or. The Fragment of the Wreck. Part 11. A Modern French Comedy. and its Irrigation. Lady Lees Widowhood. Part IV. Twenty Years in the Philippine Islands. Hints tor Legislation. kwooii It Sons, Edinburgh and London. PROTESTANT AND FIRE INSURANCE •ASSOCIATION. far Dingwall— D, 6.

,s4LE OF Mfh'. BA YNTUIV'S PAhIVTi1NG.S. 3Iis curious collection of early and middle age art is now tbe seen at Hessrs. Christie and Mlanson's, previously to t, Sale uposa to-morrow and Saturday. The great proper. tior of the pictures formed part of one of the principal col. I lc

ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 7th April, 1853. This day, at a quarter-past one o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered of a Prince. There were present on the occasion, in her Majesty's room, his Royal Highness Prince Albert; Dr. Locock; and Mrs. Lilly,

A few lines from "Argus," I fancy, you will expect this morning ; and penned as they are in the weighing room of • steeple-chase meeting, with the discordant disputes of leather-flapping jockies and disappointed trainers, they mast be brief to be grammatical. For the Metropolita

-DSFAartrsss or mails. Box Mad closes. despatched. Por Brighouse, Huddersfleld, and Shipley 9 Oa.m. ?? 0 *> a.m. for Bingley, K>ighley. a Skipton « 30 a.m. ?? 7 0 a.m. For Manchester and Liverpool 9 0a m. ?? 8 30 a.m. Por London 9 0 a.m. ?? tf 16 a.m. For Leeds, Wakafleld, HaU,

BY THIS DAY'S TOST. LONDON, April 7.-Wind at noon, W ; light breeze and cloudy at times. COWES, A pril 6.- ; S W.— Arrived, the Mangola and the Anna Maria, from Havannah. PLYMOUTH,April6.— WSW.— Arrived, the Mercury, from Buenos Ayres. April 7. — Arrived, the Cheverel, from Madr

WybVs WeUhngton Atlas. Part I. London. Charing-cross East. — This publication consists of plans of the battles of the British armies, in whicii the late Duke of Wellington was engaged, with maps, a military memoir, and illustrative letter- press. An useful book, not only for the

Ten Scenes in the liost Ascent of Mont Blanc, in- chiiliit'j Fire Pieua from fhe Summit. By J. D. H. Browne. London : M'Lean, Haymarket. — These are folio lithographs, accompanied hy illustrative letter-press. The sketches of the various scenes were taken during the toilsome asc

The late venerable nobleman was Edward Bootle Wilbraham, oldest son of Richard Wilbraham, Esq., by the daughter of Richard Bootle, Esq., and was 1 an English baron iv 1828. He married, 1 "!•<>, daughter ofthe Rev. Edward Taylor, of Bifrons, who died 1840, and by whom his lordshi

COUNTY RATES AND EXPENDITURE BILL. J We have fully reported Sir Jobn Pakinoton's observations on Monday upon tbe dements of Mr. Gibson's Bill. Tbe Right Hon. Baronet's views were generally supported by Mr. Curtler and tbe Rev. J. Pearson, two experienced Magistrates, who differ i