... 1rM1)RISO.NlMENTFOleDEBI'-LETTEIVII. I Soon after the publication of the Commissioners' Report, in 1832, a bill to abolish irilprisonment, for debt, except ill cases of actual fraud, was submuitted to Parliament by Sir John Campbell, by whom the princil)le.5 ot the Iawvo.vhich, during thelast century, had~l egaiml and arin been examined, were labo- riousily and ponejully stated. The bill was ...

... NEW YE.AlR'S EVE AND NEW YEAR'S DAY. TesnaY, December al3i.-New Year's Eve, used tobecele- brated by our festivity-loving ancestolrs. They nsed to gather round the htige log-tire, ind drown care and old animosities together, in the wVassail bowl. The wassail bowl was a howl of good ale, [lot, with nutmeg, suger, toast, and roasted crabs or npples. Sbalisapenre speaks of this latter ingredient ...

... I JIIN'S FOR CHRUS MAS: 1. Keep uip all those old Seasonable observarrecawlicii time has hallowed, which create good feeling and fellowship, and which consist of those innocent recreations in which the young join as actors, and thle old enjoy as spectators. 2. B~e sure and decoratie your house With holly. Ever- gleans are Nature's promnise of returning sumnmer and afruit- ful seflson, 3. Make ...

... I U - I January, which n1ow stands tile first in the calendar, was so pieced by Numa PompiliuS whenl he added it, together with Febh'arvn, to RoMin1Ini's year : its nialime is opposed to be de- f rived froeen the liitin word 'jacaua, a gate anti ais Janus was COnsSidlSti hy the loillauls to peCsili' (ver the gate-s of iseaven, the name of ithe moltit is silPPOStIl to lisvc referriltce to the ...

... D 1WEESDAY5 J3ANUARY1 1t DUJBLIN: WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1845. REMEMBER THE 30TH OF MAY, 18441 THE COMMERCE OF DUBLIN. We have been accustomed, periodically, to place before our readers the comparative commerce of the port of Dublin as shown by the customs returns. The figures show an increase, by no means inconsiderable, and some parties who look only to the results as shown by the amount of ...

... I LOYAL NATIONAL REVEARL ASSOtIATION. I ?? __ _O . . .o. _ Wantofspace obliged us.,to.0rait t e following ;oour report of'the proceedings of th8 associatin ,oop Monday:- r Mr. j3. A. Molloy-Mr. Chairman, I~have ?? t¢ ed1i tpa rthe. registry statisticsjyou have heard frtom Mr. . O Bri en, I shall merely observe the Tory ,ajority at tipe Oleetip of. 1842 was 390, and during, the, last thrpe ...

... THE Slit GE OF MONTE VIDEO. Cpiaoc,,A BIRAZILIANO PAPEIO.] MONTE VIDEO, 4CT .-W6 have a saying in this country, which conie~ s 0 from the Spaniards, viz., that on the 29th of S~epteml,,r (San Miguel's day), anda o Diabo solto (the D'evil rune 14 ...

... THE FRENCH RAILWAYS. [From a Correspondent of the RAILWAY TIMES.] Paris, December 25. In compliance with your reqsastiand to satisfy the demands of your numerous correspondents, I, subjoin a summary of the companies now in the feld for, the different railWays which will be disposed of in the next`Sesslon of the Chambers. There can now be no doubt that the government intend to propose (and that ...

... CELEBRATIOiV at BRIY[X AMW of the COMING I f AGE of J. YARDE BULLER, BSQ. I Bacixtu.%r, Motiday, Dec. Lid3. Tl'iic being the day on which Mr. J. Ytcrle Ouller, son (if Sir J. B. Y'. Boiler, Bart., 51P,, attained, his majority, Site, town was alive and1L astir very early. Natuer, too, far Ones~ seemed determined not to damrp the general joy, for a mo~re beautilul morning it has seldom fallen to ...

... , ?? ISTORY and Li~GSLATION.I ?? rrRoM A COTRESPONDENxT.l heott attentive readers of the procoeedlugs of Parlia- h t most easily be eonvinted, and will most r ckowledge, that ths members draw the h for legislation from a very limited quarry. h itetl'e lav, of which only professional men venture d at all positively; a little history, v hioh st the 5dvns~tage only of a few; a sprinkling of o ...

... [P>ROMt A i oRRsr8oNDENT.] A young man, whose name was Dixon, and who for- merly rseided in the family of a clergyman of a neighbour- ing county, has committed self-destructioni, after attempt- ing the life of a girl, named Corolne Allen, to whom his affections were confided. The deceased was about 21 years of age, and about five years ago absoonded from service, in company with the ...

... EXPLOSION of a LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE near tBRADING, PE.VNSYLVANIA. [FROM THE tMEtCHANICS' MAtAZINEl | [Explodions of ecomotivi! engines are rare events, and those bhich have hitherto occurred have been attmnoed with o liltila damage ast Fnricely to have left any imprcs- J ?? on the public mind. The ecoldent which is thle subject o of the present paper is undoubtedly the most disastrous of the kind ...