... , a The pomp and circumstane of war are So glorious that men have never been wanting to exclaim, in tfle langage 'of the ancient Roman, It is sweet to die fior onie's country. This her6oi and patriotic spirit still lives amongst us, and the British people are as 'fearless as tbeir forefathers in courting the dangers of the battle-field, It' rises with the dire character of the emergency.: In ...

... ITHE- LAW- oF *BANNKJRUP-TCY, ITS| Administration, Abuses, Aid Amendment. - - That canting term { Precedeiit,' which is constantly in the mouths of our dilatory and- sapient administrators of the law, should be regarded by all friends of pprogress and improvement 's twin 'brother to Sste which has gone'far to annihilate one of th& 'finest armies 'that ever quitted the shores of England. J ...

... IOPENING OFVTITE BRANCH SYNAGOGUB IN I GREAT PORTLAND STREET. I The great distance between the west-end of the town and the Great Synagogue has for some yeare past been an obstacle in the way of those Jews who desired to worship oI with their brethren. As the migration from the east to the w west iacreased,the difficulty became more widely felt, and d, measures were at last taken to build a ...

... W1 g I rut+ -4 OSBORNE, MARCH 17. Prince Ernest of Leiningen left Osborne for Ports mouth yesterday. The Queen and Prince and the royal children walked and drove out yesterday. MABOR 18. The Queen and Prince and Prince of Leiningen drove out yesterday afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday after- noon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount ...

... Whilst there is life there is hope. We will, there- b fore, continue our labours to save the aristocracy and of' our rulers from political suicide. The A'Court job is org consummated, because it has been too late of being his brought to light. The speciatlappointment of an ofl Assistant Commissioner of Income Tfax is carried out tiol -indeed, it was accomplished before our first mention ing ...

... PEACE MEETING AT OLDRAA. The Manchester Peace Society, whose head-quar- ters are at Newall's-buildinge, have been exceedingly active of late. Mr. George Thompson, who was formerly one of the Anti-corn-law lecturers, is now the principal lecturer for the Peace Society, and has been delivering a series of lectures in Manchester and the surrounding towns; the ob. ject of the meetings apparently ...

... Rateot Intelligence. SATURDAY MORNINGS MARCH 10. Telegraphic accounts from Vienna mention interviews which had taken place between the representatives of the Allied Powers there; but the Congress had not opened, as Prince Gortschakoff was not yet prepared to offer his pleni. potentiary powers for examination. A letter from the same city, given by the ? Augsburg Gazette,' contains a few ...

... (From our Special Correspondent.) Mystery still hangs over the extraordinary footmarks which were observed in the snow in Devonshire the week before last. No probable or even plausible explanation has been offered. A cautious correspondent of the Illustrated rews, who sends a sketch of the marks, declares that he has for many years been in the practice of winter hunting in Canada ; that be is ...

... THE TuRKISH CONTINGENTr.-Major-General Vivian, of the Madras army, who was for many years Adjutant-General of that Presidency, has been appointed by Lord Panmure to command the Turkish contingent. The officers will be selected principally from the Indian army. Lieut. E. B. Ramsay, of the Madras army, has been appointed aide-de-camp. General Vivian will leave London next week. The contingent ...

... PROMOTION IN THE SERVICE, AS IT OUGHT TO BE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-In my last I sketched the outline of a system by which young men ought to be appointed to the , army. The plan I proposed may have defects, but l every man of common sense-every practical man of business in Englandevery officer and soldier who has the welfare of the service at heart-must admit that it is ...

... ADJ'OURN-ED i 1NiRAL ArNUA4I |, :ZLicensing Day. ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER-SQUAiRE.. Yesterday Mr. e. Grabahn'(chairran), Deputy'Lleutcnnnt of the county of Middlesexb Messrs. Fraheis.Thrupp, l&., assembled in the ?? of the Workhouse of the Parish of St: George, HanoverisqnarelMouhc street0 Groevenor-square to takeinto consideration the^ ?? renewing the licenses of.tsose suspended from ?? ...

... VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PitOMOTIONS IN TEE CIVIL SERVICE. Treasury.-Mr. M. H. Foster, senior clerk at the Pal. ?? Office, Whitehall, has been appointed to the new office of accountant to the Treasvry; Mr. T. E, Wiekens, one of the clerks ir the finance department of the Treasury, has been appointed assistant to Mr. Foster; Mr. G. Russell, junior clerk in the Treasury, Whitehall, has been ...