INDEX-1856. NEWS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Africa — Prince Adelbert of Prussia and the Riff pirates, 892. America — Interference with filibusters, 7, 42. Manilas. 7, 184....

his Imperial Guard on their return to Parrs secanc to ho n sign that he neither anticipates peace nor dreads a continuance of the _war. His terse and pregnant sentences are an...

.where between neutrality, alliance, and complicity, the police which really governs that intellectual region is exhibiting its diligence and the tractability of the noble...

complications, - materially compromising the position of Russia's adversaries in - Alia. Omar Pasha has retreated to Redout Kaleh ; the whole of his operations provoking the...

THE first week of 1856 seems to dispose of the faint hopes that clung to the idea of peace at the close of 1855, and to launch us fairly into a new year of a conflict extending...

head of " stern realities." The flatteries of the financial table have to a certain extent given way. It is no doubt calculated to inspire confidence that the increase of the...

proclamation declaring that citizens who join armed expeditions against foreign states will be outlawed. We do not know how far the American Government will be able to carry out...

THE prominent festivities at Windsor Castle on New-Year's Day were the distribution of food and elothing in the morning, and the perform- ance of Mehul's sacred drama of Joseph...

New-year's Day inaugurated the full power and authority of the Me- tropolitan Board of Works. The members, forty-four in number, met at two in the afternoon, in the...

Mr. Cardwell met his Oxford constituents at the annual dinner of the Druids' Lodge, on New-Year's Day ; and after discoursing on the events of the past year, drew a glowing...

The Town-Council of Edinburgh, at its meeting on Wednesday, dis- cussed and repudiated, in no measured terms, the notorious address to the King of Sardinia. Dr. Renton said, "he...

The parish-priests of Ireland have, at least since 1746, nominated their own bishops. But the Pope and Dr. Cullen have effected a re- volution in favour of Italian methods. On...

,fraurr.—The Emperor Napoleon made the entry of the Imperial Guard into Paris, on its return from the Crimea, the occasion for a speech of considerable interest at this moment....

Arronnanwrs.—The Queen has appointed the Honourable Peter Camp- bell Scarlett, C.B., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Florence, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary...

SATURDAY. In the course of a few days, a General Council of War is to be held at Paris; at which England will be represented by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Sir...

are, however, three this morning ; each possessing some. interest, and the fi;st suggesting many reflections. " Ilinnburg, Friday.—The Grand Duke Constantine, as the head of...

South- Eastern Railway. Yesterday morning at an early hour he had an inter- view with Sir Charles Wood at the Admiralty ; after which he proceeded to the War Office, and had an...

The Navy List for the current month contain , ' an enumeration of ships and vessels that have been added to the fleet, or are in course of building for that purpose, since the...

Paris Tri- bunal of Correctional Police, on a charge of adultery with one Cattabeni, an Italian exile. There was no question about the facts ; but Madame Ronconi made a...

the natural eagerness for repetitions, and the _Noah of Mendelssohn is to be reproduced on Monday the 21st, with all the completeness of the last performance.

the report of the Committee, suggesting several plans to improve the position of the enterprise, was, with some modification, unanimously adopted. The Solicitor of the Company...

ney, via Panama, to the 18th September. The Legislative Council, or that portion composed of the members of Government and their no- minees, were accused of devoting the short...

Of the Christmas entertaiments two are especially prominent, through their difference, not of degree but of kind, from the rest. One of these is the ffierie at the Olympic ;...

on thewt of Lord Levet, Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness-shire. His son, the Honour- able Mr. Frazer, has only seen a few months' service in the County Mi- litia as junior Captain,...

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY ArrEasoog. The public are becoming distrustful of the negotiations for peace ; and the commencement of a new year has reminded them of the early meeting...

Madame Goldschmidt Lind's performance in The Messiah on New- Year's Eve gave us an answer to the question which had been raised in our mind by Clara Novello's singing in the...

In some of the French papers devoted exclusively to the drama, it is the custom to commence each year with a complete list of the novelties produced in the course of the past...

The Queen entertained her guests at Windsor Castle on New-Year's Day with a musical performance of an interesting kind. It consisted of Mehur a Joseph ; a charming pastoral...

Belfast, 31st December 1855. Sea—Every one has by this time been amused at Colonel Shaffner's trans- parent falsehoods about Russia. It appears uncertain whether his statements...

leaves off covering the walls with announcements of his own greatness, he finds his glories still celebrated by—a rival manager! A farce, called The (great Gun Trick, produced...

A CASE FOR THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Travellers' Club, 2d January. Sin—Will you obligingly give insertion to the few following facts. A cler- gyman of well-known high...

SLR—The evidence in the Rugeley poisoning case affords some remarkable indications of the manners, customs, thoughts, and feelings of the profes- sional frequenters of the turf....

" AS IN A GLASS, DARKLY." WE turn back and scan the long vista of 1855: in all our ex- perience we remember no year which so presents itself to the sight without needing any...

1. The following is an Abstract of the Net Produce'of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermenthmed periods, ended December 31, 1855, compared with the corresponding...

THAT we do not underrate the value of statistics, is proved by the tables and summary account of our material condition for the past year, in the Supplement published with our...

events is thriving—the trade in etrennes or New-Year gifts. With their usual ability and devotion to a beloved work, the Parisians show what they can do when they enter upon the...

" A GREAT nation," says the Times in its commercial department, "making enormous annual additions to its revenue from the pro- fits of an undisturbed trade, can carry on...

Wino is responsible for the loss of Kars ? It would be very diffi- cult to trace the responsibility up to any one ; and in the absence of authentic data we shall not venture on...

Winn we advised the introduction of common things into ser- mons, we used a phrase at present in acceptation, but we were far from meaning that sermons should discourse only on...

" ENGLAND uxrucrs," &c.—The British people were under the impres- sion that, whatever had been done with the Army, at least no economy bad starved down the Navy. They had heard...

Jr the postal arrangements of a country were taken as the stand- a rd of its civilization,—and many worse standards have been proposed,—it might be a question whether to place...

On the 23d December, at Edinburgh, the Lady Jane Johnstone Dou g las, of a daughter. On the 27th, at Roceliffe, Leicestershire, the Wife of Sir Frederick William Hey- gate,...

Partnerships Dissolved.-England and Son, George Yard, Lombard Street, mer- chants-Harris and Co. Fenchurch Street, surgeons-Myers and Co. Pembroke, col- liery-workers--Price and...

BRITISH FUNDS. (Closing Prices) 3 per Cent Consols Ditto for Account 3 Per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Long Annuities Annuities 1885 Rank Stock, 8 per Cent India Stock,...

County Of Middlesex, Printer, at the office of Josars vox, No. 10, Crane Court, In the Parish of St. Dunstanb ' 8 the West, in the City Of London ; and Published by the...

NAPOLEON BONA.PAHTE'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS BROTHER JOSEPH. * struction—to the politician, of what in a great measure to avoid— to the soldier, of what to master till the...

JANUARY 5, 1856.

Tan incessant though often imperceptible progress which goes on. in the material world is more rapid in life. Even in the darkest ages a century or two caused a wonderful...

Traveller's Li- brary" : its subject is a voyage to Brazil, several cruises off the coast in search of slavers, and shore excursions made at every op- portunity that offered. A...

THE gradual decline of our periodical literature is a very common subject of complaint in literary circles in these days. Your fast man of letters finds no difficulty in proving...

Jones lays it down as a maxim that "no one should lightly encourage war. * * * Therefore even verses tend- ing (however feebly) to stimulate the war spirit of the time should...

Boons. Inside Sebastopol, and Experiences in Camp : being the Narrative of a Journey to the Ruins of Sebastopol, by way of Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople, and back by way...

FERG17SSON I S HANDBOOK OF ARCHITECTURE. * THE name of Murray is identified with the term Handbook. That term is true of Mr. Murray's publications historically, and it sticks to...

$tatistirs of 51Iottra, Vrahurr, 31fattufartarra, rah grahr. Week ending Satur- day. Oold in Rank of England. 1 -at kr ° , k u c - ,4 ESP • 3 2 Cash In Bank of France&...

In the second volume of the Foreign Trade and Navigation Accounts of the United Kingdom for 1854, issued on the 27th December, special atten- tion is drawn by Mr. Fonblanque to...

Richard Valpy of the Board of Trade, in a paper read before the British Association at Glasgow in September last yearubmitted a variety of details illustrative of the " effect...

During the year, much activity has been displaye•d in the direction of Joint-Stock Banking. Two new banks, the City Bank and the Bank of London, have commenced business; several...

Paid Name of Bank. per Share. Bank of Scotland £100 .... British Linen Company Commercial Bank of Scotland 100 .... National Bank 100 .... 'loyal Bank 100 . . I. mon Bank...

MINISTERIAL CHANGES SINCE THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT IN AUGUST 1855. Mike. Vacancy how occasioned. Appointed. Postmaster-General " . I Viscount Canning made Go- I Duke of...

. Dividend on Original Shares for 1833, percent. Have to pay on Prefer- enee Shares, percent. Have taken Leases 0 Lines at percent. Amount paid on Original Shares. Present Value...