... f - I I . TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NOWS SIn,-There are few indeed who Will not agree with Lord Dufferin that, up to a certain point, emigration was a relief to Ireland-that, in fact, it was an absolute necessity in the existing state of the country. But the noble lord's proposition that, of the 800,000 persons engaged in agriculture in Ireland, there are- 300,000 more* than are ne- cessary ...

... &anitreritp Ktnllftielct I OXFORD, JAN. 1. NEW PRESIDENT OF TRINITY COLLEGE.-The Rev. Samuel William AWavte, B.D., second senior fellow, senior bursar, and tutor, who was elected to the president- ship on Friday lnst, was yesterday ?? to that office by the visitor of the college, his Grace the Bishop of Winchester. Mr. lWayte, in Easter term 1S42, together with Dr. Temple, Head MBaster of ...

... Writing yesterday, our Paris correspondent says :-The new year's reception at the Tuileries has passed off quietly, and the friendly common- places addressed to the ambassadors excite little remark. The reply to the Archbishop of Paris is regarded as a covert hit at the Pope for his malicious prayers for the Emperor's health. The Prince Imperial was present at the reception. Last year Lord ...

... (FRBOM OUR OWn cORRESro1 Mi.) P ROME, DEc. 25. cl Having just returned from attending high mass aE at St. Peter's, where the Pope officiated in person, hi I will at once, without attempting anything like a m formal description of the ceremony, which would tl be quite beyond me, endeavour to give your readers pi some account of what I saw and heard there, pre- mising that at this moment (2.15 ? ...

... ?? ,BAPTIf, , , 6TO'Tiii BT5T bEOR OP TH4 DATLY NEWS. Sm,- i~t is Miydesign to ?? under notice the position held by the' caurch in her baptismal services. I v hope it may be b9eefloial to utter honest opinions without h fear. Bat I wish now to assert, and to give arguments 11 for asserting, that as. to the churoh's regulations rogard P ing the mode of baptism and the age at which it is to be ...

... WASHINGTON, Dec. I8. THE Hon Mr. Ashley's motion in the House of Representatives for the appointment of a select committee of seven to inquire whether any acts had been done by any officers of the United States Government which, in the contemplation of the Constitution, are high crimes and mis- demeanours, and whether such acts were designed or calculated to overthrow, subvert, or corrupt ...

... I I (aUaER's EXPnESS.) CLOSING OF THE CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEPUTIES. MADRID, DEc. 29. The following official communication has been addressed by the Captain-General of New Castile to a the civil governor of the province, in reference to a l clandestine proclamation which has been recently circulated against the government: Most Excellent Sir,-It has come to my knowledge that a some persons, ...

... CAMPBELL, a man of letters, wrote verses on the Pleasures of Hope; Rogers, a banker, wrote verses on the Pleasures of Memory; and Akenside, a physician, wrote verses on the Pleasures of the Imagination. A specula- tive philosopher will see in all these cases a mysterious connection between the occupations of the three poets and the subjects of their poems. And if further asked as to what he ...

... THE ANTHROPOLOGJCAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. I ?? The annual general meeting of this society was held yesterday afternoon at the Rooms, St. Martin's- place, Chainlg-cross. Dr. J. HUNT, ?? president of the society, was in the cbalr; and there was a pretty numerous attendance of fellows. The confirmation of the minutes of the last meeting was followed by the reading of the balance-sheet, and the ...

... I (sUTERa'S TELEGRAMS.) THE NEW YEAR1S RECEPTION AT THE TUILERIES. at SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. at PARIS, JAN. 1. fo At the reception held to-day at the Tuileries the be Emperor addressed the following speech to the so diplomatic body :- The opening of the new year furnishes me aln opportunity of expressing my bl wvishes for the stability of thrones and the pros- w] perity of nations. I ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DflILY NEWS. SIR,-Upon calling at the offices of this society at 85, Queen-street, Cheapside, I find from the secretary, Mr. D. Cooper, that the society's eleven homes for fallen and destitute women and girls are at the present time quite full, that about 250 young persons have daily to be fed, that the society is at the present time nearly destitute of funds, and that ...

... We read in the Avenir Natiogwl of yesterday:-n Great protestant nations, such as England and on Prussia, havingbeen constituted account must be cl taken of them. The English, the greatest travel- o lers in the world, when refused the right of public li worship in Spain, lost patience and would no o longer consent to be buried there like dogs; they asked for a plot of ground for the burial of ...