... I ARMY STAITONS, MAY 1, 185. ?? Guard, Regout'o-pk. 4 0th, Australia, Gailway. Ist Lffe Guardk. 3flg6 ...

... LLOYD'S WEEKL EWAER OFFICE. ?? . .. A?: S ! 0 A UR ~I Tiffl SIEGE, OF SEIASTOPOL. VjskNKA, Friday. According to-a telegraphic despatoh from the -Crimea, dated April'1, 'the .alied rrnieis, were' quite ready' to opedtr. fire on Sebastopol. The generals probably. only awaited the arrival of despatches from home before beginning the borh. bardment, which might be expected to take place any day ...

... YEANCE AIND ENGLAND. Most heartily do we wish that the reception given to the imperial master of France may be interpreted by the French people in the fulness of friendship and admiration borne to them by the people of England. Most fervently do we hope that the homage, the praise, the evidences of outward affection, manifested to Luows Napo- leon may be received by our gallant and generous ...

... I Thefollowing is the copy of a letterfrom an English lady to,% friend at St. Petersburgn: Jharkoff, Feb. ?? Dearest -, I write offin the greatest haste to tell you that you must consult with Miss - and your English friends to see what can be done. We have the English prisoners passing regularly through the town every Sunday in a most pitiable state. We have helped them among the few English ...

... OUR CoN, MPORARIS l Awr ExraasrNA.TIoIV ANIE5D.-{Times.) We admit that the competition df small subscribers would, as coptht toe is srap uotdo, interfece with the operati31nS of the icier lane 1 c,, Contractors: and it might well be that h pubi0, acthig without concert, by one common iapulse might, by tite aggregate of their smaller con- tribautiois, drive a Rothschild or a Baring from the ...

... -4- LATEST DETAILS. The special correspondent of the Times furnishes de- tails of the siege up to the 23rd March:- March 23.-The enemy have either become desperate or. have been inspirited and encouraged by their recent encounters with the French on our right. Their guns are nearly silent day and night, but they have not been retired. Every embrasure is armed; the muzzle of the gun is visible ...

... 7BE VISIT OF TH7E EMPEROR AND RM;jjPR&S3 OF TilE FREBCH. As has been already stated, their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of ile French will arrive in London on Mouday' and proceed to Windsor Castle. Their stay will only extend to the end of the week, and the following is mentioned as a kind of programme of the Imperial movements during the week:- On Tuesday, it Is said the Queen and the ...

... S'URREY ARCHZOLOGICAL SOCIETY. A meeting of the council was beld yesterday, the Rev. Frederick Parr Phillips in the chair. Mr. Webb, hon. secretary, read letters received by him from the Rev. Dr. Todd, bon. secretary to the Irish Arobsoological and Celtic Society; the Rev. W. H. Drotob, hon. secretary to the Somerset Archbological Society ; and Mr. Perry, secretary to the ...

... AO1ANING CllRONICLE O1FICO, Tu2aday, 12, Noon TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. HAMBURG, MONDAY. The British steam-squadron, under the orders of Commodore Watson, serving as an advanced-guard to the Baltic fleets arrived yesterday evening at Helsingborg, in the entrance to the Sound. TURIN, MONDAY. To-day's official Gazaete contains the nomination of General Alphonse de la Marmora as Commander- ?? of ...

... LAUNCH OF TWO FLOATING BAT- TERIES. Shortly after two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Meteor and Thunder steam floatirlgbatteries were launobed from the yard of Messrs. Mare, the eminent shipbuilders of Black- wall, amidst the cheers of many thousands of spectators. At the hour above stated, everything being in readiness, the dog shores were knocked away, and the immense mass of iron and ...

... KBTW GARDENS. In the estimates of civil contingencies for ?? financial year 1855-56, there are two items-one of £13,569 for the Royal Botanical-gardens at Kew, and another of £1,544 for the Royal pleasure grounds at the same place, making a total of £15,114. Sir W. J. Hooker's report on Kew-gardens for the year 1854 is appended to this estimate, and a few parti- culars may be extracted from it ...

... SiX PJIRSOAS POISONED. On Friday last a dreadful circumstance took place at Car- digau, by which six grown up persons were poisoned, one of whom died the same day, and four are still in a very preca- rious state. Oneeorson sustained but little injury. It appears that Mrs. Evans, of Heubant, near Noyadd, had taken adwelling-house in Cardigan, for the purpose of re- siding there ; and on Friday ...