... THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AN~D THE PRESS. After the manner in which the Times' correspondent, Mr. Russell, has been pre- vented by -the Washington Government from availing himself of the hospitality and protection which its own general was will- ing to extend to him, it will be more diffi- cult than ever for European spectators of the struggle to place any reliance on accounts received from a ...

... 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 ...

... LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEws. PARIS BOURSE, FRIDAY.-[Reuten r's Telegram.] - The bourse was steady. Rentes orened at 70 12 and closed at 7010, or N, higher thv., yesterday. COLONIAL PRODUCE.-SUPY',leS of colonial pro- duce are larger, and, as itr.porters have accepted rather lower prices, aores sed purchases have been made both by exporters ' nd by home dealers; but there Is an absence of sp' ...

... 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 ...

... TEHE IRON-CASED SHIP QUESTION. Captin Cowper Coles's letter to the Times, giving an .account of the reception . which his inventions experienced at the b hands of the Government, will have been read with painful feelings by Englishmen ' who care tor the security and honour of their country. The idea embodied with so 1 signal a success in Mr. Ericsson's Monitor . is, in truth, an English idea; ...

... cot Wul Variket AND ELST RIDING TIMES RFEGISTERED AT THIE GENERAL POST-OFFICE FOR TRANSMISSION ABROAD. ] = _ _ ?? _ ?? _ ?? FRIDAY, APRIL 18. IN olden times, as our readers know, it was the annual custom in some Roman Catholic countries to put a priest in the pulpit as the Devills Advocate, his duty being to make out as good a case as possible in favour of the great enemy of Christendom. It ...

... D DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION, I i VTIITVS . - -l-tlT od i NINETEEN PERSONS KILLED. A fearful boiler explosion occurred on Tuesday morn. ing, at tbe Milfield Ironworks, Priestfield, near Wol- verbampton. The works, which are carried on by Mr Thomas Rose, and belong to the Birruingham Banking Company, consist of two forges and three mills, all for the manufacture of different, descriptions of ...

... THE WEST RA.RTLEPOOL SWINDLE. AT length a glimpse of daylight is given 'to those who are interested in the affairs of the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Com- pany. Mr CoLSXF&N's dark lantern had more than once cast a lurid glare into the hidden recesses containing the secrets of this company, but we and many others were willing tG believe that its light was deceptive, and that things were ...

... 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 ...

... THE RIFLE ST. LEGER. This contest, open to all the world, and promoted by the officers of the Third Manchester Rifle Volunteers, took place on their ground at Barton AMoss, on Saturday. There were four prizes-viz., first, £50 ; second, £10..: third, £7. ; foultl, £3. As is too often the case when the Volunteers are concerned, the weather was most unfavour- able, the rain continuing in a ...

... WARWICK. SHOCXINO CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH,-Shortly after seven o'clock on Friday evening last, Mr. George Kerr, currier, of Brook Street, felt himself unwell, and, before medical assistance could be obtained, commenced vomiting blood. Mr. Bullock, and Mr. Hastings, surgeons, were quickly in ettenadance, when it was found that he had ruptured a blood vessel. The unfortunate man, who was ffty-two ...