... FRAWCEE (MOM c1a oWN 0o0BUsMsoe .) -PARIS, W=NSWAA ETHMNi. .Yesterday the telegraphic despatche3 made up in London' by Frinch goveriment agent stated .that.: a' the, nglish papere spoke .favourably of the Imperial speech. It is a matter of course that such a statement should be made at first, and the common practice is, by confiscating those naprs which do ?? bear it out to keep up the ?? as ...

... LEVELTLIG U? OF SCHOOLS IN IRE LAND I ?? TO THE UDoTOR OF Tme DAILY RS. Sm,-A curious consequence carried with it by t the oaim to employ ecclesiastical persons Ias teachers in national schools is, that it involves a the right to employ unnertifiated teachers. Al- a ready the National Board in Ireland concedes the lo point, and does not require a nun to have a certi- t] licate. If this is done ...

... THD UEPORT 'OF>'fHB METROPOLITAN I iBODD 0o 21n Imion or Tun DAri x1. sin In - onmmnt Ibinipostho ropft of-thlo NIo, tropolin Board t loro I an DassmptiondUu thc facts ire stated literally, and prain i. often. eodaered. when it sihould be withheld anu a eovere robuke adminlistered. I was struck with that i tho recent notioe by the pressed the report just issued. and bag to be allowed kpaco to ...

... T1HE POLITICAL EXAMINER. ?? giva a short hint to an impartial writer it would be to tell It I fate If he resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice hit Dg unbissed truth, let him psoclaim war with mankdid-neither o r. to take quarter. If he tefls the crimes of great men they to gle w~bimlth the iron hands of the law; if he tells them of LADP. hen they have any, then the mob attacks him ...

... PRIMOGENITURE. To the EDITOR of glhe PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-I beg to be allowed to make a few remarks on your article- of the ist inst. on Primogeniture, so far as it regards my letter in the Times on the subject. I wish, first, to say that the intention of the letter was not to defend thi: present system, but to try to put the question plainly before the public. The inquiry, however, ...

... , THE CONFERENCE. The Dailor ATews remarks that until Greece can -withdraw her action from European cognizance, it is to little purpose that her Government withdraws from this Conference. If the Powers are only unanimous in their determination to prevent the disturbance of the peace by either party, they can do so, and it is their interest, as well as their duty, to avoid doing substantial ...

... Among new Prussian postal and telegraphic regulations we observe two, which we commend to the attention of Lord Hartington and Mr. Scodamore. The one is the issuing of post-office orders to America; the other is the handing over of the sum paid by the sender of a telegram for the eventual answer to the receiver of the telegram, if he thinks an answer unnecessary. It has always struck us as ...

... CORRE SPONDEN CE. WHAT WOULD THE BALLOT DO? To I/ze EDITOR of tihe PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-There can, I believe, be no doubt that the late election h3as greatly improved the chances of the ballot. The question is certain to be brought forward shortly after the meeting of Parliament, and to be advo- cated with renovated zeal and hope. It is even rumoured that it may not impossibly be proposed ...

... SIR GEORGE BOWYER AND PRIMOGENITURE. To tde EDITOR of t//e PALL MALL GAZETTE, SIR,-Sir George Bowyer is displeased with my comments on his letter. Sir George stated that in France the conveyance of land was as easy and simple as that of movables. I remarked that the complaints of the expense and trouble of conveyances of land were loud in France. Sir George does not deny the existence of such ...

... The King of Prussia made a pacific speech at Berlin on New Year's Day. After receiving the congratulations of the high court dignitaries and the Royal family, he attended Divine service in the cathedral. Field- 3Marshal Count Wrangel then read a short address to his Majesty on behalf of the military staff. King William replied in a long speech, in which, after observing that the political ...

... I Negotiations have lately been opened by the Ottoman Government with the Viceroy of Egypt and the Bey of Tunis in regard to the con- tingents to be furnished to the Porte by those States in the event of a war. Under existing treaties the Viceroy is bound to have at the disposal of the Sultan, as his suzerain, an army of 6,ooo men, and the Bey one of 4,00o men ; but the Government at ...

... Friday, 2 o'clock. WITid obtninuld Ptbjd. The Lords Justices of Ireland have intimated by circular to the ministers of the Presbyterian General Assemblv of Ulster that in future the Regium Donum will be paid by the Bank of Ireland. The post of distributor, occupied by the late Rev. Dr. Cooke, is not to be filled up. We are asked to say that on the occasion of the Archbishop of Canterbury being ...