... A monthly and special meeting of the Town Council was held yesterday, in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, his Worship the Mayor, S. R. Graves, Jisq., presiding. FINANCE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committeo comprised recommendations to increase tho salary of Mr. E. .Robert', assistant clerk to the clerks to the magistrates, from £130 to £200 per annum, the oon£id-ration of was ...

... UfWAUJ) JAMK-» K.-HJ , Q.C., OWTA ▼. Oo«;»;i.\s —This w.\h an action to remoter paid by the pl.vnt«tf dmt tor a hr «, which w*b afU>rw»rdM reiu n:d uod r agreement. Mr. A.»(>inail ap lA'cl 'ho pi iir. jn for tl,e d jfendiMvt. Tii-j plaintiff' J ■.•ha Go.*t.», in* t-r, ry l bttsioe-s in Regent-road, staled t «»»t Jui.o la-.t p.irchas- d a home from Timothy C > iu ...

... M 11 ?? I , E - It appears from the 'last offcil return that there are at prhaent being buiit, in heh various loyal doekyards, 43 vessels of war, or cty' from 1 to 91 ans reopeotively, and each ol tbeim from SO ta 1,250 horses power. Tun PBIcorso-oP WALEO. AND FeallfAsONBY-It is rumoured that his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales vsill be hoitiated this year in fteamaontry. Owing to the death ...

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... . 1 I I . Oll Pst ?, Fiv I,, OX p FRIDAY, JANIUARY 4, 1861. NEWS OF THE DAY. YESTERDAY the long-silent echoes of St. Stephen's were awakened b>y a little formal ceremony. Par- liament was prorogued until the 5th of February, then to meet for the despateh of busines. Another defection from the leadership of Mr. DIsnAELI on the ohurch-rate question is made known, Mr. A. STEWART, the ...

... C()RRESPONDENCE. DISTRESS IN BIRMINGIHAM. To the EDITOR of the DiLxY 'POS. Sir,-It is gratifying to know that in attending to the wasts of; the destitute poor of Coventry, the necessities of our own townspeople are not entirely overlooked. I havo to-day received from a gentleman equally distin- guisbed by his munificence and liberality, a sum of money for distribution amongst the necessitous ...

... EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRIIAL FINE ART IN ElDIxNunoos -The Board of Manufactures have advanced the arrange: mnents for this Exhibition, which is to be opened in No- vember next. The Governnent have promised considerable I collections from the museum at South Kensington, and will send works of rare artistic excellence. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort have been graciously pleased to bestow their ...

... -rHE ..A~RGA - C. ?? ?? N.I.- - TH e XAl)kGsT; SOCIPT-Y'sS YE~lS', ,SG, R Ths eh an carr backteidb=pienorles. somnequie of a5 tal Vlt thetim 'we Ewr T# ;qr, th enrsZ 7065e50?, Waid a visit t4 this, city t e surpose'o 0rePV at Si t4ste for Ulablis Chianber Iarinoulc` and~bo1cit5 .the PhllosoPlrchl InStitution, irst inoUla, h IOf~ Iteges in this negbo~rhog d01th~tat ?? ma I ait lore by which tb ...

... GERMANY AND THE BA L'T. (FROM OUR OWN CosRESPosNflflT.) HAMBuiRG, Jan. 14, 186l.-There can be little doubt that the British Government are doing what they can to get matters settled between Germany and Denmark; but it is to be feared that they have deferred their inter- ference for this purpose until their movements are too late to have much chance of being. attended with the success which ...

... 't' LONDON TO NOTTINGHAM DERRY, AND LEEDS._ les, Gov Iii Firs2 zn STATIONS. 112~ 12 I2 12 21212 12 12 1 2Mail - Departure a.m. A ar, nm amam. D. p~m. p~m. pr~s. Egg, 'ter London E. Square ~ .. .13 0.30. 0.01 1. a0 2.45 3 1 .3 9:13111u I ?? 0.30 o1.53 1 40 2. 05.40 7 30 11.20 Scr ?? . 3.36 . 8 30 Ret ,10 Louglhborourgh .. i.42151.3112.52). 3.42 7.12 8 30 12.21 9 tou. Kegworth I9. .3N4I12, 8:12 ...

... 7; AAw 1 -1 z- - .t- The New Year's Ball inaugurated with great eclat the danc- ?? season in Derby, on Wednesday evening. The attend- ance vwas utinusually large and brilliant, as the following list fal of two hundred and forty visitors will show, The scene was he a very picturesque one; the many hued dresses of the ladies co giving great brilliance to the spectacle. Lady Harriet Vernon . was ...

... Th orae sufferingi Paris as well as in London, and foreM ?? ha takn the initiative in charitable relief gave by plaig 2,01 ttedsposal of the police, to bedis- ribated in bad and firig. ?? rich and -charitable an d are almost commanded in thp Aionifeur to follow this A ,example. Ab A night fete has been given by the Count de Morny Abr on the ice, on the lake of Longchamps in the Buis de n ...