... LON DONs . TEURSDAY, JULY 12, 1855, In the HousE of COMMONS yesterday, Mr. WALPOLE moved that Baron Rothschild be allowed to be heard by his counsel and agents be- fore the committee now examining into the validity of his seat. The motion was, after some discussion, agreed to. IOn the motion for going into committee on the Church Rates Abolition Bill, M Mr. FOLLETT opposed the motion, on the ...

... BRIU ISH SLA VEHOLDERS. The following petition was lately presented to the House of Lords by Lord Brougham:- TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE PEERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIADMENT ASSEMBLED. The Petition of the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, Humbly Showeth-That your petitioners have learnt with deep pain that there are at the present ...

... [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Moniteur of to-day announced the death of Lord Raglan in the following terms:- Letters from London some days since stated that Lord Raglan was seriously ill. A despatch from General Pelissier, received to-day, dated Juno; 28, ten p.m., announces the death of the excellent, General whom the Government of Queon Victor-la selected to ...

... This distinguished officer has taken up his residence at Lsamitigton, where Lady Brown has occupied a mausion for some time past, and where also Sir George contemplates as prolonged A stay as his health may require. On Saturday after. noon the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood made a public recognition of his gallant services in the East, by the presentation of an address, most ...

... FRNOH ARMY IN THE CRIMEX | I ing are extracts from letters brought 9 Before Sebastopol, June 23. amazingly from the fire of the eru biw were laid in position for that ahiP, Eeat heavy broadsides into the ~ 51d of a However, we are soon ~pl nat revenge. and if I may judge by r fellows breathe, there tub the Russians will get the worst of co doub no time, believe me, in making y for the blood ...

... (EXTRACT FROM THE LETTER. OP A YOUNG OFFICER IN' TUE CRIMEA.] Heights above Sebastopol, June 23. I have, indeed, had great mercies vouchsafed to me. I went down to the trenche i on the night of the 18th (now, no longer the glorious 18th of June). For the first few hours they were filled with the killed and wounded whom they were bringing up about midnight from the Cemetery, thesoen6' of ...

... PA RIJAMEN7ARY BUSINESS. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY. ORDERS OF ToE DAY. Lady Raglan and Lord Raglan's Annuities Bill-Third reading. Tenants' Improvements Compensation Bill-Committee. Pairtnership Amendmnent Bill-Commaittee. LiPited Liability Bill-Committee. Stage Carriages Duties, &c., Bill-Second reading. Coal Mines Inspection Bill-Third reading. Ftisheries (British Islands and France) Bill ...

... d MORNYING CHRONICLE OFTICB, n ~Monday. 1 v.m. e SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL d 0 dREPULSE OF THE RUSSIANS. d OFFICIALS DESPATCH. By a WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 16. ?? Panmure has received information that a Russian sortie took place against the French Rifle Pits in front of the Malakoff on Saturday night, : which was gallantly repulsed. The army is healthy. e r eTELEGRAPHIC DESPATCiES. e S ST. PETERSBURG, ...

... RAIL WA YS. EASTERN COUNTIES. A special meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern on Friday, to consider the propriety of confirming an agreement with the East Suffolk Company for the con- struction and working of their lines-Mr. P. Waddington, M.P., in the chair. The CnAiOAO AN said that he appeared before the pro- prietors in pursuance of a pledge given in the last two half. ...

... BARRO W SCHOOL. A number of the old pupils of Harrow dined together at di the Freemasons' Tavern on Wednesday evening. The hall se was elegantly decorated with salvers, epergoes, flowers, &c. mo The chair was occupied by Sir Robert Peel, Bart., sup- th ported by the Hon. F. Ponaonby, Mr. A. Stafford, M.P., in Lord Garlies, the Rev. Francis Trench, Rev. ?? 0. Blackall, B Captain Sapte, Rev, J. ...

... ST. DUNSTANS VILLA, BEGENT'S-G PARIK. On Wednesday there was a private view of the costly effects at this villa, better known as the Miarquis of Hert. ford's, Among the visitors were Sir James South, the Earl of Lonsdale, Baron L. Rothschild, Alderman Sir W. Carden, &c. Tbe furniture and effects, a few valuable pictures, antique sculptures, Florentine bronzes, &c., are to be sold by ...

... ,J.u - inh To TOE EDITOR OF TrE MORNING CHRONICLE. en SiR-Thie valuable collection, so intimately connected with Is, the early history of our metropolis, being at the present time iw brought especially to tle notice of the public, induces me ck to trouble you with a few lines on the subject. e. It is now more than a century ago that the son of the illustrious architect Sir Christopher Wren ...