Napoleon the present aspiration of the French clergy, couched in its most modest and submissive form, the Emperor vouchsafed a reply proportionately considerate in its form of...

1856 with Turkey must have startled the Government of the Sultan out of its impropriety, by suddenly summoning it to at- tend to its accounts and to meet its political...

THE Plenipotentiaries at Zurich• have been winding up their special business and clearing the ground for the discussion whether or not the Congress shall be held. The business...

Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, has been followed up by the Archbishop of Tuam with a letter to Lord Palmerston, enlighten- ing our Premier on the disgust which John of Tuam...

our national action in its most imposing aspect. Our Parliamentary system is illustrated by the ludicrous disclosures at Wakefield. Here, as at Gloucester, it is distinctly...

One of the most remarkable features of the recent meeting was the wonderful, ready, and versatile power of Lord Brougham. His wakeful attention and close thought were manifest...

The election commission at Wakekeld is still pursuing its inquiry and daily obtaining fresh evidence of widely spread corruption among,t the voters. That at Gloucester suspended...

A telegraph summary of the treaty of peace signed at Zurich was published in the evening papers of Thursday. It runs as follows- " The treaty commences with the usual preamble....

The Bishop of London has caused formal notice to be served upon the Reverend James Bonwell, incumbent of St. Philip's, Stepney, of his Lordship's intention to issue a Commission...

Mr. George Byng, M.P., " the rising hope of the Whigs," has made a rather remarkable speech at Ashford, near Staines. He presided at the annual dinner of the South West...

Her Majesty graced the ceremony of opening the new waterworks near 'Loch Katrine on Friday the 14th instant, in the presence of a very large assemblage. The whole passed off...

In presiding on Friday of last week at the distribution of prizes to the distinguished pupils of the Queen's University in Ireland, the Lord Lieutenant referred to the Queen's...

XI/intr. — The French Government has, it appears, issued a private in- junction to all the newspapers to abstain from all comments on the pas- toral addresses already published,...

Mr. Sidney Herbert has issued the following-circular to Lords-lieu- tenant of counties :— " War Office, Oct. 14. '" My Lord—I have the honour to inform you that her Majesty's...

before the Westminster Sessions yesterday. John Peterson was placed at the bar on an indictment charging him with inciting to riot in the Mission Chapel in Wellclose Square. The...

great engineer was buried in the nave of Westminster Abbey, between the graves of Telford the engineer and Dr. Bell. The funeral procession, consisting of twelve mourning...

STOCK Excruaroa, Farnav AFTERNOON. The state of inactivity which has so long characterized the Market for British securities, has, during the last week, to a great extent...

army, which was being formed on the Roman frontier, was increasing, and is to be carried to 30,000 men. General Pinelli was commanding the ad- vanced guard on the Trento, and...

SATURDAY MORNING. The Queen will hold a Privy Council today at Windsor Castle.

everything inserted has a meaning the literary department consists of an article, headed La Conciergerie, which is the famous prison for all political of- fences from time...

Amongst the applications of caoutchonc which show the value of the material, has been its employment in the formation of driving bands. The material has been thus used for many...

THE REAL " CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION." " CATHouo emancipation " was passed with the hearty good will of the English people. There were indeed many Englishmen of generous feeling...

Wn are oonvinoed that it would be a great help to the progress of Parliamentary purity if Mr. Price, Mr. Monk, Alderman Carden, Mr. Leathern, and Mr. Charlesworth, were returned...

IT seldbm- happens that public discussion brings us much nearer to' the truth- of any question—the best informed and clearest minds - having usually - attained that desired gaol...

THE direct remedy for the prevailing apathy of the subordinates in the Civil Service is to vest in the heads of departments more power of reward and punishment. Under the...

A CORRESPONDENT, who writes from Newcastle, takes up a ques- tion which we regard as one of the most important that can engage practical intellects at the present day ; we refer...

Sin—Before the mutiny broke out, several letters' appeared in your paper on this subject ; since then the trade has in a great measure been in abeyance, as the cotton-producing...

ABORIGINES OF BRITISH GUIANA. The Grove, Gravesend, 18th October, 1859. Sm—There is a people in British Guiana for whom I entertain a strong regard, and in whose condition I...

Belfast, 18th October, 1859. Bra—Your correspondent William Stevens is certainly right in saying that machinery ought to shorten the hours of labour : and your reply to him in...

North Miami, 12th October, 18691 your last - paper Iestimated the saving of manual- labour by-the use of steam-power in preparing cane land-for planting at 51 per nova; am&...

TRNifferefil CDTDOR. * ' [roar NuncE.] THESE is no island in the. world to whose varied charms thalite- rature- of. all nations, ancient and. modern, has- borne such en-...

the second volume of a useful series on the " Outlines of the Natural History of Europe," commenced in 1802 by the issue of a work entitled The Vegetation of Europe, by the late...

Ouit Quarterlies perform a most useful office, appropriate to their own class of periodicals, when, taking from time to time a general survey of any single field of human...

order, written with a sober purpose, and wound up with a moral. The purpose is to exem- plify some of the errors arising from mistaken zeal in religious matters, and the evil...

The most remarkable book in this week's list of publications is TEE EPIDEMICS OP TILE MIDDLE AGES, translated by Dr. Babington from the German of Dr. Hecker. Although the...

Mr. Murray's list of forthcoming works, which has just been issued, i.eomprises some most interesting announcements. Chief among them are The Narrative of the Discovery of the...

A new play at Sadler's Wells is a novelty-indeed! When first they undertook the managerial office, Messrs. Phelps - and Greenwood -were ready patrons of those dramatists who,...

Music has this week been employed (as it often is) in ministering to a valuable public object. The London Mechanics' Institution, the offspring of the late benevolent Dr....

4 'Ne plus ultra; " Sonata for the pianoforte, by Joseph Woelfl. Edited by I. W. Davison. Pieces for the Pianoforte :—" Boutons de Roses," moment de Salon ; " Souvenir du...

At the Gymnase there is a new five-act comedy by M. Henri de Meli- lla; entitled Un petit File de Mascarille, an, adventurer of modem times, named Ronceray, being the supposed...

.by John Barnett. "As I sat beneath a Willow ;" Bong in the Old Style ; the words by the Rev. Anthony F. Thomson . composed by Frank-Romer. " Hy Friendly Harp ;" Camiura,...

Reverend Charles Kingsley ; the music composed by M. W. Balfe. " Lore_sne little, lore me long ;" Song, by George Linley. The Reverend Mr. Kingsley's melancholy song has...

On the 10th of October, at Manor Place, Edinburgh, the Wife of Captain Robert Cathcart Dalrymple Bruce, Eighth (King's Own) Regiment, of a son. On the 12th, at 10, Chester...

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices.) Segued. Monday. Tuesday. Widnes. Thurs. Friday. per Cent Consols 96 961 961 961 96; 96 Ditto for Account 96 961 961 961 964 96} per...

Road, Brixton, upholsterer—DAvm Wn- LLAMs Humor and Joan Fox FARREIDoE, Cornhill, East India merchants—Fru:vas WILLIAM Risnoe Surrey Street, Strand, navy-agent—JEamnAn...