... . I I .lviip W iqilicf. FRANCE. HOPES:. OF PEACE. The Paris corresponaent of the Times, writing on Friday eveelug, says The greater , part of this day has been wet, cheerless, and gloomy; nothirg but rain, and masses of oloud-drifting over'the heavens. At the very-imoment whbn they were most lowering a gleam of sunshine, suddenly broke through the dark mist, and ?? dissipating the murky ...

... The latest intelligence from the Continent is the of a more peaceful character; several of the Paris sig correspondents of the London journals, notwith- we standing, are still warlike in tone, and ready to thc believe in the breaking out of hostilities at an pO early date. sol lat By the Magdalena, just arrived with the West ste Indian mails, we have the announcement of the .capture of a ...

... Til I-'H ?? E . -. In the House of Lord6 on FridsY night the miarquis o Londonderry, irt a tone altnost 'inaudible, offersd.-ome bbsorvationa relative td.the magistrae9 of Iaelarl .Tho present Lord ClancIlo-ris,,ad a4dpeeed o letter to the lords lieutenant ot cooitlee oa thaitbiect. Hat eneloeed a list of the county magl4trop pe ggo ?? that reaob I e~isbtd for a revision oft ?? ioo4. ...

... -ECONOMICLIFE AASURA.4NCE SOCIETY. The ordinary annual court of this society was held onI Saturday afternoon at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Black- friars, Mr. Biddulph in the chair, to consider and receive the auditors' report for the year 1688, and to elect auditors for the present year. The S1CRBTARY (Mr. A. Macdonald) havin- read the ad- Vertmsement convening the meeting, . The C}AIIIL. ...

... VECMSSIO.- OF A COVGREGAT0z2V FROM hER CHUC.H OF aNGLAND. A meeting of the members and seatholders form. ing the congregation of St. George's Temponary Caureb, Tufnell-park, Holloway, was held on Thursday evening last, to consider what steps should be taken consequent on the refusal of the ineunebent of the district to nominaie to the ministry of St. Getrge's the Rev. Henry Hampton, for whose ...

... PALACE OF THE PEOPLB, MUS WELL I - HILL. We are glad to find that there are now good grounds for expecting that this important national uiaertaking will be carried out successfully. When it was first projected considerable doubts were felt as to the expediency of erecting another building similar to that at Sydenbam, which has yielded only moderate results. These apprehensions are giving way ...

... A letter from Rome, of tbe 12th sayQ:- The Pope proceeded on Ash Wednesday to the Sistine CbapJ, to give bis benediction, in tbe usual manner, to the tahes which he received from the hands of the Cardinal acting as First Penitentiary. Eis Holiness afterwards distributed a portion to all the Car- dinsle, Archbishops, and Bishope, to several members of the diplomatic corps, the general In ...

... MR SCOTT RUSSELL is to finish the Great Eastern. THE LONDON PCEsS ox THE Rzirone BILL,-The Times ?? motion of Lord John Russell has lost none of its objectionable qualities. It remains still as before a very bad precedent, inverting the ordinary course of business, and forcing a decision en a part instead of the whole of the question. It stili leaves it doubtful whether those who support it ...

... THA NA VY. His Netherlands Majesty's screw steam squadron, r0&- manded by Admiral T. Hooft, which left Lisboln on the 102 inst., under easy sail, has arrived in the Chamncl. I'Fur fl the ships, viz., the flag-ship Eversten, 50, Cap'taini v1o; the Admiral Vassenaar, 50, Captain 'an Briakoll; ,i,1tit corvettes, the Citadel Van Antwerpen, Captain Dc G itr; and the Vice-Admiral Koopman, Captain ...

... SEVEnE. GAa.-Tni STEAM-SHIP HuNGARIAX. --Yesterday morning it cmmnienced to blow a complete gale here from the south-west, the storm continuing to increase in violence up to the time of highl-water, about two o'clock, when it gradually subsided. The wind, which was accompanied with very heavy rain, changed Beveral times in the course of the forreoon, otherwise the Clyde and the Leven would ...

... PARIS, WILDNESDAY EvNiNG.-On tile 27th of this month expires the treaty made by Radetski with Piedmont, after theaffair at Novara, in virtue of which sum seventy millions of francs got into the Vienna exechequer as costs of war. Full of respect for treaties, especially proatable ones, the 28th is now fixed for a new adventure; and the Ticino Rubicon is to be crossed. Such is the firm belief ...

... fiaigim Nil oof TOND)AY, MARCH 21, 1859. NEWS OF THE DAY. K-NIGHT the struggle commences which is to -&&rmine the fate of the Ministry, and whether 1ien country is to have a reformed House of Cor- mo this year or not. Notwithstanding the inju- acious course adopted by Mr. l0EBCRu, and the cnsequent defection of himself and probably a few athers from the great body of the Liberal party, it ...