... 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, ...

... I THE LAW OF CONTW4CT BETWEEN AASTEEM I AND: WORKMN. Last evening, at the meeting of the Law Amend- inent Society, Mr. 4. ED'G read a paper on the law as regards contracts of service between wasters and servants. He said he proposed to state succinctly the existing law upon the subject, to consider the grounds upon which it is supported, and the objections to which it appears to be liable, and ...

... Now that the latef gales, which have cauised c such havoc amnourg our shippong, have nearly expend dA themselves, it may be desirable to recapitulate the ser- a vices rendered to sh~pwrecked crews by the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution. The Lianelly lifeboat 4 saved 8 men frorn the brigantine Seraphinc of Dunkirk, c and 6 men fror t're lugger Espoir, of Nantes. The n Tynesnouth ...

... i TE IDIACHINA -ANi) AUSTRALIAN T|E I.:IA, MAILS. . * ¢ .. . . I ?? I ! ..!~~~smRiVTB'S EXPRESS.) - SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 18. The Peninsular and( Oriental Company's steam- ship Delta, Captain Kellock, with the heavy portion of the abovemails, arrived this afternoon. She brings 40 pas- sengers; 17 packages of specie, value hot, stated; also 289 chests of oranges, 21 boxes of peel, 48paekagesof ...

... 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 ...

... I 1 TfC stFA:, 4OL. The.ah r~ufii.'Q Soi l-fa teachers from town and ountry has just-lieeh held, extending through the seven days after Christmas.day. The princi- aL pal meetings were in St. Martin's-hall,. intone was held in 1i .the public schools, Plaistow. It was a breakfast meeting a, of those who have taken the advanced certificate, and have a thus proved themselves to possess ...

... I . : PARIS IN .'THE, SNOW. . .I: (FRmoIM A 0onRisPo0NDM fer Paris, like London, has had its three days. After' byi a New Year's-day which began in dirt and wet, and low4 was keenlysold and brightly frosty at midnight, ants came. a heavy fall, and the city woke the following, poli morning to find itself enveloped in a thick white ihte blanket, with too if ni the snowy Rakes coni Descending, ...

... * Many English writers have undertaken of late to show ministers of religion how they should deal with the people; but Mr. Percy Badger has found a French priest who, it appears to us, has written more to the point than any of his contemporaries. The Abbe Mullois, as we learn from Mr. Badger, is Chaplain to the Em- peror Napoleon 11I.e and Missionary Apostolic. But he is a great deal more than ...

... 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 ...

... THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD.* I The title of this book, difficult as it is to explain distinctly, and easy as it is to criticise unfavour- ably, sufficiently indicates that it has a double cha- racter, which entitles it to notice in a journal that is ordinarily closed against purely theological pub- lications. The fact is, that such a precaution, the motives of which are the obvious ones of ...

... i jrB. BRIGHT, M.P., AND HIS WOBKPEOPrLE I The Manchester papers of Saturday publiA full reports of the proceedings of Mfr. Bright's workpeoplo on 'riday at Rochdale; and the accounts enable us to sup- plement the report given in our last impression with some further details. The object of the address, which we subjoin, was to refute the charges brought against Mr. Bright as an employer of ...