... ( THEE official reports of the Inspector-General of Musketry which have been furnished to the House contain little or no information on the subject of the Snider rifle which will be new to readers of the Pall Mizll Gazelle. But they afford ample justification of the opinions which we have from time to time expressed as to the value of this arm. There are five reports in all, of which only one ...

... OPINION IN THE WEE K LY REVIEWS. LI.BIERAl PROsPECTS. Tie 'jz'fato; urges that whatever be the party effects of the Reform 1il1, the Liberals have no need to feel disheartened. The Liberals have as many material resources as their opponents, as many devoted agents. as nany eloquent speakers, ten times as many writers, traditional popularity, and the better cause. The absurd belief that the ...

... AT the general election of i865 four candidates made their appearance for the borough of Weymouth-on the Conservative side, the two sitting members, Mr. Brooks, a merchant and shipowner, and Lord Grey de Wilton; from the Liberal camp Captain Gridley, an unsuccessful candidate at B3everley in i86o, and Mr. Henry Edwards, politically candidus. Mr. Brooks was popular in W~eymouth; Lord Grey de ...

... S4turday, 2 O'clock. CITid C-bmingld Otbjd. REUTER 'S TELEGRAiMS. AMERICA. Nxl: YO1R:K, Jht/e 14.-The steamers Colitnilia and Ulued Kingdonr, from Glasgow, arrived here to-day. CROO0.HAV1]N, ?? e 15, 7.30 A. .-The Cunard steamer Af/ica, from P'oston and Halifax, is now passing Browhead signal station. She will pro- bably arrive at Oueenstown at I P.t., and letters reach London on Sunday at 9 ...

... Whilst speaking on the Irish Habeas Corpus Suspension Act last night Mr. Bernal Osborne described a few of the trite formula by which successive governments prescribe for the condition of Ireland. He said that the Irish Chief Secretary always brings in a bill for the preservation of salmon, of which twenty have been brought in; a Peace Preservation Act, of which twenty-six have been brought in ...

... Wednesday, 2 ddock. witid obmingl? otwq. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. I ITALY. FLORENCE, Feb. 19 (Evening).-The President of the Council of Ministers has issued a circular to the prefects of the kingdom, announcing the dissolution of the Chamber and the convocation of the Electoral Colleges. It says:- The late Chamber did not give proof of possessing all the elements which are necessary to accomplish ...

... TRADE UNIONS. To ytre EDITOR of /e PALL MALL GAZETTE. Sri,-A violent recrudescence of the old sophisnis is tie uatural result of the recent discovery' of a Carbonaro element among tha Slhefield artisans. Just as the attempts to assassinate the Emperor of the Frenc1 by Pianori, Orsini, and others supplied new arguments against Italian unity in the mouths of European reactionists, so the ...

... REVOLT MTIADE TO ORDER IJV EUROpEAN TURKE Y. IT is now a fortnight or more since the Vienna correspondent of the Dlly 7Tlereayl called our attention to the fact that organized brigandage handsomely subsidized from without, and destined to be promoted at its' birth to the honourable dimensions of a spontaneous insurrection, wsas then being established in the interior of Danubian Bulgaria. We ...

... OPINION IN THE WEEKLY REVIEW S. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. 'IThe JExaindner observes that if ever a Minister had an opportunity of inaugurating his accession to office by a graceful act, Sir John Pakington had it, and that on very easy terms; for, whatever his own opinions may have been. he must have known that the feeling of the country and of the atury was strongly in favour of abolishing ...

... AvPoINvTsrs;TS.-The head-mastership of Preston Grammar School has been conferred upon the Rev. William Hart, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, curate of Walton-le-Dale. The Bishop of Ripen has licensed the Rev. Richard Frankland Dent, M.A., of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, late curate of Sefton, to the incumbency of Coverham with Horsehouse, near Middleham, on the nomination of the ...

... Saturday, 2 dclock. I Thiq ?? otb3d. REUTEA'S TELEGRAMS. FRANCE. PARIS, Allarrc/ 23.-M- de Lavalette, Minister of the Interior, has issued a circular to the Prefects, dated 2Ist inst., with reference to the late workmen's riots at Roubaix, in which he says, The Government is firmly resolved to maintain the public peace and respect for individual liberty. SPAIN. MADRID, Afarcih 22 (Evening ) ...

... PARLIAMENTAR Y INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. IN the House of Lords last night Lord Derby explained the difference between the new guarantee as to Luxemburg and that for which it has been substituted. Formerly the duchy was guaranteed as a possession of the IXing of Holland, now it is neutralized. The guarantee is collective, not joint and separate. The Premier also stated that the Home ...