... ACTION BY SADE2R FOR THE STARES. SADLER V-.SMITL-TI is was an action (commenced in the Court of Queen's Bench on Thursday) to re- cover 3001., the sum deposited by Sadler as his share of the stakes, to be rowed for by him and KelleY. The defendant pleaded never indebted; and, se- condly, that the money had been paid over in ac- cordance with the ?? an of the reterees appointed to decide any ...

... The Royal Polytchnic. The lectures now given daily and nightly at the Polyteehnic are unuanally varied in their subjetas, and of great interest to the comn- munity at large. Mr. J. L. liing gives certain explanations of the Chassepot and other improved rifles, and now that European arna- ments are assuming such gigantic proportions, this subject will receive earnest attention. Turning from war ...

... The one hundred and fifty-third anniversary of the Society of Ancient Britors and of the Welsh Charity School was celebrated on Saturday evening at Willis' Rooms, King-street, St. James's. Mr. CHAIRES W. WIn LIrASS WYNN, bl.P., occupied the bhair, and was sup- ported, among other gentlemen, by Sir W. W. Wynn, Uf.P., Mr. H. Gwyn, M.P., Lieutenant-General Wood, Mr. J. R. Kenyon, Q.C., Mr. W. A. ...

... Tk&BE POA!D ROP WORKMha Mir a.I it SAA2 ?? ** - fl2__ -¶ - ._ At the invftation of the London Trades CouuciA which has made e xis for thiX elivery 'of of lectures by etneti men for ?? bimeft of the *Oig classes of the xleitroclim,-leeture on -the a dabjee | was giren la :night by jar. Frederick Harrison, at the ! , ld-hall, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-squre, before a n Uerous audience, ca osed ...

... FRAN&C.L I ?? - I I . A (78oN OURW ooaabC roE3P gs7.) (A portion of the following appeared in our Evening edition of yesterday:] 'PARIS, MOxDAY EvENNa. The Emperor's new pamphlet, heralded last week by the DMbats, and announced positively by bthe Presse yesterday as to appear to-day, is still , postponed, although the latest proofs from the imperial printing-office are said to have been cor ...

... (FReo OURM OWN'CORRESPONDENT.) . BERLIN, MARacH 26. The North German Parliament, which was opened on Monday, has not yet been very fully attended. This may be partly accounted for by the presence of many of the members being re- qurred either in the Provincial Diets or 'in the , chambers of their own particular States, but it is aso~ possible that as their work proceeds, and settles down more ...

... Cfflicial intra-departmental arrangements are seldom of more general interest than the internal works of watches and clocks, as all that we want to be assured of is told by the dials ; but we believe that we may supple ment some stale news which has recently appeared in the papers b announcing that the Chief Auditor of army expenditure will in future li, closely under the House of Commons ...

... BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION2. LORD CAIRNS can hardly be held responsible for the three bankruptcy bills which have just been laid before the House of Lords. They formed a portion of the stock which Lord Derby's Cabinet had prepared for the spring session, and since Lord Cairns's accession to office he has only had an opportunity of making a few not very important alterations. The bills in reality ...

... IT has been said that one of the most pathetic things in the worli lo cze ' a dog that has lost his master. Equally lamentable, at the lea.', is tle anecdotalist who has lost his book. This disaster occurs now and thi-., ?? rarely, for his book is precious to him, and he consults it more tmnderly and has it safer under lock and key than most men their banko-', S book. It is his bank as well as ...

... I MR. GLADSTONE'S RESOLUTION. The Standard protests, by anticipation, against M:. Gladstones resolution on the Irish Church. Apart from the interests of the Irish Church, a change of Ministry would be a grave evil for the country. It would involve the utter waste of the session, at a time when there is every prospect that if Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues call be rendered powerless it ...

... THE MVAMIN FETES IN VENICE. VENICE, ?? 24. T-IE Manin Festival has been a complete success. Venice has done justice to herself She has relieved herself of the charge of ingratitude, and the honours paid to Manin in his coffin are a touching, though tardy recognition of his lifelong services. Daniel Manin, as will be remembered, died in Paris in September, 1857, sharing the grave of his friend ...

... Friday, 2 o'clock. V-1,11id obtuillald vewd. We receive an important fragment of intelligence from Prussia. IKrupp, of Essen, proposes to extend his already vast establishment in order to manufac- ture iron plates to be used in the building of ships. The vessels of war which Prussia has hitherto ordered have been for the most part built in England ; but the progress which Prussia has made in ...