... GREAT FlRE-DESTRUCTION OF A FLOATING I BATTERY. .I -- ma A fire, involving the destruction of an immense amount of coi property, broke out in the extensive shipbuilding-yard at Si, aMillwall, Poplar, the property of Messrs. John Scott Russell foll , and Co., about 9 o'clock on Thursday night, in the newly- inc e built floating battery to have been launched on Saturday ril last, named the Etna. ...

... THE FIRST DERBY REGIMENT OF! MILITIA._I W We mentioned the other week that this regiment gas satiS- , factorily progressing in strength, and in the efficiency of its , training ; and we have now the pleasure of stating that it y passed a review on Monday last as complimentary and en- couragingto the men as it was gratifying and pleasing to the dn I officers. Shortly after three o'clock the ...

... T If E 1RE SS. THlE SECOND YEAR OF AVAR. (FROM THE SPECTATOR.) TlvsslA has refused the proffered terms of peace So absolutely tihat accomn-iodation seems to be rendered irnpnssihb'. The Western Powers have committed themselves to an advance from which they can scarcely retreat before they have regained the position' ?? they Imvc staked. Tle means for coercing a giganitic ericanv appeal' to ...

... ?? T ''iIlIS ?? all) i ag-reMdt. 'b bil Ba ill ei a Ii'] t Tl ~~ j od~ i p~io' it :1 q vii:, pa' ist j x o 'ci edt. I :sr~t00k thle muil ?? his Seat for thl theII. tno' iou fir the stioW1 tid I'iljnn of T ill' Dlmllli, R'l.,A1D0 xiu. 2 li, it.. Ct ) GAN' OpovJio ti~' i Measure, ,ii til n,,ogrni d~ tli:it it wajs uiijiict to thii vaitopavvr.l5 of' Kildare aind tlw ?? -uiim'l'a1Y. Ile Inilved, ...

... JI'JU, 11 littiligna. FRANCE. ATTEMPr TO AtSSASSItATE THtE EMPEROR. The Moniteur of Sunday publishes the following:- 'Yesterdav, about five o'clock, the Emperor was on horse. back in the Champs ElyseeS, accompanied by Count Edgar Ney, one of his aides-de-camp. and Lieutenant-Colonel Vala- breque, chief equerry. On the eminence near the Chateau des Fleurs a well- dressed man approached within ...

... MR. ROEBUrCK'S COMlMITTEED. o EX4DMINATION OF THE IDFAUL OF ABERIDEBN. . The Earl of Aberdeen was tbe only witness exa.- ,fmined yesterday, aud with the noble ealrl's exsamination iC fis Senerally undersltood that the investigation of tthe comn-. mittee dosers. The noble Earl, after describing the emineut po0sition he held as Prime Minister, ia reply to a questiorn froms th& Chairman, wasa ...

... PRINCE GOB1UHAKOFF'S REPORT. p (Fromna Supplement to the InZi. Ruase.) - In completion of his telegraphic despatch, published' i- on the 20th inst., relative to the operations before r- Sebastopol, from the 11th to the l5th of April, a re- P- port from PrinceeGortchakoff, of this latterdate, ,-announces that the enemy continue to cannonade the n fortress during the day and to bombard it during ...

... F.RANCE. I (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDZNT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. ?? jlsni'eur to-day confirmas the news which I lbave spoken of as in circulation for three or four days past-the resignation of 1M. Drouyn de Lhuys. As to the real causes which have led to the retirement of a minister who, whether as regards independence of character, wealth, personal influence, and reputa- tion for ability, ...

... gte Court+ ,~ITho Queen ?? went yesterday-, to the E xhibition. of the Royal Bn11Anic Society, in the, 'hei gent'a-psrk, accompanied by the Prince of W~ales, Princ Y Alfred, the Diske of Size Cob~urg, and the Printeoi o 5, Hohenlobe Langenburg, and attended by the Countess of is Iineborought, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Mejor'-Geui~ia eBuckley, Captain Du Pist, and Mr. Gibbs. I T Baron de ...

... IENGLAND AND IRELAND IMPROVED COM- I . MUNICA Ti ON BILL COAAMl TTEE. APPROVAL OF THE BLtL. Yesterday the committee met at 12 o'clock, but no business was done till half-past, at which time the room was cleared for the committee to consider their decision on the preamble of the bill. At 1 o'clock the public were re- admitted, when the chairman announced that the cemmittee had decided that the ...

... WHAT IS THEF FFICIENCY OF THE AMERICAN NAVY ? (From the New York Courte~r asad Enqusirer.) 'If' the madministrationi succeeds in involving the ehuntry in a war with Spain,' that war must be a noval one. Where are the ships that are to conduct the belligerent operations and also to' furnish protection for American oon. xnerce on every sea egainat Spanish cruizrsre? This is a Iiirtinient ...

... I TO THE EDI-TO O- THE DAILY NEWS. SIP,-Will you allow me in your columns to revive a scheme for a general education bill, the leading points of which I brought forward once before in 1846 ? It has, I t conceive, this advantage over the other place at present t before the public, that it does not in any way interfere with existing schools, and avoids flinging the enormous burden of the entire ...