... I MODERN GUNS & RON-CASED I VESSELS. The DCboat contains a very remarkable article on Iron-cased ships and naval gunner. It Is signed by M. Xaviler Raymond, hut It 1s salo to proceed from a tar higher quarter. If what the writer says of the Anastronjg guns and ot the breech-loading ordnanoe ?? be correct, thereclan be no doubt of the future superiority of Frantc on cur own ele- ment. The ...

... AMERICA& I The City of Was Igeete arrived Iin the g yeeterday, with New York,~ papers of Mairch y' During (he firat part of the voyage h eprned a- severe snow storm., 90 miles eat ?? oo9~ ahe eo od ight signals with ttotemhi Glasgow. hewas in company seea dys wtte C steamship HuAmmonla. The following is from the summary of the New h4) York Heroldf ?? 29 : The news from, the Union army at au ...

... IRON-PLATED SHiPS verse's FORTIFICATIONS. The pedantry, perversity, and spaper- cilionsness of offlicialism-all those quali- ties, in short, which are summed up in the convenient term red-tapismi-were never more strikingly exemplified than in the House of Commons last Monday evening, on the occasion of the discussion on iron- plated ships, so usefully originated by Sir Frederick Smith. The ...

... IIOCAL INTELLIGEN1-EW We understand that his Grace the Archbisbop of Y(ork will viait Hull to-tuorrow (saturday), for the PsuIT 'e of coneecratitig the burial- ground of the horlugh, Tcently purchased by th~e Local Board of Helth, fxouu the HuX~ll General Cemetery Comparly. We Pre also giveo t) understand that arrangeruents have heet maide by the authorities of Holy Trinity Church to have the ...

... CL il GASSIOCH, March 31.-The month now about its close has T ,been, throughout, a very untoward period for the out-workF on the farn, Proots, snow, rain, and foul easterly winds . have prevailed ; nor is the state of the weather, as yet, at a iall improved. With few exceptions, the land is, for the T ; present, altogether unfit for the plough, About ten days gao a few made a rather ...

... The Timps' correspondent, writing from Alex- sandria on the 25th ult., says :-The visit of the Prince of Wales to Egypt is now rapidly drawing to its close. His Royal Highness returned to Cairo on the evening of the 23d inst. On the preceding Sunday, as I mentioned in writing by last post, the Prince was at Karnak. The Duko and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg had spent the day on the eastern side of ...

... gdlofno Niddligava. PLEIAFANOE TERRITOaIAL CrHuncri.-Theannual meet- ing of this congregation was held on Tuesday night-the Rev. Mr Cochrane presiding. After praise, prayer, and reading of the Word, the Treasurer submitted the annual financial statement, from which it appeared steady progress was being made:- 1859-60-279 communicants; income, £89 11 10 1860-61.382 communicants; income, 120 18 ...

... MEXICAN INTER.VENTION. The following is the text of the Convention of Solidad ratified by President Juarez:- is' Whereas the constitutional Government that has actual jurisdiction in the Moxicai! republic has informed the commissioners of the allied Powers that it does not need the assistance that they have so benevolently offered to the Mexican people, because that people contains in itself ...

... FRANCE. A strike is taking place among the printers in Paris. The most skilful workmen only receive so1io about 3s. 2d. per day. and JAPAN. TAI A letter from H.M.S. Charybdis, now at Jeddo, size says the officers were allowed to land only for extI the purpose of going to the residence of the seW British Minister, and then it was necessary for dur them to be armed with swvord and pistol. They ...

... THE IIARRIAGES (IRELAND) BILL. Tinm subjoined is a full report of the discussion in the House of Commons on Wednesday, on the order for going into committee on the Marriages (Ireland) Bill Sir E. GPROGAN opposed lthe motion. The opera- tion of the Bill would have a most importantbearing on the social peace and happiness of the Irish people, and lie had intended to move that it be referred to a ...

... IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HO 17 EE OF LOItD S. THURSDAY, MARCH 27. Progress of Bills. The Charitable Uses Act Amendment Bill was read a second 'The India Stocks Transfer Bill passed through committee The report of amendments of the Lunacy Regulation Bill was ^TrJohn Soane's Museum Bill passed through committee. The Indian Licence Tax. The Earl of AIELIE askeil whether it was true that the Indian ...

... To the Editor of the Pontypool Free Press, Sir,—As I could not attend the meeting of the rate- payers on the 25th ult., I must beg of you to allow me a small space in your paper for a few observations which I trust will not be considered misplaced. First, with regard to the double salary. I am in- formed by some friends who were present that there was but one opinion at the meeting as to its ...