbof May, to hear adssfo ?? Stephens who had ie in ?? a few d TL ~ nvd n meic a e aye Previously. . Te meeting, however, dd Df htot realieth e en 8to of . .e idd aD erodi t~he expctaior of Its promoters, and 5000. The number i attendance exceed 5000 ...

... I [BY TELXGuWHJ -- ?? HOUSE OF LORDS. n FRIDAY. MAY 4. Their lordlsixips met at five o'oloeik. ECCLESIASTICAL BENEPC1ES IT 1 IRELAND. Thc-, ArchbishoP of Aimi:J moved for a retuii of the ecclesiastical benefices in Ireland on the M plan of the table of benefices furnished by the be ceclesiastieal commissioners in 1834. Lord DUPFmriTN said that there now existed no' machi nery by which the ...

... ur Pootl XuPrgMA. 8ALUS POPULI L8 UPREMA. DOMESTIC,. Prince Alfred is gazetted Earl of Ulster, N. Earl of Kent, and Duke of Edinburgh. eon- In consequence of the non-attendlance of '00sufficient members, there was no sitting of the 'a 6d House of Commons yesterday. 9 Ei4. 1. Gd. FOREIGN. t rl. A special conference took place yesterday at 6d Paris on the question of the 'Danubian Princi-r ?? ...

... ARRIVAL OF THE MARATHON. NEW YORK, APML 25. Mr. Seward has instructed the American Minister in Vienna to protest against the embarkation of Austrian troops for Mexico, and to inform the Austrian Govern- ment that the United States cannot engage to remain neutral if Anstria permits her troops to continue to make war against the republic of Mexico. Money abundant. Gold, 126E'. Exchange on London ...

... CORRESPONDEN!UC. NOTICES TO CORRESPORDENTS, Cem-,spossdents who set ecip spectal value upon their corn- unicationte mnst keep copi a ofthem, as se cannot under- take to return emaces contributions, A Itiettear intseinded for publication must be aompsanie by the nesahe and address of the writr, -not necessarily for pulsliceatios, but fo r the information of the Editor. J J W. W., IRedna.-In ...

... THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLING £1,200., 1 BY A ILlMINGHAMt COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER| COMMITTAL OF THEl PRISONER. Arthur Rickett, of 101, Balsall Heath Road, Birming. hao, the commercial traveller for that district for Aessrs. Welton and East, wine merchants, carrying on business ?? Street Farringdon Road, London. was placed at the bar of the Guildhall Police Court, London, on remand, before Alderman ...

... ?? dgig 'ot, THURMAY, MA'Y 3, 186G. NEWS OF THE DAY. IN the House of Commons, yesterday, Mr. SHERIFF again mentioned the Redditch penny stealing case. Sir GEORGE GREY replied that he had enquired into the matter, and had laia the factsbefore the LORD Cu1NCELLOR, who, alone, had power to remove Magistrates from the Commission. The LORD CHANCPELLOR had written to Mr. GRAY, who had pleaded his ...

... I __ MAY MEETINGS. I REFORMATORY AND REFUGE UNIONT.-A pleas. ing variety in the May meetings occurred on Fri. e day evening, when the Reformatory and Refuge ?? ass embled a company of the friends of its heir Institution at a conversazione in Willis's-rooms, eMs, London. The attendance was very numerous, in- lent eluding many friends from the country in town at ,ort, this opportune time. The ...

... |H I DIVISION:ON ToE REFORM BILL,. I The followingg is an Anaysisof thedi on Saturday mnorning:- For lord Grosvenors amendment there voted tin-I eluding tellers) 315, and of these 283 were Conserva- tives, and 32 Liberals, viz. Agar.Ellis, Honsl. ' Gregory, W. H. Andover, Lord Grosvenor, Earl Anson, Hon. Major Grosvenor, Lord R Baring, H. B. Heatheote, Hon. H G. 0 Beaumonnt, W. B. Horsrnan, F. ...

... LATE ST NEWSO [BY ELECTRic TELECGRALPH.] THIE CRISIS IN EUROPE. FERANOE AND TEHE TREATIES OF 1815. PARIS, M.AY 9. The Gostitutiosnnel of -this morning publishes an a;rticle, in which it denies that the speech of the Emperor at Anxerre is an encouragement to the am- bition of Prussia. The writer says -A The object of France is neither to serve the ambition of Prussia nor Italy, but to assure ...