... The Lisbon correspondent of the Times Te the following explanation of the position of the question as to the capture of the Charles and Georges, on which the Portuguese Government has now yielded to the demands of France:— The French bark the Charles-et-Georges, Captain Rouxel, was taken by the Portuguese schooner of war Zambese, at the port of Conducia, near Mozambique, on the 29th of ...

... (From th« Mercantile Test.) A large portion of the newspaper press, including the Times itself, have again arisen in hostile array, and invoked the whole armoury of the law, civil and criminal, against the directors of the Western Bank of Scotland. We ask permission, this crisis, to rise to order for a few moments. Surely it is but fair that those directors should tried, or at least heard, ...

... EARL OF SHREWSBURY CHERBOURG. The Earl of Talbot anrl Shrewsbury, at the annual meeting of the South Staffordshire Agricultural Society at Lichfield, in returning thanks forthe Army and Navy, made the following remarks on Cherbourg in connection with our national defences : His noble friend, Lord Sandon, bad spoken of the defences of the country, and he could not do otherwise than support his ...

... (From the Constitutional Press.) Reform is threefold : Administrative, Electoral, and Financial. The Administrative Reformers have injured the cause they desired to serve, setting out with an absolute ignorance the elements of Administration. Concerning Electoral Reform, see a good deal in the Radical Journals ; but there seems verv little interest on the subject among the population. Be that ...