... SATURDAY, SJPraMga 23, 1854. TEE WAR. AFTER many months' delay, the French and English forces in the East have commenced active operations. After having rendezvoused at Serpents Isle, off the mouths of the Danube, they proceeded thence to the Western coast of the Crimea, and effected. a lading. From the tenor of the instructions issued, opposition was anticipated, but no place of debarkation ...

... FRANCE. TImperial Commission, ap .T° tilne first meegtingftenw ar of the Fsvr has pustinotified b the Emp ero nmllect nal the writingof Napleo I. isto akeplae a one under the presi- dniy hf barsal d afiaiit.e It d isreported that the sabitre of the ormissiot will produ tece eight solid quarto volumtes ofmatt-erin 'which all. The Emperorts dvcisions, dIruection, as. otprsnt mattrgses peraining ...

... 4 Icd - -sar stv- Ws, - .1 ', THE WAIR. (t f 'PI-r. AT X rTRY A TP LANDING OF THE, ALLIED ARMY IN THE - - CRIMEA. ti The fact of the combined troops having actually c landed on the Crimca has, of course, monopolised the ti war gossip of the week. el On the morning of Saturday, the 16th inst., despatches 8 from Lord Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud reached Con- co Atantinople by special steamer ...

... -4_ DUBLIN, SEPr. 21. The Earl of Enniskillen, who had so narrow an escape with his life in the late fatal case of obstruct- ing a railway train in the North, writes to the Daily ExpreMs to contradict the statement that the occu- pants of the train on the occasion in question consti- tuted an Orange demonstration, or that the excursion bore a party character. ' In the first place, his ...

... a if ~~11THl WEEK THIS HALF-YEAR. d Week This Same 'l'otal Same rIlLAor. i- RAILWAYS. 18i63Wek j~ ?? 185 L81I Aberdeen 189Sept.. I£72 £ B'IioadLn.&2112 2237 ?? .. 33 33 Le lristol and Exeter 585- 0 .70.20.0.. 10D5 00 Blackburn . -810 1.28 0.2. . 27 27 LeCaledonias WEE&Gs 1 11 11100 .. ?? 307 302 it Cheacterandllolyhead 1 6097 40 60077 70114 02 H5 ?? ?? 178 . 22 20 ~n CorkB~kr'1,&P ?? 2232 . ...

... RAIL WA YE. NORTH BRITISH. The half.yearly general meeting of the shareholders In this company was held on Friday in Edinburgh, ra Mr. CUE-NU, W.S., in the absence of the chairman from in ill health, was called upon to preside. 111 The report having been held as read, the chairman pro. tL ceeded to make a few remarks upon the various points e, touched upon in It. The revenue of the company of ...

... TE-LEG'1RAPI.Fi. DESPATCHES.| a ?? following telegraphic despatches appeared in suc- a icesise editions of our paper of yesterday:-] l ' THE EALST. I[BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPA.] ie LFPOM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDE-NT. 3ef PARIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27. 'as We have received the following, dated Marseilles, e. 2Gth iinit. r The reserve at Varna received orders to embark on the 18th for the ...

... THR -ANNUALSPEECHII DY' at ?? 7!, IOSIS'!T.1 L. Yesterday was the annual speech des ,nt lt,. Asusual, there was aavery largc ntteualo Iti-esiof friends of the pupils to do hionour to thle a of the chosen alumnii. In the absence of his Royal Highness die Pe- . institution, the chair was occupied ty Mr. G, surer of tie hospital, and arironezs those yie- fl: - Sir Geo. Carroll, Mr. Sheriff Waleis ...

... I- DESP- I I X Inf F -tS1tlC DESPATICHES.: . AND EUROPEAN TELEGR;APa.J Co , oCOSTAN;TXNOPLE COGRRSPOFDENT.j CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 11. rl Russias still occupy Bayazid. .rpSS FROM PARIS. [FOM OWV.o CORRESPONDEN'r.] PARIS, THUitSDAY. E. :nperor :sud E )press arrived at the palace StThll yesterday evening at nine o'clock, Lf.r dae of Madrid, 18th inst., the MAonitewu lies he following '>i ...

... THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' - ADVOCATE. n THE FRIENDLY *SOCIEiTIES ACT-ITS ADVAN- - TAGES AND -DISADVANTAGES. * SIR.-Previous to entering oan a series of articles on the 2nd report of Mr.' Finlaison, 'relative to his analyses of the Friendly Society returns, I again refer to ir. W. Tidd Pratt's work on The Law relating to Friendly Sccieties, eases, Zrom which I gave last week. Allusion was then ...

... );AVALN -- TE BALTIC. rFrom: the Timns.] __ - The allied powers had two objects to accomplish in the Baltic. The !first was to shut up the whole naval power of Russia, to prevent every vessel of war'from leaving her -:ports, or to give battle to the Russian fleet with success. if her 18 line-of-battle ships ventured: beyond the shelter of her land batteries. The second was to blockade and. ...

... BALMOaAL, SEPT. 18.-Yesterday, Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince, attended by Her Grace the Duchess of Wellington, the fHou. Elinor Stanley, Major- General the HIon. C. Grey, and Colonel the Hon. C. Phipps, were present at divine service at the parish church at Crathie. The Rev. A. Anderson performed the service. Sep. 19.-Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince walked out ...