her persons, lay members of the church of
England, has been presented by Lord Ashley to the Queen. It beseeches
her Majesty to resist the Papal aggression; and goes on to speak of that
act having been occasioned and invited by the conduct of many of the
clergy of the church of England, who have shown a desire to assimilate
the doctrines of their church to those of Rome. After specifying the
sacramental system and "histrionic arrangements" in the churches, it
says that "by the constitution and existing laws, there is vested in
your Majesty as the earthly head of our Church, a wholesome power of
interposition, which power we entreat your Majesty now to exercise."

Charges have been made in the House of Commons against Lord Torrington,
late Governor of Ceylon. He is accused of gross misgovernment, wanton
cruelty in suppressing native insurrection, and the production of false
evidence. Lord John Russell announced that he should postpone the Budget
and the Income Tax, until this charge, which was in effect one against
Government, had been disposed of. Upon which the mover announced that he
should postpone his motion until after the introduction of these
measures. Lord Torrington, in the House of Lords, came forward and
challenged the prosecution of these charges.

A coal-pit disaster occurred near Glasgow, involving a terrible loss of
life. While 63 men and boys were at work in the mine, an explosion of
fire-damp occurred. Of those in the mine all but two perished.

A searching investigation is going on into the adulterations of articles
of food. It is asserted that there is scarcely an article which is in
any way susceptible of mixture, that is not mingled with others not
merely of inferior value, but in many cases of the most loathsome and
disgusting nature. Ground coffee is specified as particularly subject to
adulteration.

A somewhat singular controversy has arisen in reference to a body of
refugees from Hungary, who have recently arrived at Liverpool. They
number 262, of whom the majority are Poles, the remnant of the Polish
legion in Hungary. Government wishes to send them to America, and offers
a bounty of L8, to each man who will go. They wish to remain in England,
evidently anticipating an uprising in some part of Europe, where their
services may be called into requisition. They are entirely destitute of
means of support, and in England can only maintain themselves by
begging.

The frigate St. Lawrence, having