... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Next week will Published, 'T'HE ACT and lo Victoria, cap 1«1. M itli Analysis and Exposition its Provisions and practical working. Together with Appendix containing Forms and Official Documeats. W. S. Walker, Esq., Advocate, Edinburgh. Lately Published, in octavo, price 3s. 6d., with bi.\ty-two Engravings on Wood. AM A N U A PRACTICAL DRAINING. By Henry Stephens, F.R.S.E., Author of The Book ...

... 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 ...

... 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, ...

... |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 ...

... Il TE NEW MEA1 N.S of' !JEX)XIJ.Vf. ?? I?- I GlCAL OPERA7 Vi O.S PA I.N I. . 'Tnn 'rll EDITORl 01' TiHE '1i1?NIN, i (Afi'n J p St- ?? mg been the first in thi- couinrry ti, ittihvid'n ot ether as a on notas 4f renderine' ?? opvr;atiols pinieitiss, I beg to t nllsoe ?? Icr ptiln hinitor ib. restilt ot severil eases in which I have 't'ic ited tieeth ini 0ueirt0 Ii I-i'r tlie :oboshi cireumsncn ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...