... LOCAL AND GENERALi LE EDS, JANiUA.RY 8, 186g. w va TiRe COURT.-Wd have authority to state 'that, re' upon the ccasion of the arrival in this country Of Her _- Highness the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, previoes to l her mnarriage, early in March, -with Hlis Royal Highness Ca the Prince of Wales, Her Royal Highness will laud from Her Majcsty's yacht Victoria and Albert at Gravesend, R where ...

... TnE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. has openel the final session of the Legislative Body with a review of his whole policy during the past iee years. Such a speech essentially differs front the dry details by which QUEEN VICTORIA Opens tb! British Parliament, and indeed from the ordinazy speeches delivered by the EMPEROR binmself, at the beginning of the Session, to the French Clainber, It is not, ...

... W4,4ST NEWS. J d6 _- at fR=T r'S TELEGRAMS.] ad AM E RI CA. In: QUrENSTOWN, Feb. 2., oval mail steamer Africa, from Boston on the uT the 23rd, arrived off the harbour 210l etd 8 0g ath9 30.She brings thirty-three passen- gems uard 44,205 dollars in specie on freight. Having oded al snails and passengers, she proceeded for rol, all well She was detained thirty-six hours ppfiteld iCe. On the ...

... | 'We regret to hesar that Sir Archibald Alison j th.9 confined to his room by severe indisposition.-&Sco=nca. wbe 1,ord Chelnisford has been chosen Speaker of the read, uouse of Lords in the ab~seine of the Lordl Chancellor and and ' inhe Lord Comsieioner. os 'Viscount Palniotsatbn Wml leave town on Satur- TI- day next for Glasgow. The Noble Premier will stay about Lieut :fve days in the ...

... | THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ALEXANDIDA..| I t - - . -. L, - At - -z - s . C . Al 0 - l A Ir Wre believe it is the intention of the Govern- rmenit to prosecute the owners and blnilders of the gun-boat Alexandra, which was recently seized in the Mersey as a vessel intended for the Confederate Government. If this information is correct, we think it will give much satisfaction to those who desire ...

... THE SATURDAY REVIEW' AAIN, rt- ?? AC AI . . ; I .. T TIE proprietors of thi s journal, tliat;,j with the verdict obtained against them bY thle elitc of tihe British Standlodrd, in the cae of ?? cc. Spottiswoode, have applied to thle (2sirt of Queen's Bench for a new trial. They ?? 1 ,1 acted much more wisely in letting the ?? aill for they had a very favourable jury, and til aleq11 of ...

... THE TIMES NEW YORK CORRES- | | PONDENT ON THE AMERICAN CRISIS. I ?? Times' New York Correspondent writing on Dec. be ?? by 20th, says it is positively asserted from Washington and rie- fully believed in this city, that Mrr. Seward has resigned by the office of Secretary of State, and that the resignation will he accepted. The event excites no surprise. This resignation, if truly reported, is ...

... - A-w a ?? -rl, APPROACHING MARRIAGE OF Thl.- PRINCE OF WALES. , ?? PReUINOn. OF WALES'S MARlUGH.--O FFOU A AXIRANUMBENT.-On the arrival of Her Royal Highness ! ?? Alexandra of Denmark in London, on the 7th of Macoh, the route of the Royal procession from the Briok- . layers' Arms Station to Paddington will be as follows:- in Brioklayerc' Arms, Old Kent-road,1Borough, London-bridge, v, King. ...

... AE ST NE Wa. I I [REUTER's TELGRAMS.] SPAIN. MADRiw, Dec. 31. ,he statemnent that Senor Calderon Collantes has Daderd his resignation as Minister for Foreign ffairs is without foundation. GREECE. ATHENs, Deo. 30. A great popular manifestation took place. to-day, he crowd shouting for Prince Alfred as King of the The Bon. Mr. Elliot has repeated the efus.l of the Throne upon the part of the ...

... I FOREIGN ANDI COJONIA L FRANCE. Tn IMPERIAL GOvERNMIENT AND THE POLISH QUESTION. The Tjm' J?arls correspondent, writing on Thursday, The umo~es ~y'~'about in Paris yesterday were differ- Tet frmomthos ofrf lbe ay beforet, The latter were of a meat sombre hue,-such' 9 that the King of Prussia would not ieldan ich ethe , 'avda his domestic policy or his eoternald reations; etherat liw ' ready ...

... . LAYING THE MEMORIAL STONE OF I BLENHEIM CHAPEL, LEEDS. The ceremony of laying the memorial stone of Blenheim chapel, now in course of erection in Woodhouse- lane, took place yesterday. The proceedings commenced at the chapel at present occupied by the congregation in Great George-street, where, after singing and prayer, the Rev. J. P. Chown, of Bradford, delivered aneernest and appro- priate ...

... TEE DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION NEAR GLASGOW. LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES. (From the Glasgow Herald of yesterday.) At an early hour yesterday morning, a terrific boiler explosion, resulting, we regret to say, in serious loss of life, occurred at the Mossend Ironworks, situated between the village of Belishill and the Holytown Station on the Caledonian Railway. The works in question-which are the ...