... .: , . . ?? - - To. ,: :. ~ , ' . .: ia The Scotch confirmation under seal of the Coin f! missariat of Edinburgh,,dated the .16th ult., of the . ?? Eon. Duncan M'Nei31, ELord C'olonsay, late of -n t No 73, Great King-street,; Edinburgh, who died at - Pau on the 31st of 'January 1lst, was sealedin Lon- ' don on the 21st. ulb t, The executoi4 are the Right t: Hon, Sir John M'NeilI:,.G.C.B., the ...

... THE BANQUET ATTIlHE! ROYAL' fe he ;on Saturday. evening the President and. Council tof the Boyal' ademy gave their anniversary baa-, er. quet to:a distinguished company Rat i Burlington Ve House, on th'e evo of the openiig of the eihibition' Ot to, day. There was a distinguished company pro; sent. a The PE81:DENT having proposed thel healthw of ?? the Queen, the ,Prince and Princess of Wales ...

... A large fire broke out iu a believe manufactory at Bir- mingham hist night, and raged for ten hours. Damkige Was very great. ...

... ^OINX'S BABY. An incident has just occurred at the Hammersmith Police-court illustrates the deplor- able educational destitution of thousands of British Children, for whose education the State has paid so many millions of money to the various religius sects of the kingdom. A poy of the age of 14 was bfrdtight before the .Residing magistrate as a witness. Havmg gone tlhroiigli the form of the ...

... A corijespoiident, WRITES ;—Ever sinca tlie notice has been PUT NP AT the collieries here, (TH^ tradU, whi ...

... I LONDON, MONDAY. English Bailway Stocks did not hold the improve- ment of Saturday, and in mosi cases there was a decline in quotations. North Eastern Stock was 1 lower, Mid- Great Northern A and London and Norlli Western, j Great Eastern, London and Brighton, and *ouih Eastern Deferred, § London, Chatham, and Dover, and Manchester ana Sbtffield, J. United Spates Government Bonds were all ...

... d __ d An-important appeal case came before the Court d of 'Common Pleas yesterday. The appellant had rx been convicted of carrying on betting on a race- ; course by the common mode of standing on a stool 5 and laying money on horses. The court held that ,, this was an offence under the Act, and upheld the 0 eonviction. It_ y e ONE Matthew AlBride, who was recently re- a ceiving gratuitous ...

... The San Francisco Alt 'gives the following ac- count of the disastrous ascension made by Captain Barbier and [party with his Silk baloon, Le. Secours, in that city on the afternoon of the 4th of April :- The entire forenoon was occupied in inflating the monster, and when it left on its sail in the aiir it contained 60.000 feet of gas., The attend- ance at the gardens Was not as large as ...

... THE PRESS ASSOCUU'TION. - The. annual meeting of the Dress Association PI (Limited) was held yesterday,. at- the offices, in h Wine Office-court, London.; lr; 1?P. S Macliver, of Bristol, presided The report. and balance-sheet, cr wbich.were of a highly satisfactory character, were le I unanimously adopted. Mr. F. COifford,.who retires *w -by rotation from the Committee of Management, b4 *.is ...

... ;— a EGLWYSILAN. SCHOOL BOARD EEE^TION.—A correspondent writes:— This parish, although it has escaped, a contest in the elec- tion of Guardians or the poor, is likely to have to undergo the expense and excitemieht of a contest in connection with a. School Board, election, eight members having been nominated for seven seats. The ratepayers had wisely arranged the members^so that every portion ...

... The Western Merning Newt Madeira correspondent lays:—H.M.S. BatTMoata, frem Cape Coast, arrived Apri128rd, andiwas to leave April 25th, [or .Spithead. Colonel Maxwell: died on board the Africa on the 14th April. The Liverpool Pott states that Joseph Edmund Perry, Liverpool, agefit for the Westminsetr Brymbo Seal Company, has absoonded with &lO,OOO! Biuom.—BrrfS Coooa.—43tBAXMruL eoM- monnk— ...

... NAVAL EXPENDITURE. A Parliamentary return, issued yesterday, shoW £ that the estimated increase of naval expenditure this year, compared with last, will be :£174,760. ...