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Both Houses of Parliament met on Saturday last, to receive the Royal assent, given by Commission, to the Crown and Government Security Bill, and some other routine and minor measures.

Cabinet Councils were held at the Foreign Office on Thursday and yesterday; at which there were full attendances of Ministers and length- ened conferences.

By a recent notice issued from the General Post-office, it is announced that- money orders presented through a banker residing in the town in which the order is payable, shall be paid without the payee's Christian name being signed in fall, or the name of the remitter.

Mr. Aneurin Owen, Poor-law Inspector, has resigned office from ill- health, and been succeeded by Mr. Doyle, lately acting under the Poor-law Board in Lancashire.

The Duke of Wellington has assembled a distinguished party at Strath- fieldeaye to meet the Prince of Prussia, who has been there on a visit since Monday.

The agricultural reports from the North of England describe very fa- vourably the aspect of the wheat crops. Those from the districts round London state that the great quantity of rain lately fallen has caused a Marked change for the worse. In Devonshire, and other parts of the West, large tracts of country have been inundated by the uwelling of the rivers. The grass crop promises to be very great throughout the kingdom.

By the West India mail-steamer Thames, news from San Juan Ni- caragua to the 15th of March has arrived. The British expedition had attained full apologies to the King of Mosquitia from the Government of Central America, and all differences had been ended by a treaty of peace.

The Animal des Vales et Carnpagnes supplies some information on Louis Philippe's former management of his private finances and on his present fortune- " The sums of which Louis Philippe disposes in his exile are not so considerable AB is generally believed. It is true that from 1830 to 1834 he had almost daily effected investments in London and in the United States; but since 1834, being convinced that he had established his dynasty on a durable binds, he withdrew a great portion of those funds and placed them in France. The Ex-King leaves debts to the amount of about 30,000,000 francs. The expression of M. Damn, which was at first considered a joke, verily believe that the Civil List is poor, for it is continually purchasing,' turns out to be a reality. Louis Philippe purchased every day some property, on which a great deal still remains due, otherwise it Would-be impossible to account for the enormous amount of his debts. His fortune, the debts being deducted, may be estimated at 250,000,000 francs. The forests of the private domain are a most valuable property, and all the other estates of the tinily were greatly improved since 1830. Nevertheless, Louis Philippe leaves his personal affairs in the utmost disorder. Never was there a Royal household 50 badly administered as his. He meddled with everything, and delighted in con- fusion and disorder. He liked to see his servants quarrelling and often repeated, When asses fight, the float remains in the mill.' Louis quarrelling, owed may- where. He paid as little as he could. His tradesmen were constantly applymg to him for payment. He owed his fruiterers 95,000 francs, and his baker al Neuilly 25,000 francs. No man possessed in a higher degree the mania of heap- ing provisions, purchasing without measure and generally without choice. The cellars of Neuilly contained 75,000 bottles of 150 different kinds of wines, and up- wards of 1200, full hogsheads. Will it be believed S—there was at Neuilly a supply of 24,000 wax candles, which served to kindle and feed the conflagration of that residence. The bronze stores of Villiers were filled with a sufficient quail.. thy of works of art, small statues, clocks, various ornaments in gilt bronze and others to furnish three palaces. He huddled together all those articles without any order; and he bought them without taste, although he piqued himself on being a connoisseur. The kitchen utensils found at the Tuilenes, at Eu, Dreux, and La Ferte Vidame, might serve to prepare dinner for an entire army. We fully concur in the opinion of a personage an intimate acquaintance of Louis Philippe, who said of him, 'That man is greedy and rapacious, but he is too great a squan- derer to be called avaricious."

The Times adds its testimony that the present income of the Ex-King is distressingly narrow- " We believe that the reports of the Comte de Nenilly's investments here ere entirely fictitious. He lives at Claremount in a state of almost penury, denying himself even those small luxuries which had become all but necessaries from long use to a man of his time of life: even with the most rigid economy, however, it is said that his income is still insufficient for his maintenance, and that in a year Or two, if he survives so long, he will be completely destitute. It can, however, scarcely be the intention of the French Government to sequestrate the private pro- perty not only of the Ex-King but of his whole family. The dowers of his sons' wives are said to be almost entirely invested either in French Funds or in land in France; and whatever claim the nation may have upon the Royal estates, it can by no process that we are aware of be extended to property thus acquired."

A lady of Geneva, who is a friend of the Dutchess of Orleans' received a few days ago from the Dutchess a letter which contains among other things the fol- lowing words—" I deplored at first the unexpected revolution of February, and wept over the terrible fall of those who were dear to me; I regretted at first for my son the loss of the finest crown in the world; but now, I would rather see my son dead than hope for him an early return to France, or dream that he might one day sit upon a throne which is for ever impossible."—Messager.

Several provincial cities of France have decided to place the bust of Lamartine, instead of that of Loins Philippe, in the municipal halls and other places where the royal bast was usually seen.

In a letter to the Standard, Mr. George Frederick Young exposes the fallacious nature of monthly returns laid before Parliament, of 'Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation. In the return for the month ending February 5th 1848, signed "A. W. Fonblanque, Statistical Department of the -Board of Trade," there is a long list of articles imported, from the most important to the least—from corn and cotton to divi-divi and oysters: it totally omits cotton, woollen, and linen manu- factures, as if none had been imported. From the Customhouse returns for the same month, Mr. Young quotes a long list of articles actually imported, but omitted from the Whitehall return, including cotton and woollen manufactures in considerable quantities.

The Town-Council of Montrose has refused to accept a legacy of 201. for the benefit of the poor. Mr. Deuchar, a law-agent at Edinburgh, having been ens gag!! in transacting business for the burgh, received 201. for his trouble. He says in h. wills/hat this was "a paltry sum"; that he was "shabbily remaneraW," as 2001. would have been "no more than-a moderate allowance'; so he leaves the 201. to the poor. The Town-Council would not even enter the passage from the will upon their minutes.

The Commissioners of Customs have decided against the appeal made by the Dac de Stackpole, and that nobleman's splendid schooner-yacht the Gipsy Qatee has been declared forfeited to the Crown for smuggling.

The Great Western Railway morning express-train of Wednesday made the journey from Paddington to Didcot, 53 miles, in 49 minutes 50 seconds; and ran the distance to Bath, 118# miles, in shoat 2 hears 25 minutes, including stoppages. The train was drawn by the Emperor, a new eight-wheeled engine.

The greatest dinner ever given in England Was that of Lord Romney to the Kent Volunteers, when George the Third reviewed them-near Maidstone. The tables were seven miles and a half long, and the boards for the tables cost 15,000L Speaking of the project to found a testimonial recording the virtues displayed on the 10th instant, a contemporary calls it "this (we think mistaken and hope abortive) announced intended move."

Daniel Stewart, an Irishman, a travelling jeweller, recently died in Arbroath. His appearance had been miserable, his clothes mean, and his stock of very paltry appearance. But after his death, the authorities found upon him bank-receipts for 2261., and a large collection of watches, rings, and other jewellery, of this value of nearly 4001. more. As no relations appeared, and there were no testa- mentary documents, the property has been taken possession of for the Crown.

Mr. G. Dowell, Paymaster and Purser of H. If. S. Apollo, was tried by a Court- martial at Devonport last week. Charges of contemptuoue behaviour to his supe- rior officer Commander William Radcliffe, and of unofficerlike conduct in striking subordinates, were established against him; and he was sentenced to be dismissed from service in the Apollo.

A short time since, two persons were convicted at Liverpool Assizes of robbing on the highway; having forcibly taken from the Reverend — Gernon, his wife and daughter, a watch and other valuables. Mr. Gernon, with the ladies and some other persons, swore very positively to the identity of the men on trieL It seems, however, that Bates, who was hanged for murder last week, confessed himself and another person named to have been the criminals, and exonerated the men who were convicted.

Plymouth prison appears to be in a very bad state from overcrowding. Before the last Borough Sessions, there were no fewer than seven women in one cell,. nine men in another, ten in a third, and in a fourth eleven men and boys!

While the workmen at the iron-foundry of Chatillon-snr-Indre were casting it large anvil, the fused metal, from the mould's not being dry, was thrown about' every direction: five men were killed, and fifteen burnt dreadfully.

A locomotive which had brought the mail-train from York exploded et the Normanton station on Wednesday morning. Though it gave way in themdee part, in the fire-box, five persons suffered, the engine-driver severely. Two fatal accidents from fire-arms are mentioned. A farmer's son st"blim ton, near Edinburgh, had hidden his loaded gun for a while in some furze; when he attempted to withdraw it by the muzzle, it went off, and killed him. A boy at Hertingfordbury, near Hertford, while firing at birds, accidentally struck an old woman-who was in charge of his father's house, and the wound was mortal.

An explosion of the powder-magazine in the Danish lines at Friedricheort we's caused by two boys. Ignorant of the danger, they touched the train of a mina which contained 1,000 pounds of powder, with the wire of a galvanic battery: an immense quantity of glass was broken by the concussion of the air: the sentinel nearest the mine was blown across the moat, and strained for a time by the effect of his involuntary leap; but he received no serious damage.

A Liverpool pleasure-party, consisting of eight ladies and eight gentlemen, went to Mostyn in the Lucifer steam-yacht; on returning, the vessel struck on the sand at Hoyhike; the sand got into the feed-pipe, and presently the boiler ex- ploded, tearing the vessel to pieces amidships, and forcing five ladies into the water—fortunately, they were rescued by boats.

It turns out that the General Wood, a convict-ship lost in January, while going from Hong-kong to Bombay, was run aground by the convicts themselves, after a successful mutiny. The convicts, armed with wood billets, gut access to the arms-chest, and then slaughtered every officer and Lascar aboard, except one or two whom they made to steer the ship. The Captain lost presence of mind, and IOUS slain early; but the Second Mate, a youth named Gills, fought with extraor- dinary determination, and slew numbers of his assailants before he was disabled. Lieutenant Seymour and his wife were saved, as passengers; the first having been driven overboard, and forced to hang in the water by the rudder for a whole night. The ship was run aground on rocks near the island of Bungarow: the greater part of the convicts were recaptured by the Malaya, and put under guard for the English authorities. Some thirty, however, gained boats, and escaped; but pursuit from Singapore and Penang is actively on foot.

The Spanish authorities of Manilla have annihilated the piratic establishments of the island of Balangigi. An expedition of three war-steamers and sixteen other armed boats, carrying 600 infantry and two pieces of field artillery, set out on the 5th February, and have totally destroyed the extensive fortifications of Balangigi, Sin- gall Sippae, and Bucontingai: 124 brass guns, and 150 piratical prows were taken, and four villages were razed. The Spanish loss was about 30 killed and 150 wounded; nearly 500 of the pirates were killed Thepopulation of the Isle of Bourbon, Gaudaloupe, and Martinique, the three colonies in which slavery has been abolished by the French Provisional Govern- ment, amounts to 82,546 free people, and 219,917 slaves.

Anthony Norris, a tinker, noted half a centars, ago as the best still-maker in Ulster, died recently, near Shercock, at the age of a hundred and eleven.

Results of the Registrar- General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the Week ending on Saturday last—.

Number of deaths,

Spring average.

xvmotie DiseaSel

252 176 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 26 50 Tubercular Discus's. 191 202 Diseases 01 the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses • 101 122 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 25 33 Diseases of the Lanes, and of the other Organs of Respiration... 185 129 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion . 52 63

DLSP.P11 of the Kidneys, the

12 10 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Ac. 11 12

Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Jointa, Sc..

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Diseases of the Skin, Cellular I issue, Sc 1 1 Malformations 3 2 Premature Ihrth 24 20 Atrophy 29 15

AO 45

55 Padden 'Valence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 4 9 12 29 Total (including unspecified causes) 991 943

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 73.3° in the sun to 31.0° in the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the mean average temperature by 2.6°. The general direction of the wind for the first four days of the week was South-south-east, and North for the last three.