Td...eafifi do . Monfatlembent Ants xiven the Imperial au- thorities the opportunity which they have seized for compromiSing their account with the prisoner. They exact from him...

Tam QuEEN, the Prince Consort, and their children returned from Os- borne, on Monday, to Windsor Castle, for the Christm as holidays. There her Majesty resumed her usual habits...

A special meeting of the Directors of the poor for the parish of St. Pancras was held on Tuesday, for the purpose of reconsidering the ease of the Reverend Mr. Pugh. Mr. Young...

ST. THOMAS'S DAY. The annual wardmotes were held in the City of London on the 21st, to elect Common Councilmen, and ward officers. It is usual on these occa- sions to discuss...

The proprietors of the East India Company held a meeting in Leaden- hall Street, on Monday, to consult as to the future management of their affairs. Colonel Sykes occupied the...

The churchwardens of St. George's in the East have, with the consent of the Bishop of London, published a letter which that Prelate addressed to the Reverend Bryan King, rector...

Lord William Graham was, on Saturday, elected Member for Hereford- shire, without opposition. He is a warm supporter of Lord Derby. Meetings have been held to promote the...

-ND. II 4, e Ne s 4*, •tfl t ,a,r. R fiY Rks,A4441r1.A, Monte ilheaW19 1IgvaVn4o d g enerally etof re t Cork DeMaMbff119 Sttipidity's 6 . 6 sta Bsk it ore ''th€ tenix...

MR. BRIGHT AT GLASGOW. Mr. John Bri g ht kept his appointment with the Glas g ow reformers, and duly appeared in the City Hall on Tuesday. The Lord Provost had declined to take...

ra g fP.—The appeal of M. de Montalernbcrt against the ,decision df the Paris Police Court was heard before the Imperial Court of Appeal on Tuesday. The proceedings were not,...

mit. D. 11. ClIAPA:.±N .1ND THE • Last week :the Zones_pehliellteekeo5nSesharo eenreseuts on the ,] uanduct of Mr. 'David Barelay-Cliatanarteinite Davidson. and Gordon. . aids...

The price of the Spectator 1l e "reduced. on Saturday next, the.1st of January l&59, to 6d. ; with the additioaal Charge of id. for a stamped copy. Qf course i41slsot4upposed...

SATURDAY. One or two fresh items of intelligence, showing the prevalence of the mild reform agitation have come to hand this morning. The leading reformers of Leeds held a...

The revival of the Jealous Wife, in its abridged form, has agreeably varied the bills at the Princess's Theatre, the meekness of Mr. Oakley being depicted by Mr. Charles Kean...

TM PRESSMENT. Sin—Your eorrespoedent W. B. C. appears to have lmt sight of the fact that a mob of uediseiplined seamen " impressed " front the Merchant Ser- vice would bc...

The opening of Covent Garden, on Monday last, for English opera, was "inaugurated" by the production of Balfe's new opera, Satanella. There was an enormous house; and if...

Sioux EXCIIANcs, TIIVItSDAi A rl'EliNON. The English Fundsopened steadily on Monday at Saturday's closing quo- tations, and tinting the early part of the day considerable...

THE prominent position which Mr. Bright has occupied during this !Teen in the eye of the British public suggests many and anxious reflections upon the political future of...

119 . 111w 1.2 AL ei RI i .eoefq Ito g0 . 3aftt anti/ efsnofea dom)14 out ellllismal.. 0,11 'ily[PiOnieeiNk MiAillfeh' our paper i f pnblish - cid this V l eaTot.Cgiii...

Tar. Lord Chief Justice of England is either in a great scrape or has managed to get to the edge of a great scrape. Like Words- worth's nightingale in the first edition, he is a...

Montalenabert has been acquitted by the Court of Appeal from the charge of "attaching the rights and the au- thority which the Emperor holds from the constitution and universal...

THEE great annual State paper, which is commonly regarded as a manifesto of the American Union, is rendered remarkable by two circumstances in this year 1858. These two...

TEE judgment to be formed of the conduct of Overend, Gurney, and Co., does not turn upon the question whether certain war- rants were issued after or before the discovery of the...

THE week has produced a number of books, various enough in their subjects and literary character, but all agreeing in this fea- ture; they are fit to purchase for presents, not...

7' 11,:1111: OILISTAIUMLIER OF LESSING.* 1 61, THE character of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is onetItit the 'prac- tical literary man may _fairly tike asa model. His life was one...

Tun person who knows, (for there are yet people who attend to dramatic gossip,) or the reader who now learns for the first time, that Mr. Fitzball's "Jonathan Bradford" must,...

men who seem to consider them- selves, or to be considered by the employers of their time and talents, bound to be funny. The task, after a little while, is rather a thankless...

The bibliopoles still continue active, but the arrivals this week have partaken of the time of the year, a large number consisting of books that may be presented "with the...

On the 10th September, at Government House, Sydney, Ellen, aged six ; and on the 4th of October, Charles, aged three-children of Sir William Denison, K.C.B. On the 8th...

PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, DECEMBEE 22. WAR OFFICE, Phil Mall, December 21.-Royal Artillery-Second Capt. R. O. Farmer, on the Supernumerary List, to be Capt. ; Second Capt. C....

On the 23d September, at the Cathedral Church, Graham's Town, Cape Of Good Hope, Frederick Connor, Esq., Captain 2d or Queen'S'Royal Regiment, second son , of the late Roderic*...

Esq., M.A., Principal of'the College, of a son. Clio the 11th DeOcinber,-tit Lcamingion, the Hon( ts. St. John Methuen, of • - Pr On the 19th, at Christ Church, Oxford, the...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, DECEMBER gl.. Bankruptcies Annul:ed. - RICHARD SMECIL Buzz, Newcastle-under-Lyne, baker- Runyan HENRY Itaimss, Cardiff, farmer. Bankrupte. - WILLIAM...

ADMIRALTY, Dec. 10.-Corps of Royal Marines-First Lieut. G. H. Wriford to be Capt. vice H. Ward to half-pay. Second LieutZW. N. G. Johnson to be First Lieut. vice Wryford, promoted.

?hors. Friday. 3 per Cent COnS016 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Long Annuities Annuities 1885 Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, lel per Cent...