20 NOVEMBER 1858, page 2

News Of The Week.

Xt. GLADSTONE is gone on his mission to reconsider the mainte- nance or abandonment of the British protectorate over the Ionian Islands; and he is approaching his destination......

Hop Planting.

Two deputations waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Tues- day, one of huge proportions. They were the hop-planters of Sussex, headed by four Members and one ex-Member......

T4/ Court.

Tax QUEEN held a Privy Council at Windsor Castle on Saturday. Parliament was ordered to be prorogued to the 13th January. The six members of the Medical Council were formally......

Dr. Tait's First Charge.

The Bishop of London delivered his primary charge in St. Paul's Ca- thedral on Wednesday, to a very full attendance of the clergy. The charge was of unusual length, the Bishop......