THE quiet explanation of a Reform Bill, which Lord John Russell made to a quiet House of Commons on the 13th of February THE quiet explanation of a Reform Bill, which Lord John...

" the Reform Bill" ; but it is not the only reform before Parlia- ment, nor does it monopolize the attention of Members. Several other reforms scarcely less important are under...

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEEK. Moon or LOBOS; Monday, Feb. 13. No business of Importance. Tuesday, Feb. 14. The Eastern Question; Debate on Lord Clanriearde'e Motion —...

great Eastern question furnished a legitimate occasion for a discussion; and although we could well imagine less captious and cavilling use of the opportunity than Lord...

of Lord Claud- carde's speech—the inquiry whether we are at peace or war. That inquiry could not be answered at the moment. " We are not at war, because war is not declared. We...

. • 4- - 6s (9) Additional to Counties 38 (4) Additional to West Biding of Yorkshire and South 1.411- cashire (5) Additional to Boroughs 9 (6) New Constituencies To be...

Tits Royal Family returned to Buckingham Palace on Monday ; arriving there from Windsor at four o'clock. On Tuesday, the Queen and Prince Albert visited the Duchess of...

At a Court of Common Council, on Tuesday, it was resolved to petition Parliament against the North Metropolitan Railway Bill. A bill was brought up, and read a third time, for...

Bill of 1832. The smaller Boroughs. Of these, 68 shoce electors did not reach 500, were to be supplemented by the addition of adjoining parishes and townships. The Boroughs so...

contemplation fer accomplishing the union of the Ring's College and the Marisehal College at Aberdeen. Dr. Jack, the Principal of the University of Lug's Col- lege, died on the...

The South Staffordshire election has resulted in the return of Lord Paget by a triumphant majority. The official statement of the poll, on Monday, was—Paget, 4328; Ingestre,...

Mr. Chichester Fortescue, the new Lord of the Treasury, is likely to be reelected triumphantly at Louth. Ten Roman Catholic priests have come forward with a manifesto refuting...

FEAsica.—The publication of a letter from the Emperor of the French to the Czar has caused an immense sensation in France. It has been printed as a placard, profusely...

Ministers have acquired a reputation for making good appointments. Another, which promises well, has just been made. Sir .1013n Briggs, who has served for fifty-seven years as...

It is now well known that the British Government intend to forward a first division of Infantry, 10,000 strong, to Constantinople, immediately. The division will consist of...

SATURDAY. The business set down for the House of Commons last night was the Navy Estimates; but Mr. LAYARD interposed his discussion—h la Clan- ricarde, only with more Oriental...

of honourable Members and noble Lords for "discussion," without occupy- ing the valuable time of Parliament by crude conclusions, or creating an illusory but perhaps an...

his 66 seats—only three Members to that cooler part of the island ! One, as Lord John stated, is to be given to the Universities, and one each, it is understood, to the legal...

House of Commons. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. Ministerial. Title. By whom introduced. Stage arrived at. Parliamentary Reform : Bill to amend the Representation of the People in...

younger order of playgoers most have contemplated with something like a feeling of awe, the summary justice inflicted on The Love-look, a luck- less dramatic legend, which was...

The lively vaudeville of Un Mari gut se ddrange, with its abundant incident and its somewhat lax moral atmosphere, has been moved from the region of modern Paris to that of...

The musical season is not yet begun—it is understood to date from the opening of the Italian Opera and the commencement of the Philharmonic Concerto, which generally take place...

held on Thursday. It was likewise the inauguration of Sir George Clerk in the office of President, to which he was lately elected on the death of the gallant veteran Lord...

course of last week, having led to certain comments in the "Sunday press," by no means flattering to the manager, Mr. C. Mathews has addressed a sort of autobiographical letter...

evening, —an elegant entertainment, fashionably attended. Mr. Sloper is one of our moat accomplished pianists ; and he showed hemself to be so by his finished execution of...

STOCUL EXCHANOE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. the market by the public, and at first produced a slight improvement ; after- in the week, but lower prices have since ruled, this may also...

THE NEW REFORM BILL Tau Reform Bill has emerged from the region of hope, fear, and conjecture. Expectation gives way to certainty ; the task of cri- ticism commences ; and...

is advocated - by Lord Grey and peace as it is served by Lord Aberdeen there are -distinctions. Lord Grey seems by his language to be for peace so -long as that is consistent...

LIMITS OT' TIIE CIIIJ]tCII OP ENGLAND. Barnstaple, Saturday. Snt — It has been stated that the "true Protestant Church of England" should be the Church of the "Christian...

Lv objecting to the tendency of our paper of last week on the "true Protestant Church of England," a correspondent has nu s ' taken the starting-point, the drift, and indeed the...

FEW things are more disagreeable than the actual coming of the time at which a very critical question must be put and must be answered ; and it is natural that the...

14th Februav 1864. Sra—My attention has just been called to the insertion of a letter which I had the honour of sending you some time ago, and which had in vain looked for in...

ADMIRALTY, Feb. 14.-Corps of Royal Marines-Second Lieut. J. C. Travers to be First Lieut. vice R. G. Heathy, to half-pay. ADMIRALTY. Feb. 10.--The following promotions, dated...

Wia-orsies, Feb. 17.-let Regt. of Drags.- Lieut. H. Sykes to be Capt. by pur- chase, vice Sibtliorp, who retires ; Cornet T. K. Fitzgerald to be Licut, by purchase, vice Sykes ;...

On the 3d January, at Umballa, the Wife of Allan Octavian Hume, Esq., B.C.S., of a daughter. On the tat February, at Ellen Castle, N.B., the Wife of Charles Elphinstone Dal-...

Tuesday, February 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - H. and P. Webster, East Dereharn, Norfolk, grocers --Boyd and Co. Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, calico-printers-Gott and Co....

the Official Return.] Ten 0(1844-'43. Weeks Week of 3854. Zymotic DIsessea 2,137 .... 262 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 496 .... 44...

BRITISH FUNDS &demi. (Closing Monday. Pikes.) Tuaaday., ranee. Shora. Frido 3 per Cent Console all 92 911 914 911 911 Ditto for Account 9 per Cents Reduced 91j 92i 911 921...

the County of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of Joszru Cmtirrotr, No. 10, Crane Court, in the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West, in the City of London: and Published by the...

PROFESSOR VAUGHAN ON OXFORD REFOR3f. * No very laborious study of the recent discussions on University Reform is needed to gain the clue to the wide differences of opinion,...

FEBRUARY 18, 1854.

" Time " prevented Colonel Chesney from carrying his scientific assistance to Afahmoud the Reformer in the war of 1828-'29. The Colonel bore a letter of recommendation from an...

incident and consistent likelihood of character, though no doubt desirable, are not requi- site; but adventures and characters are essential, or we have what art does not...

Booxs. A Year with the Turks ; or Sketches of Travel in the European and Asiatic Dominions of the Sultan. By Warington W. Smyth, M.A. The Unity of the _Yew Testament : a...

see ms to be this. Genius produces a broad, living, and consistent 'whole; talent, however skilful, painstaking, and even lucky, goes no further than the production of parts,...

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. A correspondent at Dundee informs us that an exhibition of photo- graphy is contemplated in that town in the course of the spring, to which the...