... - L ME0 LAsYARD ON TH WAI . 'On Wedneid' ay, 'a -public meeting, convened by re- Iisition~w~slseid in the .auntytll, Aylesbury, for the purpose of enatibtg lC. Layard, the representative of that borough, to address his constituents ln expla. nation of his views on the war. r. Lsyard, after explainingjthe circumstances con. neetedwith his letter to the Titses respecting Admi ral Dundas,.imade a ...

... ITTRRBL-B FpEM AND LOSS OF IF. Thei a of the %ndonbrigade and West of Eng- land ome were engieed the whole of Tuesday night an@, a considerable Tortion of Wednesday morning in ex igeishuigfresehat had occurred in what is termed t'ee metropolitan district. The first fire teUV place on the premises belonging to Mr, John Taylor, licensed victualler. and proprietor of the Black Boy gad Still, High ...

... TOWN Am COUNTRY TALK. it is the intention of Thos. 1. ]Ieadhlm, Esq., M-P. for Newcastle, and chancellor of the diocese of Darhams to bring in a bill to prevent border marriages. The venerable Duke of Somerset continues to pro- gress favourably, at Somerset-house, Park-lane, The amount of remittances brought by the Asia from New York is about 107,724. - The Bishop of Winchester has licensed ...

... NAVAL AND II[LI I rZLLIGENCE. An advaneed division or flying 'quadron of the Baltic filet left Spithead on Tuesday afternoon far the Downe, thence making for Eiel as soon as the ice would permit. This squadrdh conpisted of the Imperienee, 51, Captain Watson (senior officer); the Euryalas,. 51, Captain G. Ramsay; the Arrogant, 47, Captain Yelvertion; the Esl, 21, Captain Birch; the Tartar, 21, ...

... * UMIoUR. AND 'WAGES., .: C ?? -. TO TE MINERS or NOUTHUMSERLIND Boh AUD .D[ND DURH. .L Brother Miners,-We appeal to you for *support and aid to help forward the great measure of .an extended. Mines' Inspection Bill.. The government. have promised'toliring, before parliament .this session a Bill more stringent in its character than the present one, and thereby more likely to- to prevent ...

... THE4-CZ&R'S ALLEGEDMDYING WORDS. The Paris correspondent of 'the ' Thae has the'following unauthenticated' and 'nmost iproliable statement of. the dying adviee of the late Czar to his'eldest son:- 'The Czar, on his death-bed, and in presence of the Empress, said to the heir to his crown that it was neces- ,sary- to . ieke peace, even at the coat of reducing their -power in the Black 8ea; ...

... 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 ?? ...

... 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 ...

... , 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 ...

... BRU'IZtt iAPLR Y. - I -.R- 1 . ie To fad EDITOR Qo VOR MORNING 0HRONICI. I le S- -Ar old Peninsular is induced to write on the present it state of the British cavary;.in answgr-to an article publishedi by a practical man, as he is calleid; and because the Times newspaper demands suggestions on the subject, by which public opinion may be formed, to thbs end of introducing reforms in our cavalry ...

... FoREIGN INTELLIGENCE. [BY INTERNATIONAL TELIEGRAPH, VIA THE HAGUE.] [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] VIENNA, MAiCa 8. The following is an extract from the manifesto of Alexander:- 6 Being destined by Providence to fulfil a great jDiqsion, may we maintain Russia at the highest pi,,nacle of power and glory, and thus accomplish the wishes and intentions of Peter, Catherine, Alexander, and of our ...

... (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 ...