... AMERICA AND THE GREAT EX- HIBITION. Thedetails of the arrangement, for the opening cere- mony of the Exhibition building have not been finally agreed upon. This much, however is certain, that neither Her Majesty, nor the Prince of Wales, and probably no member of the royal family will be present on the occa- sion. As much will, however, be done as possible to sive ectof to the ceremony. Her ...

... The Gardens in Town Protection Bill'was referred to a Seleet Committee after a short discussion or, the present condition of Lieicestef-square. ...

... The Lunacy Bill. On the second resding of the Lunacy Regulation Bill,, a discussion, originated by Lord Chelmsford, took place, in which the details of the measure were crfricisea byttic -Erari or Drby¡ Lord Cranwortb, and Lord St. Leonards, and defended by the Lord Chancellor and the Earl of Shaftesbury; after which the hill was read a second time, and The house adjourned. ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the House of Lords, February 20, no public business of any importance was transacted, and their lordships adjourned after a number of private bills had been read second time. In the House of Commons business commenced by a dis- cussion on the St. Giles's-in-the-Fiekis Burial Ground Bill, which, after some discussion among the metropolitan mem- bers, was read a second ...

... HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL. GRIEVANCES OF THE MALTING TRADE.—A meet- ing of maltsters was held on Monday, in the Corn Ex- change Coffee-house, Mark-lane, London, to represen t to the Government the grievances under which they lie under the new system of short credit, by which six weeks only is allowed between the assessment of the tax and the time for its payment. There was a general ...

... A NEW GUN METAL.—A foreign journal states that the new guns introduced by Austria on board her vessels, and the composition of which has been hitherto kept a secret, are cast in an alloy called Aich metal, from the name of its inventor. This alloy is composed of 600 parts of copper, 382 of zinc, and 18 of iron. It is exceedingly tenacious, can be easily forged and worked, and will bear a ...

... health.-Comnion coldr.ho-Lild never be ne I health.—Common colds should never be neglected dis- astrous results are sure to follow any re-exposure to the inclemency of the weather. The mucous surfaces must be thoroughly cured before the patient can be pro- nounced safe. Hollowav's soothing Ointment well rubbed upon the throat, back, and chest, has the most wonderful and salutary effect in ...

... The London correspondent of the Cork Examiner tells the following story, connected with the Digby Seymour inquiry before the benchers There is a story going the round of Westminster Hall as illustrative of the character of the inquiry and the law administered by the Benchers' Parliament, which is woruh preserving. Some of the delinquencies alleged against the accused gentleman had their origin ...

... POBEIGN INTELLIGENCE. COHFEPERflTE IflVflL VICTORY. NEW YORK, March 11, Evening. The Confederate iron-clad steamship Merrimac and the Confederate sfcearaers Yorktown and Jamestown left Norfolk on the morning of the 8th iust., and attacked the Federal sailing frigates Cumberland and Congress at the month of James River. The Merrimac received the broadsides of the Cumberland and Congress at 100 ...

... The following extracts from a private letter from Shanghai have been communicated for publication :— At Hangow, Nganking, Kewkeang, and other places above Nanking, the people are returning to the cities. Houses are being built and trade is returning. The Taepings leave a place, and immediately Mandarin rule springs up again and confidence is restored; the Taepings take a place—the people fly, ...

... Va. Cfwiprmnitatiom can be inserted uniSss âmticateti by the name and address of the wHiir- ...

... HOMICIDE IN IRELAND. At the Ennis Assizes Donatus O'Callaghan has been found guilty of homicide, committed under the following circum- stances It appeared in evidence that there had been rnmo potato stealing going on in the neighbourhood. Wil- liam Holmes (the deceased) was a caretaker in the employment of Captain O'Callaghan, brother of the prisoner. The prisoner on the night in question, ...