... IRAILWAY EXTENSION INFRANCE. The section of the Lyons to the Mediterranean Railway, i comprised between that city and Valence, was, according to announcement, opened for public traffic on Tuesday. Two days before, the first trip took place, but without any parti. cular ceremony. In addition to 51. Dumon, the President of the Board of Directors, and MM. Paulin Talabot, Count Simeon, Jules ...

... e [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] e BERLIN, Arnh 3. From Wednesday (to-morrow) it is understood that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs is ex- r pected at Vienna; and it has been said that he will stop at Berlin also for a few days; bat we tknow nothing here of any such intended halt. It is said that the presence of M. Drouyn de Lbuys at Vienna is required as a counterpoise to the too ...

... L ON DO N: TUBSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1I4. We published yesterday, in common with our contemporaries, our latest correspondence from the Crimea; and many private letters, written by soldiers and sailors of every rank, will also be widely circulated by those to whom they were addressed. From these various sources the public will obtain ample information as to the condition and hopes of the allied ...

... EXPRES,3S FR OM.I CONST ANTINOPLE. LFaO.I OU.R owN CORRSESrONDnENT.] CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 11. It has turned out as every one expected: the Vieuna Conferences have ended in a bottle of sir Eke, and the great quarrel between the North and ?? W0est remai)s to be settled by the only effectual peace-maker-the sLword. And that it is so, few far-seeing men will regret. War is at all tinves a dire ...

... VliST of the EMIPEROR and EMPRESS of the FREX.CH to the CRYS2tAL PALACEN. The proposed visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French to the Crystal Palace will take place upon Friday, and not Thursday, as incorrectly announced by our conutull' poraries. Sir G. Grey and Colonel Phipps have for some days past been in constant comnmunication with Sir Joseph Pax. ton and the directors with ...

... AMERICAN PROHIBITORY LIQUOR LA TVS. The rise and progress of lawvs in various States, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating drinks, are to be seen in the following abstract:- 3 1851-Passed by the Legislature of Maine. 1852-Passed by the Legislature of Minnesota. 1852-Passed by the Legislature of Rhode Island. 1852-Passed by the Legislature of Massachusetts. 1852-Ratified by the people of ...

... DEFEAT OF THE RUJSSIMAS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. Lord Panmare presents his compliments to the Editor of ThC Morning Chronicle, aoad has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan. War Department, May 11, 1855. SEBASTOPOL, MAY 10. The Russians made a sortie with a large body of troops on our right advanced trench this morning, but were ...

... [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Moniteur of to-day announced the death of Lord Raglan in the following terms:- Letters from London some days since stated that Lord Raglan was seriously ill. A despatch from General Pelissier, received to-day, dated Juno; 28, ten p.m., announces the death of the excellent, General whom the Government of Queon Victor-la selected to ...

... I The following despatch was addressed by Count Buol, onl the 20th of last month, to the Baron de Hubuer, Austrian Minister at Paris:- I The Baron de Bourqueney has allowed me to peruse a despatch, of the date of the 10th inst., in which Count Walewsky explains the motives i that determined the French Government to decline the propositions M. Drouyn de Lhuys, before leav- ing us, undertook to ...

... FoREIGN INTELLIGENCE. [BY INTERNATIONAL TELIEGRAPH, VIA THE HAGUE.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] VIENNA, MAiCa 8. The following is an extract from the manifesto of Alexander:- 6 Being destined by Providence to fulfil a great jDiqsion, may we maintain Russia at the highest pi,,nacle of power and glory, and thus accomplish the wishes and intentions of Peter, Catherine, Alexander, and of our ...

... HARVEST PROSPEOTS. The Dublin market yesterday was subdued, while the leading provincial ones were heavy and extremely dull, and prices ranged from Is. to IS. 6d. a barrel lower for wheat than on Friday. Oats were something cheaper, but the depression was not equal to that in wheat. Apart from foreign influences on the Irish corn markets, there is quite enough at home to bring down the ...

... a I I d I The following memorial was presented to the Right Hon. Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart., Chat'- cellor of the Ezohequer, on the 4th of April, 1855, ! i by a deputation of the Yorkshire newspaper pro- d prietors, consisting of Mr. E. Baines (Leecs Mer- re 'cury), Mr. Kemplay (Leeds Intelligencer), Mr. Robert Leader, jaur. (She.Old Independent), Mr. Alfred Hargrove (York Herald), and Mr. ...