... COBDM PNCEMENT OF THE PENNY'PO§TAdR, ON TIE TENTH OF JANUARY. . . ?? 3r A Treasury minute dated Dec. 26, announces the corn- S-mencement of the penny postage oil Friday, the 10th of ir January. The an ...

... ,i| _ i CATHOLIC NSTITUTE. The irst annual meeting of the Virginia-street and Poplar Branch of the Catholic Institute of Great Britain was held on Monday night, at the George Tavern, New- road, St. George's, East, and long before the hour at which ,the chair se35 to have been taken the large room was crowded to excess, so that during the proceedings of the meeting some hundreds of persons were ...

... SECOND -EDIT16lN. jih LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE Two o'clock. January 3, 1840. st Since thisday week we have had very large supplies of a Irish Oats and Oatmeal, with a moderate quantity of e other artic ...

... I TO., If the Coleraine grubbery.-.whieh took place on Tuesday evening last-was not a grand entertain- ment, it was, at all events, vastly entertaining. Neddy Litton, the member for the borough, was the hero of the evening; and when it is remem- bered that of all the long-eared tribe in the House of Commons Master Neddy is the loudest and longest brayer-that he commits more havoc on the ...

... MADRID, Dee(. 2a.5 [FROM OUR OWN CORIAiiSPlONiiFNT.] The differeoces existing for sonic tOit' betweenl oSIC go- vernmett anid Ithe army, :,u( ttile peop]lwul apert be f,-- hastenring to a close. Thin morning tin ai(IC-te- cian rlved here with an exposition fromn thc Corn- Inal.--e ~-e.hielf, cxprc.;sing in still strongcr 105111, I iunderztaiiu, the sontinmi 2s of tlie army with riespeoct to ...

... :-i v-O-l-FOR OHRISA 1839.-- I it NOWl-FOR CHRISTMA8,v1 (AN ummTATION.) Now-does the Christian community rejoice il the advent of the holy season, and pray for the regeneration of all -men. Now-do withered of. fections blossom -yet once more in the heart, and old bonds. of fraternity and friendabip are renewed.. Now-do little boys gather and surzise abote large slides, and wonder that ...

... I SPEECH OF THE KING OF THE I _- FRENCH. PARIS, Dec. 23, Four ?? Chambers were opened to-day by the King in person. No ac. cident occurred to his Mfjesty either on goingr or ?? to the Palais Bourbon. The King pro. nounced the ?? discourse:- Peers sid Depuries of France,- ' Since thle termillation of your last sessior, the hiitcr nal peace, to which your loyal assistance has so greatly ...

... A general meeting of the Manlchester Chamber of Commerce took place yesterday week, at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of receiving a report from the Board of Directors on the effects ...

... T, t1hehREV. IHUGll Pf'EILE. Sin,-The manner in which you have deemed it expedient to reply to my letter is such that if I had entertained any fear of tippearlng before the public I might ralter the p ...

... OC;NrUA BOARD OF THE BELFAST CHARI- TABLE SOCIETY. ADDITIOI;AL SUPPLY OF WATER FOR TIM TOWN. nolnierouS and influential meeting of the members ef the g3elfait Charitable Snc ety was held onI Tuesday, ant to public ladvertisement, in the Board-room 0f th0e Poor-lol1o Shortly after twelve o'clock, the heour appointe'l for the zeeting, NIr. Cnas. Tuoitso:4 moved that Andrew Muilhol- lasdi, Esq. ...

... The Pope has issued a Bull couched in terms the most authoritative and impressive, against the traffic in human beings, which the subjects of Roman Catholic States, especially Spain and Por- tugal, have persisted in carrying on, contrary to the faith of treaties, and in defiance alike of the claims of humanity and the laws of heaven. It is said the Head of the Romish Church has been in- duced ...

... 'I .. 5 . --- -7 Ifittrrolfs. I . .. .I . .. - . . I . Mr. Ewart has declined the inyitation to come forward for Marylebone at the next election. Mr. E., however, intends to try his luck at Dumfries. Friday's Gazette contains a notice that writs have been issued for electing a temporal Peer of Ireland, to succeed to the vancancy made by the de- mise of George, Earl of Kingston. YORK ...