... FOREIGN INTELLiGENCE. FRANCE. THE LATE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. Official documents before the Chambers show that the British government has duly appreciated and acknow- ledged the good offices of.Frauce in the recent difficulty ' with America. On the 6th of December, when the E French Anbaseador in London read to Earl Russell M. ?? despatch on the subject of the Trent affair the Foreign Secretary ...

... BIiEMIN(GHAII BANKRUPTCY COURT. DBes'oim~ Mi. CO1Dll8saIOXll.lt SANDEns, I *s, It. Rr*littit,y Bil-mitilsthain. - (tertiftle,1to Ieeting, ,ttesdoslv Ire, Air. ltaifirtt( for ?? itissigttees. The estate was is ia-rt SPISU1 one indeeid, but M.Nr. Walford Opposed the bankrupt on tlre- gro5nd f-hat someO Of his Itreperty hadl been llisposed of in a 1,1lowu at least isusiiciotts, tiltlrtingl no ...

... COTrON IThOM S1HA.N(1IIA. - We have to record a novelty in the exports from Slanglhai. In consequence of thle hlgh rates ruling in 'liuglaid for cotton, a trial Sluip- .uent of forty bales has bsen smsade by tim Anglo Indian. for London. Tile cost on board is 5d. por lb., but aL large demnuldwould cause a considerable rise. The imports from India into the soutliern ports still ?? awo Clina ...

... OLDBURY. IMPORTANT QUESTION AS To THE EL, LATIONS OF MASTER AND SERVANT. In the Oldbury Police Court, yesterday, before J. T. Chance, and W. R. Dawes, Esqrs, George Hinton appeared en remand, charged under the 4th (Ce-. IV., e. 34, se& 3, with neglect of service, under circumstances detailed below. The section referred to states that any servant in husbandry, or artiflcer'. calico pruiter, ...

... An inaugural lecture wag delivered in the new Grammar School ?? evening by the Rev. G. D. Boyle, 'of Handeworth, the subject being Work and Play, or in and out of School. T~he edifie is a very handsome one, and a brief architectural description of it may not be uninteresting. The School and residences, which have facings of white brick'with Bath-stone dressing, have a frontage to High Street ...

... 110 UME OF 0OMfONS. The house met at twelve o'clock. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE. Mr. HADFIELD moved the second reading of the Qualifi- !cation for Offices Abolition Bill. Sir M. PETO seconded the motion Mr. NFVDEWEATE opposed the bill as introducing an uniecessary innovation, conceived in a spirit of hostility to the Church of England, and moved that the bill be read a second time that day six ...

... MR STIMPSOJ'S CONCERT. Two serious drawbacks militated against the financial success i of the congert given in the Town Hall on Thuradaynight-the first being thel unfavourable weather and the other the virtual novelty of the chief personal attraction upon whiel the belil- ficiairc relied and we need scarcely remark that novelty is by imo means so popular a recommendation in a musical celebrity ...

... BY ELECTRIC AND INrERNrIONAL TELEOGRAPIL OvFICES, TumtIwI BUILDINGS, NEW STREET. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. .RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, Fiuin 0u.tY 6. The folloving are the estimatc(, exi-indlitnrc and income of the Russiall Empirc for the ensiuing year, as set forth in the Budget:- Expenditure ?? '254,000,000 silver rouldes. income ?? 234,000,000 ditto POLAND. TILLSDEN, FEBRUARY 6. The offieial ...

... ORMRESPOQNDEC. I Es THE TRIAL IN DUBLIN. Al TO THX X1)1?oms OFTEn 5vnpooL 3rimtyuy bi Gentleml,-ln a recent nmber of y jo I we obeev ed'report of a tlal la ebil, In which i the manse ld eur firm is Introdjased. epersotal N hostilzy d tlell lknowa parties ha given a coouring es to the staomnt thu pbished wih is net deirive bem the fe aebs of tbe cae, weroust tha your es sense olpoh wio LIl pr ...

... Bsi UB ?? LR tv ltB 1ALUS l!OPULI IM SUPREXMA. SUM*, RY. DOMESTIC. The meeting of the House of Lords last evening was almost a formal affair. The only proceedings of interest were the recep- tion of her Majesty's reply to their lord- ships' address at the assembling of Parlia- inent, and a notice of motion by Lord Trur6 to the effect that on the 25th inst. he will ask the Government if it is ...

... I CONSTANTINOPLE, FEB. 14. I am happy to be able to inform you of one fact which can scarcely fall to Increase our faith In the fulfilment of the promises with which the present reign opened. We have heard from time to time of economies practised in the Imperial household, and. of the Sultan having sold quantities of plate and J jewels which were not required for the use of the palace. It was ...

... I HEALTff OMMITTRE. e The weekly meetig washeld yesterday. Print: Messrs. Doverx ibairnn), Shel, Orellin, Heyworth Is Bowrenf Job, Steel, Barton, and Stitt. r 'YTheoe EnagbFgineer, Building Sarveyo,, and Inspector of Niaces reported variotis psrcicolers o of the opeantions in their several de artseat during dthe week, from which It appered that 130 nuisance :h complained of by inhabitants had ...