... STATE AND CHIRCH. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.-Ier Majesty will, according to present arrangements, open Parliament in person on the 24th inst. TREATY oF COMMERcE WITH FRANCE.-The Morning Post says: When the increased and daily increasing mercantile transactions between England and France and the liberal tendencies of both Go- vernments are considered it cannot fail to give the liveliest ...

... ?nrr?pnnb?E?. SMALL ARMS. Payonets, pikes, and halberds too, From out their scabbards broad swords flew. Pure Warlike Song, 1746. TO TrE EDtTOt OF THE 21Adz. Sir,-Wo have heard a good deal of blkam talked, and we have read it too of the cut and thrust bayonet exercise of the French, and a supposed improvement which that nation has made in that weapon. Now I utterly disbelieve in any advan- ...

... , ta ?? a - I; THERE has been anotli;.coit peon thy Fax niards and the Mo., a1L.tE beineeatwith. a loss of 1500 e- tered 40,000 -men, the Spani loss is-estimated onlyt at from 400 to 600. A telegram from Modena mentions thabt Govern- ment has instituted proceedings against the Inquisitor Filetti, and caused him to be arrested, for kidnapping the Jewish child, Mortara. The proceedings have L ...

... IAMITXOfJAN. 19. POST OFFICE Orrcra-Notwithstanding of the spirited' exertions frequently made, and the best of influence used in behalf of our two letter-carriers, these steady, lit-paid, and ill-clad men, seem. now to have no prospect of obtaining. oni- form clothing from Government. la. 10th December last. , our esteemed Chief Magistrate transmitted a memorial to James Merry, lEsq., of ...

... SATil Y JAiNUtol ARlY 2818 . SAlTURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1860. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT, IT is a very ancient complaint to make of that d1d- fashioned state document, the Queen's speech, that it gives us nothing but stale facts and manuggestive reflec- tions. But setting aside the peculiarities of its style and composition, which, would certainly rather disorder the nerves of a Civil Service ...

... I DAILY AND PERODICAL PRESS. DAILY EW S;-Eventful as have been many ot the years of the present century, there is not one, perhaps, which has seen the overthrow of more old tyrannies, the disperslon of more antiquated illusions, and the birth of more new hopes, than 1869. The First of Ja- nuary of this year saw the Popedom, however anile in its rule over its owr subjects, still powerful from ...

... ENGLAND AND FRANEO.-The Post conspicu- ously publishes the following short article:- England and France.-When the increased and daily increasing mercantile transactions between England and France, and the liberal tendencies of both governments are considered, it cannot fail to give the liveliest satisfaction to the two nations to understand that negociations are at this moment on foot, ...

... TREATY OF COMMiERCE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANOE.. Intelligenee has been received of the signing of the treaty of commerce between England and France. A little disparity, however, still exists with regard to the exact arrangements of the treaty. The Pays of Tuesday says: The Treaty of Commerce between France and England wassigned yesterday. A delay being neoessary for the ratification of the ...

... TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHIES. ['FIIIROUG(I MAR1. REUTER'S AGENCY.] CIRCULAR OF COUNT CAVOUR. TuItiN, SUNDAY. On the 27th of Janualry the Miinister for Foreign Affairs forwarded a circhlar to the Sardinian Am- bass udors alooad, on the qjuestion of Central Italy. In this circular Count. CaLvoiir observes that the ialinhbaitan ts of (entral Iialy li ad accoptedl the Con- gress with cobtilnce, but ...

... TIHE CALCUTTA. MAIL. We have received rvil M'rseilles files of papcrs from (alrutta. We trke thO following suimmnary from the Bengal ]lrerirkru of Dec. 22. The campaigan on the frontiers of Nepainl is nearly at an end. Khlln Babadoor Ktahan, cx- awab of Bareilly, was captured by Sir Jung Bala- doer. and made over to the British authorities. IHe and Muninoo Khan have been sent to Lucknow, where ...

... COURT CIRCCLAR. WINDSOR, JAN, -25. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes- terday. The Queen and Prince Consort walked in the Home-park this morning, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmoro. Her Royal Highness paid a visit to her Majesty in the afternoon at the Castle. Princess Alice and Princess Helena rode in the Riding- house, Lord Charles Fitzroy has ...

... 1OUSE% OF ONJLYONS. i iEMEXAMINATION OF PRIVATE BILLS. ,lr. Smith sat yesterday morning as ono of tho exanliners of Privato Bills, inComminttee-room, No. 17, and received proofs 3 that the Standing Orders of the House had been complied with in the following bills:- UNOPPOSED. 31, York Improvement (Lendal-bridgo and approaches). 32 Disley and Hayfield Railway. 33. Great Southern of India ...