... FUNERAL OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS.-ThiS event took place on Saturday, accompanied with all the pomp and ceremony usual on such occasions. DESTRUCTIVE STORM All MALTA.-There was as frightful storm at Malta on New Year's Day. Four ships foundered at sea, and 300 vessels of all sizes were wrecked against the wharfs and piers. RAILWAY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SPAIN.-The French engineers who were sent ...

... u OPEN ING L OF PARL1AMENT ?? TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. 1 This afternoon, parliament was opened by £toYal 8 commission. Thle LorD CHANCELLOR read the Royal Speech, as My LOanS AND GEN1TLEIKEN, We are comimianded to assure you that her MNajesty p has great satisfaction in recurring again to thle advice ~l and assistance of hier Parliament. WC are commanded by her Majesty to inform you 13 that ...

... TESTIMONIAL TO ANTHONY BANNISTER, ESQ, Last ?? nifunilmeigo h rnia Dother leading inhabitants of this townadnihor boned was heldith Roa Station Hotel, for tho Ipurpose of dining together and presenting to Alderman Bannister thle splendid pieoe of Plate (vralue 300 guineas), purchased by the subsoription of the bankers, mer- chuants, shipowners,' tradesmen, and others interested in 3 tis rising ...

... i _I Yesterday, the MAYOR presided at the adjourned I, qiarterly meeting. VICAR'S SAc.AnY.-The Tows CLERK stated that a5 ro rate of a halfpeinny iil the pound for the Vicar's Salary had been laid by the assessors ; the coussoil's ?? was merely mninisterial, that of passing. a resolutioli that the assessment be allowed and confirumd. This was se carried ?? resolution was then mnoved that ...

... WHOG PATRONAGE IN IRE,,LAND.' The tone in wbich Lord. Chancellor Brady composed his recent manifesto' was singularly ill-chosen. His lordship ought ,to have 'recofleted.that recent events have, clearly shewn that the Court of Rome ha,. entered on a new 'polioy, and that ecclesiastical engines are .being setbat work in, Ireland, in order to. mark, diqtinctively the lines,.betweenu''roatestants ...

... 'MR. CLA.Y'S RETURN PETITIONED AGAINST. The following is a copy Of the petition of Mr. John B. :Barkwortbi, setting forth the ineligihility of Mr. James Ri Clay to sit for Hull in the present parliament. thi KUINGSTON-UPO.N-HULL BOROUGH ELECTION. W PETITION rat Of JOHN BOULDERSON BARKWOETH, Esquire. against Of ille election and return Of JAMES CLAY, Esquire, 1857. Of 11resented February 23 rd, ...

... | PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF ITHE CITY OF LONDON TO DR. LIVINGSTONE.I Yesterday week the Court of Common Council pre- sented a very gay appearance, being thronged by ladies assembled to witness the presentation of the freedom of the city of London to Dr Livingstone, as a testimonial in recognition of his zealous and persevering exertions in the important discoveries he has made in Africa. ...

... The appearance of the growing crops in France is ,. ,Imificent. In the South, ravaged by inundations at .ear, there is a prospect of an abundant yield, 6 opeculatore in grain are in tribulation. X 8 GOSSIP.-The gossip of Paris is busy with the reputation of the Emperor. It is stated that he 0,ill s eek the baths of Pl~obibres, while the ,spre.sswill hasten to Biarritz, as soon as the legisla- ...

... THE priesthood, which employs so objec- tionable a means of influencing moral agents as the vow of entire obedience, is chargeable with an unscriptural and inhuman tyranny. It is taking an unfair advantage of human cre- dulity thus to fetter young men and maidens by rash vows made under strong religious excitement. For these generous novices, with no anterior experiences and under a carefully ...

... I . WEE KLY CORN RE VTE\V (F~roM Bell's Weekly, mtssoliyer.) WHEAT.-The Scotch inarkets altioug better in T espects, have not been so brisk as the English. At dili~ q-n there were fair supplies from the farmers, aid he b were in good request, at nearly fis ter qr.alldtile be't salt I l inferior qualities eere difficilit of disposal, ' rI, Ilt reduction in value. The Imports of l'ooig abot is ...

... FAREWELL SERMON, AND PRESENTATIONS OF TESTIMONIALS TO THE REV. ROBEItT BOWMAN. On Sunday evening last, Fish-street chapel, in this town, was crowded to excess on the occasion of the Rev Robert. Bowman preaching his farewell sermon, preparatory to his departure, on the ensuing Thursday, for Melbourne, the capital of the colony of Victoria, in Australia, for the purpose of there founding an Inde ...

... LOCAL ITITELLIGENCE. | I_ ,. - - . 7 e HULUIMUSICALF BBSTIVAL.-Unlike previous festivals, o which have always resulted in a levy upon the guarantee t fund, the musisal festival of last week has not only paid all expenses, but left a clear profit of £23 Is. 6d. for tthe Sailors' Home. The sum is not a large one, oer- a tainly, but it is sufficient to prove that first-class music . may be ...