... A RUSSIAN DEFEAT. Mo) (From the Specaca Coreepoedoent of the Times.) Swa CAIP rEFoRM SIIS&STOPOL, Drc. 11.-The monotony do of life in this huge military colony has been broken onld slightly b ...

... r? W 'i, oil' ' f ? ? ) ?? lu , 0 ?l PI ? - , fill rp . i . ?? - . .1 ft vm i ? ?? 0 I . -w ?? JR ?? - l fro or. id- [D Tan ELECTRIC AND INTERtNATIONAL TELEGRA~. Dat ~~THE WAR. to The; Pnri~ Xon ...

... R ADMINISTRATIVE REFORDI.-THE GREAT MEBTING IN LONDON. St IFnn a Private hersonef i. I have been to the London Tavern to see how the h meeting about tho right man for the right-place would Cc get o ...

... - The pension granted to Miss Brown, the blind poetess, by the Queen, at the instance of Lady Peel, is only £20. Official notice has been received by Mr. Dewar, of a King's Park farm, ...

... METEOROLOGICAL RESULTb DBDUCED FROM OBSBIVATIONBTAREN AT TEB LIVERPOOLOBSERVATORY, During the week ending SaturdaV, April 7, 1555. Latitude,53S24'48N. Longitude, 3'O'1' W. STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE. zone(0-10),at p.m. | ?? | pal fro N.: an, bol 0 Ozone(Oo), at 9 a.m. j ?? C W oo t Timeoccpsl o~oo > cf C a ollottlingauge I a Mr 0 80ft.abvegrouud | Sat 4, o al olota : 2C 001>l4- C moon of air. : ...

... WAYVR TRFE LOCAL BOA1RD uF HREALTH. ,3 VYA V LiW4Ar JUIu 1 J DaSx UA a ?? ta'n Lain e Tbe usual ronthly merting of tbis board was held last the eovening , In the absene of the Rev. Wlbiaml Bidnall, the bur, n chairnioa, through illness, Mr. Thoimas Chalfer prcsidel. The fiou iL other members present Were Messrs. Halhaed, Picton, Auder. HIee toss, Gore, Davis, Clarke, Hill, and ?? the nmotibn ...

... rTOWN'S MEETING 'AT ST. HELEN'S1. aillg I yctotrday, a large oald inflosentlil meeting of tho ratopayere is of St. iiealene anti the neighbourhood was hield at the Town were lital, for the purpoasi of considerhig a report of Mr. Johnson, U1 I the law-clxrlc, with referonce to the above bill. Mir. JOhG insto IMarsh, the obeirmonai of the local commissioners, oceupied the Rus, chair, end a ...

... IMONDAY'S PARLIAMENTARY I PERFORMANCE. of IF the subject were not too serious foL' xi- laughter, the mode in which the House of ed Commons was tricked out of an expression of its opinion on the question of peace or war on ?? evening would be vastly amusing. Is - is questionable whether the sly Peelites, with their well-feigned alarm lest a restoration of as peace should be rendered impossible ...

... N EW-Y EAR'S-D AY AT THE WORKHOUSF. The poor in the Workhouse, Anlaby-road, were made to rejoice at the close of the old year ald opening of the new. On Christmas-day they had, roast beef and plum-puddiDg, for which, we under-. stand, they appeared to be grateful; and well they might, if they reflected how much botteroff they were in that respect than many of the out-door poor, and also, it is ...

... -TE BISHOP OF M.LBOURNEI AND THE COLONIAL CRURCO SOCIETY X We have Il' pleasure in inserting the following extract from a ?? preached in St- Mary's Church, t in this town, on Sundaiy last, by the Bishop of Mel- bourne, on behalf of the Colonial Church School r Society:- It would occupy snore time than the limits of a ser- anon permit to take even the most rapid survey of the I spiritnal ...

... GENERAL INTELLIGE-S~ I At a Privy Council held at Windsor Castle day week, her Majesty declared Earl Grasvge4ntr President of the Council. Lord Pamnure eg Sidney Herbert were sworn two of her Haid 31 cipal Secretaries of State; and Mr. He esty F a P sworn one of the Privy Council. A Prod tme7 ordered to be issued against aiding ad aniat55n Va Queen's enemies. After the Council, Len p t e had ...

... IDISTRICT INTELLiGENCE. I HEDON. had On Monday evening H. Munroe, Esq., of Hull, yea delivered a very amusing and interesting lecture On I the genius end writings of Hood, to the members of thri the Mechanics' Institution, in the Town-hall, which was ben filled on the occasion. The lecturer, after following the hlon poet through some of the most pathetic as well as the tow most humorous ...