The Nation contains a diary kept hy Mr. P. O'Donohoe, one of Mr. \V. S. O'Brien's companions, and an Irish convict, on his way to a penal settlement, from which the following passages are taken :— "Saturday, July 14th, 6th day.—Rose seven, as usual. Sea sickness nearly gone. Coc

York.Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Returns ending Dec. 16, (Length of Line miles):—Pass?' s, &c. £4018. lis. 2%d.; Merchandize aud Minerals 10d.; total 2s. o%d. North British Railway (Main Line and Branches open.d) State of Traffic for the Week ending Dec. (exclusive of charge

Is not the country universally poorer than ever was within the memory of any man now living ? If not, what mean those dismal pictures of distress daily furnished by the most able and least dishonest or hard-hearted the free trade journals ? If the country is not poorer than it h

The market which the butchers of Newcastle and surrounding district were to supply themselves with stock for the approaching festiveseason was held in this town onTuesday last, when the display of animals, particularly of neat cattle, was never equalled in general excellence, or

Lord Elcho's Fox-Hounds meet on Mondav the 24th December at Rod dam; Wednesday the at Felkiugton; Friday the 28th at Eliingbam; and Saturday the Ford Bridge—at halt-past ten. The Berwickshire Fox-Hounds meet on W ednesday the December at and Saturday the 2t*th at Longformaeus—at

BANKRUPTS. THOMAS and JOSEPH LEONARD KEASLEY, Blackfriars road, and Walsall, Staffordshire, tanners, Dec. at 1, and Jan. 22 11. Solb. Messrs. Wright & Bonner, London street; Official Assignee, Mr. Stansfeld. JOSEPH SHELFORD, Standon, Hertfordshire, butcher, Dec. 21 at half-past

The Queen has appointed John Lawless, Esq, to be her Majesty's Consul in the island of Martinique. It is believed, in we'l-informed legal circles, that Lord Den man has placed his resignation of the high office which he has long filled with honour to himself and advantage to the

The application of the modern discoveries in science to purposes of trade and commerce, says the Leamington Magnet, has worked strange changes different classes and sections of the community and, perhaps, no class has felt more the revolutionizing effect of modern scientific inn

The following extract from Sir Wm. Napiei's Notice to the Third Edition of his Corn Law Pamphlet; it exposes the fallacies and errors the free-traders, who contend that "high tanning" will enable tbe British cuitivator to compete successfully with foreigners. Such assertions are

The general activity the money and mercantile markets has relaxed little since our last. The Bank England makes up In its last official return, what may properly designated ordinary statement. The accumulation of notes and bullion, (he diminution of discounts and circulation, th