... FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. Ecclesiastical affairs are still uppermost. The argu- ments in the Hampden case were concluded before the Court of Queen's Bench, on Thursday, when Sir Fitz-, roy Kelly made an elaborate speech on behalf of the objectors to Dr. Hampden's appointment. The Court will probably take several days to consider their judg- ment, when the Judges ...

... IRELAND. TIIE SPECIAL COMMISSION.— The Judges arrived at Clonmcl at three in the afternoon, Thursday, and came down to the Court-house at four, to open the Commission- for the county of Tipperary. There are upwards of 400 prisoners in the gaol, but only the principal cases will be tried under the Commission.— Last Tuesday night a barbarous murder was commit- ted upontlie person of a young girl ...

... (From the Nonconformist.) We confess to an invincible repugnance to puffing. It is bad enough as a mere trade expedient-it is ten times worse when pressed into the service of patriot- ism or religion. We admit that the practice affords some scope for ingenuity—more, perhaps, for impu- dence. To do the thing well, requires a perfect in- sensibility to all the promptings of modesty. We have no ...

... FLIINTSIIIRE. iMOSTYN.-On Tuesday evening, Jan. 2S, a lecture was delivered in the Independent Chapel at this place, by the Rev. David Price, of Denbigh, on the Life and Times of Walter Cradoc. A very large congregation assembled on the occasion. The lecturer gave a very interesting account of the Welsh-reformer, the commencement of his career within the pale of the Established Church, his ...

... A COMPARISON OF DEGREES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRINCIPALITY. SIR,-It is at all times fashionable for the ill-taught rich to despise and calumniate the poor—the lower classes. Even.-religious men,;and men little advanced in circumstances above those who suffer, are frequently found to encourage the reproaches, and to echo the rllJuse.i'n,this country the poor are not only spoken against as a ...

... FRANCE. The Prince and Princess de Joinville will embark in 'the steam sloop of .war the Cuvier for Algiers. This sojourn in Africa is attributed to the health of the Princess, who requires a temporary residence in a cli- mate more assimilated to that of which she is a native. The discussion on the address in the Chamber of Deputies was continued on Monday, but the proceed- ings are ...

... SPAIN. The Madrid papers of the 18th contain no news, with the exception of the accounts of the ravages of sthe influenza. The deaths had increased from tweniy. to sixty per day. The Marquess de Zembrano, Minister of War under King Ferdinand, died at Madrid on the 17th. The Baron de Meor, who had always shown himself a personal enemy of Espartero, had paid him a visit. ...

... PORTUGAL. Lisbon letters of the 10th, addressed to the Madrid journals, state, that the ministry had been completed by the nomination of Baron de Francos Solla to the De- partment of War, which had been held ad interim by the Duke de Saldanha. Count de Thomar had deter- mined not to accept the Paris embassy. M. Paive Pereira had left Lisbon on the 9th for Paris, as Charge d'Affaires. A new and ...

... SCOTTISH SauARE MEASURE.—A public dinner in Edinburgh had dwindled away to two guests, an Eng- lishman and a Highland gentleman, who were each try- ing to prove the superiority of their native countries. Of course, at an argument of this kind, a Scotchman possesses, from constant practice, overwhelming advan- tages. The Highlandman's logic was so good that he beat his opponent on every point. ...

... ■ PEMBROKESHIRE. FISHGUARD.—On the 17th .ultimo, the quarterly meet- ing of the Sabbath Schools of the district was convened at the Tabernacle, Fishguard. At ten, a conference .was held, when ministers and teachers of the different schools at- tended. The transactions of the preceding quarter were produced, and arrangements were made for the following quarter. The Commissioners' Reports were ...

... BIRTHS. On the. 15th ult., the wife of Mr. D; Marsden, draper, Tredegar, of twins—a boy and girl. On the 23rd ult. the wife of Mr. James Wilson, Priory Cottage, Haverfordwest, of a daughter. On the 25th ult. the wife of Mr. Christopher M'Adam, Mount-street, Swausea, of a daughter On the 27th ult., the wife of Mr. John Brown, carver and gilder, Old Bridge-street, Haverfordwest, of a daughter. ...

... NEWPORT.—Dr. Beaumont, of London, preached the anniversary sermons, at the Wesleyan chapel, on Wednes- day last, at three and six p. m.; collections were made at the close of each service for defraying the debt on the chapel, which collection amounted to C14 or £ 15. NEWPORT INFANT SCHOOL.—The committee of the Newport British Schools have completed|>their arrange- ments for the establishment ...