... ?? ( Bg' Tdel raph.)' :. . ' HOUSE OF LORDS, YEsTER AY. Their Lordships met at eight o'clock. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. Lord STRATHEDEN called attention to the question of acknowledging the Southern Confederacy as an independent Power in concert with other neutral Statesiand also to the |despatches of Mi. Mason, the Southern envoy, on the sub. ject. As al attemptsat intervention and ...

... AMONG all the men who have borne part in the C present Polish insurrection, one name alone has risen b to any remarkable prominence. The past services c and the military education of MIEROSLAWSK, un- ( doubtedly entitled him to occpy ,the position of b military head of the new revolution. But before c MIEROSLAAWSIci had returned from his exile, a new name had risen into distinction. Wherever ...

... 'i ?? .Tre official inquiry into the loss of the mail by steamer Columbo has commenced. Ath The Earl of Derby was rather better on Wednes- a day, but is still confined to his room. Owing to his illness ho the Noble Earl was unable to accompany the Count~ess of bhe Derby to Windsor on Tuesday to witness the marriage of TI Pre,' the Prince and Princess of Wales, although honoured by sore, 3ht ...

... BALM AA.S X-llt -111+ 1,An ;_ r;- an T..,l THERE is some talk both in Paris and London v of a Congress about the affairs of Poland. These European Congresses have of late years got for them- N selves a kind of mythical character. A few Conven- tions were held after the great war which terminated B. in the fall of NAPOLEON, and a Convention was I held at Paris after the Crimean conflict, but ...

... NfOTICES TO OOtRESPONDETS. All s'tyse iasndc~ jor.~tendpolafwss usu te acco npanif bey ii names e~d t roses oJ the write~rs, not sneteusa'ily for pssbMatsen. buf for CM ttnformat ses of the Editor. cc4~.n?,loh4o set ceay speciai value upon their eons- bee~njt , copigs of them, c ie cannot utie'r- &ai to return eesetese contribhutions. tOld B3rum.-The proposal is, xvie believe, already under ...

... rRINCE OF WALES' OPERETTA. HOUSE. There should be little in common between that tawdry, ,ollieking, plebeian personage Saint Monday, and the elegant, refined, and spiribuel. little enterprise in Broad Street, with which Mr. Swanborough's name is associated. Yet, if outward aots are any criterion of inward leanings, if festive zeal may be accepted as the expression of de- -votional fervour and ...

... ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN - t ~ - RAILWAY. ' - Oh Friday evening aa accident, which, though of an alarrbg ohmeracter, was happily unattended with Ilosn of life, docurred ?? avery abort distance of the Farrngdon Street Terminus. . At that enof the ig bhere i only one platform for arrivals and depaxtu~i'.°51id th; s ne1abatsile fenploymeont ofepolsa man to wora !lbe train leaving the alation ...

... THE PRITNESS ALEXANDRA'S BRIDAL DRESS AND PRESENTS. (Fr-cn ?? DaJ^nmark (Copenhagen) of Thursday.) Today the Danish capital is in high excitement with regard to the de artuie of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra. The general erithusiasm shows itself in a thousand forms. Yesterday the shops exhibited her royal highnest's medal in their windows, The bridal garments of the Princess ...

... The Obigo Daily Times of the 17th of January says The first report from' Mr. Worthington, the newly- appointed Commissioner of the Wakatipu District, was received in Dunedin yesterday, and has been placed at our disposal by the Government. It is dated the 10th of January. Mr. Worthington reports the estimated population of the district as 6,400. He far- ther reports as follows: 'Lead ore has ...

... 3Joal aRote0 alb Qetrics. [Finding it difficult, from considerations of sprce, to continue our Local Notes and Queries in ?? numbers of the Jaurnal, we have decided on transferring them to the Daily Post, and henceforth we shall devote a portion of each Thursday's paper to this purpose. We shell be glad to receive contributions, either Notes or Queries, on any subjects of interest ...

... MR. TIHACKERSY AT THE ROYAL W ED DI ING. On the d&y of her entrance into London who looked ni oebright and happy than the Plincess? On the day of the mairiage, the fair face wore its marks of care already, aud looked out quite grave, and frightened almost, under the wreaths and lace and orange-flowers. Would you have had her feel no tremor? A maiden on the bride- groom's threshold, a Princess ...

... (By Zlectric Telegrapi.) [OU r E OF A, O R D S. The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the woolsack a, five o'clock. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. On tire motion for tire second reading of the Great Eastern Railway (Bletropolitan New Station and Finsbury Extension) Bill, The Earl of ShrA7TZC8sn9Y moved that it be read a second time that day nix months. Earl GRANVILLE said that the Board of, Trade had ...