... * .. POLITICAL AFFAIRS. --The opening of Parliament on Thursday is dealt with in another column. Lord Derby was not expected to be able to attend, having been unwell for some days. Mr. Mitchell Henry was to move the Home Rule Amend- ment to the Address to the T hrone. On Wednesday evening the usual Parliamentary dinners were given by the leaders of the Government and the Opposition. ...

... . C Q- fl RRAL J'~OTES W.I THE YEAR'S FOREIGN FOOD. -The recently-publlished Board of Trade Returns show that last year we expended upol agricultural commodities from abroad the enormous sum b 96,879,737?., which is the largest outlay there has been for many years, and nearly ten millions more than last. The increase was chiefly-indeed, we may say entirely--upon wheat, for which we paid 33 ...

... TIHE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. The Eurl.. of Boaconsficid, as Prime Minijfe'r.j and consequently Ministerial leader in the Honse of' Lords, gives his fash-dress Parliamentary dinner, ihis'. evenl~ing at tile Forei~n.omico to his politicall friends -anui Sulporters in the I-ouse of Lords. The Dlobe of Cam-' bridge end thle following peers have aceepted invitations :; Tue Laurl of Wharucliffes and ...

... v-r M1-7 D TME XONE RULE OONPEREiE. DEATH OF 011 OF TIEE REXAfl li 'on6*i owa miONDRt>' DUJBLIN, T Tmu.y ~ The Homne :lsulo Cnference resumed itq-p is ceedings to-day. The ?? iv6 lsrgei thI n on tl groeedring iday there being betweoe three and fo tundred preseun The proqeedings were alo muth se lively and there wera oumerous senr exsciting charscetr, snd the sepoche ols rDhO,0 Biggar, and Mr. ...

... (T.BxOUsIl Bruynnes .&OIIOY.) SPAIN. MADRIDJ JAN. 10. Sonor ?? HEerrerm has been elected President of the Chamber of Deputies, and Suor 3Barzanallaaa President of the Senate. T ho Constitetional members of both Honsee abstained from voting. NEW SOUTH WALE, S. SYDNEY Nov. 2S. (By teleggraph from Briudisi.) The Ministry has lately been reconstructed in conse- quence of the retirement of Mr. ...

... . IRFT.AI'~D ?? M A ?? : ?? Ul IceR'nlh O6uf.rtc,~ 1I ude ~i note d~ to-d. iten .lipu 'q r 4W , ot1. ,i Hor ~ hs a iofthr 'the PKbadifigso fof throudnit Aoi sex. by the iagipgcoittee0 Proep yr aop wer 'ookds po a tgbe. s meey. iout r'y~ooth the. ohv f snnhrsac oloae roe tor 'spoke~ they nteai p~kd'oas tha wih o4 . ypth thate ths9loates ?? perons RIteget ~r 4tou ofrs inba ...

... TO 7X1l EDIfOn OF TIM DILY NiWS. Sin,-As you and your Special Correspoadents in Turkey have invariably ably and without fear stated all the facts that have been brought to light, whether they told for or against the Russians, may I ask you to draw the attention of your readers to what, in my opinion, has boen a grave mistake committed by the Rus- staus, and further that they have no excuse for ...

... THE DISTRESS IN SOUTH WALES (BY nranGeRA) MEo= oUR OWNT cORaa5PONDMM. Te o eRTHYR, rE DnaS5JJ The meebers of the Relief Comimittee gat at the Temperance Hall last night, this mnoring, afterao on tt evening, under the presidency of the rector, and r eied reports from the gentlemen appointed to visit and rzu personal investigations in the twenty-three sab.dish* Cases of* extreme destitution were ...

... BALL ?? rFGHT1T RUSSIA F To rm mxTOU or rM DWULY NMW5. Siit,-Living amongst tho Russians I naturally hear sometthing besides the cry of 1British interests, and I venture to oiler you a tow romarks for tho considera- tioa of your readers. Tho ?? fully expeot war with England; of that you may rost aissured; and wliilo they deprecate it, aud are determined to avoid what Europe would consider a ...

... TROM CROP-. Af'R- I 9,. LE 9 TION I THE . , (FIOM OUR, ,O j0DP nE8PN73EX ?? -; * :i -¢; 1 PAoIUS, WnzibH@x ?? Iin the Seriate t6F day' tilc coiWtst'{ :for th~eat v~brant by the ddati'of Goneral':d'AurelleA de Palal'dimiezs: wasb ony Aenous betw n . Vietoz Lofre'io, 'a :Rpnbhjuan and ' forier Muntes of M. Thirs, and tii Duo6 fcneas, whodoes fbi call hhinseif Anlti Ropublican The absurd ?? ...

... TnE news from the seat of war is very brief, but very important. Sophia, was occupied by thctroop C of General Gourko on Thursday last. The Russian tl armies have thus a firm footing in Roumelia, and the A question of crossing the Balkans by the balk of the ii forces of the Czar resolves itself into one of mere b time. Though the capture of Sophia itself only cost General Gourko the ...

... TH7IE Governor of the Cape Colony is as far as possible from being an alarmist. Most persons, indeed, who are acquainted with his public career would be inclined to say that he leans to the side of optimism in politics. He has a high reputation for tact, for prudence,. for moderation in language and purpose, and he is not in the least likely to cause unnecessary embarrassment to the Government ...