... : LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON THE RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS.' Lord John Russell and a party from Woburn Abbey p l were present at the annual soirie of the Bedford Literary t( and Scientific Society, held on the evening of Thursday tI week. The following extract from a speech made by the h noble lord on the occasion will be read with interest:-si Perhaps, as it would be superflous in me to expatiate ...

... I - - - Paris, Wednesday.-Orders were received at Tonilo on Monday for the immediate embarkation of the-14th and 43rd Regiments of the line. Purther reinforcementsi- are to be sent to the army of the East as soon as th6 troops can be got ready. The Monifeur of Wednesday publishes the following -- The gover~nment of her Britannic Majesty has charked !his Excellency, Lord Cowley to transmit to ...

... TEA PARTY.-On Saturday evening, a tea party was held in the Wesleyan Association Chapel, Lower Darwen, at which about eighty were present. The Rev. J. Handley, of Blackburn, pre- sided at the subsequent meeting, and several local preachers delivered appropriate addresses. RBALWAY AUcIsDEs.-Yesterday week, a goods train departed from the Blackburn station on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ...

... - ~ ~ ?? ~~ bag RUSSIA & TURKEY. M:: ATLE OFTHE ALMA. tbw LORD RAGLAN'S DESPATCHES. con ?? ?? ?? the London Ga~zette .Ez traordinary of Sunday, hay October 8, 1S,54) the WARt DEPART.31EXT, OcToB3ER 8, 1854, HALF-PAST sim( EoIGHT O'CLOCK, A.M. fie] Major the Lord Burghershbarrived this morning with adespatcb the from General the Lord Ragian, ?? to his Grace the Duke of I XgeWcostie, of' which ...

... RAILWAY DEPARTUES FOR OCTR. FROM PRESTON. To Backburn, Acorington, Bury, and Jfanceter.35 mir, 9.010.55morn.; 1-454-05.107.30mix,'9.0aft. OnSundays: 7-30 morn., 2.15 6.10 aftn., all mix. (*To Accrington 03 Saturdays only.) -To BMackMZ014 BuMZey, Cole, Skipton, Bradford, ' Leeds-. 6-35 mix, 9.0 10-55 morn.; 01.45 4.0 *5-10 '7-30 mix, aftn. 0n ihndays: '7.30morn.,2415 '6-10 ftn.,allmix. (*ToCola ...

... M. 1ould, Minister of State, taking into consideration the advanced age and straightened circumstances of idademoiselle Georges, the eminent tragic actress, has accorded to her the privilege of taking charge of the umbrellas and canes at the Exhibition Palace next year. The Constitutionnel calculates that thb net profits of the guardianship of the canes and umbrellas will amount to lO0,OOOf. ...

... WA-. MISCLAY Tans S8m FooT-It Imay be stated that, aithough the| 3itli nwier in the fieldt ie; did not ake part in the action. Duilpgg *e w40k 1a2 additional snrgeonsahve bees de I patched from Ireland to the East to attend on the: wounded. 6,000 French cavalry have left Constantinople for the l army. and were expected to arrive in the Crimea about the 30th. TEE RULING PASSIOT-.SiUce the news ...

... I:1 ~QPne-'n -MAA o_ i_ _ -l ?? ?? I. . SiT. ±'ETE5I'S cHuNcISWe are informed that the re-open~ing of the parochial church is pautpanod uniul tile tatter end of the preene raoatt.e BIOOOY.eo.SeVeral lectures on this subject, with experiments, have been delivered in the Court-house during the past and present week, by Professor Wardle. BRASS BAND CONTEST. - We understand that this contest., ...

... (From- the 2'Vcs.) Hamburg, Sunday, October 1.-Admiral Parseval Descbdnes, who has arrived at Kiel, has ordered the scattered ships of his fleet to join him there. The officers assume that the French squadron is going again tojoin Admiral Napier in the Baltic. Nergen, off Revel, September 26C-On Tuesday, September 19, we made an attempt to leave Ledsund, and weighed for that pur- pose atnine a ...

... 733orrobit'o ZT(ffec Some men are wise and some-are otf.wise. When ld46igo'od-natured aan resemble a soldier on parade? _WheWi)tsie a Atei s - ' Tue man w~p~qaunot f~orgive, breaks the bridge over which he By'ref ing a favrotir when it is offe~red you, you may wound mnoat than if yod asked one. It is 'chiefy young ledies of narrow widerstanding who wear shoes too ?? for them.n Dzsnmiros a Za ...

... BURNLEY. TaE VEX. RODERT MOSLEY MASTER, the newly appointed archdeacon of Manchester, was, on Thursday week, formally in. stalled In the cathedral of that clty, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, in obedience to the bishop's mandate. PRIMITIVE METRODIST SOaOOL.-On Sunday last, two sermons wore preached in Blethel Chapel, Hammnerton.street; in the byenon bthe e .Smiteh, ...

... ?? en prorogued to the 16th of No. ,. musical festival takes place at the Crystal Palace day O0 behalf of the Patriotic Fund. - Thbe population of the kingdom of Poland amounted in 152 to 4,817,577 souls, being 39,062 less than 1851. ITbe cholera has broken out in the Isle of Man, and in poeglas a Board of Health has been appointed. According to the monthly report, nobody died of in- ...