Lord Walsingliam, following the example of his brother-in-law, the Earl
of Guildford. has resigned his Prebendary stall at Winchester, whirl] has been conferred upon the Reverend Philip Jacob, Rector of Crawley, near that city.
The Ihitehess of Kent and the Princess Victoria have ordered Mr. medalist to the Royal Cambrian Institution, to prepare an elegant silver-gilt medal, for the purpose of being awarded at the ap- proaching Eisteddvod at Cardiff for the best stanzas in the ancient Briti,illanguage, on a subject to be proposed by the Committee on the first day of the festival, and presented on the second.
A clause has been introduced by Mr. Pruden Thomson in the Customs Bill, for the purpose of enabling the Treasury to grant to important inland towns the privileges of establishing warehouses for bonding goods ; a power already exercised with regard to ports.
Business has again been very brisk in the Cloth-Halls of Leeds, and the stock of goods is now reduced very low, in consequence of the prin- cipal manufacturers having reduced their bands in the early part of the year. The supply is scanty, and they are obtaining a trifling advance upon some descriptions of goods. Many country buyers have been at market during the week.
The Wesleyans in various parts of the country intend to celebrate a species of jubilee on the 1st of August next, on which day slavery ceases throughout the British dominions.
By order of the Marquis of Lansdowne, all the foxes on his Lord- ship's property have been destroyed, in consequence of the keepers having discovered that those vermin resolutely attacked and destroyed the young fawns.—Bath Chronicle.
Tamburini, Rubini, and Fuzz:, are engaged for concerts which are to take place at Manchester next month.
The emigrant Poles have been comfortably "housed" in the late Military Hospital at Portsea.
On Thursday last week, a haymaker, in the employ of Mr. Denby, of Shipley, fancying that the hay in the stack was much too dry, rec- tified it, to his thinking, by pouring a large quantity of water over it : the consequence of which was, that the hay was obliged to be unstucked and exposed to the sun till the corrective had evaporated.—Leeds Mer- cury.
There was a violent storm of hail, with thunder and lightning, at Truro, yesterday week. The garden and hothouses of a gentleman in that town received damage to a great amount.
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