... THE ROYAL NE UJ' YEAR'S GIFTS. The distribution of the royal new year's gifts among the poor of the parishes of Windsor, the Holy Trinity, aud Clewer,will take place this mornicg(Saturday), in the Riding' school of Windsor Castle, which will be tastefully decorated as usual with banners, flowers, and evergreens. Efer Mvje5tY and the Prhice Consort, with the royal family and the meet bers of ...

... I ,H. fOLEY'S STA TUE OF LORD! ^V; BHARDIiYGE. have had tile pleasure of examining the mag- t colossal statue of Viscount Hardinge, ahow c f execution by the eminent sculptor, c ou rsley. This work, to which the epithet of 1J0a d ore properly applies than to any modern ifie ith which we are acquainted, is designed for a ud will be the great Indian memorial ( the Satlj battles. It is worthy of ...

... |BELFA, ST ANNUAL |COMMERCIAL REPORT.I [FROM THE NORTHERN WHXI.J Unaided by patronage, unassisted by bounties or public grants of any kind, writh few or none of those natural ad. vantages so largely possessed by the towns and cities of the south and west, depending solely upon. patient in- dustry and honest enterprise, Belfast has risen from humble beginnings to be the aeknowledged commercial ...

... * OXFORD UNIVERSITY. SECOND DAY. WEDNESDAY.-The polling commenced this morning at ten o'clock; and, although no statement was given., out at eleven o'clock, it was generally understood that Mir. Per- ceval's friends had reduced his minority of yesterday to - five, the numbers being at that hour- Gladstone ?? .. . ?? . .. .. .. 85 Perceval ?? o80 In another hour the friends of Mr. Gladstone had ...

... I l (t r VIE-Sh Y ELECTION. * in publishing the follow- 1 005gP8aq tisfntoory to all sincere d'ccd Churchmen Hawnrden, Jan. 6, 1853. _seil Torask, o. tle part of others, ad that the interests of the Churoh In 3eer ?? 5dinistration of Lord Aberdeen as 9 : nfl rdl'rb~sI had fully believed thrat the in- s ;1?rili eeat the very least, as safe in the i' he~ rdeer as they were under the preceding ...

... APSLEBY HOUSE. His Grace the Duke of Wellington has made arrangements for permitting the public to view the principal apartments of Apsley House daring the present month of January. Admission will com- mence on Tuesd.ay next, and be continued on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, the hours being from ten until three o'clock. Mr. Mitchell, of Bond-street, is empowered to issue tickets, in ...

... APPOINTMENTS. Clerks-Charles A. Goodyer (1850), from the Winehesier, 50, flag-ship, on the East Indies station, to the London, 90, at Portsmouth ; Charles W. Harris (1849), from the St- George, 120, guard ship of ordinary at Devonport, to the Imperieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, at Woolwich ; Edwin Harris (1851), to the St. George, vice Charles W. Harris. WOOLWIOH, JAN. 1. The Imnperieuse, 50, ...

... To THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SilR-I think there is a flaw somewhere in the reaioniri'lC 'our correspondent, A Professional Man, aithomb I Ara urable to detect it. I have £300 a year from my protei;oual eertions, a friend of mine has the same in finided property- ve both of course pay the same amount of ilnclle ta; we ire both married, and we both have families; bet lie 'ped' dll ...

... To THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SxR-It is a remarkable fact that whenever an Englishman is ill treated on the Continent it is sure to be a mistake. No matter bow great the inconvenience or loss of time be may have suffered, it is supposed to be all set right by the magic word mistake. This kind of apology is very cheap, and no doubt very satisfactory to all but the party ...

... E3LECTION INTELLIGENCE UNIVERlSITY OF OXFORD. The election rendered necessary by the vacation of Mr. Gladstone's seat having been fixed for yesterday, the nomi- nation of candidates took place accordingly in the Shel- donian Theatre, at twelve o'clock. The unprecedented manuoevres resorted to by thle Derbyite party, in connection with the election, have roused up a strong feeling of indig- ...

... [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING. The reports of the state of trade and agriculture, on the closing of the year, present a most gratify- ing contrast with the condition of affairs four yeah since, or even at the termination of A8i1. There is still partial distress certainly, in a few of the southern and western unions, and the stoppage of employment on drainage worlks and ...

... [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORIING, The elections in the counties of Cavan and r Limerick, and the borough of Carlow, rendered necessary by. the new Ministerial arrangements Y now'engross pablic attention. There is not the ,1 least likelihood of any opposition to Mr. Monsell, 0 the new clerk of the Ordnance, in the county of e Limerick ; but it is very probable that Sir John ...