... ARRD PEACE. - | The Begianwvar-oflce, havinginstitutedafninquiry respecting the armaments which are going on in Europe, thefollowing information has been obtained: FI ANcz.-480,000 ChassepOt rifles are in course of manufacture, the greatest portion to be finished be- fore the Iet March, 18a8. PBussza-The needle gun' and rifled cannon sys. tem to be Iiiaintained. i The gun manufactories are ...

... A Paris letter contains the following in reference to the somewhat nufriendly relations said to exist between the Courts of Berlin and Par's:- The boldness with which Prussia proclaims her in- tentions of incorporating at least the whole of the mili- tary resources of Germany, North and South, under the Prussian Crown, is creating much indignant susceptibility on the part of the French ...

... FoR I LICENSED VICTUALLERS. | * Tise page Sillm ?? be found interesting to Licensed Victecal- Zero, and the operations of the UNITED ToWNS' AesoceANc anD LiC'ONSND VICTUALuERS' DENNOOCE LEAGUE are pub- lisjled linde/r their own suptereitendence. SUNDAY CLOSING of the PUBLIC-HOUSES T'ie better keepiig of the Sunday, in all the large towvns in (,reat ltal, is a question which at the present time ...

... SOjjrt four months ago we announced the appointment of an artillery committee to consider the advisability of reverting to muzzle-loading guns for field use. The Armstrong and Whitworth Committee had already expressed a decided preference for muzzle-loading guns, and the Ordnance Select Conmittce had distinctly recommended their adoption in the field. When a third committee, composed of the ...

... ( 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 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 ) ...

... NINIU C0iLDREN BURNED TO DEATE, (SUEDCOT 0F ILLUSTBATION.) A serious fire, attended by very melancholy circum- stances, nine little children having been burnt to death, took place on Friday, at Accrington. Persons who have oassed through that town, over the Lancashire and Yorkshire RTwilway, will have observed a somewhat lengthy viaduct, which consists of several lofty arches, and spans a deep ...

... SINGULAR iDISCOVERY OF SPANJSI-I COINS NEAR WEST HAlRlLEPOOL. (SIUJECT OF ILLUSTRATIO N The severe storms that have lately prevailed on the North-Esetern coast have in many placoes washed '%way, the sand from the beach, and on the Durhamncoast, between Seaton Carew and West Hartlepool, disclosed a submerged forest of considerable extent, acommpnied by a formation of peat of great thicknees. ...

... THE SUNDAY LIQUOR TRAFPIC. A public meeting, held in consequence of a numerously signied requisition to the Lord Mayer, tools place in the Guildhall', yesterd~ay, to consider the best measn of stopping the sale of intoxicating liquors en Sunday. There war, a very large attendance. The LoRD MABOR who presided, and who was 1udly cheered in passing through the hall, said he occupied his present ...

... TEA EGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. I (BRoUTR'S TELUGEU) THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT. BERLIN, FEB. 28; In to-day's sitting of the North German Parlia- ment the verification of the elections was proceeded with. Herr Lasker drew attention to what he I stated'to be illegal conduct on the part of some 1X government officials who had superintended the 5 elections in certain military electoral districts. ...