... 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 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 ...

... (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 ...

... 1 I (mhow OUR OWN COPREsPONDSNI.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Frm. 5. The office of Porte advocate, however profitable it may be to its incumbents, is at all events no sine- cure. The worst of other governments do some- times stumble on a piece of sound policy or fortunate statecraft of which a word or two of deserved eulogy t may be uttered; but the poor Divan runs on in a steady uniformity of blunders ...

... TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY NEWS, . SIR,-Amongst the many reasons why a reform of the representation is necessary, there is one which is pecu- liarly striking-namely, the steady and obstinote resistance t to administrative improvements offered by successive govern- ments on points which serve the. interests of members con- r nected with county families. That the militia is chiefly officered by ...

... DRtRY-LANE. TE.io- Eveormu.In AND OU fFPAE m enyWlim. DARLNEY THE BARONE. Mr.B.Wyilpitrns.-*A~n~d H3RODIIHOOD or H ariequin Friar Tuck ?? the berry Men of Sherwood Foreoc. Harry Moleno ndolelevantl, Signoribjilmo and St. Mayne: Madadse Boleno. ROYAL EtI!,8 OPERA. COVENT G&RDEN B Msc.Weiss, St. Alisyn, Honey, Aad LITTLE RED RIIN~ HOD. er. Iayn and Barneso 3dlJeno.C. Morgan. Morlaechi, and ...

... STATISTICAL SOCIETY.-EZEC2 ORAL STATISTICS. On Tuesday evening a meeting of' the Statistical clei Society was held at their rooms, St. James's-square, on which int occasion Mr. Newmiarch read the second pert of a paper Mtb On the Electoral Sta isties of England and Wales., After T alengthened statement of facts, Presented for the most par Ocr in a tabular form, the following conclueioue ...

... NAVAL AND MILI7ARY. I ADMIRALTY, FEB. 16.- APPOINTMENTS.-COM- mander L. R. Reynolds (1857) to be agent for mails, vice Wetemn. FEn. 15.-Commodore H. E. Edgell (1846) to the Reiri- 1 bution, 28, paddle-wheelateam-ftigate, EastIldia and China station, vies Captain C. Barker, Captain G. 0. Willee (1856) to the Chesapeake, 61, screw steem-trigate, as flag captain to Rear-Admiral James Hope, C.B., ...

... HEALTH OFIONYDONDURiNG THE TEEK. ML _ -_ e - I a . _ _ , . .. . . I The return of births and deaths in London issued by authority of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday, February 12, states that the deaths registered in London, which ia the previous week had fallen to 1,243, were 1,274 in the week that ended last Saturday, showing en increase, but not of considerable amount. In ...

... G2BT NOBTHBRX BLWt.AY. van The ordinar~y general half-yearly meeting wa evei held on Saturday, at the London Tavern, Mtr. E. DxreieoNa care M.P., presiding. The report end accounts, 'whith haes~ti, already btee published in the Daily .News, were taken na byl resad. selv The CmkiftxaAm stated that the report, as regarded the railway, was reedy upon the Friday in the previous week, The and ...

... I HANOVER. (Sb EI.ECTRTC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) (Fo M OUIR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) HAMBURG, FEB. 17. The proposition made in the Hanoverian Upper Chamber to restrain the exportation of horses gave rise to a warm debate, in the course of which it was contended that any French attack on the Po and Rhine would be a casus belg. Prussia's dilatory policy was denounced as anti-German. The ...

... Ni1ZA. AND MILIARBY. I EXAMINATION LIST FOR WOOLWICH. The following is a list of succeesfel candidates for admission into the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, at the ?? held at Burlirigon-housa, Piccadilly, in January, 1869: James Devereux Bowly, 17, Preparatory Military Academy, Iark Eltham ?? 1 |John Henry Urquhart, 17. Dr. Bridg..manoi, Wooivh . 4,285 Henr Fowler, 17, Ring's College, ...