... NEW ZEALAND. [The Charter and instructions under the sign manual, of which an abstract here subjoined, were officially published in the Gazette last night. They are now, therefore, virtue of the act for the government New Zealand, the constitutional laws of that colony, although they will not come into operation until they have been proclaimed there.] The Chauteh consists twenty-five clauses ...

... LISBON, Dec. 20. I wrote few hasty lines by the Scourge, warsteamer, which came in suddenly from Oporto, on Thursday afternoon, and which left as suddenly at 10 o'clock the same night. All the intelligence I was able to give merely amounted to a date, up to which time nothing of importance had transpired at Cartaxo or Santarem. Saldanha is preparing to shift his head-quarters to Alcoentre ...

... IPOSTSO RIFT. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30. Taxi N Nw OPOSITIONt.-It is rumoured in welllnforied circles, that the most prominent place In opposition during the ensuing session will be conceded to Lord Lincoln. Tbereport we imaginemust be considered to have reference rather to those who will occupy the seats opposite to the Ministerial benches than to any portion of the House of Commons disposed ...

... The Earl of Mount Edgeumbe has very generously caused to be distributed amongst the poor of Maker and the neiglhbourhood, 20 cwt of Beef and a quantity of Bread, Au arrangement has at last been made with the government, relative to the proposed new Post office in Whimplo-street, Plymouth, the authorities consenting to pay the additional rent required by the appropriation of the whole site to ...

... FORTY LIVES LOST. We extract the sad detail of the total loss of one of the noblest steamers in the United States, from a New York paper, received ay the Acadia. 'The disaster occurred on the,2th nlt., the d the Great Western left New York for Liverpool, and which ves- sel herself felt thestorm so severely that sheshelteredunder Staten Island till next morning, The Atlantic was on her way from ...

... The lady who, the week before last, put an advertise- ment in the FREEMAN'S JOURiNAL, requesting aid in trifling sums, on behalf of the suffering poor at Skibbereen, and referring to Mr. Brady, of Henry-street, aetbe person who consented to receive contributions, begs to return thanks for several sums received, amounting in the whole to 191. l0s. Of this she, on Tueeday, the 22d instant, trans ...

... |I IRtLAND. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. CONTIS4URD SCARCITY-DIOIRGANIZATION OF SOCIETY. As the season advances, alarm increases in the south and vest of Ireland. The corn-stacks are diminishing, and it is feared that before many veeks large districts vill be left wholly dependlent on distant souces for supplies of food. Notwith- standing these apprehensions, and the high prices ruling in the Irish ...

... 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, ...

... A COUPLE 1OF STRAY LE.AVES. thle LElAF t'llE 2 VIST. 11ae SVell ix 1ltlltlS efter Maloirriage. Tiei- WNel I, my dear, vvill you go to ?? ?? to night ? 1Ird ko!(VV 0 0e have af very Polite hiiitaillo- ?? 1 ?? XI'I~y u ve1113' jilist as YOU p1ase; ytlU l~ttow I lid. I jsitsh to consult goun' plensuic. -2- -Vll fit'ienh, Ih mriei ?? vv go,-thiat is, if 210. Yl.ou P.l ,.fr. ,lV villiog. Ne 0do ...

... I I '~~~~~~~~ On Wedneeday last, the Annual General Meeting of the Friduds and Subscribersto the industrial School in Loch Street was held in the Mechanics' Hall-the Lord Provost in the Chair. [For Report of Proceedings, see page 4; and the 'Corres- pondencebetween parties will be fund in p. B.] The meeting l on this occasion was exceedingly crowded; and the proceedings excited an unusual ...

... The following extract of a letter, which we find in the Mail of last night, from the Rev. E. L. Moore, Protestant rector of Cong, corroborates-if corroboration were necessary-the statements already published relative to the dreadful sufferings of the people in the west. The deaths from starvation are now so numerous that, according to that reverend gentleman, they excite no wonder-call forth ...

... 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 ...