... DRURY LANE. THIS EvEEINO, JOHN BULL. Ir. Phelps, Messls. Sw'mi- bourue, E. PhelPs, and Barrett; 3edames H. Vezin, Isabel Adams, & H.Vaudenlloff.-Ald' NUMBER NIP; Oit, HARLE- QUIN AND THE GNOME KING OF THE GIANT MOUNTAIt. HAYMARKbET. THIS EvExmNG, A LESSON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Sothern, Rogers, Clank, Compton, &c.; Mrs. Chippendale, Misses hill, Wright &e -And THE SERbIOUS FAMILY. Mlessrs. ...

... I I The Moniteur of yesterday contains the follow- tai ing news of the expedition against Corea . a The Minister of Marine and the Colonies has received despatches, dated Nov. 17, from Rear-Admiral Roze, on commander-in-chief of the navaldivisionin theChineseseas. ad After the occupation of Kang-hoa by the landing parties, of the vesselsof thedivision,that general officer established Be ...

... SPEECH OF TEE KING OF PORTUGAL. f I a . I LISBON, JAN. 2,. titg The. Cortes were opened' to'day by the King in tn person. The text of his Majestysspehfo the i , throne, of which a telegraphic summary has already pb been forwarded, is as follows: pb Honourable Peers and Deputies of the Portuguese legis nation,-! come to-day to open a new period of your par- I 'liesnntEry7 labours. I1 always ...

... sir a; (From the Seciaor.) as, The President of the United States appears to tat be a man of small intellect and strong passions. At present he is acting like young chess-players playing a losing ad game, who cannot deny themselves the small temporary gratification of uselessly checking their opponent, even iy though to do so they throw away the little chance that is t, left them of retrieving ...

... THE HEAVY BOMBAY MAL. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam- ship Ripon, Captain Rogers, arrived at Southampton on Saturday morning wlth the above mails, 50 passengers, t specie 3201., and a general cargo. The Ripon experienced from Malta to Gibraltar a sue- cession of hard gales, with furious squalls of hail and rain, thence strong N.WV. winds to St. Vincent, along the coastE of Spain ...

... C OLERCAL ME-TING AT-ISLINGTON. The annual lslingfon clerical meeting took place last Tuesday at Bishop Wilson's Memorial-hall, Church- street, and was attended by about 300 clergymen. The chair was taken, at half-past ten, by the Rev. PANIZL WILSON, 'scar of Islington, and among those pre- sent were-the Bishop of Nelson, Revs. Dr. Wilkinson, Canon Boyd, Dr. Walker, Dr. Miller, C. F. Childe, 0 ...

... XAIIFESTO OF i THE COUNT DE ] CHAMEOR. . l The Count de Cai'boird,,under the form of a letter addressed to General de Saint-Priest, but distributed amongst his partisans. throughout France, has given expression to his views on the new situation of Europe, the temporal power of I the Pope, and the condition' of France. The letter is dated Frohadorf, December 9. The following is a translation: ...

... 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 hA TE GALES. b VORE SHIPWRECKS AND) LOSS OF LIFE. FERRYSIDE, OARMARTHEN BAY, JANT. 9. b 111t e11igeflce was received here yesterday (says ti ciiltain krengo Cross) that a ship was on shore on the C ,ji~ile patch, on Carmarthefl bar. It was blowing strong IV' iottet~isoefroni the westward, Nvith occasional heavy squalls. fi At City of Manchester lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat d 1aTitte ...

... I M ADDEItLEY ONj 2E IMPOSSIBMLITY - OP AMERICAN DEMOCRACY IN FUROPE.* 8 _I Un. ADDERLEY is one of the most thoughtful and able members of the present Government, and he has on one or two occasions shown a capacity of rising above the prepossessions of his party, and taking a. broad and statesmanlike view of politieal questions. He has recently published a pamphlet, which ought to carry ...

... FRANCEo (raors ouR owN coan5SPoNDENT.) h [A portion of the following appeared in our Evening Edition of yesterday:] V( PARIS, WEDNESDAY EvErNo. di The weekly political bulletin of the Moniiter du T Soir says : E The European press is unanimous in recording thefavour- able impression produced by the words of peace and con- cord addressed by the Emperor to the Corps Diplomatique. The paoific ...