... -TE BISHOP OF M.LBOURNEI AND THE COLONIAL CRURCO SOCIETY X We have Il' pleasure in inserting the following extract from a ?? preached in St- Mary's Church, t in this town, on Sundaiy last, by the Bishop of Mel- bourne, on behalf of the Colonial Church School r Society:- It would occupy snore time than the limits of a ser- anon permit to take even the most rapid survey of the I spiritnal ...

... i FRANCE. Jut PARTS, MONODAY EvxNIirj.-According to thee most ll trustworthy accounts to-day the Emperor's indisposition to vas of very ahort duration, 'md lie is now quite recovelred. flag 01 I i i~nfoaed that, rafter c, 'itting a sonceawhat protracted 1prigor council of ministers on Sat' nrday, he seas afflicted with a be se rtrangury yhich excited so;ce uneasiness in the satiarally E. G. ...

... The annual meeting of subscribers and examinatfoxi df ~dils; ' Sete connected with the above Institution, took place in the (, Pt y tion Rooms13, onFriday. The attendance~of the public, we aega disti to say, was more numerous than usual. Among the gentlemen sent present were-the Lord Provost in the chatir-Right Rev. sele Bishop Skinner; Revs. Mess rs Simpson, H'Millass, Wilson, pect Spence, ...

... pROM OUR CoRRESPONDENTS. -FISHPONDS.-We erat requestedfo state that our oorres- pondent wes In error last week in saying that the Rev. G. B. -Thomaz had accepted an finvitationt to Bath. The rev, gentle- S man has received n0 ouch invitation. rUCKLECHURCH.-This usually quiet village was on Sat- -urday night last the scene 0o' great excitement among all classes, the prevailing Idea being that ...

... MR. DISRAELI AND ADMINISTRATIVE IEFORM. A new practical question of first-rate importance has been introduced into the politics of the times, and Mr. Disraeli has takell up his position on it in the most masterly manner. It is hardly possible to exaggerate the importance of the speech made by the Right lIon- onrable gentleman on last Monday, when he proceeded to grapple, with the rising ...

... THE LATE LIEUTENANT HURT OF THE 34r| REGIMENT. It is with most sincere regret that we see amiong the list of tie English officers killed in the attack of the 18th inst., upon the Redan Battery, the name of Lieut. Francis Richard Hurt of tile 34th Regiment. This gallant officer was the eldest son of Francis Hurt, Esq., of Alderwasley, in this county. The second son of the samc gentleman fell at ...

... Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County h of Stafford-Ist Begirnent of King's Own Staffordshire b; Militia-Acting Quartermaster William Shea to be Ensign, cl 2nd ?? of King's Own Staffordshire Militia-ElltsalI W Cave llumfrey to be Lent., vice Lane, resigned. TIE SECOND REsIuNtET or MILITIA. - Tlhe regiment, it which has been so long under training at Stafford, has cl received ...

... 1 The Qzueen, attended 'by ilaqy Churchlill, Viie the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday a fternoanlit Glee . cester house. The Equercies in waiting wlere in ttn 1anoe on. boraebaek. Her Mdajesty afterwarde o sd 3 accomupanied by Prince Arthur; a ;Olt - la . Prince Albert, asttended by Captain the Hon. * doelS rode on horseback in tbe forenloon. Ills royql ?? rode again in the Bfternoor, attended ...

... DESPATCEH FROM LORD RAOItAE. (FROM A SUPPLEMIENT TO TIIE GAZETTE.) r , War Department, June 18, 1855. ILord Panmure hes thisi day received two daspatches iand their enclosttres, of which tbe following are 3copies, address9ed to his lordahip by Field Marslha1 the ?? Raglant, (G.CB. , : Before Sehastopol, June 9, 1S55. IMry Lord,-I have tbe great satisfaction of inferming your lordship that the ...

... J2NPERIAL PARLIAMENT. l HOUSE OF LORDS.,-TUESDA ~ 3re26 m The housse met at 5 o'clock. te] ROYAL COMdISISSI'ON. 0 The royal assent was given by commission to the follow- P The Consolidated, Fnnld (10,000,0l00. BiloEt ato of tnom ie Boor Children, InsurarcO on Lives, Abateme;ant o utinmes TaCotnnOof Ecelsliti Cationr, Sern Duis Trps Con titugeulation and D~greoa (Oxford), Grants of th~ Leand, ...

... PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF'S DESPATCHES. rrince Gortsjhafeoff writes to St. Petersburgh on the Oth The cannonade continues against the bastions Korni- toff and X n. 3. The enemy has asked for an armistice, in order that he may bury his dead. Hid loss on the 7th ex- ceeded 4.000 men. In a despatch previously received the Russian Com- mander writes :— On the 30th the enemy's fleet which had attacked ...

... T11:E WAR. THE BALTIC. ABO, Jusic 21.-The Grand Duke Nicholas has just re- viewed the troops at Blelsingfors and Abo, and inspected the fortificatious at Sweaborg. The English fleet is dispersed along the coast of Finland. THE CRIMEA. The Rusdean government publishes a despatch from Prince Gortsebakoff, dated the evening of the.l9tb, praising the troops, and announcing tbat the fire of the ...