... NA VAL ITELLIGENCE. POnT:Mouoc it, Ditc. 8, 1840. The Mutine, 12, and Grappler steam sloop, nre at S'pit- head, rendy for sea. The'r orders are expected this even- ing. Both vessels are to call into Plymouth, on their wsy down Channel. The Samarang surveying vessel will not arrive so soon as expected. Captain Belcher was to survey a shoal in Simon's Bay before he quitted the Cape of ( ood Hope ...

... .T ?? .;fUORATING (CHRONIC'LE. LONDON: 7'TIURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1W4O. . The frank avowal recently made by organs ry of the Auitrian Government of the light in which t1ey look upl)ol the obligations of the most soleiin , treaties, seems calculated to save some troubic to ' thc dii)l omatists and ?? of Europe. There can be no mistake hereafter as to the principles by .l which the public policy ...

... To the Right Honi. LOI)D JOll' >tL v m| . IORD-It Is wi-h feelillng of rhep iT u r, sol-mn awe that I once more ?? you, tr tr ieil- recent reports frort Skibberee n, from (tlit rr, a: eetets of horrible sufferings among the InriAh pOr, ?? the worst anticipations of mry former letter, to voC'. - phip-. 1ow vou will be able to pl tifv ?? ler,, g*ovi-rntrsit to interfere to prevent the-e !-wee r, ...

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... REDUCTION OF THUE DUTY ON TEA. NOTTINGHIAM, ITEIDNErfDAY.-Y5eterdoy there was it .nceetinx of the council of Lhis beorougih, nt wie'clil t nOSi;O was moiade to inemorialize the goverinment iu facvour ot a reduction of the duty on tea.t Ill r. W. PICELINT, merchant, who has ptub'lshe'dl nlumerotcc statistical 9tatecinentS conected witl varcous brooches) ot trade, add ressed the couucil ?? great ...

... THlE ROYAL VISIT T'O ARUNDEL I CA STLE. IC, 4- ,Vs AREcNnrT,, W'tLDNESDAY.-'J'he town wos gaily jilti- millattd last nighbt ; the tow o-hall and the hiauses of thu T1more opulent inhabitants t.,oing magnificently adorned with I-s do ~vices of culoured 1:1'aips. At the Castle the keep Was ort~ brillimntly illutninat(id nI gals, from a platflorm which bore Otlte, wvords Welcome Victoria and ...

... MADRID, Dac. 7. LPROM OUR CORRESPONDP.NtT.] After the election of the Mesas yesterday, the polling commenced, and continued till four p.m., and the following is the result up tothattime,takenfromtheoflicialreturns:- Districts. 51oderado candidates. Progressisfacandidates. io .. ?? 147 Marq. del Socorro .141 Maravillas M. de la Resa ..111 Gen. San Miguel ..194 Barquillo* ?? 147 Cortina ?? 124 ...

... TITE ROYAL VISIT to A RUINDTEL CASTLE, I AR UN tD ElTau ?? .-The Queen yesterday remainiflcd out walking through the pro citcys of tile castle until nearly five o'clock, and tile Duke of Norfolk, with Prince Albert, and inearly the whole of tile guests, accomnpainying her Majesty. The Duke of Norfolk acted as cicerone to her Majesty. The ancient keep of the old castle was first visited, and it ...

... IREIAN D. jFRtOM OURt CORREISPOCNDENT.] u1F irI , fNDlTtION OF TI! 11 COITNTRY. M Itl0ipidlint- are the accounts ot destitutionl lii, If.l'ti oft tile country ant[ even trot) ?? p-O I(TI' i flt 53Verlil dca thst tron starvation Ii' liiI' i~ ta1t1tflin lt, frOnM the DulinL'ven- N '~11it\otir ?? Al i ?? ,'Otl~lIplitn-I thiit tihe etflfrti of the~ bene1.- 5 halii, il1' beIf,, tO SO~I' 13'twnft ...

... Morning Chronicle Office, Quarter to Four. I UN ITED SIATES. Liar. bog ?? (BY EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS.) era, d tit I llt- to it THE PR1ESIDENTS' Ar IM ESS A GE. Mr- He it a ?? OulR COURIEePONDFNT.] post fied LIVERrPOOL, TuESDAY NIGHT, to IIALO-PAST EMORT. of udy The New York packet ship Ashburtun, Captain ot Howland, entered thu- river at a late hour to-night, F'or the bringing New York papers ...

... 110)..1A'ND. Thte PoI!stis Literary Ste'ttty fit I'a'.ir, of whtieli P'tttroe Cotroo I i proitenti, htei its mintiu: iitoeti'tt ott the 2!lPti of' Nvitr, to comitni'ilioratti tile oftx'~ vi thle IPolish revolotioj. Tihe tpeech dlilivereri by tht, Prince on ?? ore oln(j wats huttoied to tei t fII ul p ii' listern ity liiirnerours audi tory. We quote firval it Ite- folio wi; cx, tracts : EriLvls ...

... [FROM OtR ltCORRESPOND)ENT.] The enthusiasm of Germans in any public cause can only be onaintained bv coutinual excitement. The interest taken in the spoliation of Cracow is already dying away, to be again awakened by the protestations and eloquence which may be anticipated from the French Chamber of Deputies, or from the British House of Commons, when they assemble. We may then look for a ...