... NOTJS o0 ImDUS'TMJz RUSSIA. BY A TR5VELLEZI, Russia is entering upon an industrial era. A: tendency towards a free trade tariff will place her commer-' cial relations upon a sound basis, and facilities for bringing her produce to the export market are the best guarantee thatr an aggressive policy will be replaced by offorts for internal development Such are apparently the principles which the ...

... ART-UNION ANNUAL DISTRIfU2ION. The annual meeting of msemrs of the Art-Union trek piece Yesterda'y at the Haymefrket Theatre. and the Wital distributionl of prizes took place. The chait was taken by Lord MONTRA e i.F., and both the stage and the body of tbo theatre were crowded with a fashionable audience. The proceedings wcere opened by Mr. Godwin, the hon. rcrenir~r, reading the report, ...

... THLE MO1RNING HERALD AND STTANDABD. Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, the cop5rights theso two dnily newspapers, together with that of the St. Jamnes's Chronicle, published three days a week, -were offered for sale by public auction, at the- Auction Mart, City, by lessrs. Christie and Manson. The property was put up in one lot, and was offered for sale under the orders of the assig- nees of ...

... KSING yDWAARD-STRXE-E SAGGED CHOOLS .AND GI.RLS' REFUGE. I The eleventh annual mceftin of this excellent in- etitution, which is situate in the densely populated locality of Albert-street, Spitalfields, was held last evening, under the presidency of Mr. RoBEnT HANDUny, M.P. The inhtita- tion is divided into two branches; the first, and not the least important, is the girls' refuge, which has ...

... The Dhats of Paris publishes an analysis of to the Royal speech, which will be read by General t] Narvacz, in the Queen's name, on the 1st of May, at l the opening of the Spanish Cortes. The speech is drawn a up by M. Pidal. 0 It wsill announce the re-establishment of a good p understanding between Spain and Rome; renewal a of friendly relations with the Court of Russia. The v hope is ...

... The news both from Berlin and Berno concurs in ca' representing a settlement of the Neufehatel question ee as more probable than ever. ha The semi-official Swiss journal, the Bund, of the as 25th, has the following article: of Dr. Kern made his report to the Fedeoral Council yesterday. lo1 From what we have been enabled to learn the following were Rt the essential points of his statement. The ...

... ONe court. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yester. day, at Buhckingham Palace. Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales in the forenoon. The Prince, attended by Lord Alfred Paget paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester in the afternoo, The Princess Alice, attended by Lady Caroline Barringtoe; also visited the royal duchess, at Gloucester-house, in the afternoon. The ...

... (FRoOM LAST NIGOT's GAZETTE.) T INDIA BOARD, APRIL 28, 1857. m The following despatch has been this day received fr at the East India-house: ti FROM THE GOVYERNOR-oENEIIAL OF INDIA IN COENCIL Cl TO THE SECRET CONOIITTOE OF TIlE EAST INDIA COX- r( rANY. (Extract.) vi Fort William, March 24, 1867. Cl We forward a printed copy of a notification, publishing Sir fe James Outram's despatch to his ...

... PIEDMONT. (Tnow OUR SPECIAL COaESrONDDZNT.) 'TURIN, APRIL 26. 2 A circumstance has occurred, of which the con- sequences may be most serious, You arc aware that the inhabitants of Genoa, ever since they -were so shamefully deceived by the Austrian and British I governments in 1815, have never been friendly to M any government; in short, the leading men of p Genoa. wish to have all th% power in ...

... Yesterday the tventy-sixth annual meeting of the proprietors n King's College woas held in the library of that institt on; the Bishop of LONDON in the chair. The report, after expressing the regrets of the council at the severance of the tie which had so long existed between them and Bishop Blonifield as their offlcial chairman, went on to say that there are at present on the rolls of the ...

... CHURCH OF BNGLAIND SCRIPTURE BBADZRM ASSOCIATION. This society, which was established some years ago, for the pir se of aiding the pardohial clergy in their pasora duies yproviding them with the assistance of lay scriptane readera, held its thirteenth anniversary yesterday, at alnover-square Rooms. The Bishop of LONDON Was ini the chair, and upon the platform were also the Bishop of Winchester ...

... PARLIAMENTARlY REFORM. TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, M1.P. I My Lord,-I have specially addressed you on the claims of Parliamentary Reform; because it belongs to you as First Minister of the Crown to introduce such measures as the necessities of the country may require, and because it is a wise and constitutional policy on the part of private subjects to assume, until the contrary is proved, that ...