... FRANCE. 2 PAstis, Monday.-Prince Metternich received to-day Tb~ ?? his hotel, the principal Members ot the diplomatic to corps, the grand dignitaries of State and of the Crown, s the officers of the H-ousehold of the Emperor, of the Th Empress, and the Imperial Princes. These receptions will be continued to-morrow and pr( te following day. p01 IPrincess Mietternich will hold her receptions ...

... STREET COMMISSIO'NERS' NMEETIG. The monthly me~eting, of the Street Comissionsiiers 55a5 1101( on Wednesday last, when M1r. Alderimal n ltne Nyas voted toil thle chair. There being, ant 1nUSUally large attendlanice, thleco meeting was held inl the Council Chamilber. ini The following bunisisess wats trainsactcd :_ lei TREASUR~ER'S osEPOtT. a The Treasurer repsrtedi that. of tile UiliterSitY ...

... (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) In these days of military advancement, when old weapons have fallen into disuse, and discovery pressing on discovery thrusts in its claims to notice and acquiescence, sums, perhaps considerable sums, will have to be disbursed out of the public exche- quer for weapons purely experimental, and out of all character as to price with the permanent capabilities even of the ...

... (FROM ODR OWN CORBESPONDENT.) LISBON, Nov. 27. It appears that the last two steamers from South- ampton have been put in quarantine at Vigo, on ac- count of the packet La Plata having arrived at the former port after having had yellow fever on board. It is said that when the Ellora left Southampton, on the 7th inst., her papers were not in order, but that the endorsement of the consul was ...

... IVA VAL AND MILITAR Y. I .I . ADMIRALTY, DEC. 24.-APPOINTMENTS.-C.oM.- manders G. H. Wale (1858) and J. C. Campbell (1858), to be Inspecting commandera in the coast-guard service. Paymaster H. Callaway (18&6), to the Alacrity, 4, screw steam sloop, at Sheerness, Clerk N. D. B3. Roberts, to the Camberland, 70, at Sheerness. CHATHAM, Dsa. 26. THE DOC1KYARD DEFENCES.-In consequence of the report ...

... THE VOL UN TEBB RIFLE MOVEMENfVT. I ?? 4 _ I d NORTH LoNDON.-It was anticipated that a large l muster of this corps would take place yesterday, the 26th inst., to make a first appearance in public by a march from the drill-ground to the practice rang, in the Seven r Sisters-road. Unfortunately the weather was anything but . propitiouF, and the drizzling rain, intermixed at frequent in- tervals ...

... FOUNDERING OF1 T1L STBABER BAGLR. IursorT LOSS O.F LiEE. I We regret having to announce another dreadful catastrophe at sea, which took place early on Tuesday morn- ing in the Firth of Clyde. The screw-steaner Eagle, which plies between Glasgow and Ltndonderry, left the Broomielaw for the latter port on Monday afternoon at four o'clock, with, between passengers and crew, ?? 80 souls on foard. ...

... ' WeWe published the other day the resolutions of the [m ercntile community of Brenmen on this sbet atssine henthefolowngpaper of the Chamber of )a Commepree of Hamburg, on thse Maritime Law of the Ntofns in time of War, has been issued under date ~he of7hDec., 1859: We Te delaraionrespecting maritime law, signed by the Powers assembe ia Congress at Paris, April 16, 1856, pro- ~e claimed the ...

... *: ¶O TME CATHOLICS OF DUBLW.N *: - . 'Dublin, November, 1859. FELLowGCATHsoLecs-Mrith the due authorlsation. of my revered and illustrious Archbishop, I have e.omnlo .amorg you on a ?? of the greatest charity. ' I ask your aid for the protection at oace of the homesteads and faith of my persecuted people. Tney have nobly and finally refused to haud over their Httle ones to the tiain- ing QfI ...

... ' PHILfA1UbONIC SOCIY I I The patrons 'and members of ths 'society sebm -etermined that It shall preserve undiminished the high roputstlon which It bna achieved as a medium for the development :ef correct and refined ?? taste, and ns a means whereby cholco selections from the works of the mogt illustrious masters of harmonic scienen ari produced in the completeat possible manner for tho ...

... iSYMPATHY' WITH THE _ _ .t I r ?? TYII'1)1r-- - IJI1E LUIMI~TjCK DEMONSTRATEO-y (PP1M01 Obt SPECUbL DEPO1TrflS1 Liat-ensc-1, ?? great aggregate of the Catholics of the co~unty aud cit o Linertick convened to exprs Sypah 'ehri I~ i ?? 1the Pope, was hold to-day inl the flewCi;raofS John's, if' that City. It wiill ho IbII~ lb hesb joined list of flames, Wyhich includes see small proportion of ...

... I clroin the Tcleyrap)h qf yesterday). There are still writers of the Conservative party who maintain that the reform bill was a public calamity, and that parliament has deteriorated since the enfranchise- menlt of the great boroughs. It was then, they affirm, that youth and talent found their way into the House of Commons, under the discriminating patronage of statesmen who trained thent for ...