... I Yesterday the twventy-sixth annual general mneet- iog of this company took place at the offices, St. Helen'st * place, Bishopegate-street; Mr. ROBcRT CaReTER in the l The following report was read by the Secretary:- Your directors have not been disappointed in their auticipation of a steady and fairly profitable business in the colonies l during the year 1861, notwithstanding the disturbing ...

... - it The recent bursting of the Fleet sewer at Clerken. t. well, and the earthquake effects produced by that a. accident, have called attention to an undertaking which is the greatest wonder and nuisance of thi s (lay. Mostof our railways are marvels of mecha- d nical construction, of the triumph of capital and persevering enterprise over natural and artificial l¾ difficulties. Some of them ...

... at T 1i (FROM A coRRESrOnDENT.) TORONTO, Jusua 2. Some misconception may exist in England re- gardiug the vote which led to the resignation of the Cartier-Macdonald ministry. It was in reality a system of tactics in which men united for a common advantage. It was seen that a certain combination of parties would effect the required result, that the ministry, which had lost its hold upon its sup ...

... I (nonM OUR OWN COBSEnSPOnDEX.) [The following appeared in our Evening Edition of yesterday :1 PARIS, SUensY EvUMG. There is a strong impression that there will be a general election before the end of the year. The careful language used on the subject by A. Baroche the other day, while showing that be had no com. mission to make any revelation, is scarcely con. sistent with the hypothesis ...

... I (FROM OUR OWN Co0RRE8POXDEr.) TURIN, JuKE 14. Since Isabella Andreini died two centuries ago in France, in the plenitude of her renown, no Italian dramatic actress has Wade so triumphal a course through Europe as Adelaide Ristori. Now this illustrious actress finds herself, without seeking it, or at least without affectation, mixed up with the politics of her country, and her name must be ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIH, -NO doubt you are right in saying that the Times has put an exaggerated construction on the . act of the Canadian Legislature in throwing out the Militia Bill. No doubt those who voted against the bill intended to condemn the particular mea- sure and beat the government, not to renounce the duty of self-defence. Still, this event proves that the Canadians ...

... ?? I The annual moveable committee of delegates of this society assembled at the Odd Fellows' Hall, Queen's- road, Brighton, yesterday, the number present being 187. Mr. JOHN GATE, of Liverpool, G.M., presided, supported byMr. Woodcock, of Gloasop, the D.G.M. In opening the meeting the CHAIRMAN stated that at no period of the history of the order did it stand in such a good position as now. In ...

... nhe Batles before Rdichmond Respecting these combats, which took place on the 31st of May and lst of June, we have a variety of information of a fragmentary kind. The official despatch of General M'Clellan, dated Field of Battle, Sunday, June a, Noon, says: We have had a desperate battle, in which the corps of Generals Sumner, Reintzelman, and Keyes have been engaged against greatly ...

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... TUE ROYAL OOMIWSS!ON AND THE VOLUNTEERS. The f ilowing rEturn, embodying a series of thirty-two questions, has been addressed, by order of the royal com- mission appointed at the requeisit of parliament, to the commending oficers of the volunteer regiments in the kingdom. t1'he return is accompanied by a circular from the War-cffice, requesting that the return may be duly filled up, aud as ...