25 AUGUST 1855, page 11

The Kiss.

TWICE bath Queen Victoria been kissed by a French Monarch— namely, by Louis Philippe, and now by Napoleon the Third. The latter is the more surprising event ; for Louis Philippe......

Topics Of The Day.

THE PEOPLE AND THE PEACE COMBINATION. THE great aggregate mind of a people is stronger than the indivi- dual mtelleots which appear at certain periods to command and direct it;......