... I EXE COMMITTEgB OF LA MEE ON E CTI OH I - - ATE2S. , . The Committee of Laymen would now redeem the pledge they gave last summer, to offer to the members of 311 the church some suggestions on the fitting stepato bie taken, th in order to secure a satisfactory settlement of the long-agi- es tated question of chureh rates. 1. Tis cannot 'e effected without the cordial union of an those who ...

... I. ENDL4JVT LIFBOA2BROBS. I-. .. ?? I A g ientle n 'wrting froan. ArdiniOft, on the a Aom ofWaterford, thus details the, galat services of the oflifeboat at that place,'belaoning to tho Nrational Lifeboat ..institution; Ardmore Dec 26. _eg t comuzfateacircumatance, whiclalsm sure 'wh ill afford all supporters of the Royal National Lifeboat bl 'Institution Sincere Pleasure; the lifebot of its ...

... TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE, CII INA. FOREIGN OFFICE, DRc. 30. A telegram, dated St. Petersburg-this afternoon, has been received from Sir John Cramipton, stating that intelligence had been received by the Russian government from Pekin, up to the 18th of Novem- ber, confirming previous accounts, but giving no new details. The stasts qto, which was considered to be satisfactory, had not been ...

... I _ - . . I The following are the new customs duties regu- rounu lations in reference to the new wine dutie, which come p9UDI into operation this day, viz. I h each;E The board have spin had underconsideration the inatruc- round tions which it may be desirable to issue for the guidance of of thi the officers with reference to the provisions of the Customs k Duties Consolidation Act, 1860, ...

... *1 I o - COVENTRYAR~aEP FUND. TO TME UIMTON Osr sME DAILY NEWS. em ?? piirsuaaa6e -of 'what I proposed iu a 5 Of former letr, I *1,1 now. ideavour to give some idea, of ;5gn1 thepirps n etod twbioh we are endeavonsing tournhport nneef-., gratnieed. gsoliberally ?? i1 Of I would ask leave, howeier,to stat. firt one fact WUic& kof I omitted in my previous letter and which is so creditable id.to ...

... I RIFLED CAST4RON SERVICE GUNS. I To-Tim r DlOr 0 THE DAILY MMW8 Sin, -In the review which you published some time ag0 of the printed report of the debate which took tendei place at the Institution of Civil Engineers last February on Sn1 the construction of artillery, some prominence was given to Lieut the views which I expressed in the course of the discussion be Cal as to the possibility ...

... THA FRENCH DESPATCHES RM INA. I 0., The Moniteisr continues the publication of docu- ments connected with the late proceedings in China. In a report from the commander of the French corps of operations in that country to the Marshal Minister of War occurs the following account of the plundering of the Summer Palace: After a rather difficult march we reached the village of Yuen-Mng-Yuen, at ...

... nil ?? COVENT-GAIIDXN. THB EVDIN5, TEE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE. ISIS ~ouisa Pyne.-And BBLUE BEARD; or Harlequin and Freedom a I In herIslandllomc. sssrs.Boleno, B.RPyneueildyard, Hilano, 8 1. Payne, Banes, h Tanner; Madame Boleno. Miss C. Morgam HAYM1ARXIM. Ths EVWnio, SEE STOOPS TO CpNqUER. Mr. Buck- Wc atone: Miss Fnnn Stir , . E. Fitwilham.-And QUEEN LADYBIRD AND CIELDN; or Harlequin and a ...

... Mte Court. WMNDSOR CASTLE, DEc. 31. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Alice, walked in the Home-park this morning, and visited the Duchess of Kent at Frpgmore. The Prince Consort left Windsor at half-past nine 'cloks for Cambridge, attended by Major-General the Ron. I. Bruce and Colonel Ponsonby. The Prince visited Ms. dingley Hall, near Cambridge, which has been engaged as a residence for ...

... THE UNITED STATES ?? (FROM AN OccAsRONAL cosRsRoXDMRv.) PHJADELPEA, DEc' 13. The knell of the constitution has sounded. The political experiment, unprecedented in magnitude and in appearance of progressive stability, which has been attempted by the United States for nearly ninety years, is a failure. According to the man who had sworn to support it, it is incapable of sus- tentation. James ...

... I (OM OUR OWN CORESPOWDNT.) as [The ?? appeared in our Rvenibg iditioa of bo yesterday]: i bo PABUS, SAT' AX EVZM*O. fet The evening papers are nearly filled with the x interesting news from China, and contain nothing de else of importance. us The Pccys says that General de Montauban's de- 10 spatcih to the Minister-at-War, by the details Tl which it gives of the divisio4 of the booty between ...

... I - (FROM OUR OWN CORWONDE7.) TURIN, Duom 23. Signor Vegezzi, the Minister of fiaace, read this uafrnoon to the assembled Senate the royal decree -for closing the parliamentary session, and in pol: the Chamnber of Deputies the Minister of the and Interior. Signor Minghetti, read likewise the be decree for dosing the Chamber. . In a short time nim. twill be publshcd the other decree for the ...