... THE LON-DOLV GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, MA!RC2T 22. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 1. hi Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a MeF Drawing-roomn at St. James's Palace, upon Thursday, the T 14th of April next, at two o'clock. Apr Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a Lwoe of at St. Jamos's Palace, upon Wednesday, the 6th ef Apriol Lee next, at two o'clock. B-,r ...

... TOTAL DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF f, U I BURY HALL, NEAR CHORT.Er. L), 1 , . . (BOqMtTH9 MANCHESTER QUARDIAc] About two o'clock yesterday (Wednutday) iforniqg N. bury Hal, situate about one mile and a hl frou ChOrlu J and the seat of William Standish Standisb, -sy., wa5 Y covered to be on tre. The flame originatedin thej pantry, and .the eircmmttance- Which led to their disba, t f a very remarkable ...

... FRANCE, It is so rare a circumstance to find a trent writer Delivering a series of acute and well-retesone opinions on the historical events that have passe in England, that a work which has just aptleare here from the pen of M. Emile do l3donet'hose ha attracted considerable attention. It is a Bistor of England, down to the period of the first 1Frend Revolution, in four thick volumes, nd ...

... Jtiffehi, Oratorio. M1Nusic by Mr. HENRy LESLIE, the anl Poem byAMr. H. F. C11oRLEY. th At St. Martin's Hall, ?? night, there was a grand th musical perfenuance in aid of the Great Northern Hospital, York-road, King's-cross. The leading attractioncof the pro- Ce' graninme was the first time of presentation in London of the a51t oratorio IIJudith, originally produced at the Birmingham Pa, ...

... -ECONOMICLIFE AASURA.4NCE SOCIETY. The ordinary annual court of this society was held onI Saturday afternoon at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Black- friars, Mr. Biddulph in the chair, to consider and receive the auditors' report for the year 1688, and to elect auditors for the present year. The S1CRBTARY (Mr. A. Macdonald) havin- read the ad- Vertmsement convening the meeting, . The C}AIIIL. ...

... S1IGNOR GRAZIANI. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR-I have abstained as long as possible from obtruding the question of Signor Graziani's engagement on the notice of the public. The time, however, has now arrived when I feel that my continued silence might be misconstrued, and I should feel very greatly obliged if you would permit the fol- lowing correspondence to be inserted in your ...

... I LONDON: SATURDAY. MARCH 5, 1859. In the HousE of LoaDs, yesterday, The Marriage Law Amendment Bill was brought up from the Commons, read a first time, and ordered to stand for second reading on Tuesday week. Lord LUYNDHURST called attention to the proposal for removing the Royal Academy to Burlington House, warmly approving of the conduct of that body and of its services. The Earl of DERBY ...

... TBE IONJAX DIFFICULTY. To THE EDITOR OF TRlE MORNING CHRONICLE, SIn-Honest, credulous John Bull is mystified on the Jonian question. The persons who were hurrying matters into certain but gradual subversion, when I left Cephalonia in 1846, were not the inhabitants at large, but the Resident, and officials under him, supported, against Lord Seaton's honest intentions and endeavours, by an ...

... LONDON: WEDNESDAY, IUARCH 3 0,1S.59. In the HOUSE of LORDS, yesterday, Lord CAMPBELL moved the second reading of the Juries in Civil Causes Bill Its principle was to provide that, instead of unanimity, as at present, the agr3ement of three-fourths of the jury should carry the verdict. He vindicated the principle, and explained its details at great length. Lord LYNDHURsrr objected to the ...

... TRE MEMBEBS FOR -ROCHESTER AND I THEIR CON'STITUENTS. On. Friday evening, in accordance with a requisition 2 signed by 400 electors and freemen of Rochester, a common hall, convened by the Mayor (Mr. Manclark), was held at the Guildhall in that city to receive the members, Mr, Ser I geant Kinglake and Mr. P. .V, Martin, and hear an exposi- tion of their parliamentary conduct. The mayor took ...

... THE SOURTCE OF TzEa NILE-L 'hER IXPEDHI]O'.'. A letter frois Marseilles, of Smlrrday, states tb]it a froshl. cxpedilton has been orgulized fer cctverjtt0..iteo lt the -Nile. The expedition is i :n.'ated b:- ?? 'filai. Venctian, who hlas inhalbited Cairo f)r thl. i-r tt. yu.ris. Hc is a muemnber of the Geographical Society oi `aei;, and fte author of the muapof tho Valley ofthle N.I i has ...

... SWITZERLIND AND HER NEU- TRALITY. At a meeting of military men, just held at Geneva, General Dufour communicated a report which had been requested from himl in 1854 by the Federal Council, on the question of the neutrality of Swit- zerland, and as to her line of conduct, in order to conform to the text of the treaties regulating the neutralisation of a part of Savoy. The Journal de Gewnve ...