NEWS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Africa-Fight at Mallaghea, 749. War at Sennegambia, 698. America-The meeting of Envoys in Belgium, 908. British foreign legion, 353, 379, 8 4. North...

called forth an acclaim of delight far different from the ordinary adulation which attends the acts of royalty. The Secretary of State for War had already conveyed her Majesty's...

may begin to dispel the darkening clouds at home. There has been a great change since the - triumphant "taking of Sebaitopol change from brilliant confidence to gloomy...

A. BURST of sunshine breaka, if not upon the camp of the Allies before Sebastopol, at leas(Apon. the despatches of General Can- robert,—a cheerful commander, whose compositions...

and by Prussia in the Russian interest. On the 19th of last month, Baron Manteuffel addressed to the representatives of Frederick William in Paris and London, a despatch...

defeat of Mr. _Digby Seymour, the-new Recorder of Newcastle. The nomination took . place on Monday, the pulling on Tuesday. Mr. Dighy Seymour was proposed by Mr. Joshua Wilson,...

every pro- mise of success for the operation. The amount, as our readers already know, is 500,000,000 francs, divided into 41 per cents and 3 per cents ; of which the prices are...

The second detachment of the Balaklava railway corps, 80 in number, set out from Blackwell on Tuesday, in the steam-ship Hesperus. The -vessel also carried 800 tons of rails,...

New Yeas's DAY opened at Windsor Castle with music by the band of the Horse Guards on the East Terrace. Later in the day, the Queen, Prince Albert, and the children proceeded to...

The Scottish Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures connected with Ar- chitecture was opened at Glasgow last week ; the Lord Provost and the Corporation taking a conspicuous part...

FRANCE.—The usual ceremonies in celebration of the New Year have been observed in Paris: The Emperor reviewed 20,000 troops on Satur - day; and held the customary official...

The Honourable Colonel Cole has been returned for Fermanagh without opposition. He fills the place of the late Sir Arthur Brooke. The Tablet made grave complaint that the Roman...

enabled to gratify the English public with a letter, or portion - of a letter, addressed by the Queen to Mr. Sidney Herbert, conveying a message of warm sympathy to the wounded...

distribu- tion of the Sick and Wounded Fund, reports anotheeillustratkin of mili- tary carelessness, down to so late a day as the 25th December— "I had yesterday a strange...

of France at Vienna, has been charged to present the Grand. Cordon of the Legion of Honour, in the nanie of the Emperor Napoleon,, to the Emperor of Austria. We believe we may...

. SATURDAY MORNING. - The telegraph continues to furnish but meagre reports ; though some of those received are not without interest " :Vienna, Friday Evening, January 5.—The...

Jurisprudence and History, was yesterday elected President of Magdalen College, Oxford, in the room of the late Dr. Routh.

On the 28th October, at Hongkong, the Wife of the Lord Bishop of Victoria, of a daughter. On the 27th December, at Kintuck, Westmeath, the Wife of W. Pollard-Urquhart, Esq.,...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAT AFTERNOON. The terms on which the new French Loan of 20,000,000/. is to be issued have been published this week : it is optional to subscribers to take...

Messrs. Baring nuclei). will if requested 'pay in Paris thesubsequent instalments Totals 12,347,632 14,421,976 13.594,723 14.458,177 of 5 per cent monthly, on the stock...

So great was the success of Les lilies de Jfarbre-which failed here as the Marble Heart-that M. Theodore Barriere, the author, has produced a sort of continuation, entitled Leo...

Covent Garden Theatre, which he has obtained from the directors of the Royal Italian Opera. The theatre, as fitted up by him, has lost its operahouse look, and is just like an...

Mr. Luke Burke, editor of the Ethnological Journal, began, on Thursday, at the Marylebone Literary -and Scientific Institution, a course.of five lectures on Primteval and...

From many of the lively comedies by Mr. Bourcicault we may assume that he is a gentleman who loves his joke; and on this hypothesis we may further surmise that a wretched little...

Week ending Saturday. Gold in Bank of England. Price of Three per Cent Con. soli- highest and low. est.. Price of wheat weekly aye- rage. Wheat and Wheat Sour imported : stated...

Clasping hands from your two lands, Twins in time and death ! Both your names one love proclaims, In one ardent breath. Different races, different faces, Different...

TOPICS OF THE WHERE THE BLAME LIESY 10 13 7 kLaadS CErrsurz defeats itself when it is indiscriminate, and so sweeping as manifestly to include the innocent as well as the...

Tim public, well informed or otherwise, appears to be settling down into two tolerably safe conclusions,—that the war will con- tinue, and that its expenses will not be entirely...

LAST week we noted the advantage to one side during war, in keeping its plans and proceedings concealed from the enemy; and we illustrated this by the ease of Washington, who...

Jr lies with Russia to determine whether the war shall be closed immediately or carried on; and we must expect that if it be carried on, it will be extended to a field so much...

IrvanrooL, it is said, has been "in a ferment" for the last three months, in conselnenee of one particular bankruptcy. Undoubtedly the bankruptcy 313 on a grand scale, involving...

Is it the clothing of officers in the British service or their post in battle that occasions so great a proportionate loss of gentlemen bearing commissions P "A Regimental...

A Qum occurred in the Court of Common Pleas not long since, , which deserves notice although matters of more pressing interest • diverted our attention for a time. It is the...

Florence, 26th December 1854. .Sra—About a quarter of a century ago, I was, during a period of three years, Adjutant to the Depot or Reserve Companies of a Regiment at that time...

LONDON UNIVERSITY. SIR—As yours is one of the few journals in which one may hope to find an advocate for an institution unauthorized by antiquity and uuconsecrated by abuses, I...

Glasgow, 266h- December 1864. Sin—A few weeks ago, I ventured to address you in a letter the object of which was to point out the injurious effect on the raising of new levies...

Sin—Though reluctant to occupy your space with further discussion of questions which cannot be expected to command general interest, I must request permission to criticize in...

1 Adam Street, Adelphi, 25th December 1854. Sin—The question of projectile weapons has been Bo deeply mooted during the present war, and so many brains have been set to work,...

2d January 1855. Sin—Upon reading your excellent article, in last Saturday's number, headed "Russian Allies in England," I was at first inclined to agree with every word of it ;...

WAR-OFFICE, Jan. 2.-let Regiment of Foot-General the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.B. fr9m the 7th Royal Fusiliers to be Colonel, vice General the Right lion. Sir James...

be Second Lieu- tenants-J: F. Crease, C. P. Heaslop, H. L. Rose, C. H. Standbridge, V. W. Sims, R. L. Price, H. G. Campbell, E. G. V. Holloway, T. M . Hewett, O. Johnston....

ruesday, January 2. P.vereanestirs DisSOLTED.-Sha)ler and Co. Manchester, silk-manufacturers- Crawford and Co. East India merchants ; as far as regards A. Colvin-W. and J:...

BRITISH FUNDS (Clawing Prices.) &Surd. Msds 1.dW.dass S pec Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Lone Annuities Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India...

Middlesex . , Printer, at the office of Josef% Cuorroar, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Parish of fit. Dunstan'. in the West, in the City of London; and Published by the aforesaid...

DE DAVY:HOME'S RURAL ECONOMY OE ENGLAND.' SOME years have elapsed since the appearance of a work on agri- cultural and social economy which combined in so large a degree as this...

Tim volume of letters owes its immediate interest to its imme- diate subject,—a civilian's account of a month in the camp before Sebastopol between the 3d of October and the 8th...

Tnas Russian fiction oonsists of a series of tales and sketches de- scriptive of the scenery, serfs, and country gentlemen of Russia, varied by an occasional visit to a...

KEEN observation of public affairs, a pungent closeness of style, and great cleverness in the author, are the distinguishing features of The Warden. Its subject is the...

effective character, that is the popularity, of the sonnet in English. The Italian sonnet was a thought with some personal reference to the writer. In English it is a thought in...

WE have received a letter• on the late notice of Sir George Stephen's Anti-Slavery Recollections, from a correspondent well acquainted with the facts of the period to which his...

Booxs. The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt, illustrated by his Correspondence with his friends and the Speci- fications of his Patents. By James...

A considerable lot of recently-purchased pictures have hung for a few weeks past on the walls of the National Gallery, of which the general public does not seem very well to...

Boosey's Opera Journal, for the Pianoforte. The European Musical Library, for the Pianoforte. These are serial publications, both of which have been carried to a considerable...

This work consists mainly of the lectures delivered by Mr. Leslie at the Royal Academy as Professor of Painting, recast and extended. It takes up the questions of the principal...