28 MAY 1859, page 13

Rajah Brooke.

Tax Government having declined to do anything to compensate the Rajah Brooke for his losses in connexion with Sarawak, a public committee has taken up the subject. The case is a......

Fashions For Volunteers.

ARTISTS of real tact as well as distinction are discussing the not unimportant question, how to dress the volunteer. They only ..se4n) to forget the sage precept of the immortal......

• The Illegitemate Drama.

WR see that the Lord Chamberlain has interdicted the play of lack Shep- pard at the Victoria Theatre, and we can well understand the motives of the prohibition, yet we doubt its......

Colonial And Foreign Postage.

IT seems unfair to press upon the English Post-office further re- duction in rates, and to object to an increase in the rate of the extreme Eastern postage when it is raised......