... The Critic, in its last number, has some further re-bi marks on this vexed question. It still maintains G that George Combs was the author of The Ves- w tiges ; the only evidence, however, that it furnishes d of the correctness of its assertion is, that a gentleman a] -understood to be Professor Owen-corrected cer- tl tain misstatements as to matters of fact in the first o edition of the ...

... SKCOND EDITION. MERCURY OFFICK TUMODAT. ELEVNI OCtvc FRANCE. PAws, Mondqy.' The Paris ConferenCes for the consideration of the affairs of the Principali- ties will not be re opened before the end of the montb. TAe revision of the special treaties be- tween Austrisa and the italian States, and the ex- aminatioui of administrative reforms, will be ?? from the deliberation of the Congress. ...

... F'ItEi GN Iq XTELLIG ENe EL F A.N CE. (From the lines' Correspondence.) Paris, Friday, AI arch IS, Z r.Pt The greater part of this slay has been wet, cerke-s, 'and gloomy; nothing but cain,;and masses of cloud drifting ever. the heavens. At the ?? moment' when they were Luost' lowering a gleam of sunshine suddenly broke through the dark nmist, and, slowly dissipating the murky vapouf, diE- ...

... ' (From the Times.) g IC We are happy to state a congress of the great Powers w'l 1 U met either at London or Berlin to take into eonsideratioll 'ji a the state of Italy and the complications to which it has le'd ol of Although we may ail have become somewhat tired of Coni-' is greases; yet there is no doubt that this solution is the best t in under the circumstances. To Lord Cowl y's mission ...

... l From The Cotuncil of Ten in the Literary Gazette we take the following extract as another illustration of the state of feeling in England on the subject of the Government Bill:- MRc TasuraL.-But although Lord Grey has signified his disapproval of Lord John Russell's f resolution, I do not hear that it is to be withdrawn. THea BARoNET.-Lord John must regard the inti- matios with a curious ...

... - (From: the Titnes of Yesfarcly. - The House of Comimons is about this eening -ouliscuss a s proposition involing the mIost' momentois 'dojisiderations c Which can pdssibly be subiiittbd tb a'popi1ar assem1bly.' The Constitution of this`coutntry is to'be passed undetr'ir'e'ieiv; is e defectg critically scanned' ,'nd apppiopria td remedies'sd. vised. -To make the' opeaatidh 'stil1 niore ...

... BY, ELECTRIC TELEGRN PH, I I ?? Di;V e ut. HOUSE OF LORDS-MoNDAy. The House met at five o'clock. MISCELLANeEOUS.sDaLS. Indictable Offences (Metropolitan District) Bill passed through committee.. Mutiny Bill, Marine Mutiny, and County Courts Bill, read a second time. Convicts' Prisons Abroad Bill passed through com- mittee. The House adjourned at 5i30,'rss. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY. The House ...

... (Fromn the Mercantile Test.) There could scarcely be a more fitting occasion than the -cesnt for placing the law of debtor and creditor on a satis- Mdacty footing. It is the universal theme at this moment. London merchants, law lords, Irish statesanen, Scotch judges, bankruptcy commissioners, the Association for the Promotion of Social Science, the Law Amendment Society, and Trade Protection ...

... From Bombay we have news to the 25th ult.; i there is, however, little worth special notice. I Brigadier Hill has had an easy victory over the i R-ohillas. He captured their forts without a blow. Tantia Topee still holds out. It is be- lieved that he is in the neighbourhood of Deesa. The most gratifying piece of intelligence is that there is nothing to report from Oude or Nepaul __ Itwonld ...

... PARIs, Monday.-The Moniteur contains a report from the Minister of Algeria, which is ap- proved by the Emperor, and announces that Go- vernment will this year buy the cotton from the planters of Algeria. The decree abolishes the duty upon growers, settles cotton prices, and promises rewards to the most skilful cultivators. At the review held yesterday by the Emperor on the Champ de Mars, after ...

... TUESDAY MORNI NG, MkARCE 22. _ _ - | THIS intelligence from the Continent yesterday is do- cidedly of a more pacific tendency. A Congress of :41. -_ 1 -- 7 _ _ _ P the great Powers of Europe has been decided upon, as is said through the mediation of Lord Cowley. As the Times yesterday declares, The dispute now enters into the phase of negotiation, and Europe may breathe freely after about ...

... Under this heading Mr Adam Black, I. P., has addressed. a letter to the Times, urging its aid towards the removal of the Annuity-tax. He says: - The tax upon the inhabitants of Edinburgh and Mvontrose for the support of the Established clergy, called the .rnnuity-tax, is essentially as vicious as Ministers'-monev in Ireland, which wasjustly abolished two years ago, or as Church-rates in ...