This note, bearing the signature of the four Ambassadors at Con- stantinople, proposes that negotiations for a settlement between Russia and Turkey, to be conducted in a neutral...

at- tention, incline, according to the fashion of the day, towards ma- terial improvement. Whether we look to the official quarter or to the industrial field, we find the same...

as well as political liberty, the nature of her ad- vancement does not even yet seem to be fully appreciated in this country. It appears to us, that although the measures which...

The resumption of the inquiryinto the City Corporation by the Royal Commissioners took place on Wednesday. Several officers of the Cor- poration were present ; including Mt....

THE chief incident at Windsor Castle has been the resumption of the 'dramatic representations, cut short by the death of the Queen of Por- tugal. On Thursday evening the Queen...

of circu- lating extravagant and calumnious reports at this particular season between Christmas and Parliament, has assumed an unusually black look this year. The reasons are,...

The election for East Gloucestershire began on Monday, in the Shire-hall, Gloucester. The contest, the first for twenty years, created an immense interest, as the Liberal party...

The educational discussion in Scotland continues with great vivacity. Last week, the United Presbyterian Presbyteries of Stirling and Dundee passed resolutions condemning the...

Baron Pcnnefather has been seriously indisposed, but is now so far recovered as to express a hope that he shall go the North-west circuit at the ensuing Assizes. Reports having...

Fakircr.—The note of warlike preparation sounds throughout France, although not loudly. On Saturday last the Honiteur contained a decree calling into active service all the...

The following singular correspondence, respecting the true position of: the Prince Consort, has been published in the Daily News, the Globe, and the Horning Post,—in the...

a rule to -show cause why a criminal information should not be -filed against Mr. Harrison, printer and publisher of the Times, for an artiole-in November last, passing severe...

Earl Spencer to be Steward of the Queen's Household ; and of Captain Charles Elliot, R.N., "now Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the Bermudas or Somers Islands, to be...

SATURDAY. The reported successes of the Turks at Kalafat and on the line of the Danube, are so far confirmed by all the recent advices. The latest notice, however, from Vienna,...

America. She sailed from Monte Video on the 224 November. A 'imp- tare had taken place in the Monte Videan Ministry, which led to various resignations. In the interior, Blanco's...

Regent at Carla- ruhe. He expressed deep regret at the disturbances resulting from "the step taken by the Archbishop of Freiburg, as well as the misapprehen- sions which...

to the mob, that a farmer named Gill was selling grain unfit for human food ; they upset his grain, and drove him for shelter to an inn. The Mayor suppressed the tumult ; but,...

revived ver- sion of Le Pere de la Debutante, entitled The First Night, one of the most interesting pieces of the day. Mr. Wigan is the best actor of Frenchmen, and Old Dufard...

The melodrama of Paula Lazzaro, brought out this week at Drury Lane, is .a very featureless affair ; being a commonplace brigand tale, very com- monly treated. There is,...

IMPROVED MACHINERY OF LEGISLATION THE COMPLEMENT, NOT THE ALTERNATIVE, OF REPRESENTATIVE REFORM. THE gentlemen do profess too much. New plans for improving the constitution and...

the Dividends ; it is worth about 3 per cent. From Vienna the rate of ex- change continues to show increasing distrust. A loan is still talked of, but with little chance of...

A RUMOUR is abroad that the English Dissenters are hesitating as to the course of conduct to be adopted by them in reference to the measure of University Reform expected from...

"PUBLIC Opinion " is half-inclined to sacrifice Prince Albert at the shrine of Rumour. A whisper, which was first insinuated for party uses, has grown into a roar, and a...

THOSE members of the Peerage who objected to the collection of religious statistics under the Census Act will find their refutation in the masterly volume which Mr. Horace Mann...

WErre England is braving perhaps the greatest adversary that she is likely to encounter in the world, she is employing some of her surplus energy against another adversary,—the...

A. R017G11 GLANCE AT PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Liverpool, January 1854. SIR—Having derived considerable pleasure in glancing over your-Sup- plement of last week on the Statistics of...

27, Milk Street, Cheapside, 13th 'January 1854. Sra—I trust you will allow me space in your next publication for a very few words upon Somerville's attack upon Mr. Cobden and...

7th January 1854. Sin—It is never too late to own a mistake. I was wrong when I ques- tioned the accuracy of a statement made by your correspondent "Sagittarius" with regard to...

MOORE'S MEMOIRS, JOURNAL, AND CORRESPONDENCE. * IN the preface to the sixth volume of this longwinded publication, Lord John Russell observes, that, " as we approach nearer the...

explain the allegations made by " Sagittarius " against the monitorial system at Harrow. Dr. Vaughan has replied by an elaborate defence of his system, and has printed and...

is a Dissenting Minister, stanchly Protestant, but with more catholicity than always belongs to opponents of the Papacy. He has also a more genial disposition than many divines...

Tom's Cabin, but its pub- lication was deferred, until the interest in the slave ',question was revived by the genius of Mrs. Stowe. The avowed object of- The Slave Son is...

THE first of the three German books noted below,* is a most plea, sant little work on ancient Greece, political, literary, and artistic; which might be recommended to general...

Boom. A Memoir of the Reverend Tames Crabb, late of Southampton. By John Bedell, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law. Elements of Jurisprudence. By Charles James Foster, M.A.,...

the Official Bettina.] HEALTH OP. LONDON DURING THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 7. [From the Official Bettina.] Ten Weeks Week - Zymotle Diseases Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of...

On the 30th December, at 8, Paragon, Blackheath, the Wife of Macgregor Laird, Esq., of a daughter. On the 5th January, at Kensington, the Wife. of Henry Cole, Esq., C.B. of a...

ADMIRALTY, Jan. 7.—Corps of Royal Marines—Gent. Cadet H. H. Nat to be SIM. Lieut. WAR-01TICE, Jan. 13.-3d Regt. of Light Drags.—Lieut. W. H. Orme to be Capt. by purchase, vice...

Tuesday, January 10. Panrwassetrs DIssatran. - Eidinans and Co. Swithin's Lane, patent-agents- Ostler and Co. Grantham, attornies -Bell and Mitchell, Aldgate High Street, out-...

Thurs. Friday, BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices ) &turd. Monday. Tuesday. Wean 3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 91 per Cents Long Annuities Bank...