... REPEAL OF THE .ADVERTISEMENTI DY Y - . - I II C Government haoing abolisshed the duty 02n advertisements, the public twill have greater f-J cilities than heretofore for nia7,il9 Sher an- nouncemnents in 'newspapers. I'le shortest advertisements, consisting of two or three lines-those, for exanveh, wehc1, relate to situa- tiows and sermanfe ?,S.aterd, 1s1Ually placed in the first eolmnn of the ...

... OHR1STMAS SOIREES, BENEFACTIONS, &c. An tA,.A- r. ?? . .. .. In ;LO11aoay, the annual soiree connected with the i Nelaon-street Primitive Chapel was held in the Temperance.hall. The attendance was numerous, and, after tea, the company were addressed by Messrs Dent, Mackenzie, Phillips, and other ?? Tuesday evening, the WestgateTemperance Society,of this town, held their annual soiree in St. ...

... On the 22nd of November, Lord Stratford de Red- cliffe, having been admitted to the honour of an audi- ence, to present to his Majesty the Sultan Vice-Admiral Dundas, and the officers commanding his ships, deliver- ed the following address to the Sultan:- In presenting to your Imperial Majesty the admiral and captains of the fleet that my gracious Sovereign has, on the demand of your Majesty ...

... THURSDAY, Dyc, 1. ?? enquiry wvas resumed this day, when the followaingwit- ! ?? were tiamined - J lohnAlkition, wine and epirit merchantospoke to having l voted~for Grey: but was ignorant of any treating or bribery. ; ozifhord, publiran, voted for neither candi. ldate, but received orders for refreshments and suppers from both parties. oln Mfcintosh, keeper of the Duke of Wcllington, public- ...

... 5 se lx ?? I X ADJOU;:NED tMEEMTING, VEDNESDAY, DEC. 14. Before commencing busine s, the MaYTon called atten- tion to the desira.oleness of the council assembling with greater puciitiunlity. It waa too bail, he reid, that so much time should be lost at the commencement of every meeting. There was a vacancy in Sir Walter Bleckett's Rospi- tal, for which nine candidates ?? T. GitAie proposed ...

... TO TIME EDITORS OF TLE NrivCASTLE COvno.NT. GssTLEbEes ,-Since the visitation of the cholera to this town, I have heard many, who with their families were pre- served while such numbers fell around them, express their thankfulness, and a sease of obligation to that Providence who kept them in a time of great peril. This feeling of gra. titude is highly proper, and it seems Wot ne that a be- ...

... _LONDON,_DrCmnEI 29. Lieut.-Col. Brownlow Villiers Layard, formerly )ILP. for Carlow, and who lately retired from the command of the 9th infantry, committed suicide by cutting his throat on Wednesday. His wife found him in the act, but too late to save him. Hie had been desponding some time about his affairs, though he had 400 a-year. An inquest was held. Verdict, temporary derangement. ...

... It will be recollected that comploints were made as to the I coarse taken with regard to the marquis's tenants, his lord- ship having desired that they should beat full liberty to vote as they chose. The following letters from his lordship have sowl bceen published 0- Mount Stewart, Nov. 14th, 1853. SIR,-I have to acknowledge the reecipt of your letter and enclosure on the 10th instant, ...

... Much exciterment wees occasioned throughout the country on Friday evening by the announcement that Viscount Palmerston, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, had resigned his office, and had quit- ted her Majesty's ministry. It was positively stated by the Times that the resig- nation arose solely from the noble lord's objections to the Parliamentary Reform bill now in preparation ; ...

... RURldCANE ON THE IRISH COAST. A violent storm was experienced on the weat coast of Ireland, on Saturday and Sunday. The sloop Dublin, of Cork, was run down on Sunday night by a vessel which was running into Kingston barbour for shelter. The crew were saved. The Victoria, from Gloucester, was run into and foundered ; but her crew also were saved. The steamer Eblana, with the mails for Dublin, ...

... THE RUSSIAN AND TEUKISH WAR. The following account of the engagement Pt Sinop3 is from Malta :_An_ Ottoman division, composed of four frigates, two corvettes, three or four small vessels,. and two steamers, was in port, when a Russian force,. comprising three line-of-battle ships and several fril gateasand corvettes, favoured by.the wind, entered, and the fight commenced The struggle was ...

... The statement that the Turks had retired to their bank of the Danube proved to be false. The movements in their camp at Kalafat arose from their practice of having a daily relief from Widdin. Having made Kalafat impregnable by a battery of 100 guns, on Nov. 25th they advanced 12 English miles towards Irajova, and formed an intrenched camp for 8,000 men. Large bodies of Turks at the same time ...