... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... P 0 t l UY G X L. LISBON, DEn. 20. [FRomt OUR COIRnESPONDENT.? It will le recollected that the appearance of a 3 guerrilla force on tile Opipositc sidc of'the Tagus, anul the runiours of' a battle between Lapa and .Bounfim, and of a chiange of ininist'y in Spain, lled caused, for some days previous to thle departure of the last packet, sonie uneasiness anid excitement in Lisbon. On the very ...

... THE TEAT HOURS BILL. MANcrisywtP o xDA, Dix'. 28.- Yesterday (Stir.- day) at numerous meetingv of di-legrtea froin hie nirrtiull c- turliur districts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, anrd Decrbyshire, wats helri in a school-room, Great Aucots- street, in tfiN towno, and by ad journment tif the Woodinan's ?? public-house ,for the, purpose of considering, what steps Ware to be taken to ...

... [FROM OUR COtRRESPONDENT.] The fall of snow during the last week was very heavy, and , being accompanied bylhigh winds, it drifted into heaps, to the great inconvenience of every one who had to pass through the streets. The inconvenience was felt in an in- finitely greater degree by those who were proceeding through the country from one town to another. The mails from France, andi from the ...

... THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT MACAO. [PROM A MACAO PAePR.] In consequence of the repeated eomplaint.a of robberies perpetrated in the Chinese fast boats which run between Macao, Canton, and Floini Kong, without any possibility of discovering the psrpetrutors, because ofour detective in- formation on the subject of those vessels and the people em- ployed in them, who have not the best character, ...

... GREECB. The following is said to be the reply of M. Coletti to Sir E. Lyons, relative to the note lately presented by his Excel- t lency front Lord Palmerston:- ' You have done me the honour of communicating to me officially the copy of a despatch from the ?? of Fo- reign Affairs of Great Britain. This communication appears to be intended to remind the government of the King of Greece of is ...

... Mayor in the chair, supported by Sir Chapman Marshall, the president of the society, and several distinguished citizens of London. After dinner, Sir C. Marshall expressed the gre«t satisfaction he felt in presiding over so excellent institution, and stated the great advantages which the members derived, when it appeared that by the present state of the accounts, nearly seven thousand three ...

... ?? ?? FROM PARIS. 'i,110 lio lO ipp1t1iea in the gleaitel' part of our \'tit'rciived the Paris journals of satur- lii' tt~ttt~id'land fth, e I't$ contain ar- Outh' 'ojecj(t of free trade, thle form ci' t'a it it, anlt the latter anntounieing thec 40 the ?? ( loviertinilent to inodifiy the t tri I 'lihe D)ebatts SeizeS onl this oppor- ?? orunlly that thoiugh it hafs ot late ,,Iit t~'e-tralle ...

... SPA 1A. it ~ MADRID, DP.t. IS. r [FRiOM Cat itCORtiESPONDiENT'.] I stated to you esons time rince that the government had( tailtit considerably in to arrears with the Batik of Sani Feti- tniando, the montotit adi tastes made by this restablishmenti ailnd tite houties asschiat,d 6 wilth it, onl the growl nr revetntes Yllavinpg exeuedcil the returaq. butt thitt these atrrears, whtieh niunoti ied ...

... k ~iw['Im ?? Dv:.27. Ofit CORRE-SI ONtiNT.1 ru'1 ytiOX IN DONEGAL. ~\t u~'e ioriic'ncoUnty, there are no0 -,i - II- %Ortl iamoui ug, and pau 1ieri ni is ast lil: ~ npiii' (ii tile worst circumistanied dis- - - Io ae west. On niany of'the largo I l-lift' tii~jl t l ,U t , S Il 8 1 1 lie O plnpers fire mnere cottiers, 11 ~ onI](' to fiv'e acres. it is Ulioti thiis dllv'rnt 'olt of0 t lie ...

... DO VfA7TfoNS EVEJ? CIIANGE THEIRI CHARACTER? Mtachitivelli says no; and he gives reasons for his opinion. Prudent men, he observes, maintain that who- ever wishes to know what is to be, shouli consider what has been because nll things in the world are connected with th'- itiast ancient times. And it assists us in knowing the future from the past, that we see a nation retain for a long ...