... iKi&e €?ijiirt5 &c; HER MAJESTY AT BANGOR.—Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Prince Arthur, and the Princess Helena, Alice, and Louisa, airived at Bangor, fr ...

... THURSDAY, JULY 28. OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.-Lord J. RUSSELL, after laying some official correspondence on the table, prefaced his promised statement respecting the position of foreign affairs by announcing that in that morning's Moniteur the Emperor of the French had declared his intention to reduce both the military and naval armaments of France to a peace establishment. The peace lately ...

... SHANGHAI, OCT. 21. No political news. Large sales of black tea. Green in limited request. Silk market well supplied. Tonnage plentiful. Ex- change on London at six months, 63. 8d. CANTON, OCT. 27. The new customs rules do not work well. Markets quiet. Teas flat. Freight to London £3. HONG KONG, OCT. 29. A destructive fire took place here on the 20th. Pro- perty of the value of 100,000 dollars ...

... SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 5. The Indus has arrived with the heavy portion of the East India and China nails, 54 passengers, a small quantity of specie, and 1,500 bales of silk. The principal part of tin Mediterranean fleet was at Gibraltar; there were also seven French ships of war and three Spanish ships of var. Private accounts represent the action between the Spaniards and Moors on the 25th ult. as ...

... REPORT ON THE ADDRESS.-The report on the Address having been brought up, in reply to Mr. Had- field, Lord STANLEY said that notwithstanding the present very serious state of the finances in India, the government were fully persuaded of the expediency of con- tinumgtheexpenditure upon public works in that country. —Mr. BRIGHT insisted on the necessity of reforming the Indian system of land ...

... PERSONAL, MILTON'S GENEALOGY.—Hyde Clarke, writing to the City Press, says:—In consequence of noticing in that valuable work, Professor Masson's Milton, that the name of the poet's grandfather was undetermined, I have been lately engaged in some inquiries, in which I have been assisted by the Chamberlain, Mr. B. Scott, the Town-clerk, Mr. F. Woodthorpe, and the Clerk of the Chamber, Mr. John ...

... On the capital of Piedmont nearly the whole public interest of Europe at this moment centres. This seat of the Sardinian monarchy is situated in a beautiful plain on the Po, which at this point receives the waters of the Dora Ripara. The town is of an oblong form, and its circumference about four miles. The streets are in general wide and straight, intersecting each other at right angles, and ...

... WRETCHED END OF A SEDUCER. A correspondent of the Manchester Examiner writes:—■ The recent wreck of the emigrant-ship Pomona has brought to light one of those dark domestic episodes which would rest far better in the depths of oblivion, were it not that in this case we have a striking instance of the ultimate fate which follows domestic perfidy and crime. For some few years, a person named ...

... The Gonstitutionnel of Monday, in an article signed by its chief editor, M. Grandguillot, says that the declara- tions of the Cabinet of Turin, on the subject of the Regency of M. Bouncompagni, are of a nature to make those arrangements possible which have generally been considered as very difficult of execution. It is under- stood that if M. Buoncompagni exercises the regency, it is only for ...

... Austere and crotchety, elderly and cynical, Henry Drummond is an extraordinary man merely to look at. He is tall and thin, with an oval head, a calm, passionless face, and short, scant grey hair. There is an air of the recluse about him. One would expect to find him at Oxford or Cambridge rather than in the House of Commons. Yet not only do you find him there, but he is a favourite with the ...

... TUESDAY, AUGUST 9. THE MILITIA LAW AMENDMENT BILL.This bill was read a second time on ths motion of the Earl of Ripon, and after some remarks from Lord Stratford and Lord Kingsdown. Some other bills were advanced a stage, and their lord- ships adjourned. ...

... j&cotlann. SIR RODERICK MURCHISON. —This eminent geologist is now in the Highlands of Sutherland examining the succession of the rocks there. He has made two or three ascents up the mountains in and around Ichnadamph. He is accompanied by Professor Ramsay. HERRING FISHERY. —The herring fishery in Scotland up to Saturday last was a failure. The weather had been fine, and there was the prospect ...