THREE events were celebrated on. Thursday,—the Peace con- cluded at Paris the Birthday of Queen Victoria, and the blessed Restoration of King Charles the Second of happy memory....

upon the proceedings of Parliament. The general holiday on Thurs- day was recognized by both Houses, which adjourned over that day; the House of Commons also, as usual,...

week, and derived character from it. There was no peculiarity in a wet Derby-day ; but the holiday humour of the season drew a larger concourse than has been seen there since...

Parsons Cook is an historical event that will be ever memorable in the annals of English justice. The case assumed a national import- ance from its peculiar features, and from...

PRINCIPAL BIJ5INES9 OF THE WEEK. OF Loans. Monday, May 26. Indian Accounts ; Lord Albemarle's Mo- tion—Marriage Law Amendment ill read a third time and passed—Procedure before...

The whole of the Metropolis participated in the Peace and Birthday celebration of Thursday. It began almost from break of day. There was a very general suspension of business,...

THE QUEEN returned to London from Osborne on Monday. Before she left Gosport, her Majesty inspected the Fourth and Thirteenth Light Dragoons, on their return from the Crimea ;...

Thursday was kept as a general holiday at Edinburgh. A royal salute was fired from the Castle guns ; the Lord High Commissioner held a levee ; and there was a grand display of...

Alany other towns added their quota to the Peace celebration of the Metropolis on the 29th. At Portsmouth, there were inspection of troops, firing of a feu-de-joie, fireworks...

Dublin illuminated on the 29th: the public offices were lighted up with great splendour. There was a military review in the Phcenix Reek in the morning ; and at night a...

The British equine festival on Epsoin Downs has been celebrated this week under not very favourable conditions. The' "skyey influences" were by no means benign, except on the...

l'reur?.—Paris is all agog with its anticipated cattle-show, which divides attention with the approaching baptism of the Imperial infant. Notre Dame is undergoing prodigious...

SATTIRDAY. Two important subjects were before Parliament last night,—the Ap- pellate Jurisdiction Bill in the Upper, and the Cambridge University Bill in the Lower House. In...

Much sympathy is felt for Lord Brougham, who, suffering in his health, has sustained the loss of his only sister. She died on the 25th instant. In the midst of his affliction,...

A Letter by Mr. Bridges Adams, on the Gains of the War, and some other Communications, are in type, but postponed for space.

states that, at a ball held in the city of Warsaw, the Polish nobility being pre- sent, the Emperor of Russia announced that he had signed a general am- nesty, which was to...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has resolved on a further investiga- tion into the public advantage of continuing the Scotch Fisheries Board ; and has selected Mr. Bonamy Price...

It is by this time no neNts to most of our musical readers that Signora Piccolomini, the yottng prima donna about whom so much had been said in anticipation of her arrival, has...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The Bank of England yesterday reduced the rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent. From the constant arrivals of gold from Australia, and the...

the Palais Royal upwards of three years since, and afterwards played at the St. James's, during the engagement of M. Ravel, who was the original "Chevalier," has been translated...

Philhar- monic Society's concert, on Monday. Its most remarkable features were the instrumental solos. The one was Beethoven's pianoforte concerto in G, performed by M. Otto...

The Tragedy Queen, has been revived at the Olympic, for the sake of Mrs. Stirling, who plays the principal character as admirably an ever. Although this piece is taken from the...

signalized by the revival of Eve, the ballet-divertissement formerly pro- duced at Covent Garden. This engagement would signify a desire on the part of the Lyceum manager to...

SIR ARTHUR ELTON AND EDUCATION. S1R — I regret not to have been solemn enoughtfor the taste of Sir Arthur - H. Elton. I grieve to labour under the imputation of hilarity and...

Sea—In the hoe that a statement of the following facts may be the means of sparing to many an anxious heart some moments of terror and anguish, I venture to beg you to give them...

expected to take place on Monday next, at the Lyceum. On the following lffednes- day, Madame Riston is (according to announcement) to make her debt at the same theatre, in...

A scepticisin'as to the soundness of scepticism has lately been exhibit- ed in two or three French plays, so that whereas it has been for men some time fashionable to disbelieve...

'THE ILLITMINATIONS AND FIREWORKS. flex looking back to Thursday night, we feel that the most striking effects were unrehearsed. Government might plan a programme of fireworks,...

PALMER is convicted on the testimony of his own acts. Although the evidence is purely circumstantial, it is remarkable in this case for the mass of it which turns entirely and...

Tin meeting at the Carlton Club on Saturday has a moral of in- terest to the whole country. The members of the Club met on the express invitation of Lord Ranelagh, for the...

We have spent about 80,000,0001. in war, and without grudging; but how much might the same sum have effected in the way of war-prevention! We do not regret the money, for we...

" Puerile works" in the language of this country means drains. We collect that official interpretation of the phrase from the facts. We have a "Board of Public Works," and the...

T. genuine Tory cavalier has found a new object for his chi- valrous protection; Erst it was "the King, God bless him " ; then it was Church and King ; next the British Farmer....

SMYRNA. A.ND ITS BRITISH HOSPITAL. * TIME and much repetition have somewhat dulled the interest at- taching to the harrowing tales of our military hospitals. The narrative of a...

attar of roses requires two thousand rose- blooms—such is the cost of excessive condensation: and when all is done, there are persons who prefer the flower. In the essence they...

of St. David's is connected with many matters of interest. It has not, indeed, the artistical importance or the many historical associations of some of the English - caihedrals...

featherless as well as feathered bipeds ; the week having produced no fewer than seven publications in verse. The best of these are less remarkable in themselves than for the...

THE It OT.AL ACADEMY EXHIBITION—THIRD VISIT. The latter half of the West Room, the small North and South Rooms, sanctuaries of miniature and architectural art, and the...

Spite of the disturbing influences of Palmer's trial, the Epsom races, and the Peace displays, the week has produced some books of v - alue. The "Memorials of his Time by Henry...

On the 11th April, at Ifilpauk, Madras, the Wife of Lieutenant-Colonel 11. Mar- shall, Deputy Secretary to Government, of a son. On the 19th May, at Glanusk Park, the seat of...

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAY 27. WAR DEPARTMENT, Pall Mall, May 27.—Cavery-13th Light Drags.—C. Rey. worth, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Wood, promoted. Infantry -...

Partnerships Dissolved. — Payne and Pretty, Wolverhampton, stock-brokers--.. Lewis and Co. Pilton, Somersetshire, farmers—Frobisher and Whittaker, Halifax, '...

BRITISH FUNDS. &aura. (Closing Monday. Prices hsesday. ) Wednes. Than . Friday, 3 per Cent Consols 844 944 914 931 843 Oil Ditto for Account 845 95 Si 931 841 941 3 per Cents...