... FRANCE.-TUE NEw LoAS.-The I Moniteur 'publishes the follow- ing as theterms of the Loan: Art. 1. The Minister of Finance is author- ised to proceed, by public subscription, to the alienation of the sum of Three and Four-and-a-Half per Cent. Rentes necessary to produce a capital of 500 millions.-2. The Three per Cents. shall be issued at the rate of 65f. 25c., with right of possession from the ...

... IS 1 might give7 short hint to an impartialw rite r itwounld be to tell him his fate If he resolved to venure upon the dangerouspr ecipice of telling unbiassed truth let im ,re~m ar wth anknd-eiter te give ner to take quarter. If he tells the irines of great men they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law; iof he ls them of virtues, when they hare any, then the mob attacks him th slandir ...

... OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM GENERAL CANROBERT. Marshal Vaillant, French Minister of War, has received the following report, dated Dec. 22, 1S54, from General Canrobert:- Monsieur le Xartchal,-The bad weather has been prolonged until now, with rare and brief intervals of improvement; never- theless eve continue as much as possible the work of enclosing the place with our trenches, and although the ...

... The ' Times' has published the following account of the recent ne- gotiations in Vienna, the result of which has been an application to his master by Prince Gortschakoff for aortnight's delay beyond the 31st unt. bef re be communicates the definitive reply of Russia on the subject of the Four Points, as interpreted by the representatives of England, France, and Austria. The ' Times' says: 'We ...

... coprnncbma, THE PIOttS CZAR AND MR ]BRIGHT, M.Y, TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'EXAMINER.' Sir, At a recent meeting at Rochdale Mr Bright may have misled some of his hearers, by stating that the Czar, having not longr since allowed a shipment of Bibles and Testaments to enter Russia duty free, must be fairly considered a sub- scriber to the British Association for the Promulgation of the Holy ...

... THE QUEEN AND THE SICK AND WOUNDED. The ' Morning Post' has received from its correspondent at Scu- tari the following copy of an autograph letter from the Queen, which will be read with universal satisfaction. The ' Morning Post' intro- duces the letter as follows; Perhaps. since the commencement of the campaign, no document has found is way to the public so gratifying in its nature as that ...

... THE RESIGNATION OF HIS COMMAND BY SIR DE LACY EVANS, as - t s o r. _ -. I . . I The following correspondence explains the causes which induced Sir De Lacy Evans to resign the command of the 2nd division of the army in the Crimea: Her Majesty's ship Britannia, Nov. 11, 1854. My Lords-On the 30th ult. an aide-de-camp of mine had the honour of informing your Lordship that after being confined to ...

... THE LATE LORD NUGENT'S ADMINISTRATION OF I T1HE IONIAN ISLANDS. (From the Mlemoir prefixed to the New Edition of the .llemorials of ffampden,) Yet some of his measures, in dealing with existing monopolies, had exasperated not a little some powerful interests in the Islands; he bad also been obliged to dismiss, with the full sanction of the Home Government, an influential officer who had long ...

... (From the Times.) A braver soldier than Sir De Lacy Evans, who has Just Returned from the Crimea, never sustained the honour of his country. There may exist doubts as to the capacity for command of other officers engaged, whatever may be their personal bravery, but in the case of the gallant soldier of whom we are now speaking there can be no hesitation in saying that in the Crimea, as ...

... FRLOM THE LONDON GAZETTE. ! .: ' ' ?? Tuesday, January 2. War-Ogice, January 2.-1st Regiment of Foot: General the Right Hon. Sir E. Blakeney, ?? from the 7th Royal FuSoliers, to be Colonel, vice General the Right Hon. Sir James 'Keumpt, ?? deceased. Brevet: Colonel H. D. Jones, of the Royal Engineers, having rendered distinguished service in command of the British land firce at the capture of ...

... I. - I .. .. - . . - A . . - .. - The annual festival in aid of the funds of this excellent institu- tion took place on Saturday evening, at the London Tavern. Mr Charles Dickens presided, and was supported by several other literary gentlemen, including Mr Peter Cunningham, Mr Horace Mayhew, and Mr Albert Smith. The presence of these gentlemen appeared to have been a great attraction to the ...

... ?? intelig~ence. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6. The following telegraphic despatches have been received: 1' Marseilles, Friday Evening, Jan. 5.-The Amsterdam, which left Constantinople on the U2nd of December, has arrived. Despatches for Government left by the one o'clock train. Lord Cardigan has arrived here, and left for London. Vienna, Friday Morning, Jan. 5.-Chekib Pasha died on the 24th ...