... Cr ite Vres. TIE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND THE KAFFIR WAR. (From the Times.) LonD GlrEY has, so far as England has been con- cerned, had full license to do (in the Colonial-office) as lie pleased. Ile has indulged, without let or hin- drance, in every crotchet that his fjncy has suggested. Ile has exhibited every phase of his variable temper with respect to the unhappy colonists, and has finished ...

... 9IE; axi~ll, g&. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR OF]FICE, OCT. 31. 1st Life Guards-Lieut. lon. D. C. F. Dellos to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Biddulph, promoted in 7th Light Dragoons; Cornet and Sub- Lieut. R. Bateson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice DeRos. 4th Dragoons-Lieut. T. B. Williams to be Captain, by purchase, vice Coster, who retires; Cornet G. C. H. P. Brigstocke to ...

... GIBRALTAR-THE MOORISH PIRATES. Oua accounts from Gibraltar are to the 31st ult. No further intelligence had reached that place from the Riff coastrelative to the Moorish pirates who had beaten ?? steam ?? (as mentioned in the NeIVs-Lettsr of Friday), except that the five men taken by the Moors, and now held in captivity, belonged to the British brig Nelson, which was laden with Indian corn, ...

... Ma. LAWREaNE arrived in Limerick on Thursday. The following is an abridgment from the Limerick Chnkecicle Shortly aftersixo'clock on Thursday, the hon. gentle- man arrived in a travelling carriage, accompanied by his lady and daughter. The Mayor and Lord 11onteagle were deputed to have an interview with Mr. Lawrence, with a view of communicating their desire, and in a few minutes his ...

... WE are still kept balancing between the hopes and fears associated with the welfare of our native country. Nothing can be more dark or ominous than the picture, as we gaze on it with dimmed eyes and quailing hearts, when suddenly a gleam of light through a rent in the canvass tells us that the cheer- ing and splendid sunshine is behind, ready to irradiate the sad perspective, draw out, all the ...

... THERE is much cause for serious apprehension in. the existing social and political condition of England, as regards the domestic questions which are now await- ing their solution by the legislative process. The state of trade, in nearly all its branches, and in almost every locality, is critical in the extreme, as we learn by the commercial circulars, and by the weekly mar- ket reports. The ...

... A ?? panacea for the ills of Ireland has just been started under the most captivating title, and with all the usual flourishes which ordinarily precede the issue of a favourite nostrum. We allude to the proposal of improving the condition of the middle classes by the establishment of mutual land and building societies. The question has prominently come before the Irish public by the ...

... WINTER EVENING SINGING CLASSES IN I BELFAST. WE refer with much satisfaction to our report of the proceedings last nighdt in the Music Hall, in reference to the projected establishment of evening singing classes, during the winter, for teaching music on the Mainzer system. The meeting, as will be seen, was a most numerous and influential one, auguring well for the success of the movement. We ...

... THlE GRACEHILL MORAVIAN SETTLEMENT. Tim Rev. Robert Gault, of Killileagh, has published the following account of a recent visit to the well- known Moravian settlement at Gracehill :_ On a dazzling bright day in the month of Septem- ber last, we visited Gracehill. We had long been de. sirous of seeing a spot of which we had heard so much; and we could not have enjoyed a more favourable op- ...

... mbe 1w s TuiE BLUES.-The deficiencies of a certain Cornet of this regiment, who has gone to winter on the Conti- nent, are said to amount to no less a sum than £87,000. Six or seven of tho officers had become responsible by endorsing or accepting bills for tile youth, in different sums, ranging from £4,000 to £17,000, to meet which it is expected that some of them will have to part with ...

... 0-4c Ruip an's flaVp. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAn-Onicr, Nov. 14. (ith DragoonsSergeant-Major G. Fraser to be Quarter-Master, vice Smith, who retires upon half-pay. 1st Dragoons-Cornet J. 1. Jones to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Littledale who retires; Assist. Surg. R. F. V. de Lisle, from 06th, to be Assist. Surgeon, vice Grogan, promoted in 26th. 7th Light Dragoons-Cornet J. Aytoun to ...

... gbe Antg, &C. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR OrFiCE, OCT. 17, 1851. Ist Regiment of Life Guards-John Alexander Earl of Hopetoun to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, vice Waldo, who retires. 1st Dragoon Guards-W. C. Scholefield to be Cornet, vice Anderson, promoted. 2nd ditto-O. F. C. Bridgeman to be Cornet; vice Hall, promoted; II. St. J. Dick to be Cornet, vice Hutchinson, promoted. 6th ditto-T. ...