... 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- ...

... Mlr. Brin1ley Bichards's Concert. Mr. Willert Beale, the concert and operatic speculator, laving orgauised a toeernee through the United Kingdom, to commenace ee Monday last, inaugurated the speculation by a concert atc the Srt James's Hall, under Mr. Brinliy Richards's name, the well.kiiowe composer and pianist. Mr. Willert Meale intended having til,e lowing artistes :-Mdlle. Victeire Balfe, ...

... ,or 3Batip ie~c, T ys w EvenIn, IX AND OUT OF PLAE thr.Tl'bnrr-teSJulla Psli,-And tDC rpantrlun of ctJAOK AND TxlE Bii; STALK. i inoHl.S Mn H.sBoleno, adtElotflorc; Mae-re. G. Twnner mdllscktfldhama M adsm Bobanoc nd UDD dbar _O.-Commenon %t 1. COVENT GARD N TUa ErNnrj, THE OROWS DIAMONDS. MeNrs. B. Cort, a. Hour,. StAtlbrn, 1 . tarr n; Eta Lsouia CM -A C Pus fn 3 0 0 T 5 E a e s a . f l m e . ...

... I RBPBESBNTATION OFP ONTZ =CT. I There is every probabilit that there will be a contest for the represuatation of is borough. now vacant by the acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds by Mr. W. Overend, Q.C. Mr. Childers, who was the unsuccessful candidate on t the liberal side at the last election, undereircumanruoae which I have been prominently brought before the country, has agsdl come forward ...

... CENTRAL (litou OUR SPECIAL. CORILWOiNDENT.) FLORENCE, JAN. 13. You may consider it as almost settled that the two governments otfentral Italy are on the eve of making one of the boldest, and at i ie salte time one ot the most Lecessary, steps towards the d facto annexa- tion to Piedmont. 'ro meeting of the Congress having been poatroned sine die the rulers of this territory, as well as its ...

... FRANCE (FROM OUrt OWN o0nUasOtDSIT.) [The following appeasret in our Evening Edition of yesterday]: PAIRIS, Tu1SDAY Evassooe. The Bourse was dull at the opening, improved a little in the middle of the day, ane cloted very heavily, the ?? leaving off at the lowest prieta of the day, 681r. ou. and (18tr. dOo., with a all of 5c. aunit 20e. Mobilier fell 6tr. 'be I railwaea showed no disposition ...

... .DBAff Oa, IQVBSTNIDAN, S AflND musaz I BIC YUND flS017CTITON. I Yesterday afternoon a unuoerously attended gene- ral public meeting of the etubsoribere, donores, and members of the above benevolent institution was held In the saloon of the Theatre Royal, Drery-lane, tosanction and confirm a rese- lotion paesied in special committee tnt Tuesady. Dec. 29, 1859, for a granlt of250?. to build one ...

... I DISABIUTIEB OF AMERICAN PERSONS OF 'II TO TEr EDRTOR OF THE DAILY NeWs. 8Th,-I beg to forward to you a correspoudinnoe whicha baa recently taken plece between Kim B. P. Remsouds a frieeborn American lady of colonr with whom I kas the howaor to be acqasinted, and Mr. Dallu, the American ?? In thin country. I add a copy of her passport. You will observe that a visa to Min Remond'e passport is ...

... We are permitted to publish the following extract of a letter written by a member of the Roman catho- lic communion of England, a person of character and station, and undoubted devotion to the see of Rome: a' I want to say another word about Roman affairs. 'IS honour inexpressibly the Empeiors moral courage in announcing M. de la Gueronnidre's plan. He will have a wild cry raised by the misled ...

... UNfp.BR1T7 LoCAL 1txANJ.iT)O2B. Yesterday a meeting of schoolmasters who bave sent in eandiates for these eximinations wast held at th, Society ot Arts, John- street, Adtilpid, to take into cionstdsra- tion the' preaent sitats Of the whole qu'atlon of University local 4maminstione. with. the view of promocting wome arrangement between the Univeraiiies of Oxford and Cambridge, so that there may ...

... OUR CONTEMPORBARIES I A CnA~cc on or TE EXCEQUER'S WAu.- (Tines. )-Meanwhile we are going off at score into another Chinese war. Notwithstanding Capt. Sherard Osborn's consolatory promises, we cannot quite bring oureelves to believe that there is any great chance of being able to make this war pay itself. It will be cer- tain to have its rebound in the disagreesale form of inflamed estimates ...