... EXPRES,3S FR OM.I CONST ANTINOPLE. LFaO.I OU.R owN CORRSESrONDnENT.] CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 11. It has turned out as every one expected: the Vieuna Conferences have ended in a bottle of sir Eke, and the great quarrel between the North and ?? W0est remai)s to be settled by the only effectual peace-maker-the sLword. And that it is so, few far-seeing men will regret. War is at all tinves a dire ...

... I.A T IEAQUWS OF CX IONS ABDI- ?? ?? , GATED, ITS FNCToNs. - . SDBI-before this question can be properly answered, iwe must first inn e what are the real or presumed ;functiodfcf the B-oij`ls'ofomimon66s. `t- is-a'fict, that the lower branch of -oar -legislature originated in the endeavour of the Normans to devise a simple and efficient method for be. plunder of the Saxons As :thjeprop'erty of ...

... GERMAN JOBBERY AT THE NATIONAL GALLERV. TO THE EDITOBR OF REYNOLDs's 3EWSPAPEa. .SEn,-It iS currently reported that Lord Palmerston is bent upon consulmmating the job left in embrye, orS as his lordship lately gave us t o understand, only proj-cted, liy the Aberdeen- Gladstone government. I mean the appoint- ment of Sir O. Eastlalke and a (German oE the namoe *,f Wornum respectively as ...

... AHMINISTR&TIVO REFORM ASSOCIATION. R.llnr- ?? . . `-uw-c.CuntrYmeu,-Tbe Administrative Ref~rm Asso. elation bas been brought into existrcea by the'exigeuc fthtbe tie. Its me -bers have no i-t;ezrest in sgitriio; they have no personal ambition-to serve, nu individuil ad- vantages to gain; they intend u'6 personal attack- the. ?? oul- enter upon teia movement, 'which involves a loni and arduous ...

... ?- 9 So w~a a Vi ni' 6db A ^ le ''OuWadnsda elein'a grnd anquet was giveni the. Mansion-house by the Lord Mayorziand the Lady Mayorese7 to the 'miitera and a large party. ACovers-wera laid for 270. > * ,, .After the usual routine toastas, . -- The LoaD MAYORprposed the toast of The Army and Navy of Great Britinand-of our brave-Allie'. VisCOTnt HAsRDINGE, in. returning thanks on behalf of the ...

... Ad s- Opa3li0p A NT B-.SOPOL, At length w' haye, n'e ?? interest and importance frorA-, sbe Criae nd, ffo.tbe time mbeing, load Rs6L~e's, notes on the weather are suspended in face of more serious matters. The- allied generals seem aroused: to action by the perplexities of their poRition. Two bomibardments bhavo sigually failed either to 'reduce the town 'of Sebastopol,' or open a breseh ...

... DREADFUL SUFFERTIGS ON THE ICE. ?? fnilmvingrimhr~~iM_4:u_ Be_ _ ise ?? rnseeresaung pareonlars of' a voyage from Cape Tomentine to Prince Edward's island are given by one of the sufferers (Mr Joseph Were), who is well knowi to many of our readers, and who resided several years at Bedminster, earrying on the business of a tan. nor. The letter was addressed to a gentleman at Boa. ton, and sent ...

... TIHE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOti. OFFICIAL DESPATC WVAxDRF3PAXTIIT, MayF 16 Lord Panmure has this day received a despatch and Its enclosures, of which the following are copies, ad. dressed to his lordship by Lord Raglan. Before Sebastopol, May 1, 1855. My lerd.-T. have little to ronort * Ue nrelahrdhi to-day. The Russians contnue actvely engageu in, covering their advanced works, and they have ...

... - ?? Tim las -A lattrfrom Dfub i gives ithe ollowing somewhat curioius` Wihitrs of the state of the' udicial body in Ireland:- Ouir bench at this side of tl]e Channel just now presents a somewhat remarkable aspect. Of the twelve common law judges no less than five are,-I regret to say, unable to attend to :their daties. Evyer person must lament that Chief Paron Pigot3shealth has obliged him ...

... | - The statement of an insurrection of tih peasantry in the iukraine is one of great interest, and the accounts hitherto given are very various. The tozas (a Polish paper published in Cracow) gives the following accoun. as the result of its special' inquiries:- Carriers (pro bably drivers of arabas) who were returning crow the Crimea through Podolix narrated in the neighbour- hood of ...

... - ,APPAL=NG ACRIDENT N SOUTHWABK. A most appalg occurrence took place on Monday ',aftetnooniititeBOrOBgh-road, Southwark, whichinot' ?? resalted in the total de tructian of t'e extensive fpieaisei of Messrs. Polgase and Co., (known as the Atlas iron works), and who were fulfilling a govern. inent contract for the snpply of a large number- of shell: and shot to our army in the east, but we ...

... NOTES OF THE WEE' K TO PERSOXS NOT ABOUT TO HARRY. One of the most extraordinary signs of the times is the existence of an institution having for its object the better dissemination of the holy sacrament of matri- mony. Hymen has already taken to the advertising eolumns, and we may soon look out for a placarded van, with a clergymanfor driver. It appears that spinsters and bachelors are not ...