24 MARCH 1860, page 12

The True Source And Function Of Militia. Wity Is It

that the Government has not given the faintest sign of any intention to deal with that important element of national de- fence—the Militia ? Are we to lose it, retain it as it......

Russian And Other Railways.

A RATHER curious story, told by an eye-witness, is given in one of the last numbers of the Russian Gazette of St. Petersburg. Some weeks ago, at two o'clock one fine afternoon,......

The Humboldt Correspondence.

A curious volume of correspondence has brought forth un- questionably some interesting traits of one of the greatest men the century has seen,—Alexander von Humboldt; but also......