... BORROWINGS FROM PUNCH7 oh~ CHR5STUAS-BOX[NG THE COMPASS -Christmas br'xs I 3,havo for agos ranked amongstt the fativit~' os oft the season, ro- though thne festivity mutt co)me M.ore ?? to thoe u rehave to receive them, than these who have to pay them. )us G-ntlcmen have loing indulged in tho festivities of the xd- hitter -kind, and they now intend (fer the tines are go iat bad, and we should ...

... I THE MIETROPOLITAN DISTRICTS. LFROM OUR SPECIAL CORRUSPO-NDHNT.J LETTEr XXII. Having finished with the different classes of Coal- 'abourers in London-the whippers, backers, pull- backs, trimmers, and waggoners-I purpose now dealing with the Ballast men-including the ballast- getters, the ballast-lightermen, and the ballast- heavers of the Metropolis. My reason for passing from the Coal to the ...

... THE TEMPERANCE MOVhMENT IN LEICESTER. A correspondent says :-After fourtten years of persevering and vigorous effort, the cause of temperance In Leicester has attained au altitude which distinguishes it as ret one of the most successful and useful of the philanthropic in° at stitutions of the borough. The statistics in the last yelr's freport of the society astonish the most sanguine friends ...

... CLIANIATOLOGY VERSUS PROTECTION.- THE FAM1INE CURE! LORD ROSSE, So well known as the co8nstructor of the monster reflecting telescol)e at Birr, and as an amateur star-gazer of the first magnitude, has just publisihed aR letter, in which lhe states the grounds on vhichi lie re- fuses to attach his signature to the National Petition against Free-tratle. We have every respect for the ...

... ! AUSTRIA. [FROX OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] VIEN.k, DEC. 25.-Nothing of any interest in the political world has transpired since my last. The leading journals still carry on a brisk skirmishing on the subject of finance, and such is the diffuse- ness and acrimony displayed on both sides, that little space or aninams is left for the discussion of other questions. All the anxiety on German affairs ...

... THE CATHOLIC CHURCl. r th liI On Wednesday, tile Rigbt Rev. Dr. Ullatnorne, t au bishop of the central district, was assisted in a religious ser- vice, at the Chapel of the Oratory, Alcester-street, Bir- mingham, by twenty attendants, now either priests or can- didates for orders, who were formerly clergymen of the Clhrch of England. As our painful duty to announce the demise of thee Rev. D. ...

... vARI ET I E*S * F v1Paa, hiave dogs got wings ? 11No. celld Idon't of vonl ltnn hett,.i' thati 0hati is Why, pa, tis paper tc ?? flio w useit a mn.e and bit him, so I thought he wv Wh o Lor Soid ws'i' wee to present Admiral ol jivs-tg. Ca it IjjjIejl, lie tod hirn tlh a i's hribly the M iigaoit wod IV killiht him. The nflmirel lid not Innelh relish the mn honotinr. ' Well, hut,'' saIdI Lord ...

... HISTORY will contain few epac l naore memorable than the years which close the first half of the pre- sent century. No convule en so universal has taken place since the religious outburst of the Reformation. We do not augur for the present a course so long and so ?? as that great struggle. There is not the same stubborn element of difference in political as in religions creeds. And government ...

... | - TgSTIIONIAL TO JOHN KENNEDY, ESQ. Yesterdty, at tvwo''clack, a deputation of the former share- I)hlsersintlhe Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfaraham. railway, be vailkd, 'Oi Mr. John Kennedy, at his residence in Abbey- r street, for the i purpose of presenting to him a teetimonial in .c'nsidoratioh' of his services with respect to the above under- takling. It must be admitted by all those who ...

... I The prophecies whgch have appeared regarding anth expected inundation of the banks of the Thames have as 1v yet been far from fulfilled. On Saturday the tide didct not flow beyoiid its usual limits, and was qiii in accord- t ance with what it usually uinderstood retpelting tiidal phenomena. In the meroring of Siturday high wcater was at forty-five tomates afner twelve, and the greatest i ...

... I NORTHDUBLIN UNION. l A ?? meoting ot tile 6oard Was hold e n yesteriday for ,ii the purp'-.;o of-disc, sin, fir. l rdy n otion, tilat Lord of Glvnmdtols putition wnci thi. tute of 'ireland be' cunridcred and a P-vdo ytin board.!~ At one o'cluck the chair wtis talien Iiy, 4S Aldcehnan SrAuY170N, he The following guardians attended :-Captain Lindsay, he t ?? Captain Wisdom, ?? Dr. Brady; ...

... IWRECX OF 'tIIE C'AIE ORISIIm.W\YA I I- | ;: X ~GRANT SHIP,{ The following letter has been addressed tona morn-I lhIin- ing contemrporary:.- III rues- Sir. -As. Ibelieve no detailed acecount of'tile tie- fi strcn of b freof the ship Caleb Grimashaw, withl Cl men, the loss of 101 passengers, has y-et been betbre tec , dpublic, I enclose you thle particulars;~ which, coming Or so,, from an ...