... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... JAMAICA, TO THE EDITOR OP THB DATLT NEWS. Sit,-The gentleman who will hand you this will accompany it with 21., which I respectfully beg you to hand over to the treasurer of the Jamaica Committee, as my small contribution towards the fund to pay the ex- penses of the prosecution of Mr. Edward John Eyre, ex- Governor of Jamaica, for the murder of the unfortunate Mr. George William Gordon. In ...

... BAPTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. S&R,-The defenders of the church of England have little cause to wonder or complain if her baptismal services have been the object of successive attacks; for it is well known to all careful inquirers that there is somnething in them which, above all other supposed defects in the church, repels not the baptist only, but the congregation. alist also, and ...

... fi iON) OURt OWN CORRtESPONDENT.I [Aportionl tf the following appeared in our Evening Editionl of. ?? : PATS Tur.SAY EVENING. ha The (P~t tpctionenel yesterday, while attempting u to rlitl II criticism of the Dgbats upon the reor- fol ?? ri' the atrmy, gave incidentally as snows re] ask-etchl ?? modification of the project which the y,/quc B' Beie had published two days before. bel T le. Lill ...

... I - , - -BAST INDIAN BAILWAY. . . ' 'I I! I a .The nineteenth half-yearly meeting ot tbhiacorn- ~pI.5y. ue~bed.yesterday at the Londosi Tavern; Kr., t .W CgAW~ld , jlp. in the bhaias. !Me report of tjie Ra dietos ~An btac fwli hai been publishiled, Was aaias rea ?? The C14AIR MAN 'said hd ivas 'lad to be able to congratis late the shareholders utpon thei-comipany's affairs. The largest of; ...

... THE FATAL GAS EXPLOSIOS IN LEATHER- I I I _ I * I I_ Yestedayf Dr. Lankester held the adjournied in- quiry into the circumstances attending' the deaths of Giuseppa Villa Pietro Basini, and William Cole, who lost their lives byr he gas explosion which took place in Sum- mers-street, Leather-lane, on the 22nd nlt.! Mr. Compton Smith, solicitor, of Linco l's.inn-fields, appeared for Mir. Bruton, ...

... * LANCSTBM BLECTIOK COMMISION.i .; Al LANCASTtER, FRIDAY. Mr. T. J. Barstowe and Mr. K. M. Newton, two of thecommissioners appointed toinquire into the existence of bribery and corruption at the last and the preceding elections for the borough of Lancaster, resumed their in- vestigation in the Shire-hall this morning. It will be recol- lected that the inquiry was opened in August last, and d ...

... THE STATE OP THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Great progress has been made towards the restoration of the palace, south of the screen, to its accustomed appearance. The double line of temporary stalls, hastily erected in the nave on Monday to replace those which had been torn down on Sunday, were yesterday nearly all occupied, and covered with articles which found ready buyers among the numerous visitors. ...