... I ?? i' - !m ?? _. ?? : i I o A4ATOT4R - GRRAT 1 IRE: IJ U4P A ' b.. i.:THAM ?? .; : ?? S Yesterday mornio'gfthct'id'cihiffy Qioeenhdlthei in' i Ufiper Thames-street, 'ath scenei; another ver:'u dde'struuetive fire Itjtook .padein ,a. Irerg*arehouse, seven tries. in height, cf *corresponding'idepthfland frontage, at the'cprcerpf Bread-strret-hili,wvithi,~ >fe ~eet ?? St.: rb ?? 1huroh,; . and ...

... TIlE WEATHER AND 2HE PARKS. 0The low and apparently settled state of the tem- d perature yesterday morning had the effect of drawing a vast crowd.of persons to the ornamental waters of St. d James's-park,-the Serpentine, and the Long and Round a Waters of Kensington Gardens. Wednesday night was one ofthe most severe and. intense that has occsrred for several yeart' the thermometer ads shown by ...

... IIIELAND. DOuiLix, DEc. 16 | The secne yesterday rat the re-opening of the Great Exhibition building as a 'Winter Garden, was ex;- trenielV ibteresting. The Lord Lieutenant and Countess of St. Germans arrived at haltlpast two, accoinparlied by a brilliant suite, and were received| by the Lord Mayor, Aldernran Roe (chairman of the Execative Committee), Mr. Dargan, Sir Edward M'I)ouuell (Lord ...

... RUSSIA AND TURKEY. t ti A correspondent of the IndcypendanceBelge, writing Sit from Paris on Dec. 22, affirms that, on the news of di Lord Palmerston's resignation, Louis Napoleon al caused a strong note to be written to the English n government plainly stating that the Eastern question A had now arrived at such a point that any hesitation, g any compromise, was out of the question, and ...

... I lATEST FROMil ABROAD. I FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. 2 The exemption from navigation dues on grain, a flour, and rice is prolouged from Dec. 31, 1853, to July 31, 1854. 'T'he provisions of the decree relative e to the transport on subsistence by railway are also c extended to the same period. , The Dukede Bellune, senator, died yesterday. The Mloniteur publishes the address of General Count ...

... THIE WINTER TRUCE(. .- \ ?? We heard a good deal about a formal announce- ment to the German Diet, that Austria was so bent upon neutrality and peace, that she was sending her soldiers home! When shall we hear the old news, and the formal announcement, that she has're- ?? them P Who tells us athat'she needs onlv 60,000 new military suits within some fourteen days P What gazette informs us ...

... SIIIP WRECK IN THIE IBISH C11ANIVEL. I - - - -. . DorBLnM, DEC. 30. An inquest was held yesterday at Ringsend, near Dublin, on the body of John Carmichael, one of the crew of the ill-fated Scotch steamer, the Eva, which foundered some miles off the entrance to Dublin-bay on Wednesday morning. From the circumstances detailed in the evidence in appeared that the Eva had been a paddle-steamer on ...

... .FI U.UT T'1'J LONV.DONy G4ZETTE-Fi3fday, Dec. 30. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Ditc. 28. our Thu ue c has been pleased to ?? fM.Nbe 21 vosroer as Consial at B~arbadoes for the -Usited States of - sAmlair~ic. m' F 'I ?? h-s also been pleased to apgrove cf r Siclie (~eair), ?? at Manchester for hi M-t- rem' testy thre Em~peror of Austria. tor Tue1 Queencf h iks also been plea.r'd to approve Of N r k.,, ...

... CITY COkMMISSION OF SEWVERS. Yesterday a court was held; Deputy PEACOCK IC n the chair S LONDON -GAS EXPERIMENTS.Vi Mr' Dmvw (the Chief Clerk to the Conmmcssinn) read a Tb, letter from Doctor Letheby, upon the subject. of, the last TUn report he made relative to the gas used in the City of Loul- don. Dr. Letlieby, after referring to the: contro versy 6 to which had taken place, said-I made ...

... I On the 6th instant, at the Cheltenham County Court, George John Mickenright, aged 13 (by his father, a olerk in a solicitor's office), sued Mr. Andrew Livingstone, the drill sergeant of the Grammar School, and Dr. 1{umphreys, the head master, for two assaults on the 25th of October and the 8th of Nevember last. The damages were laid at 4 guineas. The assaults complained of were floggings ...

... TO TIlE EDITOR Or THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-An intelligent foreigner visiting our count- , try, and taking an interest in its affairs, would be prompted to ask: 1. Are the opinions expressed by the press throughout Ithe whole land, from Cornwall to John o'Groat's, fremn Cork to Coleraine, on the Eastern question, merely a false echo of the sentiments of the people on the present policy of our ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-Hitherto the abuses and malfeasance of trust on by the Earl of Guilford, as pseudo master of St. la Cross Hospital, have from time to time been exposed w] to the notice of the public, but the inmates of that ev noble institution for charity have not been by any b means free from questionable practices, as the fol- lowing specimen of a member will ...