27 DECEMBER 1856, page 2

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St. Thomas's Day having fallen on Sunday, the various Wards of London City met on Monday to elect their representatii , es and talk over their affairs. There was but a scanty......

The Great Drainage Discussion, Which Has Vexed London So...

to so little purpose, has at last been put in better train for practical handling. The Metropolitan Board of Works has de- finitively adopted. " the B* plan " of drainage, and......

I'4 Court.

LIRE her subjects, Queen Victoria kept Christmas Day by attending divine service in the morning. The Dean of Windsor read.the service and administered the sacrament. The Duke of......

If We Are Not Mistaken, The Festivities Of The Season,

and the rural retreats to which our public men customarily resort at this part of the year, have been diversified to an unusual degree with public receptions ; for mingling with......