LORD Exorses policy in China has been successful ; that is to say, the Allies have obtained the objects of the war—by the occupation of Pekin. It was clear, while the army was...

amply testifies to the extent and intensity of the strife now agi- tating the Union. The larger part is devoted to the subject of secession. It contains broad statements in...

proceedings. Beyond the fact that Parliament is summoned to meet " for the despatch of business " on the 5th of February, we have nothing to record. Lord Palmerston's speeches...

The Company of Merchant Taylors gave a grand banquet to Lord Clyde on Tuesday evening. Covers were laid for 150. The Duke of Cambridge returned thanks for the Army, and paid a...

in the Constitutionnel, has, if he be now in any way officially inspired, given Austria notice to quit. He points out the apprehension of Europe ; a crisis is approaching in the...

Two Court ceremonials have been held. On Saturday, the Queen held a private investiture of the Order of the Bath, investing Sir Charles Yorke with the insignia of a Knight Grand...

brings him favour from the British people, and from his own subjects—he has abolished passports between England and France. As we understand it, after the 1st of January, a...

Lord Palmerston distributed the prizes of the Labourers' encourage- ment Association at the Townhall, Romsey, on Tuesday. The success- ful candidates—men, women, and...

U i f t l htatts.—The Thirty-sixth Congress was opened on the 3rd of December. The galleries were crowded; the Diplomatic Corps mustered in full force ; the Senators from...

January to the 5th of February, when, as the Queen's Proclamation notifies, the Lords and Commons will meet for the despatch of business. KA Cabinet Council was held on...

" A few days since some highly respectable citizens of Vienna met in order to draw up an address to the Municipal electors. When the address was finished, the new Minister of...

Srocr, EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The intelligence of peace having been concluded with Chinn caused the Funds to open on Monday with great buoyancy, at a rise of nearly 1 per...

SATURDAY MORNING. The ..ifoniterir of yesterday published a report of General Montauban, from which it appears that there are some inaccuracies in the accounts of the...

their ward- motes to elect officers for the ensuing year. Yesterday, St. Thomas's day, the wards of the City held their ward- motes to elect officers for the ensuing year. Mr....

On the 10th of December, at Cooper's Hill, the Wife of C. W. O'Hara, M.P. , ' county of Sligo. in Ireland, of a son and heir. On the 11th, at the Admiralty. Whitehall, the Lady...

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. IT is long since a President's Message produced an impression so wide and so profound as that communicated to the Congress of the United States by...

ANCIENT GREEK TERMS OF SCIENCE. RECLAMATION BY DR. LAYCOCK. University of _Edinburgh, 8th December, 1860. Sin—Permit me to notice one point in the able and friendly criticism...

THE most recent advices from New Zealand inform us that it was anticipated the war would be recommenced " with vigour," about this very time. It may be remembered that King...

PEACE has been concluded with the Tartar Court of Pekin. The intelligence of this event came on the heels of Lord Elgin's budget of interesting despatches, and in time to...

Fox some weeks past an interesting discussion has been going on, which may be called "An Inquiry into the First Principles of Discount.' It does not lie in the province of the...

EMERSON'S CONDUCT OF LIFE. * WREN Mr. Emerson's new volume was announced for publica- tion, we thought it possible that we should find embodied there the ripe results of a rich...

As a school of art, the Royal Academy appears to fulfil its duties with but very indifferent effect. For several years past, the students who have competed for the prize in...

the first com- plete biography of his ancestor which has y et been given to the world, a nd claims for him that justice which has at last been ren- dered to Cromwell and other...

BRITISH AMERICA. * FOUR main divisions constitute the magnificent range of British territory north of the American Union. On the West between the Rocky Mountains and the...

Miss BREMER'S record of the incidents that marked her progress, and the impressions and reminiscences of scenery, life, and cha- racter that she received during a two years'...

Noble Traits of Kingly Men. — This is a well-written little volume, composed according to the latest views of European history and civiliza- tion. The young reader will get...

The panoramic view of Messina, which has just been painted by Mr. Burford and Mr. Salons, comes very appropriately at this time, when attention is directed with so much interest...

This week, there has been little music in London. Her Majesty's Theatre has been closed, and remains closed till " boxing night," when a pantomime vnu be produced, founded on...

BRITISH FUNDS. S per Cent Conaele Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Annuities 1880 Annuities 1885 Bank Stock, 10 per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent...