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• We have great pleasure in stating that, in all probability, her Majesty will review the Volunteer Corps of the metropolis, and such localities as may render attendance convenient, in the course of the month of June next, in Hyde Park. We may anticipate that it will be one of the most brilliant sights witnessed in London.—Army and Navy Gazette.

By order of the War Department, a series of experiments with the Whitworth gun will be' carried out at the Government practice range, Shoeburyness, under the superintendence of Colonel J. W. Mitchell, RA., Commandant of the School of Gunnery, and the Ordnance Select Committee, comprising Colonel M. George, C.B., president, Captain Sir W. Wiseman, RN., Colonels Robinson, R.E., Greathead, C.B., D.C.L., and Smythe, R.A.

The London Gazette announces the appointment of Mr. Edward Shep- herd Creasy, to be Chief Justice of the Island of Ceylon. Also Mr. Thomas C. Harvey, to be a member of the Executive Council of the Bahama Islands.

Hanover has proposed an indemnity as a basis for negotiations in universal conferences concerning the redemption of the Stade Dues. England refused to agree to the amount proposed. Negotiations are being continued.

The rumour, which we did not repeat in our second edition, that Sir George Lewis had tendered his resignation, proves to have been destitute of foundation.

The United Service Gazette says that Prince Alfred is being brought up in the service precisely the same as if he were the son of a private gentleman. "He messes with the midshipmen, keeps his regular watch, dines occasion- ally in the ward-room and takes his turn to dine with the captain. He is treated by his messmales as, in all respects, one of themselves—is called to order by the caterer, and runs the same risk of being made the subject of a practical joke as any other young gentleman—himself, however, being generally pretty forward in the business of playful mischief. Upon one question, that of smoking, the young Prince is sternly denied the privilege indulged in by other officers. That growing weakness of the age, most mis- chievous in its consequences' particularly when carried to excess, is prohi- bited as far as Prince Alfred concerned, and upon one occasion, we be- lieve h Royal Highness had his leave stopped for a fortnight, for being detected in the act of ' blowing a "

The Prince Imperial of France completed his fourth year on the 16th in- stant. He is a corporal of the Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, and per- forms his military duties with "astonishing ease." A deputation from his regiment, conducted by their Colonel, went to the Palace on his birthday to present their congratulations.

The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has passed through Strasburg, on his way to Nice, to fetch the Dowager Empress.

The Porte has recognized Michael Obrenoisich as successor to his father, Milosh, Prince of Servia.

Mr. Doria, late Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Teheran, has just arrived in London on sick leave, bringing with him accounts of the serious illness of the Shah of Persia. The Homeward Mail subsequently reported the death of the Shah.

It is asserted that Generals Prim, Rios, and Zabala have been raised to the dignity of Grandees of Spain of the first class.

The Emperor Napoleon has decided that a statue of the late Marshal Reille shall be placed in the museum at Versailles.

The total sum realized by subscription for Sir James Brooke amounts to 9,0001. His health is still very indifferent. Captain Brooke has proceeded to Borneo as chief of the Sarawak Government, and representative of Sir James. All efforts to.induce the British Government to purchase the settle- ment are now relinquished.—London and China Telegraph.

The Moniteur, in the report of the Parliamentary debate of Thursday night, suppressed the passage of Lord Palmerston's speech in which he ex- pressed a hope that the annexation of Savoy to France might after all not take place.

By a striking coincidence, all the priests of Italy—nay, all the priests of the Roman Catholic world—gave, on the very Sunday on which the voting took place, an unintentional testimony against separate kingdoms and divided States ; for it was their duty to read from the Gospel of the day— St. Luke, xi. 17—the words :—" But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation ; and a house divided against a house falleth."—Daily News.

A few days since, her Majesty, with the Prince Consort, creased over in the Steam Ferry Bridge at Cowes for the first time. Her visit was unex- pected, but as it happened to be the wedding-day of the toll-taker, the bridge was opportunely decorated with flags.

Captain Carnegie has made a thorough examination of the Great Eastern, and arrangements have been made by the directors for immediately comply- ing with the requirements of the Board of Trade. The Essex Herald states that plans have been forwarded for the inspec- tion of the Commander-in-chief, of new barracks at Colchester for cavalry and horse-artillery, affording accommodation for 22,000 men.

The Secretary of State for India, in Council has determined to allow the sum of 100/. to each cadet who may obtain a commission in the engineers or artillery, after a residence of three terms at the Addiscombe College, in aid of the expenses of his education and residence at that institution.

The army clothiers, tailors &c., of the West End, have joined the Sa- turday half-holiday movement.

London exhibited an increase in the mortality last week. The deaths, which had declined to 1397, rose again to 1563 in the week that ended on the 10th instant. The deaths of last week were therefore in excess of the estimated number by 201. The Registrar-General attributes this increase to the exceedingly cold weather. Small-pox and scarlatina were the prin- cipal diseases that carried off children, and these diseases prevailed mostly on the sou* side of the river, in Walworth and the Borough Road.

A review of "The Season," appears in the Daily News of Wednesday, from which we learn, that we have not had so late a spring as the present since 1845. In some parts of the north, the autumn-sowing was altogether prevented by the early setting-in of winter. The root crop has suffered much where not care- fully "pitted." Hay has been difficult to buy. The sheep have been dying by scores all over the hills ; there is no food for either them or grouse. Labourers have suffered much poverty ; poaching has increased, the extent to which it was carried last summer was "deplorable." Ducks have not begun to lay till six weeks after their usual time. "High and low agree that they have known a fiercer cold than that of the past winter, but never so difficult a season to surmount ; and they decide that it is owing to the turbulent character of the weather, and the rapid changes of temperature." The modifying considerations are, that the water supply is abundant, the earth is in a friable state,. and "there must have been a pretty complete destruction of vermin ; " while the value of artificial food to the farmer, so as to render him independent of the caprice of the seasons, has been very widely proved.

The Portuguese Cortes have authorized the free exportation of wheat and barley until the 30th of June.

The Emperor Napoleon proposes to substitute for the absolute prohibition hitherto in force upon rags, an export duty of about 100 per cent on common rags, and 50 per cent on the price of the best quality.—Times.

Two living specimens of the celebrated bird of the White Nile, the babe- niceps rex—a large stork, something like a pelican,—have just arrived at the Zoological Gardens Regent's Park. The bird inhabits the reedy marshes on the banks of White Nile, beyond the fourth degree of north latitude, where it was obtained by Mr. Petherick.

After seventeen years, the commissioners appointed to compile a Dutch and Javanese dictionary have finished the first five letters of the Javanese alphabet—/o, no, tjo, ro, ho. The expense at this rate will amount to 816,000 florins (nearly 7000/.)—London and China Telegraph.

Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte is now at Milan, to complete his researches on the Italian dialects.

English literature has sustained another loss in the recent death, after a few days' illness, of Mrs. Jameson, who had held for more than thirty years a foremost place among writers on subjects of imaginative biography, art, and social science. Her earliest work was the "Diary of an Ennyee," which appeared in 1826; her last was a revised and enlarged edition of "Memoirs of the Early Italian Painters." Mrs. Jameson was a zealous promoter of Reformation, and a highly valuable member of the Association for the Promotion of Social Scienee.

The bones of a human skeleton were found last week in an early Christian burial place near West Lavington, in Wilts, and were pronounced to be those of a young Saxon female. Newstead Abbey is to be disposed of, under the hammer of Messrs. Pott and Neale, at the .Auction Mart, London, on the 13th June.

The police continue to persecute pugilists. A fight was commenced on Tuesday at a sequestered spot on the F.ssev Coast. A body of police by land and another by water routed the combatants, who returned to London with their friends.

About six months ago, a man named William Luntman, absconded from Ettingshall, near Wolverhampton, with between 500/. and 6001., the pro- perty of his employers, Messrs. Gibbons, ironmasters, Millfields, and sailed for Australia, whither he was followed by Sergeant Baker, of the county police, and apprehended shortly after his arrival there. He was brought back in the Essex, and now lies in the Bilston lock-up awaiting an exami- nation before the magistrates.

Eighty-two persons are already in custody, for being concerned in the malversations in the Austrian army. Arrests continue to be effected at Brunn, Prague, and Pesth. The malversations are stated to date from the battle of Solfenno. On the sudden conclusion of an armistice' numerous contracts for supplies to the army were entered into, subject to the condi- tion that, in the event of peace being concluded, the contractors should be allowed indemnities. The greater part of these contracts were fictitious, being only made to obtain the indemnities ; and, by means of them, the Government was defrauded of millions. General Eynatten and his accom- plices shared with the contractors the sums so obtained.—Cologne Gazette.