... THFE PRESS. THE ITALIAN QUESTION. (FRoM THI3 TIMES.) THE is one cardinal point upon which it is necessary to have information on Italian affairs, and that is, what the Italians themselves wvant. In the same way when we nie contemplating any organic change in the Euglisli Constitution, we endeavonr to test the oi)inion or the country on the matter at issue, By help of the machinery of our ...

... [BY EXPRtESS.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. Ilrmine we are in the middle of the long-expected crisis. It has come at last, as everybody knew it would, but the result is by -no means satisfactory to tlje select body of expectant placemen in and out of Parliament, who fancied that by hounding on the Go- vernment to an adverse division they would succeed to power as a matter of course. The ...

... THE CLASSICAL HRMONISTS' SOCIETY. TinE third concert for the season of this society was given last evening at the Victoria Iall, and nttraeted a crowded attendance. We presume this was the closing concert of the season, and it certainly was in seale respects superior to its piedecessors. The artistes engaged included Miss J. Cruise and Mr. It. Smith, of the Dublin con- certs, who are both too ...

... A U.S T Rj,.& . VIrENAX, A'RIL 10.-It is said that tbe Emperor onl Saturda- revoked goma important order' which he had given a day ortwo before; and it is reported that an 'sltinutma) will not now be sent to Turin. It is possible that such may be the case, but uot pro- bable for; the armamenets of Afurtria are carried on with more vigour aid enej'gy than eve. On an ave- rage ten trains a day ...

... LATEST NEW ?? NE W~S-LETTEI? OFFICE. ThursdayM Morning. [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] TIIE ITALIAN QUESTION. Trieste W ednesday. Advices have been received from M ilan to ?? inst. The official Milan Gazette ascribes a peaceful meaning to teo article on existing relations between France and Germalny published in tlo Jfonitelur of Stnday last. FRANCE. The news from Paris received to-day is generally ...

... THE BELFAST BOROUGH BILL, Wr publish in our columns this morning the principal portion of the Bill introduced by Lord Naas and Mr. Wlbiteside, for giving efrect to tile recommerda- tions of Messrs. Major, QC., and CopinIor, Q.C., tile Commissioners appointed by her Alajesty to in- quire into our local affairs, The 13ill is onl( of very great importance to the town, and is much more than a ...

... VISIT OF: PRINCE ALFRED TO JERUSALEM. (FROM THi DAILY NEWS.) .Oistlie 11th March-all Jerusalem was-thrown into a state of the most, pleasant ex'citement by' the news that advices had been received, at. the English Con- sulato the previous night, announcing the arrival at JafTa of her Majesty's ship Euryalus,jlav'ing on board his Royal HigImess PrincoAlfred, on his way to visit the Holy City. ...

... THE REPRESENTATION OF BELFAST- I . MR. DAVISON, M.P; IT was not to be expected that a general election could pass over witiobt sonme bitter lamentations from the Liberal party in Belfast over a state of things which leaves them so little hope of winning a seat from the Conservatives. The Beolfst Miert cary is particularly sad on this account, and, as might naturally be expected from that ...

... CAVAN,.-ThiCrC will be hard work between Sir c John Young and the Hon. Captain Annesley, both having great interests in the county.-feath People. f COUNTY Dowx.-The Nvorther)- Wrhig of yesterday says:- From communications made to is, yester- day, it woul(l appeal that the dominion of nristo- cratic landlords in Counlty Down may possibly he re- sisted at the expected lection, and that an ...

... iVEWIfS-LETTER OFFICE, Wednesd(ay f6raing. [I;Y MAGNETIC TBEIIGRAPI.] TREATY BET13VEEN RUSSIA AND FRANCE. Berlin, Tuesday EveOhilg, 8.39 P.M. Tbils evening'S edition of thoe Natlonal Zeituny states fiat a traty offensive and defensivo between Rnssia ald France wns concluded otl Friday last, according to Nyllich Russia is to make ther first mobilation of ?? or7s d'n'ree, two ?? are to be ...

... THE WATER COMMISSIONERS, WE publish elsewhere a somewhat abridged report of the proceedings at the meeting of the Water Coii- muissioners, held on Thursday last, which the state of our columns precluded us from giving yesterday. There is one feature in those proceedings, and one only, to which wve can refer with satisfaction. It will be perceived that the Commissioners have given a handsome ...

... LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND Slit H. M. CAIRNS. On Thursday night, in the House of Commons, Lord ELOHO explained, that in defending certain phrases which were used by the Solicitor-General he meant no disrespect to Lord Johin Russell, as had been misapprehended out of doors. These phrases were to the effect that Lord John Russell, in his as- sanlit npon the Government, had acted with a view to ...