... THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT I OF THE UNITED STATES. General TAYLOR, the President of the United States, delivered his Message to the Congress assembled on Monday, the 24th of December. The Republican Government of sixty years standing speaks through its Chief Magistrate to millions of people, spread out over a country of countless acres, and the words cross the Atlantic, and reach the Old ...

... A most uncalled-for and unwarrantable effort was made last year, by certain parties, to oust Mr. W. North from the office of Clerk of the Course to this Mleeting. At the time we slightly referred to the subject, pointing out the unfairness of the whole proceeding, which, in the immediate locality, excited unmitigated disgust, as the attempt to get rid of one man solely in order to instal a ...

... LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUFM BALL. The annual Terpsichorean Festival in aid of the funds pf this most philanthropic institution was celebrated at the London Tavern on' Wednesday evening, when a perfect host of friends to the cause of sweet and melt- ing charity assembled to enjoy the pleasures of Le Panse, and, at the same time, assist in cheering the delining years of those Who' had ...

... I4EAL1e tOF Ib jDO I . ?? - In the week ending last Saturday, Jan. th 1,133 fitls were registered its the Metropolitanl dlsrcts ; In h i week often previnos years (1840ro9 t ?? from 869 to1,510; aid the aerageof the ten p rouesoI weeks raised according to inctease of opouplaiddf, hich' Is estimated at 1 85 Pet cent. annuallY, is 1,252. As com- withtheexcptin ofkmea~l55tyea 5lecembtler ofha ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THLE ERA. Sir,-By direction of the Board of Managers of this Institution, I forward to you copies of a letter written by command of His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, president of the Institution, and of the resolution unanimously adopted thereon by this board. As the subject referred to is one of considerable importance as regards savings banks and provident institutions ...

... I goUELON INTELLIGENCE. I FRANCE. The Moniteur deu Soir and the Patrie contradict, offi cially, the reported change of Ministry. At a meeting of the members of'tbe Conservative Club of the Quai d'Orsay, on Sunday, it was unanimously resolved to vote on Monday for M. Dupin as President of the Legislative Assembly, and for General Bedeau as Vice-President. The Prefect of the department of the ...

... CODDEN IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE- RICHARD CORDEN declared that he would dive into the heart of the Agricultural population, and probe it well. That he would go even to Aylesbury, where farmers congregate to hear Protection preached-to the very dungheap, as it were, of his rival, BENJ 4mIN DISRAELI, and there crow his defiance, and floor as many adversaries as chose to present themselves. This ...

... 1110ff WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGQE JAN. 13 morning 10 mim. past 2 afternoon 26 min. put 2 14 ?? 5 5 3 .. ?? .: 19 ?? .. 3 , ,,37, , 3 16 ?? t ?? 3 8 4 17 ., 24 ?? 4 . 41 41 4 18 ?? 56 ?? 4 ?? 15 . 5 19 ?? 34 ?? 5 ?? 5L . 5 ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB. The monthly meeting of this club took place on the 8th inst. at the British Hotel Cockspur-street, G. E. Browne, Esq, acting Vice-Commodore, in the ...

... RAILWAY LAW CHARGES TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-My attention has been much taken by the con- tents of a rather voluminous series of Returns, thrown in my way by accident, made to an order of the House of Lords, dated May 3, 1849. I have always firmly be- lieved one of the most serious drawbacks on the pros- perity of English Railways to have been the enormous expense incurred at the out-et ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE ERA. Sir,-Nothing I am confident is a greater calamity to humanity than the loss of friends or relations by sudden death, but especially so by fire or water, the latter more frequent than the former, most so at ?? period of the year, when thousands of people imprudently venture their lives for no other purpose than to gratify their curiosity, and others to enjoy the winter ...

... 7- WHAT wine should vocalists restrict thiemselves to? Canary. WHAT class of tradesmen are the most selfish?- FWhY igs a plumber like a ?? he makes THE following is an instance of beginning life with a SMALL CAPITAL:-L-1-F-S. Wily is a soldier's breastplate like a funny donkey ?- Because it is a queer ass (Cuirass). POLITENESS is like an air cushion-there may be nothing solid in it, but it ...

... ROYAL PAVILION AT BRIGHTON, The inhabitants of Brighton may now be said to have purchased the Royal Pavilion for 53,000, for during the past week they have obtained pos- session. A private individual, we are told, offered 5,000 more for it, but the town has been to this extent favoured. An Act of Parliament will be introduced in order to perfect the purchase, and this is threatened with some ...