... PLAIN SPEAKING. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NXWS. SIt,-I am all for sticking up for Lord Palmer- .ton. I am ready to throw up my cap for him as high as the noisiest gamin of the crowd. But let us at least understand, if possible, what we are about. Is ...

... TIT-BITS OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. It is a misfortune for the great orators of the day. or that there is so much public speaking and, such in- B signi dustrious reporters. Their wit and wisdom are often sha: wasted on the desert air, simply because it is impo ...

... A VOICE FROM THE CLOUDS SPEAKING OF BORNEO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-The limes has got a new ally; one S. E. T., perhaps somewhat more reputable, but not one whit more efficient than Aaron Smith, of Cuban fame, or Alexander Campbell, the ...

... AN AMBASSADOR THAT WILL SPEAK I TUE TRUTH TO KINGS. TO THU EDITOR OF THlE DAILY NEWS. VI SIB,-It seems to me that some notice should be U taken of the remarks, under the head of Prussia, in the f, Times of the 16th inst., on the speech said to have ...

... populations. In point ot fact, save and except those expressly educated for the profession of interpreters, few Christians speak the language correctly; and as to reading and writ- ing it, it is a most exceptional distinction. There was little inducement ...

... in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday. The speakers who have inscribed their names to speak in favour of the treaty are more numerous than those ,rho intend to speak against it. Of tbe seven bureaux. of the Chamber of Deputies at Turin, one only, the seventh ...

... Naples to the loth inst., state that the King was in too suffering a condition to be transported to Caserta. The Genoese papers speak of the formation in Piedmont of bases (cadres) for nine regiments, to be composed of volunteers from other states. ...

... T LATEST. FROM ABROAD. PARIS, T:URSDAY MORNING. Victor Hlugo will speak in the sitting of to-day; Ms. Charras having ecded his turn to the poet orator. The contraction of a loan to cover the expenses of extraordinary workswill depend on the vote relative ...

... Petersburg the Empress of Russia, by the dictation of her husband no doubt, desired the Marquis, if he wrote a book of travels to speak a good word for Russia, and tell Europe that her country was not uncivilised, as it was believed by the world. Lieut. Royer ...

... enemy seeks to undermine it by insinuations of suspicion, and poison it by false- hood. The Austro-Anglian speaks in every column of the Times-he speaks in the insolence of a Mentchikoff and the subtlety of a Jesuit. It is certain that notwithstanding all ...

... other from Trieste, speak of another battle gained by the Russians at Ozouski, in Asia, on the 1st of December. No official confirmation of this event has hitherto arrived in Paris. Several German papers, arrived to-day, continue to speak of a great battle ...

... there was no one present but the tenantry strictly speaking, none of the neighbouring gentry or clergy being included among the guests, so that the host described it as a family party, to whom he could speak with frankness and affection. In pro- posing,&he ...