Gus. solemnity of national humiliation and prayer on Wednesday is one of those public occurrences which tell their own news. In no part of the kingdom, probably, was the public...

the most jealousy. Spain, indeed, is not yet out of hot water, Mr. Soule and the Government not having arranged the amount of the indemnity for the insult offered to the Black...

seemly any intelligence received in this week of national humilia- tion and pray er . Such accounts as we have relate to compara- tively trivial incidents, tell of operations...

the House of Commons was enlivened by a burst of faction and politi- cal sectism ; the subject being the fertile one of Oxford University and its reform. On the Order of the...

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OF THE WEER. • HOusw or Loans. Thursday, April 27. British troops at Gallipoli; Lord Ellen- tiorough's Question. Friday, April 28. No business of...

TAB QUEEN and her family returned to Buckingham Palace, from Wind- sor, on Monday afternoon. At four o'clock, her Majesty held a Privy Council, and a proclamation respecting the...

Wednesday, the day of national humiliation and prayer, was kept with the solemnity prescribed by the Royal proclamation. Public business was suspended, and London looked like...

day of humilia- tion, and divine service was performed inplaces of public worship belong- ing to the different denominations of Christians why dwell in this land. Collections...

Lord Cockburn has followed Professor Wilson to the grave, surviving him only a few weeks. His last appearance in public was at the Circuit Court of Ayr, which he opened on the...

The establishment of the National Schools seems to have led to the disappearance of the old middle-class order of schools in Ireland, and their loss is keenly felt. It is stated...

FRANCE.—In order to satisfy the public, which showed some signs of impatience, the Moniteur has published a detailed statement of the naval force of France. From this it...

The Supplement of the Gazette of Friday contained an Order it Coun- cil, dated the 24th April, removing the prohibition from the export of all articles usually deemed contraband...

Fraser's Magazine gives a complete account of the Russian fleet, in the Baltic, to which we have referred in another page, the lively writer in Baltic and in the Black Sea. The...

SATURDAY. The House of Commons was engaged for several hours last night in listening to questions and answers upon matters arising out of the war. Sir Jourr WALSH suggestively...

Elizabeth, daughter of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, was celebrated on Monday, in the Imperial Church of St. Augustine, at Vienna. The Empress had arrived at Nassdorff on...

within the fortress, has exploded, killing some sixty persons.

in the room of Colonel Maberly, who goes to the Audit Board. It will be remembered,that Colonel Maberly was a decided opponent of the new system ;. and although no male fides is...

April, laid on the table by Mr. Gladstone on the day which preceded the Easter recess, is among the Parliamentary papers delivered this week. The income amounts to 64,774,9051....

Tux Commons. OXFORD Urrivitasrm Bun-Committee (resumed); Monday, May 1. (Lord Soler Roseau.) RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC BEGUTATION BILL-COMMittee ; Monday, May 1. (Mr....

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The present week, like its predecessor, has added little new information on the Eastern question ; and in its absense, the forthcoming issue...

The " Royal Italian Opera" at Covent Garden is likely to have a for- midable competitor in the "Royal Opera" at Drury Lane. The long-talked- of idea of a great musical theatre,...

NEWS FROM THE BALTIC. THOSE who anticipated a " dashing blow" at Russia in the Baltic would do well to read the first paper in Fraser's Magazine for May, which simply...

whole, but remarkable only for two things—the cold reception given to a new sym- phony, and the very high quality of the vocal music. One of the sym- phonies was by M....

Several novelties of weight have been produced in the French metro- At the Theatre Francais, the affecting story of the Circassian Algae and the Chevalier d'Aydie, which stands...

of the full success of Mr. Glad- stone's plan for securing the command of sufficient means, if there existed any machinery for making the public practically under- stand its...

THE endeavour of the organized Railway interest to prevent the passing of Mr. Cardwell's bill, is an attack upon the independence and character of Parliament. We do not now...

HAD we been asked to frame provisions under which the stimula- ting power of the fund now devoted to the payment of Scholars and Fellows at Oxford might be applied so as to...

London, 24th April 1854. Sue—As you have done me the favour to give insertion to my first letter, I proceed to submit the observations reserved for a second. Their sole aim is...

Christ Church, Oxford, 26th April 1854. Sia—I trust to your well-known candour to admit into your columns the correction of a statement in your leading article headed " The...

RUSSIAN PRISONERS. London, 27th April 1854. • Sue — As many persons are at present discussing what is to be done with the seamen taken prisoners on board Russian prizes, I...

NOTWITHSTANDING the diversity of method, the main object of the laws relating to bankruptcy has been the same—the preservation of commerce against the consequences of reckless...

LIFE OF MRS. SHERWOOD. * Alamo - non Mrs. Sherwood has been before the public for fifty years as a writer of serious and didactic tales, she was scarcely of sufficient general...

ORN I Mn. BRAT.; the Superintendent of Indian affairs for California, having submitted a plan for "the better protection, subsistence, • Central Route to the Pacific, from the...

visit, in 1835, to examine the collections of art in Great Britain, Dr. Waagen has twice come to England, in 1850 on a visit to Sir Charles Eastlake, and in 1851 as a juryman to...

Booxs. The One Primeval Language, traced experimentally through Ancient Inscriptions in alphabetic characters of lost powers from the four con- tinents : including the Voice of...

This year completes the half-century of the Old Water-Colour So- ciety ' s existence. The body has had and has merit of the most unde- niable kind, such as makes it a mere...

PRIVATE VIEW OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY. THE Academy Exhibition has this year been heralded by fewer reports of its attractions than usual; and expectation having been little raised...

Mr. Cox deserves to appropriate the Homeric epithet of Zeus—" cloud- the la e ep 4 f , t te Ba tt aii sTie sa' e ernplerno t i li e i.00 28 t t — h A P e orts'sist.-S . u zia J....

On the 19th April, the Wife of Valentine Vickers, Es q ., port, Shropshire, of a son and heir. On the 19th, at Manorhouse, Holt, Wilts, the Wife of of a dau g hter. On the 21st,...

Tuesday, April 25. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. — Sarony and Baum, Doncaster, photographic artists— Ling and Co. Lowestoft, drapers—Leech and Co. New Orleans, merchants—Mac- kenzie...

• ADMIRALTY, April 19.—Corps of Royal Marines—Lieut.-Col. C. C. Pratt to be CoL Second-Commandant, vice M'Adam, retired ; Capt. II. W. Parke, of the Artil- lery Companies, to be...

BRITISH FUND 3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced 31 per Cents Long Annuities Bank Stock, 9 per Cent India Stock, 10i per Cent Exchequer Bills, 2d. per...