... The remarkable brace of Asiatics known as tbe Siamese Twins have returned to this country after an absence of thirty-eight years, and are now ex- hibiting themselves at the Egyptian-hall. They are accompanied by two of their daughters, and by a very beautifnl Circassian lady, who is said to have been seized and sent to Constantinople to be sold aa a slave. Here she excited the intevest of a ...

... FRANCE.-The affair of the Belgian railways is no longer alluded toi by the French press. The government journals receive very coldly the expla. nations given on Saturday in the Belgian senate by M. Frdre-Orban relating to the Railway bill. The France declares that deeds, not words, are necessary to efface the mistrust to which the 'passing of this bill has given rise. The Patrie states that ...

... LONDON, February 22nd, 1869. I must ask you to-day to suppose me sitting down to write this letter in a white sheet, with a couple of wax tapers by say side, and ejaculating at every third line Peceavi. Per- haps it may require an effort of imagination, for newspapers And newspaper writers are nothing if not infallible; and I suppose you, like the Timens, act upon the old maxim, ?? Never ...

... ;1, ~~~WERKLY TimEws Op(E Is. Saturday, Nre'c a.m. A1- ._ - ht MORNING EXPRESS. 411 SPAIN. lot 'he (Reuter's Telegram.) lop MADam, FarDAY EVEISG. raa The election of 275 deputies has been declared valid2 az all the preliminary proceedings wlll posltively be conccud'd 1- to-morrow. Lu, WlnD- THE QUEEN. de The TinleS kayk: We regret to learn, from authory, lre that, in consequence of the ...

... EX-DISCIPLES OF FATHER IGNATIUS. ?? the Maxylebone Police Court, on Wednesday, George * Widdowe Nobbo, aged 19, who gave his address at 19, Gee's Court, St. Marylebone, and who said he was a student, was charged with stealing the sum of £15. He was further charged with an assault. James Barrett Hughes, who appeared closely shaven, was about to give his evidence, when Mr. ?? asked him what he ...

... THE ARMY AND THE PEOPLE, The discussion on army reform4, Which was adjourna from Wednesday evening, was nr med yeterday In London, at the Society of Arts. A appeared in ON report In yesterday's Impression, a Paper was read at the previous sliting by Mr. IL Cole, O.B,, of the Sath Kensington Museum, On the effloleney and economy ct a national amy In connection with the Industry avI education ...

... BEACON HILL-A BLACK OOUNTRY S~KETC11. One (if the nost iterecsting Spots i n tire Black CorIritry is Becaicon till, anti yet very few 3lack e e Country visitors take tile opportuniity to Climib its Saim- rIit. I t is not only a natural obsorvattory, from wincllh D can be seen thle ?? of tre wfeird Slaiiwlflianll of South tl Statfordahire, on which account alonle it is Well Worth visiting, but ...

... THE NEW ZEALAND M.ASSACRES. The letters and pare received from Now Zealand vias Panama, put us in nil possession of full details of the massacre at Poverty Bay and subsequent events. The story of the massacre, the Timoes' Wellington correspondent says, is necessarily a confused one A party of mounted rebels, of whom it is believed To Kooti himself was one, and numbering probably from twenty ...

... CAMP BILL UNITED PRESBYTERIAN: cau1tad. The ceremony of placing the memorial stone of the neow chapel, belonging to the United Presbyterian Church, at Cam Hill, took place yesterday a n A nuter of friends assembled to wvitness the proceedings, and among others, woe e the Revil. James MtKerrow, pastor oenew church,. H VT. Dale, Charles Vinoe, Dr. M enzicom Professor Barker(Sjlring Hill College) ...

... f ET I - I LDIJCATION BILL FOR SCOTLAND.-An Education Bill for Scotland is now being prepared, and will probably be brought into Parliament early in the session. ELECTION PErTIIONS.-Judgrnent on the Staly. bridge election petition was given by Mr. Justice Blackburn, on~aturdiy, infavour of Mr. Sidehottom the sitting member, Conservative. There had been soinetreatingaudbribery, but it could not ...

... M RE CHURCH 1 ?? UOuvocation of the Province of York will assemble in the cathedral city on the 23rd inst. for the dis- patch of business. The deliberations of the rev. representatives will, no doubt, at the present crisis, excite more than ordinary attention, and it is ex- pected that the subjects of discussion will include the Irish Church question and the suggested union of the Wesleyans ...

... I BEVERLEY. It is considered probable that Mr Jus tice Willes will Dow try the Beverley petition on the Sth instead, of Baron Martin. who will, no doubt, be delighted to relinquish it, in consequence of his intimate con- I nection with his old friend, Mr Leeman, the party understood to be now the chief, if not the sole, pro- moter -, ,hat petition. It will be in the recollection of the public ...