... 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 ...

... .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 ?? . I CENTRAL (FoRO oUR sPEcOL conasoitDMer.) FLORENCE, JAr. 14. it As you may imagine, great was the excitement as produced in this cit by the telegraphic summary ot . the letter adtdreud by Louis Napoleon to the Holy er Father. It ia true that the joyful announcement hc was soon saddened by the idea that the principles b laid down in thattremarkable letter were not equally he applied to ...

... I I I -.I SAIRDINIA. Ds (MM0K Ovu owN COsULMPONcDAna) TURIN, JAN~. 13. I do not offet to deny that I persisted in believing is the Congress would take place, notwithstanding its bpostponsement. It is quite a now fet'eure in buttory mat the proposition of a congress made at one and y the eame dtne by two great powers, and freely ac- h oepted by all the cabinets to wtiih it was addressed, ly ...

... WJfO I8j ?? 1. ?? rA Nord.) In whatever point of eight We Place ourselves, the, a is inoattentive observer amongst us who will not hold the destinies of popedomito occupy the first rank in the iote- rests of the catholic world ; there Is not a single statesman who doss not wis to see thes Romish church exercising, in I-the religious world, the influenes thbet belongs to her, dfend assuming in ...

... I CH.ELSEA 47'wBMEUR CON'VERSWTIOXE. us About a year since the young denizens of Cheyne- Pon walk, Chelsea, and its ausroundings, actuated by a laudable 1r ndesire for mutual improvement, determined upon erectinD a Mr. temple to Pallas Athena somaewhere in the district lying west cor of Sloane-oquare. The scheme was ag rambiioue a it v a our laudable. The man who was deep in the majestyof ...

... i RAVA1L AND MILI1ARY. I AmDmALTY, JAN. 1d.-APPOINTMiENTS.-C0112- mandere J. S. Rundle (1856), to be inspecting coummander of coast-guard, vice Commander Woodley, upereeded at his own request; J. Palmer (1856), and G. i . Gardner (1848), ap- pointed for the servioe of the Royal Naval Reserve. Paymaster W. J. Stevens (1857), to the Hydra, 6, paddle- wheel steam sloop, at Devonport. JAN. 14. ...

... TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. I The following telegram. have been received at Mr. Reuter's office: FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY. M. Thouvenel is expected to arrive here t-day. He will assume his Ministerial duties on Monday next. The Payv of this evening says:- It is ?? that the Emperor has terminated the inquiry on the questions contained in the letter of the 5th of Janoary addressed by his Majeaty to ...

... ' TO THE EDITOIR OF TtE DAILY NEWS. SIR_,-Your correspondent ' spectator on the Rio Drainage projeot, commences with stating that it has no guarantee whatever from the imperial government. The Imperial government gives whtt is better-an bslolute direct payment to the company ot a fixed srneal drainage rate for 99 years, and the works by the concoesieon are declared to be privileged works ...

... I -- ?? TO THE EDITOtt OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-I understand, from quarters which are likely to be wall informed on aueh subjects, that in the church of England there is the greatest possible diffi ilty in obtaining acceptable curatee, and that clergymen have otten to wait long before they can secure suitable fellow-workerm. Now, were the charch of Englnd, Ihesitate nottosay, todevide ...

... EX TENSION OF THB SATURDAY HALF- - HOLIDAY MOVEMENT. in We have much pleasure in recording the progress el- of the Saturday half.holiday movement at the veet end of ve London, where a large number of eetabliehments in the woollen trade have lately agreed to close their houres at three In oclock on Saturday afternoou, an arrangement which in lot now being caried out, and which we hear is likely ...