IlNplEX 1861. ' TOPICS OF THE DAY. ADMIRALTY, the Syetem of the, 106 ' All Souls Case, the,' 84 All Souls College at the Bar, 272 Ambiguous Counsels to the Northern States,...

through his son, Lord Stanley, have both turned the Christmas holidays to account by giving encouragement to the Volunteers. They have given capital advice ; Lord Derby busying...

NEW YEAR'S DAY has come and gone ' yet Europe is neither re- lieved of its load nor informed of its future. The Emperor Na- poleon has addressed the Corps Diplomatique, as he...

tion in the retirement of General Cass, who resigned because the President would not consent to coerce seceding States back into the Union. Of course temporary successors have...

The ceremony of presenting colours to the Uth Hampshire Volunteers, took place on Thursday at Ramsey. The presentation was made by Mrs. Henderson the wife of Captain Henderson,...

On Thursday afternoon ' a Royal Commission, of which the Lord Chancellor was at the head, attended in the House of Lords and formally prorogued Parliament from that day, to...

Tan Que, the Prince Consort, and the Royal children have gone to Osborne ; arriving there on Wednesday Morning. Before leaving Windsor Castle, her Majesty was present at the...

irom- cased ship afloat. She will serve well as an experiment. If she- answer, we may build more Warriors. In the interval of trial, there is no justification for suspending the...

An address, signed by nearly 6000 persons, including the Lord Provost and the Members for the city of Glasgow, having been forwarded to Lord John Russell, her Majesty's...

The Morning News publishes an address of the Catholic Archbishop and Clergy of Dublin to the Pope, and the Pontiff's reply. The burden of both communications is sacrilege,...

'inn. —The Jour de rAn has passed, and those who foolishly looked for the revelation of any line of policy have been disappointed. The Tuileries was unusually crowded with...

The United Workhouse Visiting Society has addressed a letter to Boards of Guardians on the subject of destitute incurables. There are 80,000 persons afflicted with mortal...

SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Mr. Sidney Herbert has resigned the representation of South Wilts, as he is about to be raised to the Peerage. In an address to his con- stituents he says-...

and this morning- " Berlin, January 4.—A. deputation from the municipality presented to- day, in the name of the city of Berlin, an address of condolence to the King.. His...

STOCK EXCHANOZ, FRIDAT APTIZINOON. Early on Monday morning, considerable surprise was created by the sud- den announcement of an advance in the Bank rate of discount of 1 per...

„Bankruptcy Annulled .-George Atkinson, Bradford, Yorkshire, joiner. Bankrupts.-William Bryant, Oxford Street, tailor-Aaron Martin Cramp Hodg- inan, Broadstairs, Kent,...

IRON-CABED SHIPS. Portsmouth, 31st December, 1860. SIR - Wood or iron for ships seems to be the questio vexata, and, as you observe, many parties, doctique indoetique, have...

I. The following is an Abstract of the gross Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned periods, ended December sr, 1860, compared with the...

1861: PROSPECTIVE. lw one month from today Parliament will meet, to begin a career of beneficent work or one of weary and only not useless talk, which will probably last until...

IT is not wonderful that Germany cherishes the memory of Fre- derick the Great ; for, since he died, there has not been one sove- reign prince in Germany who possessed a tithe...

THE chances of the permanence of the American Union slowly diminish, while such prospects of a compromise which will secure a temporary repose slowly increase. It is not too...

civil power of the Pope has departed, and the present occu- pant of the Papal chair is the most vehement in proclaiming the fact. Is there no discreet person at Rome who can...

JURISPRUDENCE is sometimes called upon to deal with the grandest considerations affecting life and liberty, but it frequently happens that the issue is narrowed by...

DIXON'S PERSONAL HISTORY OF LORD BACON. * WHEN Mr. G. H. Lewes published, in 1846, his excellent Biogra- phical History of Philosophy, so unquestioned was the correctness of the...

a sort of literary plum-pudding compounded by an expert caterer, and the public will probably testify their approval of it, by as large a consumption of this dainty dish as they...

the Forth *the little steamer which carries the mails between Copenhagen and Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, calling at Leith on its out- Ward and homeward voyage, and...

The Twickenham Tales is something new in form, in style, and even in taste. It is a collection of tales all more or less clever (and some very much more than less), which are...

Essay on Human Happiness. By the Honourable C. B. Adderley. M.P. Part II. — The first part of the Essay received its due praise from us. It was, as far as it went, excellent....

The Westminster has eight articles, all of them of great value, but various in character. The first and last, "Ancient Danish Ballads" and "Dante and his English Translators,"...

Christmas is not a musical season in London—at least, music forms but a small part of its musical entertainments. At the theatres, there ara only the pantomimes ; and the...

On the 20th of December, at Oxford, the Wife of Professor Max Muller, of a daughter. On the 22d, at Southend, the Wife of Major Milman, B.A.., of a daughter. On the 234, at 56,...

FOREIGN FUNDS (Last Official CluotaMon &minutiae Week ending Friday Evening.) Austrian 5 p. Ct. 441 Preach 4.4 P•0 1 - Belgian 41 — — Mexican .. 3 — Ditto 24— Peruvian 46 —...