... LAT E$ST N:EW S.- cie NEWS-LETTsER; OFFICE,- :. s .at Y E STERDB A Y 'S .D E-S-PAjLT C E . 'a *1\ t [nY MAGNETio TFLEGRAIH.] ; Ei DEPARTURE OF THE fRENCH FLEFT FROm in * GAATA._ -i * ?? Turin g Monday Evening. i n The report of the departure of the French fleet v from Gaeta bha been confirmed.. .ii tit THE FRENCH ADMIRAL'S .POSITION AT r GAB'TA. . Le Nerd statos that the Cabinet of St. ...

... THE YEAR ANI) iTS DiVISIONS. (Floos L COURESPoDlENT.) IT was thought, in ancient times, that the sun moved round the earth, and the period of the ap- parent revolution was termed the solar year. 'Ihe Egyptians, according to the authority of 1lerodoLus, were the first who approximated to the true length of this ytar. They divided it into twelve months, of thirty days each; and the people of ...

... AG E N TS. A &berdoe,-A & B. ILMie Maddington.Thss. Cowan a Do. ..Thfst Menries, Do. 0. Smiles O Castle St. ffawIck..L. Black Do. ,L,.d J. Smith Hawiick:. . DaIRlelsh Do. LD.Wyllle&Son tnaorlelthen-RobertSnralI 0 A1lloa. .J. Lotbian- inverkelthing.Miss Caml bell 6 De. -S. N. Morrison Jedburgh-A. & W. Easton o De. J. Wtngate Do. -T. Small o Anstruther.L. Russell uniper Green Mrs Meikls 6 ...

... w,- PS ?? lb TUESDAY MORON6T, -JANUARY 1. Tur, rate of discount bas been raised by the Bank of lpnglaud to 0 per cent. Iltelligenee has been received from Pehin, via St. ' Petersburg, to the 18th November, which confinms the previous accounts, but contains nothing new. The status quo had not been interfered with, aid -wasr considered satisfactory. I A play, by M. Mocquard, the Private ...

... 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 ...

... FIRE ESCAPES-MEETING OF PETER'S PARISH. I I . .. - I .. . . . ?? A meeting was held yesterday in the vestryroomn of St. Peter's parish church, Aungier-street, to consider a compiunication which had been received from Tie Royal Irish Society for Protection of Life from Fire, and also to consider and adopt measures best calculated to assist the society in protecting their desirable under- ...

... GBlnDD 27N8 RAILWAY COMPANY OP The followinig is a report just issned by the LonAon directors of this company. To it are appended ?? from -. Blackwell, the m inagng director; Mr. Sianley, the general manager; and Mr. Mackenzie, the locoluotive superinterdent: T hike London directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canda, in referring to the annexed report of 1r. BlawckWel, the managing ...

... The business of these Sesalone was opened In the Shire Hell, Worceeter, yesterdasy, before the chairman (Earl Dudley), Lord Lyttelton. Sir John Pekington, M.P., Hon. F. Lygon, ?? Hon. W. Coventry, Admiral Hastings, Colonel 'Webbe, li.P., Captain Candler, Captain Corsuor, RoVe. R. Ssa-gent, 3r. Pearson, G. Ri. Gray, H. G. Hastings, B. W. linramw eas .H .Fly M.P., J. S. Palringtlon, T. GP. ...

... L~A;TEST NEWtS.A: K: ily 0 :iL.'i;0 iek M~ctnetic Teleg1'r,]ap.) FRANCE. ..i epl' oruqtioi of s nielo draitna at. Paris entitled ' thie 'hdassacre~s of SJ-rir, irom the peln of M. MN[oCe. qu:ard, is re~ar(le& cstS a political event.; Te Em- peror weontalmost in stzte to -witness the first repre- 1 se/ntatiosi of his ?? -cciretar s perfornvaece. re: sat 7uost, conspieiogludy in. the front with ...

... a F. W. Consult a trade gazetteer. The lines, An Appeal to Charity, are declined. HELP FOR THE COVENTRY SUFFERERS. To the EDITOrt of the DAILY POST. Sir,-With your kind permission, I beg to suggest, through you, to the ladies and gentlemen, and the public generally in Birmingham and the neighbourhood, that the donations of old clothing, &c., for the poor weavers of Co- ventry and its ...

... Catholic Schools Lancashire.—The ram of £11,902 U was grated the Koman Catholic achooli in Lancashire during the 1359. The total amount for England was £132,790 2s. lfd. * The Licensed Victuallers' Ball will take under patronage of the Mayor, at the Town Hall, on Wednesday, tho 23rd January— Tickets, 10s. Od. each, may L«e obtained at the usual ' Places. '1 hb Merchants' Dining Rooms, ...

... T2 JIC DEA TH OF AN UNKYSO W NY MI, I sinC 11 ver' tvour cm th :a1 re bledl . lllel Shina ath o sati velvet ather. bes o tm wa! .e top r by . Witt h side white smaul n. A across white [onde, violet I with It bow to and side. nauve made dered mntent Teath ,, and blon, pear- ls the a two At roint. 3mall o the de of ud is Last week a tragic scene occurred on the Floating Har. hour near St. ...