... LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. I . ?? AMERICA. ARIII'Al, (OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. M1ESSAGE OF PRESIDENT DAVIS QUEENSTOWN, MONDAY. ?? ;inian steamer City of New York arrived oere at noon. She left New York at noon on the 12th D)ecember, and made the voyage in eight days 19 hourn. being the fastest passage yet made by a ocrr'w steamer. She brings the ?? States mails, l4l passengers and >-1,097,80 and ...

... I TOWNi IMPROV :S. ! A public eeting of the Iratp'yeis-of Bold: streB t has been called lately for the ?? of taking into cotnsideration the propriety of wideiing that street.' It is a singular fact that-every Eng- alihman has an idea that in his country aloz~e vst commercial schemes and projects of utility are carried ?? pro'mptitude and vigour and, doubtless it will be difonlt, if nob ...

... Eau The Evangelical Alliance has again proposed EL Iral union of prayer throughout the world during the ish first week of the year. Various congregations are ace mnaking arrangements to unite in it, and we under- jth stand there are to be several combined meetings ler, ill Mount-pleasiant Chapel. ed. GRAND MASoNio BALL,- We beg to remind the ?? public that 'this, one of the most popular balls ...

... It iB said that electro-magnetism is a remedy for hydrophobia. - , A man recently died in London from.the effects of an over-dose of chloroform. There appears to be no truth, in the story of Cardinal Wiseman's intention to resign. Mr. John Everett Millais and Mr. Edward William Cooke have been elected .Royal Academi- cians. Last week the births of 994 boys and 933 girls. in all 1927 children, ...

... The choice which the Government has made of a successor to Lord Elgin will be generally approved by the country. The selection is an unhappily rare example of an appointment of the highest dignity and emolunent being dia- posed of without the slightest reference to any consideration except that of personal fitness. Even if it were possible to raise ai controversy as to Sir John Lavrence's ...

... THE FIRE IN'BRADFORD STREET. 'We yesterday moi~sng briefly recorded the fact that a ?? firohad brokhe out in Bradford Stroet, and ?? dkahtoyed property toa large amount. We now iabjoia some frnther parttiwl~ts. The building destroyed was a ;-thiie storey One of considerable extent ; and, being con. veiled into sbopping supplied with steamr power, was lot out to some eight or ten different ...

... At a fashionable hotel in New York, the board of pet dogs, poodles, &e,, has been fixed at one dollar per day. hM. Gudin, the well-known French marine painter, is now exhibiting in his own atelier a large picture, com- manded by the Emperor, which represents his Majesty landing at Genoa, the deliverer of Italy from Austrian oppression. The picturesque port of Genoa is gay with flags, and ...

... 1gr ' AKSrEARE TERCENTENAtRY, yrBELIiJINARY MELTING IN ttIRttWUIGIsLM ir, oi gentlemen assembeini in ?? Lecture Theatre of AkDula XI1institute, yesterday, to meet, on the public invita. Vo ofithe~ ~Jte i deuato 'from the Stratford-on-Avon .ttecf tile purpose of considering ties propriety of ,W iln,,iii that body tn the celebration- of thle fortheoeling t.enryeir of tire birth of Shakep-c ...

... THREE LIVERPOOL PILOTS DccowNuD.-&bout four o'clock last Thursday morning the screw steamer Lotus, for Bordeaux sailed from Liverpool, in charge of Laurence WVoodwarri, a first-class pilot of No. 10 boat. At the same time the steamer Pelican left the Mersey in charge of Owen Lloyd, a firstclass pilot of No. 11 boat. Just before the storm arose the two pilots were taken off the respective ...

... Tsrs Wonsicrpi es HALL.-The series of addresses by Mr. E. IVW. Bailey, which have drawn crowded audiences to the hall, having come to a close, the proposal made to present him with a purse of money, as a mark of the appreciation of his efforts, assumed a tangible shape on the occasion of his last address, when a liberal sum was sub. scribed by those present. The inhabitants will be glad to ...

... TEIE QUEEN'S'3 ()LLVGE. MIEETING OF THE COUNCIL. The annual monthly ' ecting of the Connell of Qaeen's C(llegse was held Y0`terday, in the library of the Insbita. tion, The Hon. otl Rev. Grantham N. YoVke, Vice- peinclpel, pre53';cs aud there wvere Sas present Professors Joh~ron 5D(l. C rnberlain andLIlfOEsro, J. B. PayN. J. E. j )lift. BlC'Ad, arnd Rdwin i~auedy, thre secretary. The ...

... TEE PUlBCEASE OF ASTON P1ARK, TEE CUORESPCNDENCBE WIT LORD LDIGEO. We are requested by Aldermua;n SrTUeGE to publishl the followicg corespendence, referred to, but not read, at theo meetirg of the Town Coucil held yesterday:_ No. 1. Borough of Birmiingham, Mayor's Office, Oetober 8th, 1803, My ?? arm informed, and I bplieve correctly, that the Aston Hall ard Park Comipafy will be unable to ...