TEE formidable Conference at Paris has brought its proceedings to a close ; and although it has happily surmounted the difficulty of the day,—an opportunity for some diplomatic...

assassin on Saturday last, as he was entering the church of St. Etienne du Mont to begin a religious ceremony. A man who had stood among the people within rushed forward, too...

improbable, if it is not rendered impossible by the Swiss acceptance of a proposition from France and England. Peace was rendered inevitable by the action of certain German...

form at once enables us to understand the whole affair more thoroughly, and confirms our doubt as to the strength of the case on the British side. The occasion of the demand...

he has held and still holds, has resigned one—the fat benefice of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, worth 1800/. a year. He is still Archdeacon of London, Canon of St. Paul's, and...

the Royal British Bank who had proved their debts was paid on Stitarday and Monday. From the great number of persons to be paid in two days, there was naturally a good deal of...

Monday. In addressing the Grand Jury, the Recorder made some special remarks on Redpath's ease. It had created considerable public attention, he said, from the position of one...

at the Mansionhouse on Monday, the Lord Mayor took occasion to address him on the prevailing topic of crime and criminals. "What is to be done, Mr. Pearson ? " asked his...

annals of crime, by the evidence of a convict in the Anderson and Seward case, at the Mansionhouse. In the course of the proceedings, Simard vindicated his claim to the title of...

has been committed by the Leeds Magistrates for forging a Mr. Lister's name to three dividend-warrants and getting them cashed. The total amount was about 40/. Auty took...

The Anti-Income-tax movement in Ireland began in Dublin some weeks ago. This week the counties of Derry and Carlow and the towns of Cork and Belfast have held meetings, convened...

further a subscription for the benefit of the mother and sister of the unfortunate Mr. Little, murdered while performing his duty at the railway office.

Southern and Western Railway, was possessed of considerable property, the proceeds, apparently, of his frauds. A commission of inquiry has been held in Dublin with regard to his...

Mr. Bailie Cochrane was elected on Monday as Member for Lanarkshire, without opposition. In his address, Mr. Cochrane was explicit only on two points,—that he is an Episcopalian...

Dr. Livingston on the 2d instant, "on his return to that town after an absence of sixteen years," passed in advancing "the cause of freedom, the cause of civilizatMn, and, above...

retable young shopman at Edinburgh, demanding money to buy whisky ; e young man refused ; they set upon him savagely; in self-defence, he 'struck about him with a knife; all the...

r HIM—The Conference did not hold its second sitting until Tuesday; of that sitting the following account is published in the Moniteur. 'The representatives of the contracting...

The London Gazette of Tuesday contained a mass of correspondence relating to the proceedings at Canton. It consists of the letters of Consul Parkes, Imperial Commissioner Yeh,...

Lord Napier, formerly engaged in various diplomatic capacities, at Vienna, Teheran ' Constantinople, Naples, and St. Petersburg, has been appointed British Minister at...

newspapers this week a long letter, professing to give "a few explanations concerning the ticket-of-leave men; not with any view of advocating the system, but in the hope that...

the Metropolis last week. The number who died was registered at 1497 against 1069 in the previous week—an excess of 428. The corrected average gives 1453; so there would appear...

House of Commons will know its Brotherton no more. Mr. Brotherton was in good health and engaged in active labour on Tuesday, and on Wednesday he was a corpse. Between ten and...

in Paris, to pass some months of the leave of absence granted by the Sultan. The Emperor and Empress of Austria had their " tree " on Christmas Eve at Venice. Marshal Radetzky...

Chairman of the Surveyors of the port of London—a very responsible post. Apparently, the mercantile community will be pleased by the selection; Mr. Cockshott having been the...

a letter to the Times respecting Boswell 's Letters, just published. It was Major Stone, of the East India Company's service, who obtained the MSS. at Boulogne, in the way...

rail—passports had to be shown five times : now they have to be produced only at the two termini. It is said that the French Government has determined to abandon Tahiti,...

and flour have egregiously failed : prices continue to fall ; there is every probability that this downward movement will continue, and the speculators are now forced to sell at...

of Paris last week, in consequence of an insufficient supply. It is said that the Government contemplates supplying the inhabitants of Paris with fresh meat preserved according...

continued up to Tuesday morning, proved very disastrous on our coasts, causing many -wrecks, with a considerable loss of life. The North-east coast of England was the scene of...

is reported in London where there was an almost total absence of the usual symptoms, an account has arrived from Melbourne of a suicide by the seine poison, where the...

be wanted to assault the Swiss glaciers. • It has now been ascertained, that by the earthquake in Crete, on the 12th October, 538 persons were killed, and 637 wounded ; 6512...

SATURDAY. The week, not remarkable for striking incidents or unlooked-for news, closes much as it began. One novelty, indeed, is this morning reported. For some time there has...

on Saturday last ; the petitioning creditors being the Royal British Bank; debt 40,000/. Yesterday the bankruptcy was annulled on petition ; both the debt and the act of...

a scheme called the Oude Central Railway. The Oude Railway Company declare the Central to be an interloper, attempting to appropriate the title of the company first in the...

Great Northern Railway having registered transfers which they had refused to do on a previous occasion, have discharged the resolution for striking the Shares out of the list....

Sentimental philosophers have frequently lamented the injury done by commerce to the nobility of human nature ; and Napoleon I, when he termed the English a nation of...

and garotters of the present winter," say the police reports, without a dissenting voice. "You may be too careful," say Messrs. E. Yates and Harrington, through the medium of a...

the residence of Mr. Charles Dickens, have been the talk of the week in literary, artistic, and professional circles. Mr. Wilkie Collins, who on a former occasion supplied the...

Statistics published in the French journals show that the pieces produced in the course of last year were 262 in number. Such a figure would appear perfectly fabulous in...

THE Conference has closed, and with complete success. So we are informed. How happy ought we to feel—if we only knew what for! No doubt, there has been a success somewhere, but...

IT was in 1707, in the midst of the War of Succession, that the house of Brandenburg became seised and possessed of the Principality of Neuchatel. The death of the - Duchess of...

MURDER perpetrated in a church shooks more than the ordinary feelings of humanity ; and the sacred character of the place is no doubt one reason why we have so few instances,...

in Lord Palmerston, which converts even his adversities into happy turns. It may be said, that he can digest misfortune. Perhaps, for a man in his position, at the head of the...

THE complication of crime that persecutes society is becoming so troublesome that the public necessarily clamours for relief, and at the same time the counsel upon the subject...

A SEPARATE point has been raised in the transportation controversy, which ought not to pass without further examination, for it is really worth exploring. Last week, we noticed...

the noble qualities they draw forth, when the suffering of the few becomes a pledge for the increased happiness of the race. The New York ship Northern Belle was riding at...

Scotch nor the Irish Poor-law furnishes the same interest in the subjects or the same variety and fulness of matter as the English Poor-law. To a great extent, indeed, they are...

Studies at the Royal Military College" is one of the results of the disputes and discussions which attended the Crimean campaign, and of the demand for highly-educated officers...

lyrical poetry translated. by Professor Blackie and published in Tait's Magazine, many years ago, led us to hope better things from his present volume than on perusal it has...

Booxs. The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Pendant, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. Collected and edited by James Spedding, M.A., of Trinity College,...

In this manual Mr. Hullah speaks ex cathedra. It is the substance of lectures delivered by him in St. Martin's Hall and the Training Institutions of the National Society ; and...

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION. The fourth annual exhibition of the Photographic Society opened on the 2d instant at the Old Water-Colour Gallery. Nothing could look more...

On the 25th November, at Mallegaum, East Indies, the Wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jacob, of a daughter. On the lot January, in Osnahurgh Terrace, Regent's Park, the Wife...

WAR DEPARTMENT, Pall Mall, Dec. 30—Royal Artillery--Lieut.-Gen. W. G. Tosser, C.B. to be Col.-Commandant, vice Gen. the Hon. W. II. Gardner, dec. Infantry-16th Foot—The...

PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 6. Partnerships Dissolted.-111uston and Gath. Bristol, wateli-makers—Thonther and Cockcroft, Halifax, chemists—J. and S. lipyer, Broad Street...

rItoM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JANUARY 6. Ammar:re, Jan. 3.—Corps of Royal Marines—First Limit. and Quartermaster II. W. Mawbey to be Capt. vice nasality, deceased ; Second Lieut....

Partnerships Dissolved. - Smyth and Co. Liverpool and South Molten, tannersWigfield and Co. Rotherham, Yorkshire, grocers ; as far as regards M. WigfieldHarris and Shenett, St....