... E7ITE V OF I HE COBN TR AJE OF THE IEEX. TI .- .. . . I During the last eight days the weather in most parts of the United Kingdom was irostless, dry and rainy days alter- nating, with s8utherly winds prevailing. Snow end frost has appeared in the more northern district-, end on Wedues- day night the wind turned northward, and frost set in also in London. Up to this time the weather las been ...

... Parliament was OopernI yesterday by her Msajesty in Pereo. Th'q wen It r happily was line, presenting a marked conltrast to the dam1)p uncomfortable days which immediately preceded wa: the nlew sce-&~on. From an early hour of the morning the diti House of Li~ds wore an asrect of brilliant gait ?? e no one who has, witnosscd a scene of this description can possibly forgct. ?? attendlance of ...

... I Y- a HIS LFIFR C1On Saturday night last a !niddle..aged man y named Benjamin Meredith, residing at 2, Brige-terrace LSMaidstone, was taken to the police-station, on the charge of L~having bruotally assaulted his wife, and' attempting to set k5 firs to he.. Toe prisoner, it appears, has latterly been em- 11 ployed as oreman of the carpenters engaged in the erection 3t of the new railway ...

... THE WAR FORCE OF FRANCE. Galiqnani's Messeenger, referring to the answer of the CGcslifitionnel to the article of the Daily Ntrs, in which the strength of the army that France could at once march into Italy in the event of war, was valued at 130,000 men, says:- The Coenstitutioncel, it will be observed, asserts that an active force of 500,000 men will be under arms in France on the let of ...

... REFORM M.NIEETI-\N GS. I 3IRETING ATBU11hINOHAMI. A town's meeting, presided over hr the MAT~oll, far the purpoce of coflet briar bIr, Brights 1tefurn Bill, was held in Birmieghittgiia on Tuceda L ight. A bifntc of the proceed~ings Its telk-graph appeared in' 3e5'crdlay's Dai~y Fie's. The f 'hlosting is a m~ore detailed report: Mlr. P. lI' M'IN i O too-ed the first ?? :-That, in the epinion ...

... 1l 1?RTEAL OF IHE 1APER DUTY. d l The annual public meeting of the Association for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on KInowledge was hold yesterday evening at Exeter-hall. The attendance at the commencement of the proceedings was very thin, and at no period was the room crowded. The chair was taken by Mr. MILNER GIBSOX, M.P. On the platform were Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr. Coningham, M.P., Mr. ...

... TBB NATIONAL GlLLERY OF IRELAND.-I LAY22VNG TUE FReST MNO&N - l (From the ?? The ceremony of laying the first stone of the Na- it tional Gallery ofc.Ireland ws performed, on Saturday after- noon, by hi Excllency thie Lord Lieutenant, ini the pre- ai sence of a numerous and distinguished company. The S ?? was very unfavonrable ; nevertheless, the importance ! of the occasion brought together a ...

... (FROM 0UR SPECrAL CORRESPONDENT,) NEW YORK, ?? 17. The arrival of each mail astonishes us by the amount of fuss which we see being made in England about Mr. Buchanan's Fort Duquesne letter, and the weight of authority which seems to attach to it in the discussion of Mr. Bright's project of reform. It seems to have imposed on some people-your con- temporary the Times amongst others-all the more ...

... TBED UCATED LUIEAT TE _AMERIQAN The following case was tried before a jury at the so Birmingham County Court on Saturday: iU The plaintiff was Mr. Richard Moffat, equestrian, and the defendant the popular clown and proprietor of the American c equestrian company performing up to Saturday evening lest L in the Circus, MIoos-street. It was brought to recover IN damages for breach of contract, ...

... ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA., COVENT GARDEN. Te1aEr v: .o,S.AT.ANELLA ?? 1erofLove. Messrs.Welss, St. AP en. Loney. Corri. and llarrison M1iskes Loui-a and Susan Pyne, MislR.als'%.-And LITTLE RED ItDING HllOOD. Messrs. Payne anud B3Arne,; Malues.f. Morgan, Merlachi., St ?? at 7. HAYMAR iET. Tnr~ l eovEi,, THlE DUSY BIODY. Me,,rs. Bucl-tono. Cbippen- dase, R. ,rs, Clarkaand Farron; Hko1S RQolua o, Mrs. ...

... -IV&I0N5 IN TI g UNITED SLTd.5A5. 1 ?? I The following Declaration of Southern Inae- penderce in published in the New Yoik and Washington papers: II The relations between the Northern and Southern States of this Union are assuming, eo far as the latter are concerned, an aspect which must excite the deep solicitude of every patriot. Independent confederated sovereignties under a common ...

... Ml,,, ROUPELL AND T7R ELECTORS OF 1AMBElfi. L.UIT I. Last evening a meeting of electors of Lambeth, convened by Mr. RlDripell. in pursuance of a promise given by himi at his election to meet his constituents annually, wag held at the Horns, Kenningtou, the long room of which was crowded; Mr. GetovE was called to the chair. Mr. RluAOPLLL on presenting himself was loudly cheered. ]Ie said he ...