... THE BANK OF ENGLAND. It is gencrally riamoured that Government is about to permit, or perhaps we should rather say invite, the Bank of England to issue an additional five hundred thousand pounds worth of notes beyond the value of the bullion in its cellars. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. We have received a number of communications from different parts of the country inquirieg %whether there would ...

... The traffic roturno of railways in the United Kingdom amounted for the week ending November 24 to £380,300, and for the correo4ponding period of last year to £343,000,I ohowiug an increase of £37,3 .0. RAILWAY TRAFFIC WJOEKLY UIFTURN. Name f IWway. This Se:no 1110-yr's Bases M~ileb Nameof l~l~oy. Week. 1:014. Total. 1014. open. Aberdeen & Scot. Mid. 8000 20,33 54717 401537 110 Bolfasitand ...

... A. ., . ?? . :: - i, 0i-e 'nal f6 iniglt, 11ecoting of tho ielect Vostryto Wasi It yetedyte Rev Mr. Campbell in the' Phar l te ism espee,,eet were Messes9- WodrEV iarto ?? Is .t. tlohei, %V. jees; Dintee oven, BradleOY, Bold. Melter. Luff,' Ntt ailey,SIbkil, Clarkte, Gada~ l ty Btawlc, Chesney M TT ADDING A MEMBFPS havML Taon A ed AOirTf. Dno The minutes of the hsoitiestitghv,,. en ed r.Dao ...

... H WAR. cC will irge in. the tee fact nth 110. low THE ALLIED ARMIES. DEPAITUEX OP GENERAL SIrMPSOr. General Simpson Ias ceased to be Commander-in.Clhief of this army. All must feel sorrow for the circumstances under which a veteran officer like Sir James Simpson resigned his command. His simplicity of manners and singleness of mind never failed to conciliate the regard, if not the respect and ...

... T. (from the Economist.) n, The writer of sn article in the North Britishs Review says: o - In the present aspect of European affairs, who shall come t forward and assure us that ere long her Most Gracious Majesty g id will not be called, by the voice of the British people, to fight s ie the world almost single-handed in defence of the one spot on li k- earth where liberty-political, civil, ...

... a3rjolu ENGIGAND. -4 MARRIAGE iN HIon tiFE.-It having been an- nounced that the marriage of the Marquis of Win- chester with the Lion. MiAs Montagu, eldest daughter of Lord Rokehy, was ?? at the parish church of St Jamnes's, Piceildilly, on Thursday at an carly hour the ?? of t~ hurch were besieged lfj' a large number of ladies, mbny of them of aristocratic familes. At half-past eleven ...

... 4HRE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWSd. . Bin,-One of the beat suggestions I have met for affecting a thorough precticel reform in the organisation and working of the unfortunate line whose affairs now 0 engrossle touch of yeor space and attention, is conveyed in g I a paasage of your able leader of this mornirg, which I here F I beg to quote as a reminder to those ot ...

... BXPULSZON OF REFUGBEE FROM JRRSRY. On Tuesday night, a publi.imieeting As held iii the City Hall, Glasgow, Coancillor Korn in the chair, for the purpose of protesting against the recent expulsion of the refugees from the ielsaaa of Jersey. The hall was about balt filled, the assembly being composed almost entirely ot. the working elsases. The CGAiHmAN briefly introduced the busiaess of the ...

... GERMAN NEUTRALITY AND SWEDISE Sympathy. The King of PnussiAr opened the Parliamentary session on Thursday in a speech which'will not add much to the credit of Prusia as a great European Power. He acknow- ledges that Prussia is well prepared for war, and that no country is more ready for sacrifices whenever its honour or interests are really in danger. He thus persists in separating himself' ...

... Trnu curious fact in human history whioh would I I sorely perplex many speculators but that Scripture 0 ° proclaims it-that to him that has much, more is , given, and the converse-is as true of wealth as of 'a iay other possession. The man who begins life with t the merest trifle of cash can easily increase it; while s he who begins with nothing finds it the hardest a thing in the world to ...

... a We extract the following from a letter, signed Amicus,' awhieh appeared in the Timtes of Wednesday:- ti I am satisfied that the reports ard opinions of thejurors will A prove, for example, that in our iron manufacture (one of the most a extensive and important branches of our industry), in the adap- b o tation of manufactured or rolled iron to particular forms and aS y purposes, we are ...

... (From Punch.) It Trbo floating froth of public prnline blown lightly by each random guot via Settle9 on trapllbe, bright lor datys, to lapee iii centuries of rust. gi The puiblic hearl t, fintt will lbe. fi-st hut hasi0 art its food to choosr, brc Coops whalvt ?? readicst, 6t( hles far bread, rather thao tast, will fan loat refiioo. ho Ilelec iero-ieoilip'5 hungry liuls takea maennest idols, ...