... CATAsTROPHE AT THE7 SHIRE- EaLL, CHELM FORD. .- I Le Abouttwee o'clock yesterday, a sad catastrophe, sc' > companied with the loss of one life and the ?? of y several other persons, occurred in this town, by the falling nof a part of the central stone staircase at the Shire. Hall, owing to' the heavy pressdre-of 'the crowds' ?? it, who were. 'edeavouridg to reach the Petty Session room to hear ...

... Rocal aittl pioallauratto Nzwo. ? ?? ?? ?? dnrHE WrIATuEa, FIZIDAY.-London, NV., frosty and line EdinburgltW., veryfine; Diublin,W., floe; Amsterdam, W., cold and cloudy; Cowes, N.,,loudy; Harwich, N.E, cloudy; South- amptol, N.W., fine; Portsmouth, N.W., fine; Plymouth, E,, fine and very cold; Liverpool, N., damp; IHolyhead, N., fine tand cold; I-lull, ?? foggy; York, N., cloudy; Glasgow, SE. ...

... THE PEACE CONFErIENCES.-The cocnferences are to be opened on Monday next. A dinner of thirty covers Is ordered. In the evening there will be a grand r-unaion at the Foreign. office; 600 persons have been invited. ARRIVAL OF THE TURKISH PLENIPOTENTIARY. The steam-frigate Sane, which left Constantinople on the lath, arrived at Marseilles on Thursday, with Ali Paeba, the Turkish plenipotentiary ...

... This cause, which has for many years excited interest in Lancashire, owing to the great amount of property in- volved, and-the fact that upwards of 100 persons are in- terested in it, and have been paying for years to bring it to an issue, with the greatest confidence of success, came on for trial on Friday week. The only account of the proceedings we have been able to meet with is the follow- ...

... & RUSSI&2Ni IMPERIAL 3&UIAG&E. A letter from St. Petersbargh, of the dOh, in the Coe tuioamer, says:- The marriage of the Grand Duke Nicholas with his cousin tbe Prseese Alexandra Petrowna, of Oldenburg, took pace today. At early daw the firinL of cannon and the ringing of bells announced the oprening of the fete. Althorugh arL offlcialprogratrime of the proceedings hand been publiahed, it is ...

... ?? OF TE WEEL SWEEDISH DISCONTENT. TheSwedes, it would appear, are diontented with the ales. They hoped to see Russia humbled and weakened by the war. They wanted to see Poland- by the plunder of which, the Muscovite became arrogant and dangerous -once more fairly traced upon the map of Europe. They longed, moreever, to regain Finland. They were ready to fight all along. They coruld have ...

... J; 4- J OUR RELATIONS WITH AMERICA,—On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. ROEBUCK moved that an address should be presented to the Crown, praying for the production of all the correspondence that had lately passed between the governments of England and America respecting the conduct of Mr. Crampton. The recent explanations given by Lord Palmerston respecting the apology offered ...

... TUESDAY, FEB. 19. ARBITRATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND EM- PLOYED.—Mr. MACKINNON moved for the appointment of a select committee to consider the inconvenience now felt in the country from the want of equitable tribunals, by whose means any difference's between masters and operatives might be satisfactorily adjusted and also to ascertain whether the Conseils des Prud'hommes in France have answered ...

... THE COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS POLICE I BILL. ;H. Ott Wedtiesdsq at 12 o'elotk, a. large and ittflscnitial tor-t ?? cling cC' MaLIrota, an~i other civic anti munlicipai cu- be thlritics e of cii Lls and betoatrong tkrougliout th~ ki agolon, Nv. r~s hi ld .t ife r ert' Hoi-I, Pite, a Yar,'a'Vcitiloinster,J ced to protest agire int III bill ro:ctenily in trotduced in t,, thle thle House of Cominmens ...

... The followving is the Report (slightly abridged) by the direo- tors to the thirty-sixth half-yearly general meeting of share- holders, to be held on Thursday the 28th day of February, 1856:- As the time has now arrived when your directors think it proper to include the receipts and expenditure of the Stirling and Dunfermline Line, and charge the rent payable for it in the same way as has been ...

... THE CONFE HENCES. PARIs, Sunday, Lord Clarendon and Lord Cowley arrived in Paris yesterday evcning. At two o'ulcok to-day, Lord Cla- rendon had a private audience of the Emperor. Count Buol arrived duriog the nigbt. flaron lianiderstrom, the S wedish minieter, has arrived from Vienna. PAuls, Feb. 19. The Conferences will open on Monday next if the Turhigh Envoye should arrive as expecced, ...

... HE<H or LoND3-n.-rbe mortality of London IS much below the average ; but catarrhal affections prevaSl, and three deaths from influenza have been recorded. ,t036 deaths were registered in the week that ended on Saturday, or 115 less in number than the deaths in the previous vreek. Last week the births of 849 boys and 854 girls, in all 1,703 children, were registered in London. In the ten ...