... |THE LANOASTZE ELECTION CoMMISSION. | LANCASTER, THUoStDAY. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the existence of bribery and corrupt practices at elections for this borougholosed, their investigation yesterday. Very little evidence in addition to that contained in our yester- day's parcel was given. ' George Storey, a painter and non-elector, said he received 51. from Mr. 'Isaac ...

... I REUCTINSIN~THFlEITALTJTANjJU~.RVXY,~. ?? General Cugia, the Italian Minister of War, has addressed the following report to the King, under date 6th January, upon the reductions which the ministry propose to effect in the army: Sire,-Your Mcifesiyis aware that the Administration of War, in fixing the presumptive budget for 1866, was guided by the principle of the strictest economy, the ...

... BANK OF ENGLAND VOLUNTEEBS. 're e; The presentation of prizes awarded by the Bank ng of England Rifle Association to the successful competitors et during the past year took place in the Bank Parlour on he the afternoon of the 2nd inst.; Captain J. P. CuRRiE, pre- a sident of the association and director of the Bank of Eng- he land, being inh e e chair; Mr. EL L. Holland, the gover- t nor of ...

... I THE C0OLLIRY .XPLOSION' ;YEAxBERNStr.!I I B - R i i i i Jz :. Y: ?? B4BWSLEY, MowA.x The adjourned inquest tan fifteen o.,the bodies recovered from the Oaks Colliery was resumed this morn- ing before Mr. T. Taylor, coroner for the Wakefield did. e trict, in the Barissley Court-house. Mr. Vernon Black- C burn, bar-ister appeared on behalf of the proprietors of a the colliery; *Dir. BKenyon ...

... THE ADDRESS OF THE LIBERAL DEPU- TIES TO THE QUEEN OF SPAIN. (azt~run's EXP1RESS.) BRUSSELS, JAN. S. al The following is published by the IndWpenldncee Beige of to-day, as the text of the address drawn. up m by 121 liberal Deputies of the Spanish Congress, ?? Rios Rosas ineffectually endeavoured tb to present to Queen Isabella, hi Madam,-To bring the expression of public opinion lie before the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... DRURY LANTE. THIS EvENING, A DAY AFTEH THE WEDDING.-And NUMBER Nip. Mlesdanuie L. Thomupsou, Hudspeth, Seymour, Cardonni, & Vandenlotff; Messrs. T. Matthews, Clifton, Master Roselle, Boleno, Laui, Cormack, &o.; Mdlles. Boleno and Marion. HAYMARRET. THIS EvEsIs, A MERE CHILD. Messrs. Eowe, Gordon, &c.; Mesdanmes Chippendale, Fitzovilliam Laws, Powell, &c-A LESSON FOR LIFE. Messrs. Sothern, ...

... ST. ALBAi'S, HOLBORN. On Sunday, the Feast of the Epiphany, a modifi- cation was made in the extreme ritual at St. Aiban's, Holborn. A pastoral letter from the incumbent, of con- siderable length, was placed in the seats, commencing by the statement that matters in which they thought that theywere only usiugtheir liberty as membersof the church of England had caused much excitement by being ...

... 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 ...