... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIB,-We have now a Palmerston and a Derby Iadia Bill before Parliament. The first is obnoxious to every British p7inciple and feel- ing, from its despotic tendency both towards England and India; and from its subjecting the latter in particular to the arbitrary sway of an individual who, in all probability, would be practically unacquainted with that country ...

... qgE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS IN I RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, dated March 21, in Le Nord of yesterday, gives us the following in- teresting information The committee for the government of Nijni-Novgo- rod, charged to investigate and prepare plans for the b emancipation of the serfs, held its first sitting on the 0 3rd instant, that being the anniversary of Alexan- derlI.'S ?? to the ...

... ELYD IAN .RFORdT AND TIBE RESTORATIOY OF I ?? aE A public meeting was held on Thursday night at to the Town Hall, Bimingham, to consider the above subject. w The admission being tree, there was a large attendance, at Amongst those present were the Rev. A. G. O'Neill, Alder- fo man Baldwin, Messrs. Ernest Jones, J. P. lurrough t (late M.P. for Bridport), P. Edwards, Joseph Sturge, at Sturges, ...

... TilE LONDON GAZETTE of FRIDAY, .APRIL 2. COMMISSIONS. By the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. North Somerset Regimicent of Yeomanry Cavalry : Vi fis fi el Melliar Foster-Molliar, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Smlit l, promoted. C By the Lord-Licutenant of the County of Kent.-East pm Kent Regiment of Militia Hamilton Campbell Gill, Gent., late West, Essex Militia, to be Ensign, vice ...

... , iHUXROUS GATHERINGS. LFrom Panci.] . ST., 3A4I:.VPtLL iatN Coz .Asr.-.St. Jameass Easl opened the' o'he~r evening, b. several -doors, haviug been provided w~vith-~le loar s' of mgissr, and er-ess. so totha the pnbiiciill-'be ena~bled to walk into itwvih easi. and to escape froinit qdrckly n casS it should catch fire. That thi new mnsic-hall should be burnt down, however, Wruid be lamentable, ...

... MR. MURR'AY AGAIN. _- Charles Murray and Jaines Ilolley wore yesterday brought before the Lord Mayor, at the Manision-house, under the following circuoistanceg n - Murray, who has been on two previous occasions in cus- tody, and conimitted to prison front this court for drunken- ness and mssault, is the son of a baronet. He was briought to the larnsion-house from the polico-station in which ...

... i HEARTLESS OONDUCP-A GA YDECIVER. Thomas.Owen Davis, a saddler, residing at 5A, Haiker- street, Chelsea, appeared before Mr. Corrie yesterday, at ithe Clerkenwell Police-court, in answer to assunmons taken out against him by Miss Ann Davis, a young woman re- siding at 31, Devonshire street, St. George's, Bloomsbury, to show cause why he should not contribute to the support of an illegitimate ...

... To TTre EDITOR OF TiUE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR-A, singular proposition has been made in aletter which recently appeared in one of your contemporaries, in which the writer says: I am uncharitable enough to suspect that Africans arc required more for the advantage of tyrannical overseers than for the good of the colonies isI general, of sending the 40,000 negroes and mixed coloured races in ...

... TIHE BOMBAY ARMY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. i: SiR,-Thc following extracts from a letter from an officer of rank in the Bomibay army, received by the last 0 mail, will be road with interest by the public, as they testify to the loyalty of the native arlny of Bombay, and exhibit at the seaie time opinions (which are commonly expressed) of 6 the impolicy of a change in the government of ...

... 1TALIAN COMMENTS ON TIHE LAST LETTER OF ORSINI. and The Itdependente of Turin makes the following M~r' reflections upon Orsini's second letter to the Emperor haL Napoleon, which we published yesterday: Stu Mr We have already said of Orsini that his was certainly no mi~ vulgar soul ; his last letter and his testament now afford us a Ko confirmation of that judgment, and a great lesson to those ...

... TnrirsItiy EVENiNG2. Rather more business was done to-day in mining stocks, and the market wore a somewhat firmer ap pearance. East Basset shares were inquired for, whilst South Frances are still offered. Wheal Basset were quoted 215 to 2171; Wheal Buller, 280 to 290; WVheal El dward, 6 , to 7; East Wheal Russell. o to 1; Ilingston D)owns, 65 to 1 ; and Carn Brea, 48 to 50. Cobre copper shares ...

... -1lE CRYSTAL PALACE. Yesterday was a special day at the Crystll Palace, and the arrangements miade for the reception of the public, having become extensively known, there was a very large gathering. The attendance wits prolably enhanrce tj a considerable extent by the facilities now afforded to tba inhabitants of the West-end for rapid conveyance to Syden. latil; while the aaventage thus ...