... PRUSSIA. [FROM OUR OWNV CORRESPONDENT.] BERLIN, DEC. 28.-Divers journals having spread reports of extraordinary armaments, levies, and exercising of recruits aud Landwehr inthe Rhinie provinces, and in other parts of the country whence recruits are drawn for regiments in these provinces, it is essential to state that there is no truth what- ever in these reports. The regiments in Baden and ...

... THEs Anniversary services of this Association, which is ?? isionary Society for thle above-named counties, were held in Banfl'and Macduff, on Tuesday and Wednes. day, December 20th and 26th, 1849. On Tuesday evening, the Rev. J. Miller of' Inverary delivered an excellent dis- course in the Town Hall, Mlacdulf, on the words- My Kingdom is not of this world. The hall was filled by a large and ...

... THE result of a trial which took place on Wednesday before the Assize Court of Paris has given much satis- faction to the reactionist parties. Th'aree individuals were prosecuted-for having printed and published a peti- tioii to. the Legislative Assembly, praying that body to make an appeal to the people, to ascertain whether they desire to continue the Republic, or to convert it into a ...

... ILABOUR AND THE POOR, THE RURAL DISTRICTS. FitROM OUR SPECIAL CORRDSPONDENT.] NORFOLK, SUFFOLK, AND ESSEX. LETTER XXII. I propose in the present letter to consider the Istate of the labourer with regard to his habits of providence-if such a term be not misapplied when used ill connection with a body of men whose earn- ings appear to be barely sufficient to procure therm the means of present ...

... ,Pitit of tfT3 VU0%5. a- a- 1-1 5 r5. 7 -. ?? B ?? -THE NE1 V YlA--lTS HOBOSCiPE. (frorm thei Spectator.) Born of revolution apd feaction, the new yar cannor but have a strange and e6veptful history. Some iort-on of its destiny is written in. the Past: how large a -irrion, unwritten, is awaited wsith anxious expectancy by ti- princes and peoples of Europe, lying on their arms h,! - much larger ...

... IR- - ROBERT L AN AIS T. ,: 8PR;ROBERT0 PEEL AND- HIS TEi4ANTSi ?? equanimity of Sir RoBhRT PEEL seems to havel been very slightly shaken by the great agricultural in Aerrmonstriltions which have been so rife .of Iate. I-li letter to the tenantry of Drayton Manor is a some- wbat cool, ,if not conteniptuous, ression of indifr i - ~ ~~eprsin ni-re g, ferenco to all theh frantic denunciations ...

... THlE NATIONAL SOCIETY. The following letter oA the subject of the management clauses, has been addressed to the Secretary of the Com- mittee of Council on Education:- National Society's Office, Dec. 11, IS49. Sir-I an instructed by the Committee of the National Society to express to the Committee of Council on Education their cmlviction of the propriety of terminating their corre- spoadence ...

... GARDBENIEG. -- !Ftowat GARDEN.-It is to be hoped that advantage ihas been taken of the late mild weather for, the planting of tress and.shrubs, and that the operation of mulching, which we before pointed out the necessity of, has been duily per- formed. If it has not, it should be immediately atteudcd'to that the roots may be shielded from the effects of frost. In continuing the operation, let ...

... cot court+ WINDSOR, TAY. i. Her Majesty's New Year'i Giftt of meat, bread, coals, potatoes, blankets, and clothing, were distributed thie morning to the aged, infirm, and distressed poor of Windeor and itt vicinity, in the presence of the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal famihy, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the ladies and gefttleman in waiting, and the Hlon. and Rev. G, ...

... OLDHAM, JAN. 1. ?? conservatives of Oldham had their annual )r dinner last evening, and taking the speeches made on the occasion as an indication of the general feeling of the party in these districts, it appears that the ultraproteetion senti F mentb, broached in the agricultural districts, are not likely to meet with any very lively meaure of support from their e brethren of the ...

... INCENDIARY DE STRUCTION OF FARIM PROPERTY.l toll_ ?? ?? Ad. . .. i - The inhabitants of Girton were, on Thursday night, shortly after eleven o'elock, aroused from their beds by the cry of fire. It was soon discovered that a fearful conflagration was raging in a barn on the premises of Mr. Elliot Smith, of Cambridge, his own propedty, and which comprise, as will be seen below, a verylarge ...

... THE, USES AND ABUSES OF SPECIAL PLEA DING.* The spirit of Reform is spreading. We have seen attempts to give the people cheap law forced upon the Government by the public-a proposition to give the people clear law now emanates from the profession. A barrister in actual practice, a special pleader to boot, steps forward to proclaim, not merely the inefficiency for good, but the efficiency for ...