... NORTH OF ENGLAND CHAMBER OF AGRIOULTURE. I A meeting of the members of the Northeflngland Chamber of Agriculture was held on ?? in thea Crown and Thistle (Mr Don&1d'5),'Ne'wcaitle-Mr John Angus. ef Whitofield, in the chair. E . reY The Coertot.reap copies of letters from Earl Peroy. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bert, and the Hon. H. G. Liddell. stating, tbat the petition, embodying the ofemnorial ...

... ECOLESIAS'I'0A4 INTELLIGENCE. The Pev. Henry Christopherson, who has for many years held a very high position as a Nonconformist preacher and divine, and who was till antely minister of New College Chapel, St. John's Wood, has been licensed (after ordination on Trinity Sunday) by the Bishop of Lsndon to the eu'racy of St. Cle- ment, Lancaster-road WVest, Nutting-hill, on the nomination of the ...

... NLEWCASTLE. JULY 12. The death of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, wnder such tragical circunistauces, has made a deep impression amlongst the popu]a- tiun and in all the courts of Europe. It is confidentlybelieved, that some retaliatory step is likolyto botakeu either by France alone, or in conjunction with one or more of the leading powers, against the executioner of the late Austrian ...

... NORTIHUMBERLAND PRESBYTERY OF THE ENGLISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The ordinary quarterly meeting of the Northumberland Presbytery of the English Presbyterian Church wits held on TuIsday, in St. George's Church, Morpeth. The Rev. Sanmuel Catheart, of Harbottle, whose year of ofice as oiderator had expired, preached a sermon, after which the Presbytery wvas constituted, and adjourned to the large ...

... Mr Mechi's farm at Tiptree will be open to inspec- tion during the Bury Show time, when no introduc- ?? will be necessary. How CATTLE PLAGUE IS TREATED IN HESSE.- The Cattle plague in Hesse and Thuringia is extinct. =Cuprum chloratima has been much, and it is said successfully, used as a preservative in the districts lately infected. It is administered as a medicine, as well as used for ...

... On Saturday morning a public breakfast was iven in St. James' Hall, London, in honour of William Lloyd Garrison, Esq., the leader of the anti-slavery party in America. There was a company of nearly 400, consisting almost equally of ladies and gentle- men, who were accommodated an four tables and ranged along the body of the hall. The balconies were thrown open to spectators, and a large number ...

... MULTUM [N -PARVO. A subscription to erect a statue to the Emperor Maximilian ?? been spontaneously organised at Trieste--The PrindyVs Dagmar, wife of the Czarowitch, and sister to the Prtncess of Wales, has had a mis- carriage. -A convict is in custody at Wakefield for attempting to stab a prison ?? journals announce the death of the wife of Samuel Phelps, Esq., the celebrated ?? expedition is ...

... ECCLESIASTIOAL INTELLIGENCE. A SCENE IN A CHuRCR.-On Sunday last, a Mr J. O'Connell, from Dublin. who has been lecturing at Newton, entered the church of St. James the Great, at Haydock, and made himself couspicuous by count- ing the fifteen candles and numerous crossea in the church. The churchwarden asked him to conduct himself properly, by standing up at the chanting. This he publcly ...

... On Saturday the interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new buildings to constitute the future Alexandra Orphanage for Infants, which is under the immediate patronage of H.lt. H. the Prin- cess of Wales, was performed by her Grace, the Duchess of Sutherland, as ?? tens for the Pian- cess, on the site at Hornsey Rise, in the presence of a crowded and fashionable assembly. ...

... A ROMANCE OF SPIRITUAL LIFE. For some time past Mr D. D. Hone, the celebrated Spiritualist, has been staying at Malvern, under the care of Dr. Glley. One day last week Mr Home suddenly disappeared from the neigbbourhood, and the next we bear of the gentleman, whose face had become quite familiar at Malvern, and was not un- known ill Worcester, is of his being a prisoner. A writ had been ...

... Shortly after two o'clock on Monday afternoon a collision took place on the Border Union Railway at Stobs Station, three miles south of Hawick, between a pilot engine and a mineral train, resulting in, it is feared, fatal injuries to the driver of the latter and serious injuries to the fireman. It appears that the pilot engine was shunting some trucks fiom a goods train standing on the up line ...

... ECOLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. CLERICAL VACANCIES.-The sole chalrge of the parish of Cockfield, in the diocese of Durham, has become vacant;* it is worthi00aycarandthe rectory house, and isthe gift of the Rev. H. C. Lipscomb. The mastership of the Lower English School at St. Blees College, Cumberland, has become v~acant* it is in the gift of the Rev. G. H[. Hislop, M.A.. XVLSiEYAN CHAPREL-. ...