royal guests in Paris: the Xing of Sardinia has long been announced to come ; he was expected this week, but again his arrival is postponed— probably from the urgency of certain...

THE incidents at the close of the British Queen's visit to France differed from the larger part of her stay, in being less public and formal, and in being reported apparently by...

as well as French and English, throw additional light on the cha- racter of that conflict and the motives of the advance which led to it. From a plan of battle found upon the...

upon many points in Indian administration. The district inha- lnted by this people is one of those central wilds which still exist in India. Lying among the hills, not farther...

Birmingham has subscribed for and erected a statue of Sir Robert Peel. It was designed by Mr. Peter Hollins, is composed of bronze, and was cast in the foundry of Messrs....

com- ment, —irrespectively of the meeting of Cabinet Ministers at the War Office, about which we have nothing more than the announce- ment,—is the ceremony at Birmingham on...

you, that the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, quitted Paris this morning, accompanied by the Emperor. Their Majesties proceeded in -state from...

The Convocation of the Clergy of the Province of Canterbury was pro- rogued on Thursday, in due form, by the Vicar-General of the Province, and the Queen's Proctor, until the...

The Earl of Carlisle paid a 'visit to the camp at the 'Carragh heft week. It was intended that there should be a field-day , but the weather proved unkropitiotui, and the...

Emigration from the North of Scotland to the Canadas continues in full force. About 600 people will shortly leave Aberdeen and neighbouring ports. Agricultural labour has...

FRANCE.—The last day but one of Queen Victoria's stay in Paris, Sa- turday, was not without incidents as striking as any in the memorable week ; and the good fortune that...

Foreign Office. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure,...

SATURDAY. The principal characteristic of the morning's news is the number of re- ports all tending to the same averment—that Russia at last confesses the excessive pressure...

contem- plation. On Tuesday it was said that the Bing of Sardinia would arrive "in a day or two" ; a later report makes him arrive the week after next. The King of Bavaria and...

Napier had this morning published the private correspondence with Sir James Graham in October and November last ; and it turned out that the Horning Advertiser was the organ of...

" St. Petersburg, August 31.— Prince Gortschakoff writes from the Crimea, August 28, The enemy continue to fire briskly.' No new facts." "Turin, August 30.—The latest...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY A rrearroost. The English Funds have been very inactive during the week. The num- ber of members of the Stock Exchange and operators who are out of town...

five- and - twenty years ago, has been revived at its original theatre, the Adel- phi, with a success that fully proves its evergreen nature. Neither Mr. Webster nor Madame...

In the report of the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway, it is stated that the receipts for the half-year ending 31st July were 438,7791. The working expenses, and renewals,...

in the South, videlicet in this metropolis; a fact which he impresses on the public mind by imposing placards and portraits set up against any available wall and in every...

The Festival of 1855 began on Tuesday last and ended yesterday. Of the magnitude and importance of the institution everybody who is at all conversant with musical matters has a...

The modern Orion is one of the remarkable men of our day ; a man so possessed with the spirit of the chase that he leaves his country, his kin- dred and his father's house, his...

A. PEOPLE'S code of laws is commonly one of the best reflexes of the national character, and no codes can more strikingly contrast than those of France and England. The...

Vwroms at Versailles ! The very words are an epigram, stuffed with historical parallels and more historical paradoxes. They conjure up a host of dreams from the past—splendid,...

THE form proposed for the tribute to the virtues of Florence Night- ingale is not unnaturally suggested by the occasion. Miss N ight- ingale distinguished herself by the proper...

IT is affirmed that the examination of candidates for admission to the Civil Service of India is no sham. The papers will soon be made public, and we shall have them before us :...

A FEW numbers back we noticed recent events which were calcu- lated to cast some discredit on the system of private banking, as being peculiarly liable to concealment, and...

TUB OBSTACLE TO I STRONG GOVERNMENT. Manchester, 28t4 August 1851i. Stn—The present House of Commons, as you are aware, was elected in 1852 under the influence of a strong...

Adelphi, 27th Ategust 1866. Sin—After the perusal of the last letter of your correspondent "E. A. F." I come to the conclusion that he "to party giveinsperhat was meant for man-...

North End, Fulham, 80th August 1865. Sim—In the letter of "E. A. F.," published in your last number, I find this passage—" We are fighting for what we cannot obtain. It is...

Loaders, 27th August 1855. Sim—May I beg your insertion of the enclosed observations on reply to myletter of the 4th instant. The cause of our difference is easy to understand....

zinnias's riccanzer'e.• IT is surprising how little is really known of 'the history, institu- tiona, aud - manners - of the Phoenicians, when we consider the great antiquity...

Haversteek Hill, 27th August 1856. In the last number of the Edinburgh .13eview, there is an article on the subject of "Indian Substitutes for Russian Produce," in which it is...

BELLOT. * DIE celebrity of Joseph Rene Bella is a remarkable instance of what character will effect. His aptitude for instruction was great, and he made his way from a humble...

RUSSIA. * Iimeattie evidence carries these thirty-three years' Recollections of Russia as far back as the French invasion of 1812; so that the actual experience of the...

Banc& The War in the East, from the Year 1853 till. July I85: an His- torico-Critical Sketch of the. Campaigns on the Danube, in Asia, and in the Crimea ; with a Glance at the...

On the 17th August, at Vienna, the Wife of the Hon. Henry Elliot, her Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Vienna, of a daughter. On the 22d, at Llanarth Court, Raglan, Mrs....

WAR - OFFIeR, - Aug. 81.-let Regt. of Drag. Guards-Assist-Surg. W. A. David- son,M.D. from the 42d Foot, to be Assist.-Surg. 4th Light Drags.-Lieut. F. W. Martin to be Capt. by...

BRITISH FUNDS. Saturd. (Closing MomAy, Prices.) yrestday Wanes. per Cent Consols 911 911 911 015 Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 911 93 911 921 911 99i 911 91 New 3...

Tuesday, Aug: 28. PARTNERSHIPS Dissotvan.-Smith and Co, Manchester, engineers- Duncombeand Son, Abbey Place, St. John's Wood, livery-stable-keepers-Halkyarcl and Wallwork,...