... LAT ES T _N-EW w $.1 1BY ELEE RIO AND IsTg NATcO AL TELERIAP. I OEnEsIS, TMPL BUMDISGS, NWV SaEc. THEWAR. RUMOUBS OF ANOfIiER GREAT -BATTLE. ?? , ?? Wesinesday. it wvas reported in' Paris that the Empress had received news of an important engagement yesterday morning, near Montechiaro; thab the Austrians had been driven back, nd thatbhe mairt body of the French army had advanced Considerably. ...

... The Profeet of Police has just placarded all over Paris a copy of one of the coup d'fat decrees, by which any per- son propagating a pieco of false news, whether with bad faith or nob, is liable to a fine of from 50fr. to 1,000fr. I have not heard whether this penalty has been applied to the Government journal the Pays, which lately propa- gated the false news that the Austrians had evacuated ...

... .z4f Pdr-opolis. TheoRoyal Polytechnic Institution, Rgent Street. Lon- ten, which for many years has done so much for the. reas tiolavad encouragement of a taste for scientifico pursuits, is annonnced for sale by auction, by Messrs, Rushworth and' Xarvig, of Saville Itow, in the present month of June;. I ?? 1ArNWH op A MAN.-OF-WAR.-The launch of her Ma- 3Wt ship Charybdis took place at ...

... (From the Daily News.) It is quite time that some coinprehensive plan-for the defence of this country should be settled. Le:,ihe . qiieatwfl saoccnpiedhtugniiti.. hi~of. i'some of our greatest statesmen andsoldiers. But it must be confessed that the public have never yet, had an opportunity of thoroughly understanding it, because it' has not' been brought before' them in an intelligible shape. ...

... Lost evening Mr. Dawson delivered the firot of two lectures on Mr. Pepys and his Diary in-the theatre of the Midland Inst- tute, There was a full audience, amongst whom vgere Sir Francis Scott, and Mr. Ryland and Mr. Hebbert -(Vice-Preeidentas, Mr. Dawson commenced by observing that the remarkable book to which he should call their attention or recollection was the Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esq. ...

... fortip Rffl WillaRy. DEATH OF TYES BiBsop OF ANTIGUA.-The death is announced (from yellow fever) of the Bishop of Antigua, Dr. S. J. Rigand, formerly master of Ipswich Grammar School. Dr. Rigaud went out to the colony only twelve months since. His widow and family have also suffered from yellow fever. ACTIVITY AT CHERBOURG.-A1l the disposable vessels at Cherbourg are being fitted out with all ...

... (0mxeBpnz.- I NOTICES TO CORRSEONDENTS. . Zfeftesa ?? bat ofaopcnie` bp ojise~is p!WJ _ ,t way apteciufmvfue .Upathc r eom.. vrx~~~w~~po~~sho~. -np Set.tJPu- I-'ti~a co mshgniations aust keep sopi s'b!'h8 di, at. ciiot 6s.ier. Atake tolrehsns un i6 ?? ?? $lensorioisp., Merewbidinage is of no valhe, excepting to : 'oCepspyce, and.tlus we caniot afford. A Reader of the .test. It meann miore ...

... THE GOVERNMNIENT INSPECTOR ON THE CONDITION OF 'rHE POLICE. The usual weekly meeting of this Committee was held yesterday, the CHAIRMAN (Alderman Manton) presiding. On the minutes of the last meeting being read, Alderman HAWKES took exception to the terms in which the resolu- tion arising upon the Watch Sub-Committee's report was entered. He said that as it stood upon the book it implied the ...

... pistrid pws., flUDLEY. CoLczrY ACCIDENT.-On Saturday morning last, at one of Mr. Haden's pits ?? Green, another of those unfortunately comn- mon accidents which are occasioned by the drawing of the skip over the pulley, occurred. Edward Floyd, who was with other men In the skip at the time, was seriously injured on the shoulder, hut tile rest escaped unhurt. A MALTSrrTE IN Drm-cour.Tics.-At ...

... ,smixg ?? THE WAR. BATTLE OF MAGENTA. The Timcs' Paris correspondent, writing on Friday even- ing, says:- The aceowut of the battle of Magenta in the Moniteur is suspected to be from the hand of the Emperor himself. It is generally interpreted as a plausible but not very successful apology for the faults which military men find in the operation which it records. I do not pretend to give any ...

... ,he Last evening a meeting of the electors of this ward was OR held at Mr. Addy's, Royal Hotel, Queen-street; Mr. as, Thomas Larard, junr., occupied the chair, and the Pe aitendance during the progress of the proceedings on becamne large. Amongst those present were Aid. Abbey, oat and Councillors Clarke, Lotherington, Chambers, Rich- ?? ardson, and Dobson. The questions for discussion were lob ...

... We under1tand a m~arriage will shortly be solemnized between MTr Caley, eldest sonU o Sii Digby CayleyBart, ell and Miss IWorsloy, daughter of Sir Win. NVoraley, Bartb of Rovinghgbam. -Mor ning Post. GUN, VESSELS FOR HIER MAJESTY'$ NAVY.-The w AdroirtY have given instructions to Mr. W. C. Miller B of Toxteth Dokek Liverpool, for the construction of two yof 'e'fs ~~I~otxt? ganu vessels of ...