... I PEBSERCUTIoN OF F2WOTBNTAN7AVN TBFAMCB. I Our Paris correspondent some time since called v attention to the fact of a man named Bessner, a pensioner' a en alinishouee at Colular, hav'in,- been prosecuted asss an ?? licensed hawker, for having lent a tract to an intimate friend 1 in. Which the dogma of the Imumacuolate Conceptiono Was con-i- trovoltedl. The, case, which has excited ...

... I I RAILWAY INZTBELLIGENCE. LONDON 4ND BOU1B. WESTERN. T~he half-yearly general' meeting of the share- holders of the South-Western RailaY Companly was he'd yesterday at the Waterloo terminus. CHLARLES CASTLEMAN, Esq., chairman of tbe company, pr~eided. A considerable Inumber of the proprietors were present. The report of the Ldirertors has already appeared in ?? .l'ws. Accoding to the ...

... (FROM ova owN CORRMSPONDBNT.) LThe following appeared in our Evening Edition of yseterdyl: PARIS, WE)XesnDAY EVFNIXG. I find that the Emperor's speech is construed by the English press generally more favourably than I had expected that it would be. What you may have said on the subject I cannot tell, for your journal was seized to-day. For myself, I can attach but little weight to vague and ...

... I SOUTR DB VON BAIL VA Y. The report of the directors to be read at the half-yearly eeting stows a balance of 22,01131. .de Id., which It will be Froposed to apply as follows :-I. Annutiee. to lsi March. 11159, i 00 l~slioad - 2 Diihdend on new thbes dItto. 2,2101 3v Dbvlidend on*additltiba shams ditto, 1.2823.8-. 2d.; 4, Dividend of'117Its, per cent. per annum, On c .469.42U. ?? stock. iI W. ...

... I DEENCE.DF THE COAST. I TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY 5EWS. SiR,-I presume it is on the principle of offering to your readers every view of an important subject that you publish a letter on our Coast Defences, bearing the somewhat ominotis signature of edan. Although the proposals of your correspondent are slightly involved, they may be said to amount in essence to this: Cover every part of ...

... I [?EPR.ES~E2Z.A TION OFBAST2 7VO1RCBSTff1&,5HjRE. I DUDLEY, TCESDAY. Both parties-Mr. Calthorpe on the liberal, and Sir. Pdskington on the conservative side-are now actively A canvassing the electors of the eastern division; and the eformer hasto-day issued a second address, in which he d speaks highly of the success of his canvass as far as it haa Leyet progressed. He also enters rather more ...

... Zbe 'Bailp pewo DRURY-LAIIF. To9s EvenINS, INs AND OUT OF PLACE. Mrs.BnrneyWillams.- BiARNEY THE B &RON. Mr. B. Williams.-And ROBIN HOOD; sr. Oarlequin Friar Tuck & the Mlerry Men of Sherwood Forest. Harry Me=lenoendDelevanti.Siguori Milano and St. hayne; Madasce Boleno. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA. COVENT OARDEN. TEis EvEnmso, SATANELLA. Messrs. Welss, St. Albyn, Honey, Corr. and Harrison, Mlisses ...

... I EN erourt. I The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Queen yesterday, at Buchiegham Palace. Major-General Peel had an audience of the Queen. The Prince Coneort rode on horseback, attended by Captain the Hon. D. de Roe. The Princesses Alice and Helena rode in theRiding-hocee. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prin- cesses Alice and ...

... LA TV AAXZ(DMBNT SiCLETY. Last ?? a meeting of this societY was held at their room` in Waterloo-place; Lord BPouGo AoI in the chair. CONCEBTRATrON OF THU COURTS OP LAW Mr. EnDGAR informed the meeting that a deputation of th society had an interview with Lord Derby on Friday last tie subject of the concentration of the courts or Ia I lordship received the deputation most courteously, and elate ...

... (FoRt ovsa oWN CORUBSPOonDBNT.) 1Th' followiing appeared in our Evening Edition yes PARIS, THURtSDAY EVNE:TNG. The warning to the Presse signifies nothing more than this-that there is a difference of opinlon in high quarters as to the precise line of dissitaulation which should be observed towards the public. Some ofthe Emperor's most devoted servants have failed to interpret his oracular ...

... IBELA ND. 1 DUBLIN, FE3. 6. A religious dispute between the Poor Law Commissioners and the Galway Board of Guar- diars is exciting a great amount of feeling and aiscussion, especially in the West of Ireland. Tae cause of dispute was an unfortunate deserted infant which was relieved under the Poor-law, and which has since died This foundling was bap- tized by the celebrated Father Daly, ...

... NAVAL AND MILIYARY. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 3.- APPOINTMENTS. - Cap- the lain T. P. Thompson (1847), to tho St. Jean d'Acro, 101, for screwv steam ship, at Plymouth, commidsionod. bed Commander D. Spain (1856a), to the Recruit, 6, paddle Whi whweel stcan vessel, Mediterranean station. sibl M~r. T. (. Grant is appointed. aeting storekeeper at Dept- eml ford Victualling-yard. haN meo According to the ...