... THE WAGES MOVIE.dENT. PnRsTOrN. JAN. 26.-The adjouirned meeting of the associated toasters of Preston and its ircigbourhood was held to-day, under the Presidency of Mr. T. Mil- lei. About 40 persons were present. I am informed that a mnjority of the meeting were in favour of affur- ther adjournmnent for three months, but, in deference to the opinion of the conmnmittee, no proposition to that ...

... HOUSE OF WIDS.-Lesr Nrwsn. 2tRAUD OF CONTRALCTORS FOR THE .aTMILLERY FORCE. The Earl of ELLENB3OROUGIZ inquired of her Majesty's Governmlent whether it was true that con- tractors for supplying the artiltery force going out on foreign service with hay, had filled up the middle of the trusses with chips, shavings, and other rubbish. The Duke of NE WCASTLE was sorry, as an En- lishmen. to be ...

... THEE ENLARGEMEN'T' OF THI: BELFAST NEWS-LETTER. announced by us for some tiune past, is now arranged, to commence on PPJDAY, THrE i3uD FEBRUARY, 18541, on and from whlich date our journal wvill be extendled to a size One FotV.-a largel titan its presentc diniell- sions thus rendering our sheet the L ARGEST thrice- a-week plper ?? published in Iroland. This akldition to the size of tile News ...

... LATEST IN'1TELLIGENGE. BY MAGflTIO TELEGRAPH. T I-E WA.R ON T11'F DA UPEE. I \ tI:yAs, ?? poiitir is fa I urale . o thle Turk, eveit Itmn tiln) niiit r circles. T'Ji Aus- rian Glveerirnent ;jppLoars to separato itself every Ca, no re aud Litoomti ft ra in lssia. Ci ant 1 ?? vrill barive tieat diffit:itrty in ?? iliE ILi si JIn. . st;atot| 1:;s stiffe'cd TrOito tfl.LI AUISLri; tk tteI thie RUSi ...

... T tIM lTIrTon R-OAL TImsr .-TlIe remnant of this celebrated regiment, which serve(l ith distinguished ?? durin.g the late Chinese war, after a protracted absence from home. recently returned-a mere shadowl of its former strength-the non-corninissioned officers we believe, only numbering, on their arrival in this coultry, sixteen or eighteen men! The ftitigue, enpntal and hodily, consequent ...

... I A E ?? T T'I' L L I G E N C E. Ll' T LST 1N BY M4(E Tq;IPC TELEGRAPH. YESTERDAY'S LONDON NEWS. 1J S S I A. The Jowtstal 'le'S. reters8abure7 contnins a notice by which the Miister of Finatne allows English and FreLcih vessels siX weelcs, from 19th of April, to clear nut of vnessels Ports ill tile 1iack SeaU tind the Sea of ~ouf; R-d 5Ei, 1wcrtks, ?? the 7thli' ofILV, to c-ear out ARsof; and ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURjSDpAY (YnSTI1ADY.) Their lordihips re-assembled after the Easter recess at five o'clock . THE ENGLISkI UNIVERSITIES. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition from the Low Church Protestants of B'entford, pray- ing the universities might be opened to Dissenters. THE TROOPS IN THE EAST. TheEarl of ELLENl3OROJGHi said that by a letter from the Times' correspondent at ...

... ffarcgn ntElligurice. INDIA AND CHIINA. Wi (Tnes) have received the following intelligence from India and China, injanticipation of the overland mail; which left Bombay on the 23rd of May last, and Hong-Kong on the 6th of the same month:- ' BOMBAY, MAY 23.-The monsobn in Burmah was ushered in on the 22rd of April, by a tornado, which extended several hundred miles into the interior, and ...

... TU-lE AR3MY, &,c. Tan depot of the 2nd (or Queen's) Regiment arrived ?? on Wednesday, from Athlone, and proceeded to the Linen Hall Barracksc, to occupy quarters (va- | catedi by the G3rd Regiment), for the purpose of doing duty in the g.rrison. Tie depot consists of fifteen officers, seveniteen sergeants, seventeen corporals, five drummers, and 3DI privates. CoUr r-MAnIsL. AT WmDnsoi.-_A ...

... REcRuiTING DISTncrs.-Lieutenant Lowrie has suc- ceeded Captain Pieters, on promotion, as Adjutant of the York district. Lieut. St. George, 80th regiment, is appointed superintending officer of the Bristol dis- trict. vice Lieut. Lamabert, 38th regiment. Staff Sur- geon Barclay is temporarily in charge of the North British district. Lieut. Griffin bas replaced Lieut. Lowrie as Adjutant at BeL ...

... PARIS EXHIBITION OF 1855-CO-OPERATION OF ULSTER. As Dr. Lyon Playfair has arrived in Belfast, being a Commissioner from her Majesty's Government to bring the importance of a proper display of Irish pro- ducts at the French Exhibition of next year practi- cally before our community-and, as it is intended to hold a meeting on the subject, at one o'clock to-day, we believe, in this ?? deem the ...

... THE MINISTRY AND THE WABR. lUtE people of Longiand are beginning at last to show signs of restiveness at the gross mismnanagetcent of the wvar, which is the prin2ip al, though not the sole, count in the indictment against Lord Aberdeen's Ministry. It has been observed that, no sooner had Parliament been proroguedl, and the prospect fore- shadosred of Lord Aberdeen's sole Administration of the ...