... IMPERIAL gPARLIAMENT..- HOUSt OF L3~iWS-Ltoda. -Lord Lvsn~mux naskedi.whether it was true that, certain property belonging to our late minitter at St. t'etersburgh had beam -steied by orerothe Emperor,? T rqiofLANSDOWsNE mentioned that the reportbisdreached the governmeist. lie disbelieved at ; being convinced that Russai ,stitUPossessed claims to~btrainked among civilised nations. . .-Lord ...

... iAVAL and MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE. A letter from Malta, dated June S; says:- News has been received from Athens of the death on the 26th ult., of Lieutenant Sir Edward Blackwood, of the Leander, 50. His brother Francis, a midshipman of the Veugeance, Lord Russell, suc- ceeds to the title.- in consequence of the defects of the Janus, 4, paddle-wheel steam vessel, she is in future to be ...

... TURKEY AND RUSSIA. PAuiIs, TrESDAY.-'The Russian courier, who was to leave St. Petelsburgh shortly after the 15th, has arrived here to-day, bearing most important despatches to M. Kisseleff. Despathes from St. Petersbargh of the 17th inst have arrited here. The excitement in that capital was intense, consequent upon the knowledge of the active measures taken by the Western Powers and their ...

... THE HOLIDAYS & the PARILIAMMNTARY J 6 ,Session- a ?? i On Tueisday .ailaient ,was adjourned to the 27th just2 ..Aater having.worked tolesably hard for, exactly ten weeks, members are entitled to a little recreation, and they have taken alonger holiday than usual. The question with many: will be, what is' the beest use to aike 'of this ?? relaxation P : They are most' of them too much bored ...

... CAUTION AS TO T THE USE OF| 3riregmes.. TO THE ElITOeI OF THE ERA- Sir,--As the shooting season has commenced, may I beg of you to insert in your widely-circulated columns this letter? which I trust may be of great use to the sporting world, and for which I venture to hope I shall not be condemned, when I bear in mind the many unfortunate accidents with guns which have befallen numerous ...

... : . 4 7; I . t ~. I: - - -- ?? ?? - !il : A S o ~~~firoin~h. -S,SB . 3X1, B a | -lHere-I am, -31r. Editor, with the snowdrojs again, and fresl and vigorous as the' earliest of JOhnD Quills and crocaes The Britsh pblicgenoitll sj~ki, and thtipprepciating, au ,cersihe rl iono;twh itnguy ' thmeve ybei cumin; subscraibers -to' TmrE ERA, will, of course, be in ecstaciet at the ajinouncement: of ...

... I 311WEM~~REEMA :.N ?? Meetings for Next. Week. Monday, July ?? Nos. 206, 228, and 80.. TusdayNee105and 27 Wednesday-.acommittee of Royal Benevolent Institution at three. Lodges Nos. 13, 15,22,172, 205 752. Thursday-Quarterly General Court of Female School, at twelve. Lodges os. 248 and 778. TiEs FrEMnsoes' QuVa ?? AOZmM. Bro. George Boutledge and Co., Farringdon-stre t. This part is a very ...

... IMPORTANT MEETING OF LICENSED Victuajers at Manchester. At a special meeting of the committee of the Manchester and Salford Licensed Victunalers' Association, held on the 4th inst., when deputies from Stockport, Rocbdale, Droylsden, Ashton, Oldham, and Glossop attended, the report of the Central Association, with respect to the Parliamentary inquiry into the licensing system, and the recommen- ...

... DRAMATIC CHRONOLOGY FOR Z. JAINUAR.Y S. Buckstone's drama of Isabelle revived at the Olympic. 7. The second part of King Henry IV. played before her Majesty and the Court at Windsor. 9. Intelligence brought to England of the extraordinary suc- cess of Catherine Hayes at San Francisco, who was receiving immense sums of money nightly, and had had a diamond cross presented to her of the value of ...

... TEB 3BEARD XOVEMEN9T. The beard question is one which cannot be settled by the fashion of a day, or a single shaving. The very term beard is of difficult! signification and obscure etymology. STE VEBS says that, as to head a man was to cut off his head,. so to beard a man was to cut off his beard-a punishment often inflicted by giants on princes who fell into their power; but he does not ...

... THE REFORM& BILL. On Monday night Lord JOHN l RussELL' introduced his measure of parliamentary reform, with, more than his usual imperturbability of manner, and without the least parade, but rather with an obvious intention to avoid making a fuss. The new bill is a supplement to the Reform Act of 1832, and, with some novelties in the scheme, extends and carries out the sameliberal principles ...

... I A letter, written by the Hon. GRANTLRy F. BRsnwar and addressed to the Earl of l1Za,3Y, has just been published by Messrs. LowGmaw and Co., and is well worthy the reading. It is dated March 10th, 1854. The writer, after showing that out of fifty-five sacks, the produce of four acres of land, he had in fact no loss at all from disease. He next proves that it is an epidemic of a feverish ...