... PO LITI CS. AN ESTIMATE OF THE CHARACTER AND POLICY OF RUSSIA. In resuming the subject we commenced last week-the posi- tion of England in regard to her foreign relations-we think a word of explanation may be proper. It is not our intention to make this department of the journal consist of a consecutive series of political essays. We are desirous rather of availing ourselves of the tide of ...

... It is reported that two regiments are about to be immediately sent to Canada, so alarming are the accounts received rinm that quarter; biut the ditliculty will be how to replace them. Qz'rry._ Would not the 1,200 marines now employed is Spain be mul ch more legitimately employed at home in garrisoning cither W oolsviih or Portsmouth, so as to leave more troops of the line available on o1n ...

... THE METROPOLIS. EXPOSIrNG GOODS OUTjSIDEO orlhope -At the Central Criminal Court, on Tuesday, a prosecutor was refused his expenses, on the ground that he had exposed1 the goods whichlhad been stolen outside his shop. Tire Recorder said it was holding out temptation to die- honesty. SUPPS'rox DeaTr nomotHvuarnRJosrA.-A powerfuilsensationlhas been created in Great New-street, Gough-square, in ...

... DEVON PORT. | Onl M4o'day evening a meeting was (for the first time) sum- noncd b' the Working Men's Association at Devonport. The place selected was the Long Room, Stonebouse, calculated to contain nearly 2,000 persons, and it was fully occupied some- thne before the business commenced. The assemblage was com- posed principally of working men, whose deportment throughout a as perfectly ...

... CHI T-C H OT. The Right lion. Sir Henry Ellis, who is spoken of as likely to obtain the lucrative appo intment of Governor of Bombay, is half-brother to the Earl of Buckioghamnshire, and was some time since sent onl a special mission to the Shah of Persia. Capt. Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart., of the Royal Artillery, has been appointed pro leez to the command at Ceylon, in the room of the late ...

... TO DEMOCRATIOUS, Or, to the Rev. Divine who steps ozt of his way to eidearowor to make the Working Classesftel uncomfortable, ifnotseriously unh!,aplvy. SIn, oa REV. SIe, NW11PORTna ?? very little ma- lice you have attempted against me in the last ERA, for hav- ing held you up as a pestilence in broad day as well as by night, has, I am happy to say, had no serious effect upon me, buthas ...

... PO LIT I CS. THE PACIFIC POLICY OF ENGLAND. It is about a quarter of a century since the nations of Europe began to take breath after a series of wars, which had extended throughout nearly the whole of the preceding quarter. The people were tired of fighting, and more especially of paying for being killed; the treasulies were emptied ; and even the kings and their ministers, the surest cement ...

... _ ?? n THE MET4ROPOLIS. ACCIDENT FRioM NVixeoW CLEANING -Ott Thurs~las-morning, be- Iwecit tight and litte Ooclk, a roulg, womian, ulntied Elizabeth Dowi, ?? inl the Cittptirnittnt 'f Mrs. Asitin, reiigitflso-tct Doret-tpttr, I''gut ?? ron te borik lirot -ftoor window ini the rea a eigt o 23fee. Se hd ipradeutly got outside the windw, pai soe wotiwrk lacd terefor the purpose el holditig smal ...

... The Gazette of Tuesday contains the following list of names of those who were nominated for Sheriffs, by the Lords of the Council, at the Exchequer, on the morrow of St Martin, in the second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and in the year of our Lord 18S88:- Bet7Srd1shire.-Levi Ames, of East Hyde, Esq.; Henry Littledale, of Cardington, Esq.; and Win. Augustus Orlebar, of Poddiugtoni, ...

... TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LICENSED VICTUAL- LERS' ASYLUM, MR. B. SOUTHALL. The trustees and governors, and a few of the past officers of this institutionldined. together at the Eagle Tavern, Mile-end- road, onWednesday, the 7th inst., Mxr.Southall, the chairman of the inttitucion, in the chair. After the cloth was removed, and the chairman had proposed the usual toasts, then followed- Prosperity ...

... FATAL EFFEOTS OF THE LATE STORM. ?? _ I The accounts received from those parts of the coast whichi were most exposed to the fury of the late storms are very disastrous. On the coast of Ireland especially the damage done by the windappears to have been very great, and the tide was in many places so high as to completely inundate the streets, and to make the roads impass- able. The continued ...

... FRANCE. French politics are, this week-, all but a blank. As the ses- sion approaches, rumours of a modification in the administra- tion have again been, at least prematurely, put in circulation. It has been said that Marshal Soult, with the title of Constable of France (connetable), would accept of the War-office, and M. Humann of the Finance department, under Count Mole. Well-informed people ...