... THE OLD AND THiE NEW YEAst.-We take our final leave of Eighteen hundred and forty, who departs to join his ancestors, i' with the years beyond the Flood. Another day brings another annual date. May the old year part in peace ! If we have seen some better, there have been many worse. To the Sovereign of these realms it has been an eventful year; a life-colouring, and, we trust, a life-blessing ...

... ETTES. Tuesday, December 29. WAR OFFICE, DEcEmBER 29. 13th Light Dragoons-Capt. C. E. Doherty, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Capt. vice Weston, who exchanges. 14th Light Dracoons-GaPt. 0. Weston, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Capt. vice C. B. Doherty, who exchanges. 1th Light Drageooss-Aoistant-Surgeoni E. Mockler, from the 79th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reade, who ...

... P.OPSE REFRMSN F I PRZOPO)SED REFORMS IN CHANCERY.| [Cmotinued from our ?? of Dec. 20.] tThe system appears to be contrived to damp all energy Which of tlhe ordznary motives to exertion is left to operate en the minds of the Masters P Secluded in the recesses of their dark chambers-exemnpt from the control or inspection of the Judges-relievedfrorn the competition of the bar-in&e- pendent of ...

... (From our own Correspondent.) The events of the last six months have strangely altered the position of those individuals who have voice and influence paramount in the affairs of France. This alteration, however, has had for re- sult to replace each in the position which they ori- ginally held, and which they only lost in the conflu- sion attending tie political medley of 1830 Previous to that ...

... [From the Times]. U'hat is the chief object and mode of action propounded for this steam. boat expedition? It is, to act upon the native chiefs of Africa-upon those who are at present in various ways concerned in the slave-trade abominations; and to influence them by moral suasion, by arguments of self-interest, and by the force of good example; show. ing them, both by precept and by ocular ...

... LONDOIN, Saturday Morning, Jan., 2, 1841. The following is a postscript to the letter of our Paris Correspondent, received at a later hour.- On Wednesday the political world in Paris was divided between M. Humana's budget in the Deputies, and the speeches of Messrs Mole and Dupin at the. Institute. M M. Hamann announced the expenses of 1842 to be 1,316 millions, and the revenue as likely to ...

... AN IRIsH To] y LANDLOIRD.-This reply has been addressed by Sir Roger Palmer to one of his tenantry:- I have received your letter requesting to be excused from supporting my friend ?? Kirwan at the ensuing election. I beg to say that I have come to the determination of re- quiring the votes of all my tenants, and as you plead inti- midation, I must confess I cannot understand why there should ...

... I THE QtrEEm.-Thc Queer, and the Duchess of Kent accompanied Prince Albert to the ice, at Frogmore, on Wednesday morning, to see the skating; and her Majesty participated in the ainusement by being driven on a sledge over the ice by Prince Albert. Her Majesty has taken drives several times during the week, and, acting upon the advice of her medical attendants, will take daily equestrian ...

... P O L IT I C A L. PUBIIC MIEETINGS. Mr Ellice, jun., M.P. has attended a meeting of the electors of Cupar, for the purpose of laying before theti a review of his past parliamnentary conduct. The hall was crowded to excess. Mr Ellice, in the course of his speech, insisted on the propriety of looking to the practical value of a vote before it was given-on the pro. bable intention of the giver. ...

... FRANCE. Whilst all the press of Europe (says the Horning Chronicle)_French, Belgian, German, nay, Spanish and Portuguese-breathe nothing but war, M. Guizot is pur- suing his tranquil course, and gives, we learn, even in the heated committee-rooms of the French Chamber, hopes and promises of complete peace. MeanwhileA des- patch from M. de Nesselrode (says the Courrier F1ranis) has been ...

... I lflhti ?? a short hint to an impartial writer, it wsould be to tell him onbi5sed truth, let hirts proclaim war wvith ?? rd la1mode Ze paps great men, thee fall upon osriawith the iron hoods of the law if ho tells roejswtes~heothe bueany thn te mb atoeso him wvith slander. l~otLI erearl ?? onboth sides, and then he usy goaon fearless: and this is the coarse I take myself.-DsE FoE_ THF ...

... TRE MURDERS AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. DISCLOSURES CONNECTED WITH THE COMBINATION OF TRADEs.-At present no clue has been obtained to the actual murderer of Benjamin Cooper, but no less than nine- teen individuals are in custody, from some of whom sorne- thing appears to be expected which may lead to the desired object. The parties in custody have all of them been in office of some kind in the union ...