THE, BARCLAY MATCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. SIR,-James Searles, alias Tigser, continues to perform the Barclay Match, viz., a thousand miles in a thousand successive hours, he hav- ing, up to twelve o'clock to night, performed 760 of the '1000 miles. He is going on very well as

[LATEST EDITION.] SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1841. The long debate upon the Sugar Duties question con- tinued, as we supposed it would, into the last week, and was only brought to a close at four o'clock on Wednes- day morning, after the speeches of eight nights. There were present in the

RAILWAY INTELLICENCE. -r THE BLACawALL RAILWAY.-The following facts exhibit in a strong light the character of the claims not unfrequently made upon Railway Companies. In arranging for the pro. perty on the extension line of this railway, between the Mino- ries and Fenchurch-stre

The Bishop of Gloucester has given the donation of 200 to nadedwent of two new churches the luind for the erection n noi ?? r anfr in the parish of St. Paul, Bristol T. e Rev. Dr. Warneford has given the muniricenlt sum If 1000 in furtherance of the same ?? Marquis of Waterford

LOTERATU RE. THE MAtGAZINES. FRAsEgrThe lamented death of the proprietor of this magazine has made no ?? Inl the sezntitments which i. advocates. This is fully eviltted in, the first articie of the pre- sent number, entitled,/ Thle Battle of'.Vatelloo," in which thle assertions o

FRIDAY EVENING. THE CURRENCY. Our readers are aware that we have mainly attributed the distress and paralisation in which every interest of the country (whether agricultural, commercial, industrial, or monetarv) is involved, to those expansions and contractions of the circula. t

I . I THE, RING. FIGHTS TO COME, Feb. 7_Lynch, of Hammersnith, .ani tht. Wandsworth Hope, 10 a-side. 21-Males ard M'Grath, 100 ?? fight. .28-ill Jones and Thomas Evans (of Birmingham), .0 a.side, half-wsa between London and Wirmingham. Mar. 7-Greenstreet and Enowliton, 45 Sgside,

FOREICN AFFAIRS. FRINeC.-Commercial distress is very general. Among the latest failures is that of W. Gervais, a Member Of the Chamber of Deputies. Thie Uniber of his creditors exceeds six hundred, and it is supposed that they wsill not get above 25 per cent. in liquidation of th

The following is a copy of the petition of the Attornies and Solicitors to the House of Commons, now lying for signature in the hall of the incorporated Society. " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " The hu

wzl ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH and ALFRED CROWQUILL. TEE APRIL NIUMtBER, PtCE KHALF-CE...Rowc, OF ENTLEY'S M -ISCELLANY, 3 ' Contains: THE FORTUNES OF THE SCATTERGOOD FAMILY. By ALsERT SMITHi. With an Illustration by Le'ech. ChapterXt-MIr.Bolt anxiousto visithiscountry ?? and Daughte