THE voluminous debate opened by Mr. Disraeli on Friday night closed on Monday night, with a majority of 286 for going into Committee of Ways and Means, against the minority of...

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Housx or Loans. Monday, Feb. 23. Probates and Letters of Administration ; the Lord Chancellor's Bill read a second time. Tuesday, Feb. 24....

to her custom. She visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Monday ; and, accompanied by Prince Albert, was present at the Princess's Theatre on Tuesday, and at the Haymarket...

Last week, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Recorder, UnderSheriff Anderton, and the City Architect, Mole some unusual visits after ten o'clock at night. At the establishment...

The declaration of the poll by the High Sheriff of Kent took place at Maidstone on Saturday. The numbers he announced were—Martin, 3557; Riddell, 3149; majority for Martin, 408....

There had been a rumour current in Dublin that the Viceregal Court was likely to be abolished. The Lord Mayor gave a banquet last week : the Lord-Lieutenant attended, and in the...

Glasgow has its wish. Mr. John Macgregor has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and a new writ has been issued. Many candidates are spoken of—Lord Melgtmd, the present Lord...

lrattrt.—The general tone of the Paris correspondence indicates the proximate settlement of the Persian dispute. Le Nord says that England has relinquished the demand for the...

A.Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday contained a list of the names and a description of the services of the soldiers, sailors, and officers, to whom her Majesty has awarded...

On the 19th February, in Carlton House Terrace, the Wife of the Count of Bernstorff, Prussian Ambassador, of a daughter. On the 19th, at the Rectory - . Clapham, the Wife of...

SATURDAY. The debate on Mr. Cobden's motion was resumed last night, carried on until past midnight, and again adjourned. There were eleven speakers : on the side of the...

Monday, March 2. China—Adjourned Debate on Mr. Cobden's Motion. The CildliCELLOR of the Excusmtraa—To move his Resolutions on the Incometax and the Tea and Sugar Duties:...

For Lord Derby's Motion—Peers Present: Duke of Montrose ; Marquises of Bath, Exeter, Salisbury ; Earls of Aberdeen, Belmore, Carnarvon, Chesterfield, Darnley, Delawarr, Derby,...

&mac EXCHANGE, FRIDAY APT/51E00N. • The English Market has maintained a remarkable steadiness all the -were a few buyers at 94, but only for a short time. The Market has been...

The third version of Une Femme qui Daeste son Hari, which was to have been brought out at the Lyceum, is deferred for the present, and in its stead we have had a new farce by...

POSITION OF PARTIES. THE natural order of financial proceedings in Parliament has not been more disturbed than the marshalling of political parties. This has appeased equally...

TILE burglary at Ashover shows how the "ticket-of-leave system" is administered. It shows what might be done to control crime, and what, in the exercise of official wisdom, is...

Tin Suez Canal is becoming an English question ; the controversy respecting the practicability of the route has assumed a peculiar form. The case on both sides demanded...

THESE eight Consolidation Bills (putting out of view all the most important, the primary, elemental, substantial, integral, and introductory matters, relating to Rights and...

THE 1317DGET SUGAR-DUTIES. Lesketh How, Ambleside, 23d February 1857. Sin—Having witnessed the distresses of our West Indian Colonies, I cannot but feel an interest in their...

London, 20th February 1867. let. The Lord Chancellor (or Lord High Chancellor) for the time being to be also the Minister of Justice, and ex-officio President of the Judicial...

PROM THE LONDON 0A9E7TE, FEBRUARY O. WAR OFFICE, Pall Mall, Feb. 20.-Military Train-To be Lieutenant-ColonelsLieut.-Cols. J. L. Wilton, C.B. from half-pay 50th Foot ; G....

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 17. ADMIRALTY, Feb. 14.-Rear-Admiral of the White P. Richards, C.B. having in pursuance other Majesty's Order in Council of the 30th Jan. 1856,...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 24. Partnerships Dissolved.-G. and .T. Caldcleugh, Durham, ironmongers-Hohuan and Aldred, Plymouth, drapers-Crow and Bean, White Horse Place,...

/olnr's fours NAPOLEON.. This is not only the best sketch of the life of Louis Napoleon that we have seen, but a very useful volume ; since it is useful to have a fair...

a map expressly marked to show the Arctic discoveries of Sir Ed.ward. Parry, he - will have conclusive evidence of the great contributions Parry made to our knowledge of the...

by two publications descriptive of excursions in France, which exhibited some of the best qualities of a traveller. He has a genial spirit, prompting him to companionship with...

Mr. Maurice in the short preface to this volume of sermons, "to write a commentary on the Gospel of St. John. All of them proved abortive." He adds, with an unmistakeable touch...

occasion Dr. Calvert Holland exhibits his wonted comprehensiveness of view, conjoined with his thoughtful knowledge of physiology and his speculative ingenuity. Structural...

Tins indefinite title refers to the early life of women, say some /ears before and after twenty ; its object is to advise them during that period, in fact to answer the...

Boons. Tics principal publication of the week is the long-announced "Alemoirt of Sir Robert Peel" • containing his explanation or justification for accepting the Premiership in...

"Farewell" (Abscheid). Sung by Herr Reichardt; composed by Heinrich Esser. "Farewell, ye days of gladness." Sung by Miss Dolby; composed by Alfredo Piatti. These are songs of...

PICTURE SALES. This week, Messrs. Foster sold a collection of the British pictures from Mete.hley Abbey, the property of Mr. Birch; including the two or three which were...

Parts II. and III. of the Reports made to the President of the Board of Trade upon the Paris Universal Exhibition have lately been presented to Parliament. One question which...