16 MARCH 1861, page 3

Information Direct From Japan, Derived From Personal...

welcome. At the last meeting of the Geographical Society, a paper was read from the pen of Mr. Consul Pemberton Hodgson, descriptive of his journeys in the island of Jesso,......

The Exhibition Of 1862 May Now Be Regarded As Fairly

afoot. The .vniarantee fund has been well filled up ; the site of the Exhibition determined on, and the plan of the building decided. The site of the Exhibition is on the space......

An Action For Ejectment, To Try The Validity Of The

will of the late Lord Rancliff, was brought at the Nottingham assizes. Lord Ran- cliff left large property to Mrs. Burtt, his mistress ; she has since married, and although ten......

The Famous Volume Of Essays And Reviews Continues To Re-

ceive a large share of clerical attention. On Wednesday a host of archdeacons and prominent clergymen waited on the Archbishop of Canterbury and presented an address, signed by......

A Number Of Manchester And Liverpool Merchants Have...

Gladstone to permit himself to be nominated as the third repre- sentative for South Lancashire in the event of Sir George Lewis's bill for assigning vacant seats becoming law.......

The Last Mail Left America On The 2nd Inst. Just

too soon to re- ceive the telegraph report of the President's Message v a St. John. The latest intelligence is unfavourable to peace, an attack on Fort Sumter being expected......

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