... THE WEATHER-THE THAW, LooNDooc.-A rapid thaw, with a southwesterly wvid, xi hailed by ?? of the industrious classes in the 01m polis last Saturday morning. Labourers were a!ese o'tJ work to demolish the ice in the basins of the servral D:b in the Thames, in order, if possible, to get the ,bi'cetilr DOn Sunday the thaw was more decided, end thesno~Taala- which bad accumulated in the ...

... ?? -TEE SUNDAY OPENING OF THE MANCHESTER BOTANICAL. GARDENS. .. .7 _ nf ilpth. Manchester yVIA. v -- We see that the annual meeting of the Manchester e Botanical Society is to be held on Monday next, n and that the question of opening the gardens of the n society to the proprietors on Sunday, is again to be a, mooted. A resolution in favour of such opening is 0 to be proposed by Mr. JAXES ...

... -EKLY .> UMMARY. F RIGN. socounts from Sebastopol continue to be more trb le dthto they had previously been. The prepara- 1 fov1ro e the bombardment and siege continue with ItioS ted gu and at Eupatoria, a Turkish army of U11batcd 40000 men, under the command of Omer t 3 tOO * prnly establisbed in the rear of the Russians. ?? of the Turks at Eupatoria renders it 8 Ibe pr ~for the Russians to ...

... I Oil On Monday evening, a crowded meeting was held in the bt Town Hall, for the purpose of considering the importance it. of the kingdom of Poland as lan independent state in her ro relations to Europe. ra The chair was occupied by Mr. Martin, in the absence,, in owing to indieposotion, of Mr.Barnes. Havingbriefly exhorted ' the meeting to aid him in preserving order, and in giving Si fair ...

... I Tarfetico. ?? Mr. Caullield, P. for Armag ho also Mr. Ross Moore, representative for Armaeg ht t' / Accounts from Athens to the 1fth state Ill., te li. B had opened, and that M. Zarmus had been e tte We read in the Espana that ti e R. to honour the Paris Exhibitiou witb thi Of Port . The resignation of Prince Satriano, tbesloerd j- ihe island of Sieilyhasbeen a ycepted l by the utt t The ...

... -THE WAR. -PUBLIC MEETING AT PRESTON. -1 . ?? - , - . 1 - L- i On Tuesday, a public oeeting was held in the Assembly e Booms, at the Corn Exchange, to consider the present war, e and especially its mismanagement The room was uncom- e fortably crowded, many persons retiring home, being unable 0 to obtain seats or a position within hearipg. T. Walnialey, r Esq. ex- mayor, was expected to have ...

... MEETING IN MANCHE8TER ON THE WAR. r-~ T DTTlY-TT- ESO. M.P. SPEECH OF jO)HN BRIGHT, ESQ. M.P. t in pursuancer of the intention announced at the close of a meeting on lbe sear, held a week ago at Newall's Buildings, a large number of gentlemen assembled at seven o'clovk last mn evening in the same place, to hear a fresh series of addresses A. on the same subject. B GxsoRGE Wa~soic Esq. (in the ...

... n ARRIVAL OF THE SAIRAH SANDs -The Canadian Steam; : ship Company's steamer Sarah/ Sands, which left Portland ao the 5th February, arrived in Liverpool yesterday (Friday) a morning, 'with forty passengers. She m et with a constant successiort of easterly and northbeasterly gales, which de- n tayed her progress very considerably. Her news has been anuticipated. Captain Isley reports being ...

... ,7jyrABRDD AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. Wedasay, anumerous meeting of the electors of Oil q-,coed n te ouny Hllof thtborough, i AS Ileel~ of placard announcing611 that Mr. Layard 1desired attl- i thiesan express his opinions upon the state I Ve~d tot the chair. C fewv remarks from thle chairman, Mr. Layard pre. Afters R-If aod wves warmily received by the meeting. se te a ti openi of his speech ...

... ?? var Al4vent. . H OU SE OF LORDS. . FRIDAY, Mazc 2. tr t The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the wool- H H sack at five o'clock. hi y lozDEATH OF THE EMPErOR OF RUSSIA. - The Earl of CLARENDON: My lords, I feel it my duty pi a to communicate to your lordships the contents of a tele- t graphic despatch which I have received, about half an hour it ago, from Her Majesty's minister at the ...

... 110 US 0 Wsoi57 t TuESDAY, FEB. 27. evi ?? given by commission to the Army for yit ~~tuelrtoo his seat upon the woolsack at tall ?? It vsCtSEI CONSTINGENT. BfORO~h1IUGH ruae to put a question, la~I otice, to the noble lord the Secretary ti arDprtmuflt, concerning the rurtuouredl 01St~of Mjor.eneral Vivian, thle Adjutant-Generall l0teo r i, ote commend of the contingent force a dt erised in ...

... THE LUNAY rLAWS. Ntthtfdigon-r boast of ?? ' boast that Englatic is a free country, in which the at personal liberty of thze subject is surrounded and at guarded by protection as? strong that it is inviilner- PE able agatinst abuse, our Lum'0eY Laws still admit of, or open a door to, incarceratioD5' and imprisonments i of deep malignity and injustice. la In forme-r days there was in EnglajlO a ...