... 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 ...

... VeIT TO THE GVtIMVHALL' ?? THE Emperor and Empress. .. ?? AU London gave itself one great holiday on Thursday. The streets were densely crowded, the windows filled with ladies, and the spectators seized. upon every coign of vantage. In the City, too, a, procession is not so great a novelty; and a goodly number of streamers and national flags were forthcoming, amongst which the tricolour of ...

... I The Times' special correspondent'witing from tile cimp before Sebastopol on the 7th inst. furnishes the folloning nitoresting details of the siege doings:- THEPARATlol5 POp; TFiR ASSAULT. The bombardment will, it is said, begin on ?? morning. There has been a coiferelce of admirels andI generals at Lord Raglan's quarters, at which the field- marshal, General Canrobert, Sir Edmumuid Lyons, ...

... FOREICN AND WAIR AFFAIRS.i On Tuesday morning it was announced in a telegraphic despatch from Vienna that the long-looked for second bombardment ot Sebais. topol had commeniced. The despatch ?? in the following terms -Ol the evening of the 9th the bomardinment of Sebastopol com. menced. The cannonade had lasted twetve hours when the courier left, and the advantage appeared to be with the ...

... The corporation of Dover was not conteit to speak for Dover, but, in the fulness of its wis- dom and bounty of its benevolence-would pa-- tronise France by intruding its wishes:- We devoutly pray that you, sire, may long guide the destinies of Prance, and reign in the hearts of a loyal, hiappy, and contented people; sad that you, rea- dame, may loragliveta shae thethroulewhiclL your vir- ...

... N3EW SOCIETY-OP. PAINTZERS IN WATAi , 4 I-, f ?? lours. . t , I (PRIVATE VIEW YESTERDAY.) The private view of this delightful little gallery took place yester- day (Saturday) in anticipation of the opening of the twenty-second annual exhibition. to the public on Monday next. This year's exhibition is unquestionably the best that we haveeverseen. There are many very ambitious pictures, and the ...

... [w , ?? .0 -, ?? v . 1-1 ,AWS 7;~~O I . CBE.tt AT - jrm r be p~aac. : N - ?? aee ?? ?? Her Majesty the Queen- gays a concer at ABukganPlaeo Priilay evenin, towlich-4 paity of abo6ut 500, cromprisinig' the Roya faiy h iplomatic corps, and foreigners of distinction, th e ?? Im is-tihts aid, offib~s-.of' -.tatid -imfir -ladi-es -a- id g-entlerneiis ot the coort, and a large cir~cle of the ...

... IMPERIAL PARILIAMIENT. I HOUSE1 OF LORDS-MoiDAy. LorD B VwrsWosria tosk the oaths a nd a I tds og De Poem J TROrTS (1it5) BI wUS read a send Their lordshiPS adjoumed at a quarter to di o'olock. HOUSE OF COMONS.0MoNDY. Nsw MImBERS.-Mr. Price, Mr. Brand, and Mr. Bouveile tooL their seats on reelctica ?? for Gloacester, I 4ws Fn the Kilmarnock burghe. n thK LusDrumo-Rbeplyirg to Mr. CoMier, Mr. ...

... C0NTIN:UAl TION, DIA:Y OFFO , .: ?? ,; DIARY FROM. THE DCRIMEAh. -CAMP:BEFORE-SEBASTOPo(j, MARCH-31. I am now earnestly assured that our batteries will openzion Moni- day or~ Troitday,--in shoirt, 'it is told me, as. a fact, but I am now hard to believe, lhaving be'enl deceived' so, m-any, th'nes.' -1klioi thd imi~n, and aiso off1cersq, arc -getting very inpiptient, which is quite tittural; ...

... NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE.-WHAT ARE They Doing at Vienna ? It is necessary, for a full understanding of the question now pending at Vienna, to recur to the crisis which oc curred on the 27th of 'March, when the Russian Plenipo- tentiaries declared that their instructions did not empower them to accede to the conditions considered necessary by the Courts of France, Englaiud, and Austria, as a ...