31 DECEMBER 1853, page 5

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FRANCE.—The pressing question in the French metropolis this week has been the supply of food. An Imperial decree authorizes the forma- tion, under the guarantee of the city of......

Ireland.

Lord Palmerston has replied to a letter from Mr. Lucas M.P., stating his intentions with regard to making provision for the spiritual instruction of Roman Catholic convicts, by......

Ice Trauiurm

Lord Palmerston, through Mr. Waddington, has sent the following reply to the memorial forwarded to him some weeks ago by the " locked- out" hands at Preston. The letter is......

Scotland.

The citizens of Glasgow are apprehensive lest their shipping, which is utterly defenceless, should, in the event of war, be burnt by a Russian cruiser. Aa a means of defence,......