... I Ad RAILWAY INTELLIGBNCE. 1 G.VEAT SOUTTHPRYt AND IFBSTI1N OF IRELANYD BAIL WAXY The thirtieth half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this companv was held on Saturday, at the Kingsbridge Terminus, Dublin. Sir E. M'foxNELc, thle chairusar ot the company, presided. Mr. TA.YLOR, the secr'tsry, read the report and statemrnt of accounts, which were puoblished in the -Deily N0ews of ...

... A7TBHPTIYNG TO SHOOI A WIFE. At the Birmingham Public-office on Tuesday, be- fore Mr. T. C. S. Kynneraley, a labourer, from Burton-on- 1p Trent, named William Ledbetter, was charged with attempt- lrl ing to shoot his wifewith a pistol. The prisoner and biawifere] have been separated for several mouths, and the latter ?? to Birmingham to reside. She has been living for a fortnight It past with ...

... | rA VAL AND BrILXR . The Militia Commission have been aittin 00 tnusy during the past week. They adjourned onl k'riday to Tuesday (to-morrow). We (Unifte &crvice Oattj ce; tbat it is the intention of the commission to examiae Ebr Grey, tbe Duke of Newcastle, and ste other rnen of rdnk The General Commanding-in.Chie i from the army estimates, receives about nine apeate or 3,4581. a year; and ...

... Ie OCourt. WINDSOR CASTLE, Fsa. 12 The Queen, accompanied by thei Duchess of Sutherland, drove out in a carriage and four vesterday aft,, 0noon, and visited the schools at Cumuberland-lodge l attendance were Lady Churchill, the Earl of Verulant, and the Equerries in Waiting. In the evening the Duchese of Kent dined with her Majesty (attended by Lady Fanny Howard); the party als included the ...

... 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. ...

... Tfir (Toult. WINDSOR CASTLE, PBS. 10. Her Ma1jesty's dinner party yesterday imcluded the Princess Alice, the Archbiwhop of Canterbury, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Earl of Carlisle the Right Hnn. H. and Lady Mary Labouchere, Colonel'the Hon. Sir Charles Phippe, and the Plon. Mrs. Biddulph; also the Duchess of Sutherland, who arrived on a visit in the afternoon. The band of the ...

... 1 (FROn OUR OWN CORMS5PONDENT.) NAPLES, FEB. 19. 5 It is very common to speak of difference among li Italians as one of the great difficulties in the way of t, united action on their part, or of assistance on the i. part of the toreigner. It should be known, however, tI that existing dissensions have a political origin, and w are fomented in a great measure by despotic rulers, CI whose motto ...

... ?? 30aill 1twto+ DRURY-LANX. T91s EvE ao OU7B GAL. Mrws Barne= Wilslmo.-TBARNEY !HE BARON. Mr. Barny Williss.-And ROBIX UOOD; or. HrlequIn Friar Tack and the Maerry en o7 Sherwood Forest. Harry Roya1N and Dolovanti. Signori leno and St. Mayne; Madame Bo!esto. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. COVENT GARDEN. THIs EvEnINo. THE ROSE OF CASTI LLE. leeers.Weless, Honer, St.Albyn. Bartleman, and W.Harrison: ...

... 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 ...

... Zbe 3Bti Advo.t DRURY-LANE!. ToiisEvwacra. (first time), WILLIAM AND SUSAN. Messrs. Man- vers, Haigh. & Roseanhal; Misi Huddart. Mises Luceetw.-Amd ROBIN HOOD;or. ,arieoio FriarTuck thce Merry MenofSncreoodForest. I.L Soa &Deleranti.Signorl MilanoandfSt. Mayne; Madame Boleco, ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. COVENT GARDEN. Tuis EvSNSOG, THE ROSE OF CASTILLE. Messrs.Woiss, Honey, FtL Albyn. Bartleman. and ...

... (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 ...