... jI LONDON, FRIDAY, JUIANE 10. 1g II ~ ~ - BOTII Houses sat yesterday. t( In the HOUSE of LonDs, the Income Tax Bill was , read a first time; the Hackney Carriages (Mletropo- a lis) Bill was read a second time; and some other bills a were forwarded a stage. IN the Housr of ComlmoNs the Clare Election Coin- u mittec reported that Mr. C. O'Brien and Sir J. Fitz- a gerald had not been duly elected ...

... PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The optimist view of the eastern question is de- cidedly the favourite one to-day. It is positively as- serted in a German paper that, although Lord Strat- ford ?? empowered to order the British fleet to advance to Constantinople in certain contingen- cies, his instructions are express that the occupation of the Danubian provinces by Russia is not to be taken as a ...

... -FRANCE,.'' EL. PARIS, TUESDAY ENING. eX A rumour which, is . said to have originated in a ha statemeat made by a gentleman holding an im- of L portantposition in the 'Miistry 'of the Interior is , nw circulating to the effect, that the.Emperor pro- thi pposes to publish an adires s to. the nation, submitting th to its.decision the question of.* peace or war. The by idea is a bold one, if it. ...

... TH.E ENGLISH ARMY. mr- . I Visit of Queen Victoria to the Encampment at Chobham. Historians will note the event of last Tuesday among the memorable points of English military annals. Since the days of Queen Elizabeth, no female sovereign of Great Britain has appeared, as did Queen Victoria, riding at the head of a collected body of troops, unequalled in discipline and of well-tried valour; and ...

... APPROACEING ELEOTIONS.-Couniy of .id-Lothsian.-A very nume- rously signed requisition by the proprietary and tenantry of the county of Edinburgh has been presented to the Earl of Dalkeith, son of the Duke of Buccleuch, proposing to him to become a candidate for the vacancy occasioned in the representation of the county by the death of the late Sir T. Hope, of Craig-hall. Lord Dalkeith came of ...

... PPAIUS, TuBSAky ENNVESIG. T he aspect of tile Bourse to-day was rather alarm- ;G TriTere seemed great want of confidence. The sober-minded avowed their uneasiness at the p-nlorged sancertainty of the situation, and hastened CIOcoC their bull accounts, resigning themselves in ,a i cases to a loss. The brokers, as if apprehend- cerisis at the approaching settlement, were un- ,auallv scrupulous. ...

... MEETING AT THE INDIA-HOT SE'. The ~adjourned Court of .Proprietoirswas held ilyes- J terday at else. India-houiie, and -was verytfully-attetided. y The chair wiis taken by RUlSS L ELaPS6E, Isq, c ~a t of directors. The Secretary having read the minutes of the~last ebeet- ting and the special notice convening the present, r The OCoAiaseAss'opened the proceedings by 'announesflg that the ...

... MO(LDAVIA AND ITS PEOPLE. The following particulars concerning the present character of the people and towns of Moldavia wjill not be unacceptable. They are from the pen of ari American traveller, and were originally addressed to the New York Daily Times: . IBRAILA, 'MAY 7. After leaving Tulteha, we arrived at Gatatz on the same evening, in fifty-six hours from Constantinople. From TuItcha ...

... Yesterday the Camp at Cboblam was to be seen in its holiday garb; but if any of the officers or men of the various regiments on the ground ever entertained the idea that they were merely going out upon a kind of gipsy party on a large scale, the delusion is now being quickly dissipated. The note of preparation is still going on actively withinlthe camp, and much yet remains to be done with ...

... TOWN AND COUWMY TALK. Sir Charles Douglas, formerly member for Warwick, is the liberal candidate for Durham. Mr. George Hammond Whalley, unseated by the select committee, has again become a candidate for the repre- sentation of Peterborough. A marriage is arranged between the Lady A. Fitzwil- liam, youngest daughter of the Earl Fitawilliam, and Mr. F. Vernon, eldest son of the Right Hon. V. ...

... TM BEAR AND THE TURKEY: Will the bear eat up the turkey?. Will Bruin swallow the Crescent, even as a bear would swallow .a moon, if a moon purposely manufactured of .green cheese? We incline to believe that, finally, the bear will bethink himself: for though bears have a great swallow, ancient turkeys have tough bones that may stick even in a bear's threat, to something more than tl e bear's ...

... roURTR E1DITroN. PUBLISHED ON SUNDAY MORNING, CONTAINING THE LATEST NTLLIGENCE. LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON NEWSPAPER. The hot season, it would seem, is dangerous to the Christianity of the House of Lords. The reli- gion of that solemn body, like mackarel in sultry weather, will not keep. Otherwise, why should the Earl of Derby, in his pious horror of the Jews, and in his profound devotion to the ...