13 MAY 1854, page 13

It Is Reported That The Emperor Napoleon Has Forwarded A

pretty strong lecture to King Otho, by the hands of M. do Bourre,—a gentleman named, also, as the probable successor of General I3araguay d' Hilliers at Con- stantinople.......

The Bal Costume At The French Ambassador's Last Night, Was

as re- markable for its splendour and taste, as for its undisguised political intent. Count Walewski had elaborately prepared his peculiar mansion at Albert Gate for the......

A Correspondent Makes A Suggestion That Might Be...

Ministers have professed their readiness to give the public information respecting the progress of the war as the despatches arrive ; but they do so through the cumbrous and......

M. Drouyn De Lhuys, The French Minister For Foreign Affairs,

is con- fined to his bed with a cold and sore throat. The Meniteur of yesterday notices a difference in the Russian declara- tion on the subject of neutral rights as compared......

The Royal Albert Screw Steamer Of 131 Guns Was Launched

today at Woolwich ; having been named in due form by the Queen. The dock- yards, the craft on the river, and the Essex shore, were black with the multitude of people collected......

Progress Of Parliamentary Business

DURING THE WEEK ENDING MAY 13. House of Commons. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Ministerial. By whom introduced. Stage arrived at. Manning of the Navy Sir J. Graham Read a first and......

Money Market,

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The new financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Mon- day last, was favourably received, and produced an improvement in the......