... MR. BRIGHT. The Times admits that nothing can be more unfair, more unhandsome, more unjust, than the private attacks of which Mr. Bright has been the object. It is only as a political character that we have to deal with Mr. Bright, and that certainly with sufficient material, without intruding ourselves into his business or social relations; but when Mr. Bright asks why it is that political ...

... THERE is much about Mr. BRIGHT that is pathetic as well as poetical. No man is more thoroughly in earnest, or more unfeignedly amazed at the opposition that he meets with, or more truly unable to attribute that opposition to anything but wilful blindness, or sheer malignity, or the instigation of the Evil One. In all this he is like the orthodox believer of the middle ages. He is, too, we ...

... I MB. BARE1 , I. , AT BOLTON. Last evehnig, the Temperanca -Hal at Bolton wag crowded with a very enthualastie audience, called together for the purpose of he'in the mnuual addrea d I.T'homasBarnes, the Liberal membes'r the berouigh. The chair wag occupied bY AldgMian Biclmrarwood, president of the Bolton Reform Registfation Asooiation, and on the platform were all the leading reformers of the ...

... EX'I'RA'I'S ?? FU.,V. PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.-Avoid Tapper's WorIks. ISEAU TO A GOOSE.-(Jander. POUITICAL.- We hear througli Eiistol Chalnels that Sir Morton Peto does not IleditILte Sever'n' his ?? Aith that city. It is n1oticealble that fhe representation of Lans. bith ?? all requiremients. Mr Doillton, the cLGvanic, is nothing if lhe is not ornaintuntal, ?? no- lodiy vill deny that his ...

... M,,ERCANTILE MARNESERVIC'' * 1he. nnssal gnerl 'mneetingof the, members aod apoodates of tisbody wag Uo1d yesterday at the Roomus, Toive.bstidln s iWatetteeit; !d. James Bealey. in the: chair,' There w*s d arg attendance, and amofigst' those presesit werie Messrs.:Ralph llrdOclItsbk;1B..Derbyshire, Letterevol. apology for non-attendande were -road'fronm Meesss, S.Rt Graves, JMPohn Laird ?? ...

... ) INSPECTION OF MINES. TO THE EDITOR OE THE TIMES. Sir,—Previous to the Mines' Inspection Acts the blams of accidents rested upon the owners and agents of col- lieries. Since inspectors were appointed, the odium in most cases, is divided between the owners and the in- spector of the district. The accepted idea of inspection is this :— By their acts owners and managers have said, We care ...

... INCIDENTS OF THE STORM IN SCOTLAND. (From the Banffshire Journal.) It may serve a good purpose, both now and at a future period, if we note down here some of the more striking inci- dents which mark the character of the present storm. In the first place, we may note that the ihermometer on two occa- sions, on the 15th and also on the 20th, marked on the coast as low as 12 degrees Fahrenheit, ...

... FRXEDWo~i PUBLIC WORSHIP. 'Cany yeh ag Wisat shall be thought of priests wvho 'gainst the poor, N'or Iack of twopence shut the church's door ? If it wsdthought a grievous thing to tax those who went to S.Pau' merely for sightseeing, how much more grie, 6 ould it betto.taM thoseho went to worship? Such a thing attempted would be regarded as a monstrous outrage. One ean hardly Conjure up the ...

... LANDSEER'S LIOA Ts. THOUGH Austrian customs may generally be more honoured in the breach than in the observance, we might now and then condescend to take a leaf from thebook of the ?? of the city of Vienna. In that capital models or casts of sculptures intended for purposes of public ornamentation are temporarily exhibited on the place or pedestal which is to receive the finished work. Such ...

... I It is proposed, in memory of the late lamented Bishop of Calcutta, to endeavour to carry out the object which he had much at heart; which he had meant to have urged on the English public, had his life been spared to return; and which was cut short by his sudden death. Those numerous friends and pupils to whom Bishop Cotton had personally endeared himself will doubtless, gladly join in the ...

... 4Tlh WEE3X THIS HALF-YEAR. )d Total Same Ine, or OIbleage il RiAILWAYS. 1107. 180 . year. 19 _Dec 18 1666 Dillitol and Exeter., 56371 UV33 213333 131 121 Caledonian ?? -- - - - 31 408 ?? 18333 20873 71236 7D612 '1 129) Id' P3 Cork B~andon,& Kin, J-12 3533 - -c 20) Dce eelde ?? 2603 1 7 15 flablin&iBeLfeatJflo. 1391) 1.18 - - 903W Du~buin & 1)rogbeda.. 1433 1433 5802 93358 d 3 75 76 Dub. ...

... LATEST INEWVS, it r [FlErTEn's TULLORAI5, I FRANCE. P) Alils, Jan. I 1. r Thie preeh delivered by Mr. GI idstone at the dihaner e of the Society of Political Eeonomy is published here tbis evening. The orator declared that tho eredi GI r having eflected 300imreuial reforni belonged to the e Eperor Napoleen and .1r. Cobdon. UpOn the litteor, Mr. (Clhdstorne pi.tel-d a miagnificent culoLrium, de ...