... ;. THE SICE: OB T>THB I1 PORT.RMnTT'VtT . -H L fromL15X1VU , c TsHUR ?? tthe usual fortnightly meeting of the guardians of the poor of the Porteta Island Union,. held last evening, Mr. J. F. Pratt, J.P., chairman, attention was called to the death of John Williams, a seaman, weh had.been landed from the Himalaya. This sea., mn had died seven hours after his admission into the workhouse, and ...

... THE FOLEY-PLACE TRAGEDy. On lW esday fineaso at 4P jddo&, Mr Wakl thi soroneq 0thhe wep~ divisiah e Ntddlgex, and the j Vtlg*te the deatie of Mr. Joseph uLrera'- i~oanerwee4 t; who was op-rdered by an Italian named buigi i~ B a~ residence, I$q. fi, Foley-place, narylebo d pon S u4~y the 7~li wstant, was j,4med pursuant to adjourn, jnent, 4,e Middisee Hospital.?K - t 'Iwsy an'u ted, from the ...

... ARRIVAL OF SIC} AND WOUNDED. An express down train from London arrived at the Strood station of the North Kent Railway shortly after three p.m. on Monday, containing twenty-five detacbmentss of 'regiments serving in the Crimea. The whole of the detachments are invalids, and owing to the number of disabled soldiers-about sixty of them having lost their, legs in the late engagements with the ...

... I . ;f: AUSTR: AIA. Ii ' Arrival or the Great Britain. The steamsbipj GreatBritain -arrived at Liverpool on Wedesday morning 71ith the mails, &c., tiom Australia. The gold brought by the Great Britain is of the value of 505,000. The outbreak at Ballarat goldifields was in opposition to'the licese fee system, and-had created mnuch excite- ment. . . . . Melbourne had beea in a ;state of ...

... Im ' rtnt ,eetng at-3o 9igham. .The tiaTwn~scaio' Zst ee Yconyi` e eit ineeig 'at-t e'' ?aern CSt ?? ' Mf JdsIt Q Stintdii,' Chi: nn d ti ?? m~ost' of~tlie injfft~eiai ; flr. trsoi~is~itixijboyrth 9ert~ry, read the followingT ' notsicie con'vexing ?? ?? repor't 'o'five y erep a e;rlceig'atile liinut mee'ting o'f 'th'e ltohdob ILceoseA ?? helaiit~vweek'' ^that it w'as resolved kyfthemnqt to ...

... BRUTAL HUSBAGDS: ro TExE EDITOR OF TilE DAiLY owa OW to SIz,-Amjdest the absorbing interests and ascent, muentof the wrar, I would still fain hope thtat noatter, a OrTbere national s~ocial moment will not be entirely overlooked ren5 the comixng eseajon of parlianment. Whilst batclisR witbtr , of his enemy abroad, it sbould not be forgotten that tas to be enemleel at home to be conquered and ...

... WIND AND WEATHER REPORT,~ |(PROM mai ?? GF Tfl ELECTRIC TrBLEGRAPHi COMPANT.) SATURBDAY, JAN. 20. Stations. ourse of Wind. Esiae ol Weather. Greenvwich *. ,, .. N.PE. Overcast. ?? N.N.E .. Hlard frost. fitsgue , ,, , 2 .. ?? .Eard trwat. Brighton ?? N.N.E. ,, Frost. ?? B ?? B,..E , .Iard frost. Lanucaster . , ?? . , N.E . ..,.Cloudy. ?? , , N.. .N . Frost, 6toke.on.Trent,,..,NNh.E. ,,Frost, ?? ...

... BiRMINGHAM, TnURSDAY.-The third of the meet- ings of the ironmasters oftbis district for the present quar- ter was held in the Town-hall here, to-day. The attend- ance was again'less numerous than it usually is (especially at the opening quarter of the year), and several of the mag- nates ,ol thp trade were amongst the absentees. Of business there was none whatever to be done. A few of the ...

... (From an American Newspaper.) Slavery is unprofitable for the people. America is poorer for slavery. I am speaking in the great focus of American commerce-the third city for population and riches in the Christian world. Let me therefore talk about dollars. America, I say, is poorer for slavery. If the three and a quarter millions of slaves were freemen, how much richer would she be i There is ...

... its STO THEB EDITOR OP THE DAILY NEWS. SIt,-The new year has indeed ushered in new hopes and fresh expectations for the universities, and there seems to be now a fair chance at last that the vast field of enterprise which has been so long closed against us in our Indian possessions will be thrown open to those of that portion of the community who would be most likely to ad- vance its interests ...

... THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PRO- CLAIMED IN ENGLAND. De taicef iiniured Yesterday was read in the churahes and chapels ,remedly included within the Roman catholic arch-diocese of West- aere, the Iwere of Minster, a pastoral letter from Cardinal Wisemnan, dated at a up the Rome, and promulgating the doctrine of the immaculate sither he conception as an article of faith. Weerenoe The message is ...

... I~ETROPOI.TAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. N Yesterday a special court of sewfers was held at the Court' house, Gkreek-street, Soho; Mr. Jxan in the chair. The SxoRxThstXreported that the total balance Sn the hands of the treasurers, including the deposit account, amounted to 114,091i. 169. 8d. The adjourned discussion of 3fr. TaWVArrE'S8 motion, set- ting forth that ?? the drainage of that part of ...