I A branch . t tho W12l. 1i!s i V n.i l':ii1' within t last IW\C' t( iS ti li;i:i' I'I:! I ', .:i 1 h ;Lct ils(S have ifl-il~d it inti) -I z iit tt . h . N 1 Iit the...

?! , ?f III -71 ?' , ?" 4p n g Ili Ill I 5, X r IT, ?1 P, ?: r. LDnDIs, indued ( lll w-lto iv--ar (1otli(-s,--oi p)ay for tltalmu-are sfarclty a ware o- much th. v into. ste...

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MIiss Thonmson, a ypnng English (or rather Scotch) lady, has made li-r debut at the G rand Opela at Paris w itl cxtraordinarv suecess. Miss Thomson, wIo is a native of...

IVc are, in all probability, to havc thce DaIlian Opewts this sea.sonl. -Mr. Gye opens Covent Garden in April it seems to be generally und(jerstoAd that Mr. Lumley will open...

Tfhere f1)1c:IIS t ) V % :: I is I "W!''"'I i .' lt I, .tiw' I ill tIIe 1 ilvloxv ' t N s N t !IIig 1 ii ..'s. Illc . timlil fit,,tis :I~ s Uv;! 'i - ji-l C;,. lo.t s;.l~ ,...

: Mor. Mrill, r, 1,7.1a. . I1 . -, (I . A ( l !:ls I ,- Las introduced a 1!(NN- ki' itt I I f ior 1 in .l.tiuu tor sonme six Illunths; but tli( , 1 l 'il I. 1.11 ll;utiCC...

lint Irts. PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. 'Therc is a decided advance in this year's exhibition, which opens to!day. The Principal photographers are not only improving and adding to...

LITERARY -NEWS. Although not strictly what the Sjmctotoe has usually understood by "Publications," it may be mentioned that a nev journal is started in Paris, under the title...

I The main points in the Ind ian news are the operations in Oude, the exciting piursuit of Tantia Topee, and the death of Brigadier John Jacob. Lord Clyde, though greatly...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. AT the reception in the Tuileries on New Year's Day the Em- peror Napoleon said to the Austrian Ambassador, " I regret that our relations with your...

The position of Austria, indeed, at the present moment is such I as to render any warlike attempts on her part exceedingly inoppoftune. No doubt she is able to command as large...

In Servia the revoluti n c 'ntinues, wc might almost say, ac- cording to routine. Prirnce Miloseh has accepted the chieftainship once more offered to him by the revolutionary...

Wbt court. Naw YEAu's DAY was marked at Windsor Castle with the customary act of regal benevolence. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Prince of WVales, and the royal...

Xit Vrtropnlti. THE CITY CHURCHES. Attention has been recalled, by the course which Dr. Tait has adopted, to the condition of the city churches destitute of congregations. In...

The judgment of Mr. Commissioner Goulbian forms another I chapter in that history of which Davidson and Gordon's bank-ruptcy is only an episode. We are well aware that our...

By degrces the real character of the Pho-mnix conspiracy inl I Ireland is developing itself through the reports of the examinations and collateral information. Two of the...

F0)(T) PRICES IAN RlAN-CE. In one of the most useful departments that it has struck out, the Jhimoriad Diplomatique gives us a compte rendui of 1808, the most striking fact of...

(i 10()i LI C Y II, IA)I . E l8;ld, f/'u It css, . /,JsS,)4 Ji'acrr and ISus.~ J The ue! tilde bas slow y iccov crlld the ]flaiC of I Sv. I Lilttel'll thte u(lilt intiane *,i...

T, 4 rViratm. I Madame Celestc, whu has transferred her services from the Adelphi to AL _ I I . . tno lyceum, made her first appearance on Monday in a new drama, w-ritten bv a...

Musir. I The French Op6ra Coomique Company at the St. James's Theatre does not possess a single individual of remarkable powers or great name; and yet, give them a good opera,...

PARISIAN THEATRICALS. The French robber Cartouche, who enjoys a celebrity comparable to that of our Turpins and Sheppards, andhas already been the hero of three or four dramas,...

I -,. - - - -NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. 'lIe A ational Portrait Galleri-y to be opened on Saturday next is already a fine collection, and consists now' of sixtv pictures...

MR. BARN-U-M1 ON MONEY-GETTING AND HUMBUG. A1 audienoe overflow-ing the St. James's Music Hall assembled on TiThursday evening to hear Mr. Barnum repeat his very clever and...

I TOPICS OF THE DAY. I THE MYSTERIOUS MANIFESTO OF THE TUILERIIES. " IT is an ill wind that blows nobody good; " and exalted is that Power which can distribute breezes at...

POSTSCRIPT. SATURDAY. After the French funds bad fallen nearly three per cent, in con-sc- quence of the noew famous New Year's Day "boutadc" of the .mperor, the Moniteur of...

I iT, tlhe Couirt of Bhmlkhruptv, xtutas M. Ttwtsra , o M r1,for Gcoltl- Nvich, obtained it third cliats C iti -ate. Mir'. OtlilitiliiSO 1Cthle bankrupt for illeurlinlg...

Tlm minniversar-V fu.si;Nzi of tbc SawltIcy Ljibllary and Mlsr-Ilo was cele- brated on Thursday. After duilnlnl MIl.. dr rh tlle I. une O1 m Institution, delivereOd a lec:l -'...

I rh. Scvia Skuptuhina and Scn:jte llav ` pas3cd a bill enatting that both Chambers shall incet alt l m lv for the purpos 01 maIing laws, I'granting taxes, iniptachmlg...

The aDnointmcit of Mr. C tcrD I);lllldas to bA (iVyOr,10 of Prince Ed- -ward's iliand is efhcall a11V il d . U!"(1 r ' ie V .. of the Navy, is made a Comi ' n of tin Itlt. 1)1....

IRELAND. The Natdin has lately adopted a peculiar line of tactics in reference to the murderous attack on Mlr. Nixon at Gweedore. It pretends that the Crown prosecutor of...

SCOTLAND. A movement is on the tapis by which the present county AMember i General Arbuthnott, retires, and either Sir Thomas Gladstone of Fasque, or Sir John Forbes of...

,f u rri ti it n ub C u I o it i a I. § r a It r r .-,1 lunusual inrident marked the annual ivceptioil at the Tuileries on -New Year's Day. All the great oflicers of state, the...

PICTURES AT CANTERBURY HALL. Canterbury Hall, adjoining Westminster Road, is a kind of less select ",Evans's"; finding its patrons chiefly amnong the trading and working...

"A Scene near St. Clement's Church," is the title of a picture byA t- kinson, representing a contrast between a ragged, carc-wvorni shoe-blacl, lolling despairingly against a...

jruuin to i rial. THE ()Xl'()IL) MI.-ImIll'.1".?. Thc annual fe u.t of the Druids it OxJiold f il tlle llnlllbers for that city a linited opporttllitv of tallillg to thO I)i...

MRS. DXLRYMPE ELLIOTT'S JOURNAL DURING THE FRENCH IE VOLuTrioN.* Tnis volume does more than introduce us to the daily life and some of the remarkable persons of the French...

CHURCH MAIrTTERS. The plol)le of Sherborne have been somewhat scandalized by the proceedingts of their Vicar, the Reverend E. Ilarston. They think he tends to Tractarian...

GENERAL JACOB. ENGLAND has lost another of her bravest and noblest sons. John Jacob, a clheralier sans peur et sans )eljroche, the brilliant swordsman, the originator of a...

A BARRISTER ANI) A GENTLEMAN. Tiii7 Profvssorship of Law in the Queen's College, Galwav, was recently vacant, and the Lord-Lieutonant offered the appointment to Mr. tMichael...

I A LITTLE " AGRICULTURAL DISTRtESS." IT is a long while since we saw the British farmer with a dismal face; and it is almost ' refreshing," as the " gentleman connected with...

TRAE' PROSPECTS FOR 1859. IF last year was commercially one of depression, there is perhlaps 1 no general fact more reassuring for the immediate prusl)eet-s ot the country than...

1.'DREWS'S HISTORY OF BRITISH JOURNALISM.* THESE volumes of Mr. Andrews furnish various, curious, and readable information relating to thc origin and progressof British...

3s t Itnt 13uI3. A correspondence bctw-ec L oi d D)erby and Mv. Thomas Duncoxnbe has b~een p~ubulishled toc(liig, (certilin expressitois:lid 1e the latter in a letttcr to...

UNPROTECTED FEMALES IN SICILY tAND CALABRIA.* Tilur daughter and mamma whose unaccompanied journeyings in Norway excited so much attention, in both senses of the term, from the...

BOO KS. LIFE OF DOUGLAS JERROLD.* THF. true literary position of Douglas Jerrold was that of the wit and the playwright. As a social wit he was unrivalled for readiness and...

YOU-NG ENGLAND AND OLD ENGLAND. ARE there any young men in public life in England It is a question not without interest, and it seems of peculiar import at tlle present time....