THE suspension of Parliament for the Easter holidays with the silencing of debates has by no means suspended the active interest of the public in the position of the Government,...

TIEE QIIEMT and the Prince Consort arrived at Windsor Castle from Buckingham Palace on Saturday afternoon to spend the Easter week there. The chief incident recorded by the...

A deputation from the Institute of British Architects, accompanied ty sone Members of Parliament, waited on Lord John Manners and Gene- ral Peel, on Monday, to put in a...

memorial to the Queen, praying for a gigantic system of free emigra- tion. They applied, through their chairman, to Mr. Bright, asking hint to present it, and he sent them the...

Earl Stanhope, some time since elected Lord Rector of Marischal Col- lege ? Aberdeen, delivered the usual inaugural address upon taking pos- session of his office on the 25th...

The election for the University of Dublin terminated on Saturday. The numbers were—Lefroy, 589; Gayer, 350. The voters have taken but little interest in the contest. It will be...

Plum—Little news of moment has arrived from France, but the journals supply some items of interest The Emperor has had inter- v i e ws with several "eminent financiers" to...

THE INDIA. Elam. The bill "to transfer the Government of India from the East India Company to her Majesty the Queen" consists of a preamble and eighty-one clauses. The preamble...

SATURDAY. Good Friday is rarely productive of news, and yesterday was no ex- ception to the rule. In the Metropolis the streets had all the air of a Sunday, and the churches...

RECravEo THE liOTLL ASSENT. Bank Issues Indemnity Bill. East India Loan Bill. Havelock Annuities Bill. Consolidated Fund (10,000,000/4 BiU. Consolidated Fund (500,0001)...

By the theatrical announcements presented to the public gaze we are reminded of old times ; the ancient respect for Easter, lately on the de- cline, having suddenly revived, if...

STOCK EXCILLNOR, THTEADAT AFTERNOON. It was not expected that the precise terms on which the new Indian Loan would be taken would be made known before Saturday; that, however,...

LORD DERBY'S INDIA BILL. WE cannot estimate very highly the judgment of any person, whe does not see that the question of legislation for India involves con- siderations of far...

The following is an Abstract of the gross Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned periods, ended March 31, 1858, compared with the corresponding...

Mn. Burcarr is amongst those men who possess both the will and the courage to grapple with great abuses. He has a certain heartiness of nature which procures him the sympathy...

MANY of those who opposed Mr. Roebuck's recent motion respect- ing the Viceroyalty of Ireland seemed to think that the office ought to be abolished, but that the measure should...

"' WHAT is Truth ? ' said jesting Pilate—and staid not for an answer." But had he staid—had he earnestly, pertinaciously, sought for a reply, does any Christian man suppose it...

THE Civil Service Commissioners have an ungracious task to perform, and something more than " allowance " must be made for the manner in which they endeavour to surmount their...

WE congratulate Mr. Pennethorne on his having received, without any stooping to the vulgar ordeal of competition, the highest prize that the Bri tish Government had to bestow on...

Jr the Emperor Napoleon had grave reason to take precautions, because certain sober citizens meeting at a tavern discussed the retrospective historical question of "regicide,"...

A LAR3E number of persons drift into the law courts through mere infirmity of purpose. It often happens that the idlest trifle ends in a lawsuit, and the week has been fertile...

Belfast, 24th March 1858. Sut—Now that we have a new and enlightened Colonial Minister it is a good time to ask what is to be done with Vancouver's Island. We have enough of...

CAMPBELL AND OUTRA.71. 28th March. Sin—I assure you I do not intend to offer any sort of apology for the very singular conduct of Sir Colin Campbell towards Sir James Outram...

At Cawnpore, killed in July 1857, Mary Anne, wife of Edmund Darby, M.D., 10th Oude Irregular Infantry, and eldest daughter of John Jackson, Esq.; formerly of the East India...

26th March 1858. Sin—In your able paper on "The Soldier's Occujiation " in your num- ber of the 20th instant, you quote Colonel Jebb's sensible remark, that "by improving the...

On the 25th of March, at the residence of the British Ambassador at Hanover, Edwin, youngest son of the late Thomas Bennett Sturgeon, Esq. of South Ockcn- don Hall, Essex, to...

On the 19th March, at Nynehead Court, the Wife of William Ayshford Sandford, Esq., of a daughter. On the 25th, at Balbirnie. N.B., the Lady Georgiana Balfour, of a son. On the...

FROM TEE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 23. Was OFFICE, Pall Mall, March 23.—Cavalry-2d Regt. Drag. Guards—Cornet R. V. Betty, from the 2.1 Drags. to be Cornet, vice Foster, promoted....

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 30. Bankruptcy Annulled.-ALETANDElt Raw, Southall, Middlesex, potato-dealer. Bankrupts.-Jonit and BENJAILLN DALES, George Street, Westminster,...

S pec Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Long Annuities Annuities 1885 Bank Stock, II per Cent India Stock, 101 per Cent Exchequer Bills, 214....

ADMIRALTY, S.W. March I3.-Corps of Royal Marines-Gent. Cadet T. M. Whale to be Second Lieut.

County of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of JOSEPH. CLArrox, 17, Bonverie Street, in the pre"?e t Whitefriars, to the City of London; and Published by the aforesaid JOSEPH...

APRIL 3 1858. BOOKS. MISS MARTINEAU ON THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. * Tins remarkable work is a powerful plea for delay in legislation for India. We think we may be rendering some...

in Spain, are printed just as they were written off to the traveller's wife, additions being made in the form of notes, and the omissions indicated by asterisks. This method...

Morton's book considered in a large sense, is the most important division of that branch of industry - which is occupied with superintendence and management. It is not merely...

Macaulay first published his articles in a collected form, he pleaded as an apology that it was against his will, but he could not help himself. American pirates had printed...

THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH AETISTS. "Every man at his worst" is the character of the Exhibition of the Suffolk Street Society which opened to private - view on Saturday last. There...

BOOKS. Memoirs to Illustrate the History of My Time. By F. Gnizot, Author of " Memoirs JA Sir Robert Peel," Ac, Sic. Volume L Trinidad : its .Geography, .hratural Besotirce4,...

The enterprise which last year began an exhibition created solely by lady-artists, is continued this year, and under more favourable con- ditions. The ladies are earlier in the...