... COURT-MARTIAL ON AN OFFICER OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT. A general court-martial has been sitting at the Cavalry Bur- racks, Exeter, to try Lieutenant Arthur Vaughan Donni- thorne Harris, 4th King's Own Regiment, on the following charge of unofficerlike and insubordinate conduct, to the pre- judice of good order aud discipline, in the following in- stances :— f First Instance,—For having on or ...

... tUt%£x. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1850. Cmcur.Men it DIOCESAN ASSOCIATIoN.-Tltc December Quarterly Meeting of tile G-.clal Committee wos bold on the 12th inst., at 'he Swati HotlI, I Hasti--gs. There were present G. C. C(.urthope, Esq., the High Sheriff (in thc ciar), Rev. Sir H. Thompsoon, 13art., &c. Agrant of 401. additional wons -.oted to tlte prolpose d now citurch at t Savers' Common, ...

... g ri oat' u-- oa?-rtt-. ?? - [This Gazette contains a proclamation by the Queeni declaring that Parliament shall meet on Tuesday, the 4th of February, for the despatch of businest.] WnTlseiALL, Dac. 12. The Queen has been pleased to direct letterspatent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland asto tshe Right Hon. Sir ...

... 1 MI SCELLANEOUS. I a r u -ea ?? DEPOSIT OF PLANS FOR RAILWAY AND OTISER'PaIVATE DyLne. -Saturday ]ast being the final day allowed to Parties for the deposit of plans for the proposed railway, water, gas, and other schemes requiring the sanction of Parliament to enable them to he carried out, the greatest activity was8 observa ble, on te prt f te Priliarmentary agents ;and the official ...

... INCUMBMinED EsrATES.-TITE MOUNTOASHELL PRltOI'ERTY IN TIME COUNTY ANTMIM. PURSUANTT to anl absolute order made in the matter of the Braid eslatc, belonginig to the Earl of AMounteasliell, situato in the Gouiitv Antrite, Mr. G. C. flyndman proceeded, by dL- reeliotis of the Commissioners of thle I iciteniherel Eislates Court, In sell by public auction, Iin his Auction Rooms, 7, Castle-itlace, ...

... MINIS. MOUSElR ON TRAVELLING. Ir I pride myself upon anything, it is, that I never travel with mrore thana Six triruks, two bonnet boxes, ard one bag, ai-d orre mojeraii 1asket, even if I leave home for a month. Mrs. Motiuser is about leaving for Franice, and applies to the ambassador for a passport. While the ambassador is writisg a descriprtion of her person the good lady soliloquises, ...

... CALIFORNIA, BY AN ENGLISII EN11GRANT. Ring Gold, El Dorardo County, California, Sept. 20. I cvsE to this country to make a fortunc, alid *wilidl (in so, tint the climate is intoleralile. Only fruc ic, not a si ogle cloud has lbeen in the clear bla, firnrattient since April, no dew has fallen; the sun shines in all his brighltness. Were you ti feel hliw pleasant it is at sunrise, you ?? say, ...

... uEARL OF SECOND FilE CARLISLE'S LECTURE. nT.RAVELS IN AMERICA. )n The Earl of Carlisle, whose first lecture to th ,I- Leeds mechanics' Institution, 1On the Poetry of Pope) will be found in our Suppkmeosf, delivered his second Lee. ~jture, on his Lordship's Travels in America, yesterday even. ,ni ing. The public interest excited was evess greater thsn on the previous evening ; a large crowd ...

... -~ of MEETING OF LAY MEMBERS OF THE tb CHURCH OF ENGLAND, ~hl A general meeting of lay members of the Church of Eng- thl laud was held yesterday in Freemasons' Hall, 1to protestth against the insolent and insidiows attempt of the Bishop of agi Rome, and also to invoke her Majesty's aid to suppress the of various Remish innovations recently introduced in some we quarters into the service of ...

... To THE EDITOR OF TnE MORNING CHRONICLE. SiR-I desire to offer a few remarlis, not in controversy ti, with so ingenious and subtle a disputant as Dr. M'Neile, but in explanation and defence of my note on his advocacy of capital punishment for the reverend gentleman did, from be his pulpit, on last Sunday morning, charge me with wilfuli misrepresentation, and denounce me as a siy of the Papst. g ...

... A YLESB UR Y BLECTION. THlE N~OMINATION. AYLFSs10ty, THURSDAY ?IIGiiT.-The nomination of a sd proper 1personf to represent the boroughI and hundreds of AvlIesburV in Parliament, vice Lord Nugent, deceased, toolc place tills day, in the County Hall. Circumstance, taignecessitated the retirement of Mr. Sergeant Byleg, 3 p.h1 had 01) to a very recent period been the Protectionist clandidate, Mit. ...

... THE DRESDEN CONFERENCES. LPROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DDESDEN, DEC. 25.-Nothing further has trans- pired as regards the details of the Austro-Prussian programme. A thousand rumours arel afloat, not only as to the salient points, but as regards details, scarcely one of which has any other foundation than the speculative imagination of those who are called upon to furnish authentic reports to ...