... n TIHE BALLOT. 1- I (From the Morning Chronicle.) ie Lord John Russell has certainly admirable oppor- 11 tunities for cultivating that style of moral heroism Which consists in unshaken equanimity under cease- ;N legs reverses. Two defeats in the course of one night g-the first on a financial question, and the second on el Mpointof the Charter-are a pretty strong test of a d Piemiei's ...

... P 0 R T U G A L. (From the Standard.) LsoDc . t The great fact which I have to communicate is ouc which e cannot fail to excite as much indignation onl your side of' the ti woter as it has done here. The Portuiguese Governatent, i- t- ( steed of endeavouring to get out of its financial embarrassments by reducing its army, andi inekhg those retrenchments which it could so easily effect in the ...

... DARING IHOUSEBREAKINGS IN GREENOCK. A gang of housebreakers have been plying their vocation in tr Greenock during the last week with great audacity and cool- me ncss. Their attentions appear to have been devoted to the st houses of parties who bad occasion to be temporarily absent. b Thc wife of a ship captain, residing in Hill's Land, Inverkip oi Strect, locked Up her housc a fortnight ago ...

... E N G L A N D. F&onday, Dec. 21.-H1er Alajcety, his Royal High ness Prin'ce Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Roval, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the donlestic houIseh1olld, attendded Divine Service this morning in the private clihapel of the Castle. Thef on, and Rlev. (rcrail Weliesley officiated. 11cr Royal Ilighness the Duclhess of Kent also attended the t service.f A ...

... The haf-yeary geneal meeting of shareholders in this corn- me pany was held, onl Tuesday afternoon, in the Queen's Hotel, n~f ?? Square-Peter Blackburn, Esq., Chairman of the Board the of Directors, presiding.pa Mr. LATHIAM, thle Secretary, having read the advertisement I calling the meeting, tho minutes of last general meeting were a confirmed, and the seal affixed to the register of ...

... - a . - - { .1 ?? _ ?? .1 - . IL AT 1 _ T A- |. The TOWD Council Met yesterday-the lon, the. Lord Pro- vost in the Chair, TIMO STATUB OF HERO MAJESTY, at Mr. Af'LEIT,AN ?? observed Sir James Anderson in Y hi lc.The remarks lie (Mr. M'1L.) made at last meeting ' of on i e persoually communicated to Sir James, Anderson t out of doors, lie hoped antI trusted] that tihe interests of' this 'rown ...

... E N G L AN D. Nenc 41ppointnzenits at the Mint.-Tt is understood t1at thle 'J'reatstry has determined to increase the number of c loyfiles a t te M int, wvith the view of qualifying the newly appointed parties for employ- meat o n a InIW Mint establishilment, w ich the Go- e ninent ontemplate formning in Australia. Death of the Earl of T !yronnell, G ?? dis in nobleman died o n the 26th nilt., ...

... FROM THE LO)NDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. ,f Tho Lord Chnceilci III's appoinlted .losoph l'cbb, of Argyll Street, gentleman. to bo a London Comimiosiolner to admiuister oaths in the I ligh Coort ot CLallcery. ,f Wvrnnact., DEC. 30. The TLord Chanceilor bos appointed Joseph Uridgmanl, of the city of Chester, ge maietooli, to be oa Commissioner to adotitlister oatiie il tile I -igb Court of Cl ueo y ...

... C Hi RI ST M AS, 1853. ?? ?? - - .l , - ,. I (Frroin the Daity N'ewvs.) Cliristniris- eve is ours once mote. It is probable that every Christmans-day siuCC the ilistittiouni begai lies beeti thought very rennarliable by somne ielictoe or others within tire circuit of. its observance. ¶Jo uts tire present is a very ?? Christ- rues, for mnore reasons titan ont; ; arid wrhether we look abroad or ...

... El~li(UErN 11UN JU1EI) AND FIFTY-TIIREE. ?? ,r n i cn ?? I.. ?? EIGHT'IEEN 11NttfitJ) AAI1 e I (From thle TIilneq.) Tot ?? fiyro of otlirt '00(0vst wid Piessiain inoendiarilm, tim( 01114ril).e04l' j1et elplod hvis heen t111 inost sattisfactory one ill history. At its, C~ l'111(.1fli ei it 111( hiled alli 0 presentlin~g l~ro10p0'rI0 14w)'0r1d fthOOO of 111 Ill'rfineIr ti me h ut it hact OlhIowl ...

... (From the Times.) Although we have still to rely on telegraphic intel- ligence for what is known of the last operations on the Danube, and of the movements of the combined fleets in the Black Sea, there can be doubt that events have occurred which approach much more nearly to actual war between some of the Great Powers of Eu- rope than anything we have yet bad to record. Ac- cording to these ...

... (f-yrm fl I. - T Ima ,Dlntib JAiTLlta l 1 SEA. (From tile Tintesn) Liverpool, Jan. 28. A telegraphic announeoment from Holyhead, which reashed Liverpool this morning between nine and ten o'clock, reports that the iron screw steamship Olinda, llaam commander, wwhich left this port yesterday afternoon for tlio Brslils, had struck duiring the night on the Harry Furlong Rocks, near flolylicad. The ...