... THE .'RSN AN I THE PU:BLIC. The most successful -preacher of the present day, if we may judge by the size and- attention of his weekly congre- gation, said in our- hearing, as 'he numbered the sermon which he had just been delivering, and placed it on the shelf of a closet which already contained more than 2,004 original discourses, I never preach a sermon a second time to that congregaf ion ...

... (PnOa TFu .TIMES' SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JuIN 9. The heat at noon on the 8th instant was very intense, and the guns from the siege were completely quiet, the camp was in perfect stillness, but it was all the dreadful calm that precedes a storm, for we heard that wve again were to open our heavy fire on the town at three o'clock. At that hour it did commence, and is ...

... REPOR3LT OF MR. ROE3B:UCK1'S Committee. A careful perusal of the -Report of the Select Com- mittee upon the' State of the Army before Sebastopol, throws no new light on what was previously known, and affords no new information; but the document is, never- theless, most valuable as anticipating any future reproach, that had such an investigation only taken place at the time, we should have had ...

... NEWCASTIE NOTES and CHELTENHAM Chirps. By TOUCESTONEo, Having quitted with regret the rural districts of Hampshire, where hill and, dale, stream and wood, are so beautifully diversified as to render George Robins's deecription of it as The Garden of England, not an inappropriate designation, we will turn our readers' attention to the extreme north, in which quarter the annual holiday week ...

... TOWN EDITIONS ?? &- LATEST PFOR:EIGN INTTEMLIGE:NCE. The Action of the 18th of June. We have good authority for stating that the Government have received no accounts relating to the action of the 18th instant beyond those which were published on Friday morning. Some of our contemporaries state that Major-General Sir John Campbell, Colonel Yea, of the 7th, and Colonel Sliadforth of the 57th, ...

... (FROM ANOTHER TIMES' CooRESPOWDENT.) At ten o'clock the little incidents of the halting perceptible through the telescope from the crown of the hiM below the picquet- house were ?? the head of the harbour the Russians were busily engaged burying their dead; outside the abattis of theilound Tower several corpses of Zouaves were to be distinguished; about the Mamelon the French troops were hard ...

... TOWN EDITION. SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1855. The despatches have arrived containing the accounts of the brilliant and dashing capture of the Mamelon by the French, and of the Quarries by the English, on the 7th 1 of June. These exploits were preceded by the re-opening of the bombardment on the afternoon of the 6th. The fire was heavier and more effective than on any previous ,ccasion, and the ...

... THE HUANGO NASSACRE. 0 I Sinope was bad enough-cruel, cowardly, and unworthy of a civilized people. A whole fleet suddenly descended on a small flotilla, and made ships and crews the targets for heavy guns, until scarcely a plank -floated on the waters, or a seaman survived. And no sooner was this merciless ansd inglorious -slaughter! achieved, than the Russian Admiral cut back into port, and ...

... I LATEST FROM THE ?? ATTACK ON THE REDAN AND MALAXOFF TOWER. FRIiAY MOBRNiG, FO1t O'CLOck.L- Lord Paumure regrets to have to inform the Editor that hehas received information that the English troops attacked the Redan and the French the Malakoff Tower, at daylight on the morning of the 18th inst., but without the success which has heretofore attended our efforts. Both the French and ourselves ...

... THE SUNDAY TRADf11G BILL AND THE I ' I .House of Commons. In little more than another week, that is, on the 4th of neat month, the MetTopolitan Sunday Trgding Big will again be in committee in the House of Commons. Enough is known of this precious specimen of modern legislation, and of the manner in which it infringes on the rights of individuals to render it a duty on the part of every member ...

... I . WAR DEPARTMENT, Juwn 18, 1855. Lord Panmure has this day received three despatches and their enclosures, of 'which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Baron SEBASTOFOI, JUNE 6, 1856. My Lord,-I am deeply concerned to have to inform your lord- ship that Bear-Admiral Boxer died on board the Jason last night, outside the harbour of. ...

... AMU8SEBENTS AT DUBLIN. (FEOM 07JE OWN COERESPONDENT.) TwEAT z Roxsx,-(Lessee, Mr. J. Harria).-The benefit of Mr. T. C. King realised the most sanguine hopes of his friends, and must have been a source of great satisfaction to that gentleman. The play selected was Xfoney, Mr. King of course playing the hero. On Monday, the fourteenth Shaksperian revival was produced, and, much as has been said ...