... TO THE EDUO0 OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-Before parliament meets and public at. tention becomes engrossed by domestic matte.> I ask leave to draw attention for a moment to ti. affairs of China. A paragraph in the Times 0 Saturday mentions that a transport, carrying large number of supernumerary officers, is ulndl despatch to China. The gunboats at present la3: up at Hong Kong are, it is reported, ...

... HOW SCOT CH STUD -ENTS CARRY OFF THE SENIOR WRAN;L)ERSHIP. J. LH W.,writing to the TNhecs, says: -Anuther I Aherdonian is Penior ,rangler for .867. Year by year the Scottish colleges are sending up their best young men to Cambridge, and they are carrying away the highest honours and emoluments. How is this? Afewfactswill bestanswerthequestion. In Scotland education is a parental duty, and ...

... THE HOME GOV i ENMENT AND THE FENIANS. Lord Carnarvon addressed the following dtspath to Lord Monck, on the 24th of November last:— Downing-street, Nov. 24, 1866. My Lord,—I have received your telegram stating that you have reserved the sentences of the Fenian convicts, and referring me to Mr. Seward's communi- cation to Sir F. Bruce upon the subject I have also received your despatch of the ...

... .THE IOMES AND' HABITS OF THE I NORTHUMBERLAND HTNDS` I have 'itice'd in the colnmjinii3-f a C(;ntemi- porary that one wiho deignates himself A Northumbrian has- caled2 in question the ?? of my statements off the above subject in hist week's Conrnn. 'The'Northum brian writs as followsI:'' The greater part of the hinids' houses in Noi thumberlan t have two roomis, many three and four, and ...

... I MERSBY DOCKS BOARD. _ ._ . ,I. ?? . I Tbo weekly ?? of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board'wac1held yentorday. at the Dock-offlue, Revenue- hldlnga j~r. . R4lnkianpresided, anlthe other members !prdseet WerOs' M eSI J. fd~.Lsird. L C -tauner, A. P., ltnbin, t4elly, lfor.by, Arnold Paton. Gallowfy, Smith, Job,')aV.Aqn. H.Tarne'r, 8eei Hubbasck, Tobin, Bold, Yart.oll, ie41ieolson, Littledaie, ...

... IPPORTANT RAILWAY REFORMNIIEETLNG. A PrBLTC mleeting was held en Wednesday after- I noon at the -Mansion House, Dublin, for the pur- II poe of considieritig what steps should tI e taken to procure a reduction inl the rates and fares for transit on Trish r~ilwvays..lie nlreeilag was very- iniluen- tiallv attendled. A-nro ngt those lires-irt werc,-llre Lord Max-or, Lord Piluvine, 'Sir lzi-hmar ...

... The foreign news this morning is not of much interest. The Saronzia has arrived from New York bringing dates to the i9th ult. The news (such as it is) is thus summarized by Mr. Reuter :-The Senate has passed the bill imposing additional limits to the President's appointing power. Mr. Sumner, in a speech in the Senate, alluded to Mr. Johnson as an usurper and a monster of discord. A Washington ...

... CrIYPAROCHIAL-BOARD;. got - A speciala meeting of the MOyPa *I phii B aid vas 'liA an a iht ocaiqrterslui1lpe ?? puli the lie meeting lately held in Queen StreetA ?? proposed combination of parishes for poorhouse purposes. tor -these resolutions having been tranunitted to the -Board ek, by, the city clerk. Ur D. Curs-or, chagirmsn 'of the yed board, presided.. The CHe~A=11A, -fte stating the ...

... THE LOYAL i7IIeLANTHIROPIC FR. B d'DLY BOUiETY. ANOTiUtR TURBuLENT MEETING. ionie time since, as will be remembered, an ?? meeting of the membersr of thi sooiety 'kvurhekd at the Concert' Hall, Lord Nelson-street. Anothet imeetng was called for last evening; at the Common ai1, Hmckisn-hey, for the purpose, as stated in tfhe notice, of appointing a president andt committee for the present yea, ...

... v -- _ 1 A - ronxn- Friday evening being the anniversary of the opening ua of the New Town Hall, the banquet was given by the they Mayor (Alderman Noft), at the Town sHall. The e that dinner, which was provided by Mr. Bainton, of the Hear, Vittoria Hotel, was of a most sumptuous character. tion ng the evening the band of the Hull Police thing Force was in attendance, and played La selection of ...

... PRESENTATION OF A MEDAL TO MRS. LINCOLN.— On the 7th inst., there arrived at Chicago a gentleman from France, w ho proceeded to the residence of Mrs. Lincoln, and, without pomp or speech, presented her with a medal in behalf of 30,000 French people, in token of their respect for Abraham Lincoln. J\ew York Tribune. A STRANGE TRADE.—A young fellow was lately taken before a Paris magistrate as a ...

... FARMING IMOVlNTS A system of feeding cattle entirely under cover, and cat rying on all in-door fairting operations under the same roof, hos just been completeld at Grinkle Park, Yorkshire, for Mr C. 111. Emahr. Tho build- ing may be described as forming n hollow square, covering nearly half an acre of ground, the centre of the square being occupied by the feeding boxes, 20 in number, each 1O ...