16 MARCH 1861, page 1

'messina Has Fallen, After A . Four Days' Siege, To

General Cialdihi. In anticipation of this event, the. Emperor of the French requested the . ex-King - to order the discontinuance of a useless defence. Francis II. complied, but......

News Of The Week.

T HE occurrences in Warsaw are still the most important, if not the most interesting of the week. The demonstration of the '25th February was, it appears, only a part of a plan......

A Paper Has Recently Been Published Showing The Position Of

the- Austrian Church. Its property is estimated at 35,000,0001., on 2,256,000/. a year, a sum which must be grossly under-estimated-. The Hungarian Church, for example, is one......