... 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 ...

... A USTRIA. (mo0M OUR OWN COORRSPONDSNT.) VIENNA, JAN. 18.- There can be no doubt that the number of special couriers received and sent off by the different embas- sies here within the last few days has been very great;' and, among others, probably the arrival of the Marquis de Chateaurenard, the secretary of the French Legation, from Paris, in an incredibly Dbrief time, has given rise to the ...

... PRUSSIAN TACrICS DESZRIBED BYF MS. DROUYN DE LHUYS. We had recently the satisfiaction of giving thet earliest itttelligence of the claim lately pat; forwfar l, by Prussia to share in the settlement of the great ' European quarrel, from the dangers of which she g has kept carefully aloofi. To these pretensions M. d Dronytn do Lhuys has just replied in a despatch to the Marquis de Moustier, ...

... LONDON, MONDAY, JAZN 15. A GENERAL European Congress begins to be talked a of in diplomatic eircles. As yet it is little more than o vaguely hinted at; but it is certain that the question has been mooted. The time has not yet come for a o Congress, but it appears to be rapidly approaching. I Sardinia is understood to have drawn nearer to the t Western Powers, though in what manner, and to I ...

... The Madrid journals of the 2nd contain accounts of disturbances at Malaga. For some time past it appears that a good deal of agitation has existed in the city. In the morning of the 28th ult. the go- vernor caused a proclamation to be stuck up on the walls, announcing that the examining magistrate had ordered the detention of certain persons who were concerned in some disturbances that took ...

... SIR GEO. BONHAM AND THE SHANGHAII I DUTIES. CU TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILt NaWn. to &R,-In your issue of this morning you publish a 1 In letter from Mr. Joseph Hume upholding, as it appears to i le me, Sir John Bowring, at the expense of his predecessor, Sir George Bonham. I do not think Sir George is, from what I know of him, at all likely to take up the cudgels, in and I therefore enclose for ...