... PRUSSIA ITA. t . , c | ~PRUSSIA AND -ITALYj. - I ?? (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) FLORENOE, DEo. 28. The following are additional despatohes from the. Italian Green Book: THE PRUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AT FLORENCE TO THE ITALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Florence, August 25. The undersigned, ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Prussia, has the honour upon behalf ...

... I~~ ~ -1 - 1 IS IsAMERICAN COMMBRCE TO BE EXTIN- I ~~~GUISHED. Under the above heading the New York Times, of Dec. 17, virites as follows: e One of the most striking passages in the report of the Secretary of ther Teasury is that in which he demonstrates the effect of high duties upon raw material, in diminishing and almost destroying our once important business of ship and steamer building. ...

... THlE ARMY ot L The following niEeneSt: of weginlits vill take n ?? in thle coulrse of thc next feow wec1;s.-l'he 4th and 8:3rd. frozn lrelacl to Malta anl Gibraltar s~ respectively, replaciug the 84th and 86th, proceed- ing to the Wcrst Inhliv..; then 1stlbattalion 1.5th, from \T ?? Bransweick to Berrmuda; anl the 2nd battalion Gtii come hoine froto Jamaica, when relieved by the o8 4tlh or ...

... THIE DESTRUCTIYE FIRE AT TUE CRYS rAL PALACE. On Sunday an alarming fire brokre out ait the f Crystal Palace, threatening at 0110 time the denstruction of the crifite] fabric. The Bira wee discovered in the northern transept, hutf where exactly and. holy it origiisated are net at present knowni. The prevailing opinion is that ii was Insmwa attributable to the ?? of the flues esu10mployed17 ...

... THRE SANITARY ASSOCIATION AND THE WATER SUPPLY. Yesterday, a special meeting of the Sanitary Associatioxirasheld at the Common-hall, Hackina'a hey, for the purpose of receiving a report from the' exe ...

... THE COUNTY WATERFORD! ELECTION. IIIOTINU AND Lur;IS OF LIFE. l EFROM THE CORRESIO>Jt}:N OF TrE )XATERFOtuib MAIL.3 W. u-i'oZI), S.xrvu:ic). T--Iic contest boigaln at eight ?? with luich vigiir. The arrangoelellts made by the autborities for the preservatioal of thii peace were admirable, there being a large force of cavalry, infankrv, and p1XlicO. The agents at both sides were detdmilnlled to ...

... ?? - The Barnsley subscription list in aid of the sufferers by the recent explosions at the Oa,^ks Colliory, up to Saturday evening, anmountod to between £8,000 and £9,000. G1rEA1T YAR 1oUTm-Orn Friday afternoon a meeting specially convened by the Mlayor of Great Yer- mouth (Er. ,. P. Yovell), was held at the Town-hall for the purpose of raising a subseeiption in aid of the sufferers from the ...

... MOR GEIT. (IeRQ'' 8- (J3)~POEflNDHNT.) ?? - I have o h-night service. often heardoftffernmofte folt curious to see werelike, but. neveryatteuded oflO, S o e matter to an old friend, a churchman, e said It is a sensational service ; anothbef iet d saiq, ?? Wktt a religious free-and-easy. Having resolved, nevertheless, to -go, I elected a Wesleyas ohaperin the west:central district,' did ...

... ?? ~ D B I N D.l ~ ~ I1 ?? 4, 5.p ~S'xnk-The'31dA i whi~i ~j§sCk, unwept o, Wand unihonoured, into its grave, le ,es Ireland bi pretty mnuch as it found her. Tvl*l2ite days of '65 hi witnessed the trial -and comriction of.thea- ...

... -H ' . 1 :X I r..rAI o1. ?? , THH4,i ja r-den9 ~a tue compedn 1 ¾~ i thof ~ th~1eX imps.;~i be~~- EIv I do.If F ...

... THE WEAKNESS OF THE VOL UNTEERS. I THE condition of the army and navy is being severely scrutinized, and there is another part of our defences which is equally deserving of attention' The 7 volunteers are a more or less effective body of 5O0,000 or 170,000 men; they are in receipt of Government money, and munitions; they are constantly flattered by the press and the War Office inspectors upon ...

... ?? The returns of the Board of Trade relating to T1 the acreage of land under crops, bare fallow, and ce grass, in the United Kingdomn, in the year 1866, 05 taken in conjunction with the census of live stock, published in May last, complete what we hope will l~a be the preliminary chapter to a regular and sYs- is ternatic account year by year of our statistics of 3( agriculture, for it is ...