24 MAY 1856, page 19

Vnlitirat Eltanings. Loan Derby And "the Sun Or...

may be CAA- sidered the most fortunate or the most ingenious of orators, when we take into account the very rare and apparently unique character of the topic that shows him most......

A Word For Lord John.

Clereden Court, 20th May. Bra—The opponents of Lord John Russell's Education measure seem to be in a state of jocose exultation at its downfall. Yet that measure was designed to......

On Tuesday Evening, At The Civil Engineers' Institute, A...

was read by Mr. Robert Stephenson, going into considerable detail on the suliect of the discrepancies of views between the Post-office and the ways as to the rate of charge for......

Itttrrs In T4r Fititar.

DOCTOR JOHNSON AND MACAULAY. Allenby, Cumberland, 20th May 1856. In tracing the character of George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, Macaulay, in the 4th volume of his......

The Battle Of Worcester."

The Library, Cheltenham 21st May 1856. Sat—In your review of the " Memoirs of the late M r. Thomas Moore " in your last week's paper, you say—" The following is one of the beet......