... PEACE MEETING AT OLDRAA. The Manchester Peace Society, whose head-quar- ters are at Newall's-buildinge, have been exceedingly active of late. Mr. George Thompson, who was formerly one of the Anti-corn-law lecturers, is now the principal lecturer for the Peace Society, and has been delivering a series of lectures in Manchester and the surrounding towns; the ob. ject of the meetings apparently ...

... Rateot Intelligence. SATURDAY MORNINGS MARCH 10. Telegraphic accounts from Vienna mention interviews which had taken place between the representatives of the Allied Powers there; but the Congress had not opened, as Prince Gortschakoff was not yet prepared to offer his pleni. potentiary powers for examination. A letter from the same city, given by the ? Augsburg Gazette,' contains a few ...

... (From our Special Correspondent.) Mystery still hangs over the extraordinary footmarks which were observed in the snow in Devonshire the week before last. No probable or even plausible explanation has been offered. A cautious correspondent of the Illustrated rews, who sends a sketch of the marks, declares that he has for many years been in the practice of winter hunting in Canada ; that be is ...

... THE TuRKISH CONTINGENTr.-Major-General Vivian, of the Madras army, who was for many years Adjutant-General of that Presidency, has been appointed by Lord Panmure to command the Turkish contingent. The officers will be selected principally from the Indian army. Lieut. E. B. Ramsay, of the Madras army, has been appointed aide-de-camp. General Vivian will leave London next week. The contingent ...

... PROMOTION IN THE SERVICE, AS IT OUGHT TO BE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-In my last I sketched the outline of a system by which young men ought to be appointed to the , army. The plan I proposed may have defects, but l every man of common sense-every practical man of business in Englandevery officer and soldier who has the welfare of the service at heart-must admit that it is ...

... ADJ'OURN-ED i 1NiRAL ArNUA4I |, :ZLicensing Day. ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER-SQUAiRE.. Yesterday Mr. e. Grabahn'(chairran), Deputy'Lleutcnnnt of the county of Middlesexb Messrs. Fraheis.Thrupp, l&., assembled in the ?? of the Workhouse of the Parish of St: George, HanoverisqnarelMouhc street0 Groevenor-square to takeinto consideration the^ ?? renewing the licenses of.tsose suspended from ?? ...

... FRII)AY MORNING, MiRCH 30. ?? is still no news from the seat of war on | which reliance can be placed. The telegraph contra- | ?? dicts itself day by day. On Tuesday it assured us til rs that on the 17th the Russians attacked the whole loo is line of the Allies, and were driven bac~k with great fru )rloss.~ on Wednesday, we hear froir the 2I'iMcs' ret toe Berlin Correspondeint that onl ...

... LATEST INTELLIGENCE. The second edition of the Globe, of last evening (Thurs day), corroborates the report of the morning, that the Pleni- potentiaries of the high contracting Powers, have deemed it expedient to consult their respective Cabinets, in reference to the third point of the bases of a pacific solution. Scotch pig iron, 59s. 6d.. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. The Newport Corporation Bill, ...

... BALL AT A LUNATIC ASYLUM. The ball at the Worcester Lunatic Asylum took place on Tuesday evening last. It is a matter for congratulation, to find that the harsh treatment formerly exercised towards thoiiewho. from divers causes, have lost that priceless gift —intellect—has ceased before the enlightenment hnd in- telligence of the age, and been replaced by words and actions, from which the ...

... PAR L IA Al EN T. ---I S 5 HOUSE OF LORDS-Tuesday, March 6. e Their Lordships met at five o'clock. The Earl of Lucacr gave notice of his intention, on Friday, to call attention to the stateohf the Land Transport Service. The noble Earl then proceeded again to refer to the circumstances an under vhich he bad been recalled; but at the commencement pe Earl Graville and the Irarqui7s of Lansgdowne ...

... IDINNER TO PATRTCK MOIR BYEES, EsQ. OF O N T. N Y. tea The tenantry on the estrae of Tonley had the bononr of en- in, tertaining their' respected proprietor at dinner, on Wednesday me last, the 14th curt., in the Tonley Arms Hotel, Whiteley. A 5 good many of the neighbouring proprietors and tenants being bei invited, 150 sat down to dinner, at half-past 4 o'clock. Dr to Morrison, Guise, ...

... PA R LIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS -Tuceday, MJvach 27. re In The House met at 5 o'clock.e a The Lord Ohamnberlain brought up her Majesty's answer to m she address respecting the loan to Sardinia. t rt The Royal answer thanked their Lordships for their zeal and te s- loyalty. le On the motion of Lord Panmiere, the Militia (Ireland) Bill re was read a second time. 4 of The Despatch of Business (Court ...