... . Mr. H. J. Turner, of Richmond, Yorkshire, if who has just been over a great portion of the o midland and northern counties, thus reports on o the appearance of the crops in those districts- I think I never saw spring-sown oorn come up better; but the cold weather we had from about ` the 10th of May gave a check to the growth of aU grain crops. Beyond delay I see on good Idry land no injury ...

... THE EARL OF CAvo AD THE JAMAICA OUTBRLAB. I ~ ?? _- In a blue-book issued yeaterdy, oa . further correspondence relatinlg to thoefb Jamaica, are tbe followving despatches frm from th Earl of Casnarvon to Governor Sir J. P.* Gre TO GOVErBiOB SrB J. P. GRANT, oC, &c. Bfr,-By Downing-street, J 30, IWJ No. 173 of 18th J yoa damg,, structed to institute a careful those cases in which grave offence ...

... L . - A ?? total. Hf-ear's total. to 1567. 2866. ?? 1866. MIles. r Belfast & N.qCootmeS..- 2418 2012 40214 488399 Bristol anS Exeter ?? 7873 7422 138958 131365 14 Caledonian * 24094 34439 63415 537358 !5 621 Cabran*2370 2331 44246 44193 130 ~ Cornwall * 2190 226 32452 36217 865 Deele.0 .522 460 8833 8384 20 I~~~a *- 4211 3476 17 c- Duli Itefs un.*10 1405 29628 28333 613 ~jDubn an rghd. 700 ...

... THE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLO- SION IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE. On Thursday, the, principal mining engineers in the West Riding of Yorkahire assembled at the Oaks Colliery for the purpose of inspeoting the condition of the shafts and the pipe through which the large quantity of gas 'in the mine exudes.' Among those present were Mr. Embleton, Meth- ley; Mr. Brown, Sheffield and Barnsley; Mr. Potter, Mount ...

... ISiAJerpoPL WX PRfIA. 8 MAUS POPULI 8nUOtPREMA SUMMA.RA. DOMESTIC. A report is current that the Queen has resolved to give £500,000 for the erection and maintenance of a convalescent hospital. In the House of Lords, on Friday, the royal assent was given to several bills, including those for reducing the National Debt and continuing the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. Earl ...

... BOR0lJGHS WHICH IT IS . PROPOSED TO GROUP OR PARTIALLY DISFRANCHISE ?? nt It is impossible to understand the merits of the 0.- proposed plans of disfranchisement and redistribu- Id tion which will be under disoussion 'in the House re of Comnmons for the next week or fortnight without having before us a sketch of the present condition sh of the different boroughs and of the several plans Ig ...

... At a time when certain members of the Church of England are claiming to exercise temporal power on the ground that they are endowed with supernatural gifts, another religious movement, having similar ends in view but which are to be attained by very different means, has not received the attention it deserves. Thin new faith, devised and promulgated by Auguste Comte, has obtained several ...

... ISCOTCH GENERAL ASSEMBL1p nie ESTABLISHED CHURCH. ne. On Thursday a motion was adopted to the effed ske that the assembly had heard with interest tie ore addresses of the representatives of the Irish Church Missionary iSociety, and ?? thed sympathy with its objects. 672 The next business was the Old Greyfras' ce vam which came before the assembly in the form o her appeals against the judgment ...

... (Erom the f1ustratee London Almanaerk.) The course of the moon this month does not lead her near to many visible bright stars or planets. On the evening of the 2nd she will be about 6 deg. south of Mercury, and a little below Mars on the morning of the 7th. The planet Saturn will be near her on the 14th ; and on the morning of the 23rd the bright star visible near the moon Is Jupiter. ...

... LoNwDoN, FaRIAY. It will probably not be a matter of regret to you if I endeavour for once to leave the apparently inexhaustible question of reform, and endeavour to write some little of other parliamentary sub. jeots. The very importance of the effort to which the present Parliament is devoting such energies as it possesses renders the task of those who have to lead and those who have to ...

... The Madrid correspondent of the Indespendance Belge, writing. on the 24th inst., says- 'Arrests hlave been made within the last few days to an extraordinary extent. The friends of the Govern- irent declare that the individuals arrested are only Improper characters, but such is usually the state- ment put forth by pretended friends of order, to justify the most arbitrary measures. The Sala- ...

... 1BY TELEGBAP9.1 HOUSE OF LORDS. FRIDAY, MAY 31. Their lordships met at two o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. The royal assent was given by commission to the Hfabeas Corpus Sn~perzn (Ireland) Act Con- tinuance Bill, the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill, the National Debt Bill, and a great number of private bills. The royal commissioners were the Lord Chan- cellor, Earl C)adogan, arid Lord Colville. THE ...