7 MARCH 1840, page 6

Ireland.

Lord Lorton has been again defeated in an attempt to set aside a lease by which an old widow named Murphy keeps possession of a cottage and plot of' potato- ground on his......

A. Steeple-chase, Which, We Are Assured, " Has Absorbed The

entire at. tention of the sporting world," and not only of sportsmen but of "all Eng. land," came off on Thursday, in the vicinity of Liverpool. Thirteen horses started. The......

The Preston Petition The Repeal Of The ('ern-laws...

signatures in a fee - •ho s aml it is expected, that trehle dint number will be ohtained hcems it is despet.:iled to Loodoo for presentation to Parliameet. Two it..-' ii hav e......

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By the death of 'eh. c'hethss sehish rh ises :-"aturtluy last, a vacancy was created in the rt rd I.evi. :Alain' Evans itmnediately offered himself eseli•lso. ; lee Hord......

At The Newcastle Assizes, On Friday Last, John Bell, Printer

and pub. lisher of the Northern Liberator, was convicted of publishing a seditious libel in the form of an " Address from the working men of Newcastle- upon-Tyne, to the......

The Proprietor A Of Shares In The Thames Tunnel Held

their annual meeting on Tuesdny. It was stated in the Director's report, that the sum expended was :163,000t, and that the undertaking would he com- pleted for less than 500,00a......