... 4 ?? D'IEFENEB . ' - - , 7 ' 0i a )s j 1F THE DAY NMS. Ssn,-As it is very evident that at present the country will, neither adopt the conscription of Francee nor the Landwehr of Prussia, nor, in fact, any system of national defence that involves 'the absor~ption of a lage part of the population from the remunerative occupations of civil life for any considerable length of time, it becomes a ...

... The crowds who visited the Crystal Palace yes- i terday coulld hardly realise the fact that on theE previous day a great fire had destroyed a large and v-aluable p(rtiofl of the building unless they went up to the north end, and were permittedto peep r through the screen by the police. It will be re- E xllemlbered that this screen, or bed tick' as it was i contemptuously called, was loudly ...

... The vital statistics of the Punjaub, collected by Dr. Dallas, Inspector-General of Dispensaries, and given in the Homeward Mail, are one more instance of the futility of mere figures. They have been got up quite en rogle by the district officers, through the village police. The people gave information very readily. And yet the death rate through the whole country figures as only 1.71 per ...

... Tun- COURT. We regret to hear that her Msjnty couaht cold on the day of vireftig the mausoleum of the Prinoe O neort. The cold resultO Ina roaeat psinful attaolK of face-aohe, from whicb tthe Qaeen 13 etill ru ring. Her Majesty has sitnitfldher iatention topublfoly rpen the Albirt We morialt Aylum, ct. ?? Court, Bsgshot, in June nExt, and at the same lime to la the foundaticn atone of a dining ...

... ANiTiEE effort has been made to establish a Conservative organ which shall be worthy of the political importance of the party which it is to represent. Within the last day or two there has appeared a preliminary number, and also the first number, of a weekly paper called the Ie;zoerial Review, and bearing the proud motto Nemo me impune lacessit. It cer- tainly possesses two merits, strength ...

... PUPLIC opinion in France shows unmistakable signs of an awakening. So distinct and decided, indeed, are its manifestations that one is tempted to believe the nation has not ceased to watch and reflect during the period of enforced silence, and that, like the seaman's parrot, if it has said little it has thought much. Under the present system of severe press laws and interdicted political ...

... ,'WHM4'S WHCP, FOR 1867. WAYS Usetni ama very inrerestig puni:ortion Is an epitome of the personal Dnd public position of every indl- vidual of any oeleb:ity in the country. It embraces the royal ?? and its branches, the royal heuvehold, tbe nobility-their rank, rame, rges, and heirs-the CObinet and chief cfficers ot state, she members of the Privy Council, the members of the House of Commons ...

... 1, 1CWe-H A1 Ill. I MSSENTERS. I TO Zb IIDITO Dr Ws. I itlR-s- SCarcbly dwthig asto=es dissenters so l sch a'o the ex enie ignorance of diuti which is every now and then exhibited by evidently well-meaning clergy- b men. A Vicar of the Diocese of Norwich, for instance, f { can see .plainly-enough that the establisbed church is scarcely so good-a bulwark against popery as the religion of il ...

... ! ?? WEATE, M.P., ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 'The annual dinper of the Druids' Lodge, No. 59, I of took place last evening in the Town-hall, Oxford, under Sa . the presidenoy of Brother WELLS. Mr. Cardwell, M.P., an who gcierally attends these festivals, was unavoidably w absent. Amongst the guests were Mr. Neate, M.P., the o Worshipful the Mayor, Mr. Alderman CaIrr, Captain Pane, do ICaptain MallamE, ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.f SIr,-This parish contained at the last census nearly30,000inhabitants, composed of tradesmen, shop- f keepers, clerks, artisans, and labourers, with their fami- lies, all deriving their livelihood from work in the docks or the engineering and shipbuilding establishments in thea nieighbourhood. The majority of these labourers are of the poorest class, and ...

... ON SCHOOL-BOY TIPPLING. To t/he EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-The remarks recently made by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, when addressing the cadets at Woolwich on the vice of indulging in strong drinks, induce me to beg of you to obtain a little information on that painful subject for a perplexed mother. I am a widow, Sir, and I have a boy, an only boy, who is about to go ...

... - TEE EASTERN QUST!( IGe eral Garibaidi 1asi address~ed .'tlsefoliowiz; letter! upouth'e t asterniqtieatioi iti, aefrienc aeac:' Lonwdf n ?? ?? .. CsprerzB )eestn~erh18, 88-0Tlhat I love Egilsnd with the afectson of a son you ciannot doubt, andtbatit isever.. thfe'desire of-myheart,to-ree, her. In the flrst rank among Iatloi3s is equally ceirailh,-bht-t career the errors ether inister3 hat x ...