... 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. ...

... I 7v.ER.POOL JUVENILE RBFORHA TOIR. F.I The annual meeting of the committee and friends of the Juvenile Reformatory was held in the Council Charn- her, Liverpool, yesterday; the MAYOR presiding. Amongst those present were A. R. Brongham eand T. D. Anderson, Esqr .; Revs, Rector Campbell, T. Carter, and - Stein- thall; Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., and other gentlemen who take an interest in the ...

... TO TuE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-There have been of late so many interest- ing articles on the State of the Navy in your paper, f and it is a question of such importance to the safety of the country, and one in which all classes of Englishmen have taken so deep an interest, that I cannot resist sending you what I think may strike you as practical views on the subject, and some that l have ...

... ,LORi'Tf SItAFFORDSJ11E RAILWAY. _ . ?? The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this 1ailway was held yesterday afternoon, at the London b Taen;Mr. T. Biiontucet in the chair. The report and accounts, which had been previously circu- b laewd and pub]lisbed, were taken as read. tI 1 The CIIAILMA, in moving the adoption of the report, a: commsenced by, explaining that he appeared in that ...

... TO THE EDITOR OP THE DIALY NEWS. SIR,-Threatened with a considerable increase in the forthcoming naval estimates, it is well to examine in what manner the goodly array of millions sterling already voted by the House of Commons for the advancement of the Royal Navy, have been lavished by successive Boards of Admiralty, and to such little purpose. Daring the last six years the aggregate amount ...

... i The following telegrams were received yesterday: THE IONIAN ISLANDS. TRIESTE, MONDAY, ?? 31. Advices of yesterday from Corfu state that the address of the Deputies in reply to Mr. Gladstone's speech at the opening of the Ionian Parliament ex- pressed a decided desire for union with Greece. The Empressof Austria,and hersister,the Duchess of Calabria, have arrived here. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY, ...

... i THE LEADER OF THE LIBERAL PARTy. TO THE EDITOR OP THE DATLY N-PWs. Sin,-It has always been usual for the Ministerial and Opposition Leaders of the House of Cominos to entertain the flower and hope of their respective parties on the evening before Parliament assembles Their banquets on these occasions have consequently a political significance. In accordance with this practice it has been ...

... (FROIT OVIR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 22. The telegraph will have long ago apprised you, from Vienna, of the result of the Moldavian election. The news reached this on Tuesday last, and took everybody by surprise, M. Conza, the successful can- didate, having been nowhere in the calculated chances for the vice-regal prize. For some time past, indeed, Michael Stourdza's election ...

... I TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY NEWS. ( Sut,-In your columns of yesterday I exposed the absurdity of the Times' Reform Bill, it being based tb neither upon population nor upon property, nor-as it pro- a fessed to be-upon a combination of these two elements. I do not mean to support a measure which will give d to mere numbers an overwhelming preponderance in d the state, whilst I protest against ...