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... Oar correspondents at Berlin, Kiel, and Hamburg write as oIllows: BERLIN, DEc. 28. It is reported here, by persons who are likely to be well informed, that his Majesty enter- tains doubts as to the course he ought to pursue with regard to taking the oath to preserve the consti- tation. I learnt this fact some days ago, but not be lieving it possible, I did not communicate it; now, however, the ...

... Lr At the midnight ot a closing year, an old mant stood at his . ;} window, and gazed( with a look of mournful despair up to Ut 11 the iunmoveable and ever beaming heavens, and down to tile It white and silent earth, upon wvlichi there dwelt no mortal so 1A i jolcess, so sleepless as hinself; for Isis grave was near hi- A' i it was covered with the snow of age, and not with the ver- lo dure of ...

... REPRESENTATION OF ENNIS-J. D. FITZ- GERALD, ESQ., Q.C. Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald, Q.C., arrived in town on Wednesday evening, and on the following day announced his intention of seeking to represent the borough in parliament on the next vacancy. A public meeting of the electors was convened and held in Considine's Rooms on Friday evening, for the purpose of hearing from the learned gentleman a ...

... ROYAL SOUTH LONIDON'DISPE.NSARY. The annual general mreeting of the governors and friends of this dispensary was held last night in the board room of the institution, St. Gcorge's Cross. Mr. John Barnard pre- sided. 'IThe committee's report, which was unanimously adopted, stated that the income of the charity for the year ending the 25th ult., from subscriptions, donations, and dividends, ...

... (From 2aft's Mfagixne,) The franchise will be the framework of a debate in the next session of parliament. The feeling evoked by the National Financial Reform and Complete Suffrage Associa- tion is not strong, but it is respectable. The noise made by the agitation is not deafening; but the claim ia substantial, and is pressed by parties of some weight-by men with votes and inifluence, to whose ...

... STEAM COMMU ICATION WITH THE WEST INDIES, MEXICO, AND THE PACIFIC. r | TO TSU HDITOR OP TIHE DAILY NSW5. t SIR,_hA very lengthy article on this subject appeared in the Timies ot the 10th instant, and as the P Post-office packet service has now become a matter of a considerable importance to the coantry, both in a con- I mercial and financial point of view, it ins right that the r public should ...

... The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London Docks was held yesterday, at the offices of the Company, in the New Bank-buildings ; Mr. Cotterell, chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. From the report read by the Secretary, it appeared that the number of loaded ships from abroad entered into the docks for the six months ending the 30th November last was 730, measuring 200 ...

... SPELLING REFORM versus ETY.I1OL ?? (Front the.R3oltoat Chronicle.) We take the followving from the Liverpool JrceriiPj :1.: 18th ult. It is from the pen of Mr. John Smiti. of :L newspaper:- T1E-woDYrrFuL ?? 0 LT'G H. If your first line ends witlh * yaw. . Rhy me o wT with. plungl; - ?? your second nicely .y Seek o long, as found in . though ThirdIly, would you try this ?? too Doulle o is ...

... IRE ANCP. I,, , I TIrE PROTECTION MOVE3MENT. - The requisition for the great metropolitan meeting, early in January, now-bears the signatures of forty peers, and every post brings in let- ters from the leading gentry of the country, approving of this movement in favour of protection. TirE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIMACy.-The Freeman''s Jour- nal states. on the authority of a letter received from Rome ...

... MISCELLANEODUS. ELonLF von RAILIVAI-.-WbV is a pair of lovers, es- trauged from one another, like railway accounts and railway affairs?2 Because they don't correspond. A WAU!JING To TowN COUNCILLtOttS.-One of the town councillors of Bradford was lately fined five shillings, having been found in the streets drunk and incapable. A Pios WMI5EEHOVK11HEA-13~ AT THE SMsITHFIELD CATTLE Saow.-' ...

... | . A LE AND SPIWIT LICENCES. I TO ALEXANDER THOUSON, ESQ OF BACHORY. SIR,-I ?? Your, circular of thre -th inst., addressed to the Clergymen of the County, requesting their opinion whether any, anid how mnany, of the licensed houses in their respective parisbes may be discontinued, with advan- tare to morality, and without inconvenience to the public. It' is my intention soon to answer your ...