... LORD PALMERSTON ON RAIL- WAY ENTERPRIZE. On Taesdtly Lord Palmerston cut the first sod of the w Andover and Redbridge Railway at Raosey, in the pre. serce of a numerous assemblage of the landolvlwrs of the h( district and others interested in the undertaking. The as' line-whiuh is intended ultimately to effect a commtnsi- xv cation between Southampton and the coalfields of South ir Wales and ...

... THE DEPARTURE OF THE | GREAT EASTERN. On Wednesday morning the Great Eastern, which has o been the object of public curiosity and anxious interest , for so long a period, fairly commenced her publio ai career. Since her launch she has been lying at her p moorings off Deptford, where she has beeu visited by c thousands of persons, The scene at Greenwich, Dept- u ford, and the Isle of Dogs was ...

... SIR H. SEYMOUR ON DIPLOMACY. One of our most distinguished diplonmatists, Sir Hamilton Seymour, favoured the audience of the Mechanics' Institution at Whitby, on Wednesday, with hints on diplomacy :- There was no great craft or mystery In it, he said, but it required an1 apprenticeship. Any man of good abilities alid close application would succeed, while a person who hoped to lead a life of ...

... (From a Private Correspondent.) CHIOAGO, ILLINOIs, 20th August, 1859. Dear Sir,-It hardly seems possible that I am writing at this moment nearly four thousand miles away from Good Old Brummagem, but the following table of distances will f show it to be a fact:- From Birmingham to Liverpool ?? -95 miles. Liverpool to New York ?? 2,500 New York to Chicago ?? 962 ,, Chicago to Evanston .12 ...

... lptstxut 6RD)g. N DUDLEY. TrIE CiinrTr1ES O- DUDLEY.-TO thce Elitsr of ?? Daily Post. -Sir, Will you permit us, through your columnso, publicly zo thank Cornelius C.Lrtwright, Eiq., and his co-trustees, for the very handsone gift of a complete copy of the plans of the proper- ties belonging to theso charities. They tire strongly bound tip in one voluen, and presonted to the vicar and wardens, ...

... 'imiga MIXUllignm CHINA. To the details already given about the disaster in China, the Afonitcur dc ?? adds the following particulars from a private letter: The Mongol troops who defended the works of Taken form part of the Imperial Guard, the effective strength of which is about 50,000 men. These troops are superior to all the others of the army, and have in their ranks the best gunners and ...

... THE REPRIEVE OF DR. SMETHURSTs LATEST PARTICULARS. [Freom the Observer of - yesterday.] The reprieve of the prisoner was quite unexpected. During the early part of the week Dr. Smethurst appeared to be in very good spirits, and seemed quite confident that the sentence would not be carried out, as he was fully in- formed of all that was going on outside, and also with the interview that his ...

... LATEST NEWS-' ST EELrRIE AND INTERNATIONAL T= RIUH. Omrasm TONEp; BuIDINGS. NEW STREET. THE TUSCAN DEPUTATION IN TURIN. TuRItN, Saturday, September 3rd.-The members form- ing the Tuscan deputation arrived here to-day at noon. The municipal bidy and some members of the Parliament went to receive them at the railway terminus. The streets through which they passed were richly decorated. An im- ...

... -- ?? Nigeria .BMS. DUDLEY. Teen EXCISF AND HoEMu-iAnDr WLNFO.-TO ite Bditer of Me Birminghasm Daily Post-Sir, Would you be so kind as to insert the ?? as a lesson for the retailers of beer? Gentlemen, I have to inform you to be very mareful not to have any home-made wine on your premises, as you will be liablelto'have it taken from you, as I have this day (September 7tb), some taken from me, ...

... THE TRIPb FTHE GREAT EASTERN. SAD EXPLOSION ON BOARD, AND SEVERAL LIVES LOST. The otherwlse.pu5cessfut first trip of the Great Eastern has been marred by a melaneholy disaster, involving loss of life and serious personal injury ;but before narrating the mode in which this occurr , we musi describe how the first part of the voyage from the Nore -to Portijud Roads was. accomplished, making use ...

... Sorfign INDIA AND CHINA. By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have received files of papers from Bombay to the 20th of August. We take the following from the Bombay Gazette of that date : It is to be feared that treaties with the Chinese are now at an end. Oar best course is to act with firmness, for it is necessary to maintain our position in China on a permanent footing. We have to deal ...

... BY BrLWTBr0 AND INTERNATION.AL THLEDGIAV Om2afl, TEAPIu BUILDINGS, XEW STuRE. FRANC}E. A SETTLEMENT OF THE ITALIAN DI FFIULTY. The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing on Tues- day night, says:- The great report of the day, said to be based on private despatohes from Biarritz, but with respect to the value of which I can say nothing, is that the knotty question of the Duchies is ...