10 APRIL 1847, page 2

The Advices From The United States Involve A Puzzle For

the contemporary historian. Mr. President Polk offered to appoint Mr. Benton a Major-General in the army against Mexico, with powers to open negotiations. Mr. Benton declined to......

As The Antagonist Parties In Portugal Seem Absolutely...

fight it out, the Governments of England and Spain, it is said, mean to interpose ; and, according to report, British marines and ships have actually been sent to the Portuguese......

Gbe Vrobintes.

Birkenhead Docks were opened on Easter- Monday, with public re- joicings; also the extension of the Chester Railway to the docks, and the Park attached to the town. On the North......

Be Edourt.

Trim Court proceedings of the week are not of a stirring kind. The Queen and Prince Albert have been making the most of the fine weather for out- door exercise; walking every......

Gbe .41ietropolis.

The Londoners spent Easter Monday much after the customary fashion. The day was tine, and Greenwich fair was the resort of the usual miscella- neous thousands. The fair at......