... M I S C E L L A N E,O U S Aew Planet-Professor Kaiser, of Leyden, has dis- covered a new planet, which forms part of the group between Mars and Jupiter. It is the ninth ofthe group, and performs its revolution in three years and eight months.-titerary Gazette. Cuzrious Statement Goncerning the Dog.-Tiie mastiff when transported into Denmark, becomes the little Darish dog; for a cold climate is ...

... FROMJ THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. :a- xt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 22d day of JolIt of 1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Counei. r. This day the Right Honourahle William Sebright Lascelles, and the Right -Honourable Sir William M eredvth Somerville, Bart., were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majestv's Mtost Honounible Privy Council, and took their ...

... A WnRD TO THE IRTSII REBELS. (F.rom the Tines.) WVe have a word to say to the Irish rebels before they take the field. It may possibly just turn the scale of their secret eleliberations. Thev reckon on a certain amount of assistance from this countrs. W ith so consideralhle an accession to the militarv force in Ireland, they imagine that sncleand has been drained, and that therefore the coast ...

... Jtiha Knox's House, .Edinabrgh.. A fter mnuch disputa- tion, ascription of underhand motives, personal squabbles, and the like unseemly measures1 which could not possibly fail to prejudice the scheme for preserving the ?? of the Reformer, we are glad to see that the proprietors are now doing what they should have done fully two years since, viz., getting the cracks and flaws of the old mansion ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS, ONDAY, JtTNE 7. The Lord Chancellor took his sear upon the woolsack at aE 5o'clock. R AFFAIRS OF PORTUGAL. C ) The Earl of ELLENBORIOU0GH wished to aek the Noble re ,Marquis whether there was cay truth in the statement which tsp- poared in the French papers to-day, that despatches bad be-en e sent out to the Prince do Joins-l~e, directing him to proceed with w' his -squadron to ...

... THE IRISf LEAGUE AND THE JACOBIN PRESS. ?? m _ I . 1 . - . - s I . , -I (From the DaZblia Evening That.) Whether we are to have an Irish League as the pre- cursor of an Irish Republic is as yet tindecided. It was solemnly announced by Mr. John O'Connell; it was pro- claimed on Saturday, with a flourish of trumpets loud enough to frighten the isle from its propriety, by the reemnan's Jouzrnel ...

... ST ATE OF I RE LA. ND. 'I ?? the Times' Correspondence.) Dublin, Wednesday Evening. THE ARRESTS-THE TRIALS. e The number of warrants unexecuted, and still in the hands of the police, s stated to amount to several thousands. Parties, it issaid, are implicated who never dreamt that their connection %V It tile olubv, and all their proceedings in relation thereto, have been narrowly watched from ...

... dicated, and our political system restored to health and vigour. To do these things, we expect justice to be our reward; and expecting justice, we must do justice to others, more especially to those unfortunate creatures who have been deluded the stock-brokers and annuity humbugs out of their hard cash for mere nominal scrips and worthless policies. There have already been thousands of plans ...

... ORIGIX OF THE WAR OF 1688. The war of 1688 was excited by Louvois, the French minister, to secure himself in his office, which he judg- ed to be in danger, from perceiving, as he thought an alterationin Louis XIV'sdisposition towards him. The circumstances are thus related by the Duc de St. Simon, in his Memoirs. The castle of Trianon was just built when the king perceived a defect in the ...

... TUESDAY, APnaL 14. C The half-yearly meeting of the Free Church Synod of Glasgow I and Ayr commenced to-day in the Free Tron Church (Rev. Dr. Buchanan's), at twelve o'clock. In the absence of the Rev. Dtr. Smith of Dumbarton, the Moderator of last Synod, the Rev. Dr. Forbes preached the usual synodical sermon. The Synod after- wards adjourned to the Session-house, and a leet having been t ...

... rUBLIC WELLS OF GLASGOW. In noticing or, Friday last the report on the public wells, lately issued by the Committee, appointed for that purpose, we were obliged for want of space to; omit mention of the part contributed by Dr. Penny of the Andersonian University. Dr. P. 's reportis purely of a scientific character, and contains details not suitable for the columns of a newspaper; but we have ...

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