... I' The usual levee was held at the Tuileries on New Year's Day, with the customary ceremonial and the same pomp. The order of the reception was, however, somewhat departed from, in conse- quence of the repairs going on in front of the Pont Royal. The General Officers, Staff, and Officers of the National Guard and of the Army, were introduced to the Throne-room by the long gallery, which runs ...

... FALBSE SENTIMENT EVOKED FOR eoaehers. We have ever firmly and constantly raised our voice against that system of agricultural burglary known by the name of Poaching, a species of household robbery that, among a certain class of would-be politicians and their mistaken followers, has hitherto found too much favour and leniency-indeed, toleration. The demagogues who have been the means of ...

... The members of Mr. Carter's Choral Classes gave a fine perform. ance of E ijah, in the large School Room of St. Luke's, on Friday ,evening, December S7tb. The principal vocalists were Miss De Conrcy, ?? Miss Marian Wheatley, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Lambert; Conductor, Mr. William Carter. Of all the compositions of this great maestro, that of Riija is the grandest and most com. plete. It was first ...

... I St. Martin's Hall was re-opened for the first time on Monday evening last since it was nearly destroyed by fire some time ago, having been engaged by Rumsey and Newcomb's Ethiopian Minstrels (eighteen in nuomber), who bad al uninterrupted run of success in Liverpool from June last up to their departure for London. Since Fell's notable Company appeared at the St. James's Theatre some years ...

... I There is not an Institution of a benevolent character in this king- dom that so imperatively appeals to the humanity and purses of a commercial and maritime nation-setting aside all ordinary con- sideratiou of charity-as that of the Lifeboat Aesociation. When we look back for twenty or thirty years and remember the frightful loss of life that annually took place under our very eyes, at our ...

... At the present moment our readers may be glad to have placed before them a short outline of the history of the ancient family of WiUdham, in reference to the important trial which has been occu- pying so much of public attention during the last few weeks. The first point to state is that the Windhams flourished in Nor- folk and other Eastern counties before the Conquest; and the second, that, ...

... THE UNION BANK OF LONDOiNo It is a cheering fact for England, and a gratifying one for the Commercial and Banking Interests, to know that while financial affairs are at such an extremity in France, the National Treasury in America in a state approaching bankruptcy, and the payment of specie almost suspended, that in this country, with all these circum- stances either directly or indirectly ...

... K p K, ? ?- TOWN EDITION. SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1862. Hapoily, we can at last begin our survey of the week without necessarily referring to American affairs. But we may as well dispose of that subject by stating that Mr. SEWARD'S long Despatch has been published, and that it has really very little more to do with the law of the case, as such law is recognised by Europe, than the other American ...

... I THE SURREY GARD.ENS A SITE FOR I TI,,. ~St. Thomas's Eospital. The inexorable fiat of progress, the go-ahead principles of the day, and the demand made for space and elbow room by our rail- ways and extension lines, even up to Our counters and firesides, is rapidly sweeping away all the landmarks and boundaries, not only of the country, but even of our cities. So rapid and destructive is ...

... I TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. S' D I * ~MELBOURNE, NOV. 21, 1BG61. thr-auldnesh reigns supreme in the Theatrical ?? and the cloulds that hang over it seem impervious to any light that I ca see at present. TEi LIrBB OPERATIC TRoupE finished at the Theatre Royal, Ifter a soessefl O Season, as I am told, but judging from the houses I witnessied onseveral occasions, I ahould say anything but a atir- ...

... ',THE LATE COLLiIERY CALAMITY. It is universally allowed that the source of all England's wealth, commercial importance, and grandeur is CoAL. Upon the quality and abundance of this mineral our workshops, factories, our Navy, nay, our universal trade, depend. Should some unlooked-for calamity overtake us-some subterranean fire, or great convulsion of the earth, deprive us of that fuel, England ...

... THE HARTLEY, PIT CATASTROPHE. ?? 4-- Nnw HARTLEY, JANUABY 23, 9 Ao.M.-.The sinkers have been quietly pursuing their work in thle shaft during the night, making all secure for the working parties, who proceed as early as is con- sistent with safety into the workings to remove the beodies. The sb~'ft is far from being in a secure condition, and moen. working' there might be killed any moment by ...