... 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 ...

... r (.aROt A CORRESPONDfEN'T.) e Aden, Mlarch 12. t Before this reaches London you will have doubtless d heard more than one account of the late disagreeable l affair at Suez, connected with the despatch of a detach- d meat of the 92nd Highlauders, und. r Colonel Mackenzie, e to Bombay. That any such fracas should have occurred on the overland route is very much to be regrettsd, and a it is to ...

... CONiVICTION FUR S-MUGGLING, Luie Deyong and Thornas Tapa, firmrlenl on boar y' Bvnuie Deyong and Thomas Tfaps, firremen on board the 22) ~'Datch steamer Fyiieoord, lying off Brower'a-quay. were Do Asch'trpd, at the Mlansion House, with snungeling l100lbs. fil] y'of furuin manufactured tobacco. The prisoners, who I-Is Were ignorant of the English language, wvere placed ati, the bnr crying, the ...

... The P'edis, with the overland Bombay mails, wbioh reached Alexandria, March 29, bringe additional items of intellogence, from which it appears that the grand advance has been made, that all the columns are closing in upon Oude by concerted maichev, and that Sir Coliu CaGtpbell, with an army of 60,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry, ard upwards of 200 guns, ie actually standing within esnnon-shot of ...

... rig CONTINUED FROM OUR SEVENTir PAGE. I CULLOMPTON. t of TowN HALL.-Henry Rugg, of this place, labourer,wao brought I ry up before the Rev. J. P. Sydenham, by P.O. No. 26, on Wednes. I b day last, oharged with stealing a half-quartern cake from the shop by of Mrs. Marshall, baker, of this plae. Owen Rowe, a servant to I id Mrs. Marshall, stated that on Tuesday night he observed the H8 prisoner ...

... T ln four great powers of the world,-England, TI France, Russia, and America,-are now acting together t in China, and appear to have resolved upon a common w course of action. This happy result seems to have al been brought about by the success of our operations tb against Canton, as M R. REED, the representative of pl American interests in China, had, previously to the cap. re ture of that ...

... || RAI LWAY f)EPARTU RES.-APRIL. Ftomf Prestealt To BLACxKBRN, AccRINGTON, BaRY,At& fANCfESTER, 6-35 mixeTl-9-0 1-0 I. 1-45 4-S 5-10 7-30 mix, '9-0 A. -On Sundays: 7-30 M. 2-15 6-15 A, all mixed.-(50* Saturdays, and to AocringLon Only.) To BLACKBuRtN, BUaNLEY, COLVE, SKIPTON~, BRADFORD, |ND LBEDS-6-35 mix, 94 *11- I. 1-45 4-5 5-10 *7-30 I ix, A.-On Sundays: *7-30 Y. 2-15 *6-15 A, all mix. - ...

... A wise anii onght to hope for the beet, be pre- pared for the worst, and bear with equanimity whatever Imay happen. . Most of the French barbers in New York are Germans, who have Poles by their doors to attract cus- tomers. An astronomer of note bsing askedbyayoungster what was the use of an eclipse, replied, that It was to give the slun timne for refiection. ; Mrs. artigton has seen an ...

... SEPOY A?TROCITIES. On this subject another correspondent of the Times C I writes as follows':- I P 3w It is time that those who know something of the a real state of the case should.each contribute such fsts v as have come under their-actual observation,tending to prove the falsity of those wouldlbo philanthropists' l he who are endeavouring to slur over the atrocities per e, Ia. petrated ...