and iron into France has been hailed with great satisfaction, partly on account of the benefit which will be conferred on two important branches of our own commerce, but still...

abruptly closed by the Queen's death, in childbirth, on the 15th instant. It was an accident to which any woman was liable in undergoing the trials of maternity ; and it has...

new colour- ing upon old subjects. It is probably for this dearth of matter that so much has been made of the educational pageant at Cam- bridge, for which the opportunity was,...

SLIGHTLY as the posture of affairs on the Danube or in Constanti- nople appears to have altered within the scope of the week's news, there is an indication, if we do not...

In continuing his evidence before the City Commission, last week, Mr. Pulling said that upon the whole, so far as he had observed their pro- ceedings, he thought the Courts of...

NEWS of the death of the Queen of Portugal, who was allied by marrlage both to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, reached the Court on Sunday An illustrious party, invited to...

During the early part of the week Cambridge was the scene of con- siderable excitement. An announcement was made last Saturday, that Prince Albert intended to pay a visit—the...

Mr. Samuel Laing, Member for the Northern Burghs, has made a trip to see and talk to his constituents. He had promised to deliver an annual statement to them, and on Wednesday...

FRANCE.—The festivals at Fontainebleau have continued since Satur- day, and a large company, military, diplomatic, and official, has been en- tertained. It seems that M. de...

After very stormy meetings at Clonmel, and great efforts made by the Young Ireland party, it seems that Mr. John O'Connell was accepted as the candidate for the vacant seat. He...

The rate of mortality in the Metropolis sensibly increased last week; exceeding the calculated average by 37; but the deaths from cholera de- creased from 98 to 72. The...

Lord Derby and Mr. Hume, both invited to attend the recent meeting at Manchester on the Russo-Turkish question, sent letters in reply. Lord Derby said, the state of his health—"...

our sur- mise, last week, on the subject of the Brevet: it occurs at the close of a letter by Colonel Thompson, in the Morning _Advertiser- " The respected editor of the...

SATURDAY. A Court and Privy Council were held at Windsor yesterday afternoon_ At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Tuesday the 29th instant,...

night,—Mr. Pritchard, High Bailiff, in the chair,—to consider the question of corpo- rate reform, and to appoint a deputation to lay the views of the meeting before the Royal...

yesterday, there- seems to be a general impression that they have not yet reached the cul- minating point. Wheat is now nearly double what it was a twelvemonth ago; and yet our...

the authority of letters from Frohsdorf, that on Tuesday last the Count de Chambord and the Duke de Nemours dined with the Emperor of Austria at the palace of Sehonbrunn....

and other gentlemen connected with the South-Western Railway Company, ap- plied to the Court of Queen's Bench, yesterday, for a rule calling upon the publisher of the Times to...

for a tavern, fell down yesterday with a crash, while the workmen were on the scaffolding : three were carried to the University College Hospital with serious hurts, and five...

That idol of the Parisian populace a " gamin," with mischievous pro- pensities and a good heart, has once more been set up at the Varietes, on the occasion of Mademoiselle...

There is no more pleasant spectacle on a stage, than that of two actors, different in their style, thoroughly conversant with each other's pecu- liarities, and working with a...

In the performance of Samson by the Sacred Harmonic Society, last evening, the new feature was the appearance of Madame Viardot Garcia ; who sang the music of the part of Micah,...

PROFESSOR )IAIIItICE AND THE COUNCIL OF RING'S COLLEGE. 25th November 1853. Six—You have maintained the cause of justice and freedom in this matter with so noble and vigorous...

The English Stock Market continues to show a strong tendency to im- provement; which has been this week augmented from a belief that a suspension of hostilities on the Danube...

1 Adam Street, Adelphi, 22d November 1853. Six—The Times, in its strictures on the contest between the South- western Directors and the opposing shareholders, very fairly...

Scarborough, Yorkshire, 23d Norember. Sin—Will you allow me to make a few remarks upon an article which ap- peared in your book-review of last week ? In noticing "Cookesley's...

FROHSDOILF. ALTHOUGli in practical effect the " fusion" of the elder branch of the French Bourbons with the Orleans branch is not likely to be of much moment, it must have bad...

IF there is any use in historical parallels, it is to show, by the method of differences, the influence which an individual character has upon the events of a country, or vice...

WE never know the wonders by which we are surrounded 'Until we scrutinize them. The City of London, whiehis so close to Us, is more astonishing as an antiquity than anything in...

" As headstrong as an alleg ory on the banks of the Nile," Mrs. Malaprop says. She might have said, "As headstrong as an alle- gory on the banks of the Thames, " for the fog...

is no example of cheap literature more creditable than the popular explanation just published, by authority of the Commis- sioners of Inland Revenue, on the subject of the Penny...

WIIEWELL'S GROTIUS.. Tns copious titlepage of this edition of the once famous work of Grotius almost sufficiently indicates the nature and limits of Dr. Whewell's labours upon...

this sequel to the author's sketches in what may be called the Caucasian regions, and on the shores of the Black Sea, does not greatly differ from its precursor. It is deficient...

THIS treatise is the result of considerable experience of Asiatic Cholera at St. Thomas's Hospital, and in Southwark generally, during the visitation in 1849; observation being...

Tan second of Mr. Bentley's novels at three-and-sixpence a vs. lume resembles the first of the series in a certain originality. Margaret, however, dealt with deeper evils, or at...

Boons. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte. Freely translated and condensed by Harriet Martineau. In two volumes. (Chapman's Quarterly Series.) Forest Life in Cciflon. By...

On the 16th November, at Hodnet Rectory, Salop, the Wife of the Rev. S. H. Macauley, of a son. On the 17th, at Dublin, the Hon. Mrs. Cunynghame, of a son. On the 18th, at the...

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 25.-2d Regt. of Life Guards-Lieut. F. Hogge to be Capt. by purchase, vice Hon. C. Maude, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieut. A. S. Lumley to be Lieut. by...

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 17.-The following promotions, consequent on the death, on the 16th Nor. of Rear-Admiral of the lied J. Pasco, have this day taken place-Rear- - Admiral of the...

[From the Official Return.] Ten Weeks of 1843-32. Week of 1853. Zymotic Diseases 2,352 .... 321 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat, . 470 .... 62...

Penvrensores DtssoLven.—Banks and Hales, Holt, Norfolk, surgeons—Topham and Son, Leeds, engravers—Soar and Co. Eastbourne Mews, Westbourne Terrace, job-masters; as far as...

BRITISH FUND 8. (Closing Prices.) Saturd. iMonday.,Tusrday. Wedner retire Trid gt . Ceat wisAcconimt 3 per Cents Reduced 31 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 8 per Cent...