29 JANUARY 1859, page 1

News Of The Week.

THE French Government is gradually defining its position be- fore the world, by the course of its action ; but we have not yet obtained any decisive light as to its relations......

The Electric Telegraph Did Kindly Service On Thursday,...

informed Queen Victoria, in Windsor Castle six minutes after the occurrence, that her daughter in Berlin had given a Prince to the house of Prussia. It must have gladdened the......

Ireland Is Triumphing Ofez!uar_factions. We Allude, Of...

failure of Lord Downshire's meting originally advertsieel. for the 27th instant, and now converted into a harmless paper demonstration : the event is in every respect......

Colonial Affairs Appear To Be Regaining An Unwonted...

although there is nothing disastrous to report,—disaster having heretofore been the most common epic* to whet the senses of the mother-country towards her distant progeny. Last......