... Last week closed with the impeaehtnent, by most cowardly inuendo, of Mr. Layard as the slayer of Captain Christie; basely Ikilled by apo-' cryphal old age. Mr. Layard had in the most mlignant manner privately sharpened the scythe of Time and prematurelY cut' off a gallant gen- tlemau. In other words, Captain Christie had been stung to death by the hon. and no less un- scrupulous member for ...

... The second bombardment of Sebastopol may be con. sidered to have failed; for we learn, officially, that the firing on the 29th had been discontinued, althouzh Sir C. Wood, who had 'received a telegraphic despatch from Liord Ralglan,intima~ted the expectation that it would be shortly resumed. the Mgonikeir asserts that they had suspended their fire, in order to husband their amaunition, End in ...

... DIPERI RL PARLIAMENT. - V- hlOUSE OF LORDS-TUESDAY. Tthe Eiml of EGLINTON preseuted a petition from a parish in Ayrshire, against the Maynooth (Grant. ?? Earl of SHIAFTESBURY presented petitious to the sanile eff-t from vatious paris!ies end ciogregatious iI Eug- land and Scotland. Lil BERNERS presetted pet tions from Leicesterilsire and Sumersetshire, a19ainst ?? sale of spirituous liquors on ...

... BUWLDIrG SOCIETIES AND STAIMP I 'UTIRS. I a e To THR EDITOR OF THH MORNING CHRONICrX. id SiR-Of course you are aware there is a Friendly So- cieties Bill at present before Parliament ; it has gone or through committee, and will shortly be read a third time. I am not now about to enter into the merits of that measure, but upon a clause which has been engrafted upon it at almost its last stage ...

... INE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDA Y, | tMAY 22. j LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MAY 7. Notice is hereby gives, that her Majesty will hold a Draw- ?? at St. James's Palace, at two o'clock, on Thursday, the 14th of June. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry James Meller, Esq., to be Resident Magistrate for the county of D'Urbsn, in the district of Natal, in South Africa. ...

... UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCB. error OXFORD, MAY 30. tions In a Convocation holden this morning the following gen. were tlemen were appointed Masters of the Schools:- That Rev. FredericklMeyrick, M.A., Trinity College. 55 in Rev. George Ridding, M.A., Exeter College. later Rev. William Salter, MA., Balliol College. (forts In a Congregation holden immediately afterwards, being iles the first day of ...

... I The Polynesian of March 24 says :- The com- A bined English and French squadron is expected at t'the islands in the month of April or May, and we 3d understand, from rumour, that another attack is to le be made upon Petropaulovski as soon as the place can be safely approached after the breaking up of rethe ice. We also hear that the squadron will be le increased by the addition of a line-of ...

... NEWSPAPER ISTAMP DUYIES BILL. HOtSE OF COIMMONS-FRIDAT. OV Order read, for resuliling adjourrioel dlebitto ol ameneidnielit pro- by pesed to be ?? to question (,thi May), That the bill be vi ne read the third tihe, and which anieidinent, was to leave out the word now, and at the end of the question to add the a, wordi upon this day six mouths. Quetion again proposed, o1 t1h1at the word ...

... The following telegraphic despatches were re- ceived on Saturday:- VIENNA, SATURDAY, MAY 5. Advices from Constantinople of the 3d inst. state that Mehemet Ali Pacha, having been recalled from exile, Redschid Pacha has resigned. Aali Pacha, now at Vienna, is appointed Grand Vizier in his stead; a. substitute has been appointed to act for him ad interim at Constantinople. The terms proposed by ...

... NAVAL AND MILITARY NBWS. 0- APPOINTMEiiTS- Acting Master-C. E. H. Farrant, to the Prospero. Second Master-R. Gilpin, to the Dee. Assistant-Clerk-E. T. Boys, to the Athol. SHEERNESS, MAY 6. P The Dapper gun-boat, Lieutenant Grant, we are happy to report, was picked up by the Lizard, paddle, Lieutenants Christopher, and arrived in this harbour at 1 a.m. on Batur- 0 day. It appears she has been ...

... NA PAL AND MILITARY NE WS. APPOINTNNNTS. Commanders to be Captains-T. A. Massingberd, James Rawstona, and Thomas Miller. Lieutenants to be Commanders-Jobn Seccombe, W. E. K. Gore, and William Arsnytage. Surgeon-Charles Henry Fuller, to the Agiucourt. PORTSMOUTH. It is reported here that Tice.Admiral of the Red Sir George Seymour, ?? ?? will succeed Sir Thomas Cochraneas commander-in-chief at ...

... ADXJNVSTIA TIVYE REFORM. T0 LORD PALMERSTON, ON BEHALF OF THE! PRESENT MINISTRY. MlwLord-When one of the people tells a deliberate lie, he s3lcered by all who regard their own characters ; when a dink:er makes all assertiou in the face of the clearest (sluice, it is looked on so much as a matter of course that rarrely CIl forth even a passing remark. llorle of ?? people obtains Money from ...