... THE FIRE THAT fDEFIES THE COLD. - I- , . .,- r ' ------s frTHEY hoave had but onue comfortin the Crimea-apart from. oethe satisfaction of doing their daty.*.jou~_0br soldiers4. h good cheer,-norin pleasitnthearths; for the tattered mar- aquee and the single blanket, half-cooked. rations and' a' lebed on'the wet earth, are but cold comfortifor men who 11 return, frozen from the trenches, or ...

... ENOLANDo' t PRORoGITroN OF PAXLIarIRNT.sc-We understand that har Majesty has signified her gracious intention of proroguingf Parliament in person. The 12th instant, which had been agreed upon as the day for the prorogation,'would not, we have reason to believe, have suited the arrangements 'f the Court, and it is now most probable that the session will not terminate riji- til Tuesday, the 16th ...

... rFlEPARATIONzS Foft WAR. p 0nekcsteoo that Lor7d 1ia~lai rcefused the c~aommand Of v it i al 0fcgletow lmustering, Ofl 0111 southern shores I the 13a , 1116 it wrere made up to thle inumiber of 20,000 in felll` -bor of hisle justly Considered inletbective. th '[Cotlinof gr-cat expcerienice, lie 1leicW how Si, 1al i Pt 1lac leiii' ie itcampaign from fatigue, l.d td ie'~ iireiseases, not to ...

... SUCCESS1ON OF THE LABT GENEffRA FORBES OF AUCHERNACH. (Before V'ice-Olucncdl or Sir P. Wood.) I FORBIES V. FORBSas D The Vice-Chancellor, on Thursday, the 9th instant; delivered Y judgment in this important and interesting caee, the arguments e in which occupied the court for several days during last term. S The suit was instituted by Mrs Sophia Forbes, the widow of the I 5 late General ...

... of~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~0 a ENGLARD. S6 r Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and suite are ex- of pected to remain at Powless Honse, East Cowes, until the first SC ie week in the enlsuing month, when the Royal Duchess returns to Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness's youth- -ii ful srandcbildren, the Princes Arthur and Leopold, and the Princess Louisa, are staying at Osborne, ...

... .' MATRIMONAL llEtATMO -'F'TEOT'COTrf.: .! j j 4 , ;- = - n - lay by' i . )rni theo ditp'si.Ooc0 Po st atther, queftin. S e'1.cmsi.iar psum kth wedlock is lesC r be Ali quen fland 5aqJ6l plaisa beuethlweod j t te-bDe. Notlkn4d ojiot hold maragerndiesa e regrd ye icio i M~OO ~s'l~l~by th~')ow'r1 in ~ glazid.' . No afttcpt msd ring ~ toupport is umpj-ion on -any. grounds 'of 'blservatiou ...

... On Wednesday, Sir C. Trevelyan was re-examined. Fie en- r d tered into a variety of details, quoting official papers in proof t that proper arrangements had been made by the authorities. ,f Sir C. Trevelyan went on to shew that the commisiariat trans- a port arrangements were efficient. He believed Admiral Boxer u to be a rough, honest sailor, who had the public service at his I heart, but had ...

... MISCE LLANEOUS. Ax Uwryrowax BENEFACTORC, - The man who falants a th, birch tree little knows what he is coriferring. on posterity.- by RAeICRA.. letter from St Petersburg states 'thiat the ( moficeseof the e Imperial Guard gave a grand dininer to Made- on moiell Rahae ontheoccsio ofherapproaching ds'parture. 0 O e ao hefch r proposed as a ~toast7 To our moeting in e Perie! whete we shall ...

... ENGLAND. The Court, it is understood, will remain at Osborne until the a 13th of August, on which day her Majesty and the Prince r Consort, rccordingto present arrangements, will take their de- :. prtue fr Bnloneen oue t Paison a visit to their Imn- it penal Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French. The .sojourn of the ing of the Belgians i this country will, it is e beheved, extend to ...

... INVEI'lIY IIOflTICULTUIAL SOCIETY. This society's coslel i sljov fol tile season was held in thle QolOl1il, on I'htmrs~os., 21st inst. The uiml)er of ar- tides Chteiifor compotj i atlbrds sufficicnt proof that the isst ofthe ho sporters *,f the society in its prospects and suc. letr~s no aballltelnellt In both ciatses the dicsplaty of fruits and veaetalles. were suverior to anythli;, exhibited ...

... TRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO JOSEPH fIUME, ESQ., M.P. 3 I Onl Saturdav, tise Freedom of the City was conferred onl Joseph Hum'~e, Esq., M.V. The Town Council met at two io'cleck, lin thle Town-biali, whbere also were assembled, by invita- tion, as many as the space could contain of thle Buorgesses, P'ro-I fessors, Clergy, lani other leading inhabitants of the town andI ...

... h g A short telegraphic despatch, from Cork, was receiv. d ed at the Admiralty on Thursday, to the following e effect:- $, Arrived Her Majesty's ship Phoenix, bringing captains of e the Investigator, A~sistence, and Resolute; and part of crews .e of Assistance nnd-Resolute. n The North Star and Talhot convey the remainder of the e crews of the Assistance, Resolute, Investigator, and tenders. ...