... ON THE PROBABLE SUCCESS OF THE WA WITH CHINA. The following letter, from a lieutenant in the appeared a few days ago in the Cheltenhaun Eranziner; SIR,-So very little is known in this country of China, particularly that part of it Canton, where the dispute now isting is likely to interrupt our tea trade; for the satisfactis your readers, and the public generally, I send you a few es from a ...

... :_____ pt ll V ar to THE MAYOR. IT will be seen, from our report of the proceedings of the Town Council, on Wednesday, that a number of that body, thought proper to ask Sir Wan. LOWTHROP to Con- sent to be again elected to the office of Mayor. We beg to tell these officious gentlemen, that, in acting thus, they went beyond their duty, and intruded upon the functions of their successors. It ...

... -Bill I'Lifflimact. T I HULL AND SELBY RAILwAy.-Traffic returns from October 19th to October 25th, inclusive:- Passengers (3176), parcels, &c £ 434 2 11 Goods, cattle, sheep, &,c 216 2 4 Total £. £650 5 3 Rt is reported, that the York and North Mid- land Directors contemplate making a proposal for leasing the Hull. and Selby railway: as well as the ...

... Jrobinces. I TimE BAR.-David Dundas, Esq., of the Northern Circuit, has received a silk gown, having been appointed one of her Majesty's counsel learned in the law. Digby Cayley Wrangham, Esq., of the Northern Circuit, who has recently been elevated to the degree of sergeant-at-law, is the son of the Venerable Aclideacon Wraugham. The Leeds town council, after a short discussion, adopted an ...

... IWELLINGTON AND NAPOLEON-A PARALLEL. The wars of revolutionary France commenced near the field of Waterloo, where they terminated. France, with a population nursed in anarchy, blood, and infidelity, became as it were a vial of wrath poured out over the face of civilised Europe. Her legions were commanded by a vaunting leader, supported by upstart satellites, whose objects seem 'to have been ...

... Xotlano. It is gratifying to find that the subject of imis- IV sions to the Jews, to the colonies, and to India, has occu- a pied the earnest attention of the General Assembly of the ti Church of It appears that £;60,000 is raised Y annually in the Scotch church for the latter object. Government has resolved to establish a chair of civil engineering and mechanics in Glasgow University, n with ...

... $ -reign k (Solontal Intelligente. FRENCH NEWS. Among the proofs of good sense already afforded by the Thiers adminstration is the total abandonment of the Bona- partean plot, of which M. de Crouy Channel was the chief or the author, and 'vhieh made so much noise a few months since. He and M. Barginet, who had been brought a prisoner from Lyons, have, with all the other persons implicated, ...

... I de opull ioaturt. I AGITATION IN IRELAND AND ENGLAND. Ties day a meeting, to bolster up ministers, is to be eld in Dublin,-called by a requisition, to which about 900 names are attached; 30 of which are those of peers, and 40 those of liberal members of parliament: tho Roman Catholic priests have also signed in great numbers. At this meeting Lord Charlernont takes the chair; and we are ...

... ?Odrrtce, oto lubattions, kc. SLIDING PAVstMENT.-Opportunely or inopportunely,- the reader may decide,-a Mr. Kirk, who has taken out a patent for his invention, has just opened, in the Regeat's Park, a specimen sheet of artificial ice for the amusement of skaters. It consists of a composition laid down in the manner of the asphalt pavement; and the patentee pro. poses to form a society for the ...

... NEWV YEAR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. I THIrs is the time of good wishes; you cannot meet a friend but lie grasps your hrand, and most heartily wishes * The compliments of the season ;` and we wish it were possible, with one magnetic touch, to grasp the hands of all our readers, and tell them with what cordial sincerity wve wish them iany happy returns of this period, and each one bringing new ...

... misotuical Mpitolne. I DOMESTIC AND METROPOL[TAN. t Tsit COu'RT.-Thl court remains at Windsor. Her Majesty and the young Prince of Wales continue in perfect d health. There have been many rursours regarding the royal christcning, l and the period wvhen it is supposed to take place. Some accounts state, that it is likely to occur carly in Fcbruary. Thu foilowigetetemetit lies, hovever beon ...

... Our *trap moot; OR, EXTRACTS FR1OM RECENTLY PUBLISrIED WORKS AND PUBLIC JOURNALS. A DELICATE ArPrTITE.-The Lady Beatrix, says the legend, was a groat gourinette in her way. She evas, as peopie often profe-s themselves to be, fond of children. She liked them newly born, and dressed simply-on the gridiron; and she had a cook, whose broiled babes were chef d'omuvres of the then infant art of ...