... IROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTEC- j - - - 0N OF LIFK FROM FlR. * -4- The annual meeting of this society was held yesterday, in the council-chamber of the Guildhall. Mr. Alderman Moon, in the absence of the Lord Mayor, presided. i ThaGCnAiRtIAN having briefly opened the proceedings, The SECRETARY read the report. It stated that the chief aim of the committee was so to complete the fire-escape ar- ...

... ?? rA EDITOR OP THE MORNING CHRONICLE. as SIR-I can have no reluctance to continue a correspond. en ence marked on your part by equal courtety and candour. rot To your observations on my last letter, with your permission, nyI will reply, without the repetition of those arguments which ne I have before advanced. in The special prerogative of founder's kin consists in ed theirexemption from a ...

... NAVAL ANVD MILITARY NERW.. APPOINTMENTS. Captain-Hon. Keith Stewart (184'2),to co unaud the Ter- maganii, 24, screw steattinrigatc of 620 horse power, co1mmis- sioned yesterday at Portsmouth. Lieutenant-John P. Palmces (1842). to the Termagint Jobn Nott (1854), recently promoted from mate of the Tra- faigar, 120, on the Black Sea station, to the Termagant. Master-Joseph ilitclhirgs (1853) to ...

... LFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.I DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. Mr. Commissioner Longfield sat yesterday in the Encumbered Estates Court, and disposed of four properties, situate respectively in the city of Dub- lin and the counties of Tipperary, Mayo, and Gal- way. The court was crowded throughout the day, &nd the biddings proceeded with considerable brisk- ness. The total amount of the day's sales ...

... PARLIAMENTARY BIUSAE'Sq' I HOUSE OFCommoNST!8DX NoTICKSe OF MOTIONS. ' Air. Archibald Hastie-Tbat the Paisley Waterworhl r be re-committed to the former committee. That sO 1:e shalln bergdens to. 20,s parovides that three fori :;1 3 staldineorders No.th clerks in thle Priyate-bill office e1 heur appointed for the nieeting of the coflhinittee, _11 e That, the eomnmittee have leave to sit and ?? ...

... APPOINTIMENTS. The Rev. Sir Charles Macgregor, Barb., late vicar of Caboirn, near Caistor, has been instituted by the Bishop of Lincoln to the rectory of Swallow, Lincolnshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. George Marshall Holiwell, M.A., on the nomination of the Earl of Yarborough, The Bishop of Rochester has instituted the Rev. George Murray, M.A., to the vicarage of Dedham, near ...

... UAIV7ERSITY INTELLIGENCE OXFORD, JUrsE 24. Tli COMMiEMR0ZATION. The proceedings connected With thle comwieiorl it year, although unmarked by any peculiar featur, ?? sess oil the whole considerable interest. The most attractive feature in the proceeodifl'5 Of will most probably be the bazaar, which will be hell ir bhelm-park, in aid of the Woodstock Natiolml)inl heii Palace will also be open to ...

... CANADA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] QUEBEC, MAY 6. On the 3d inst., at night, the church and other buildings of the Sisters of Charity, which had been taken for the accommodation of Parliament, were discovered to be on fire, and by midnight (the 1 flames having been first seen at nine p.m.) the whole was a heap of ruins. The usual speculations are afloat, of course, as to whether the ...

... d r AUSTRALIA. e [BROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] e SYDNEY, MARcH 20. The intelligence brought by the Chusan, of the desperate complication of affairs in Europe, has produced a profound sensation. People here found it very hard to persuade themselves that r t the peaceful prosperity of the last twenty years was I really to suffer so rude a shock. A few, better I acquainted with the volcanic state ...

... HER MAJ&STY'S WATER-OOLOUR DRA WINGS. Her Majesty, with iler usual urbanity, has allowed her unrivalled collection of water-colour drawings to be engraved; The greater proportion of these are now in thie hands of the engraver; the remainder are on view at the premises of the Messrs. Colndghi. - V A cursory view of these admirable specimens of the art' of water-colouring will convince the ...

... IIE BREVET. ;LTIPLBMEMENr0T ' Or THE LONDON ;C3zE1TE OF TUESDAY. OGNZ~r WAlt oFFICc, JuNSi 20, 1854. 0t,,,ted by the following Brevet will . subject to new regulations .:i rrtjulgtd by Royal Warrant. WARt OFVICS, JUNO 20, 1854. * II ,NT0GZNERAL IN THE ARMY. i tess George William Frederick *IX P, 'llbridgee 1i.G., lOP., ?? , t r ots Fistiter Guards. Datod 19th Juno, WARt OFFICB, JUNE 20, 1854 ...

... I . m I . ?? ?? ?? ?? MORNING CUROiVICLB OFFICE, M.;onay, 12, Noon, JTURKEY. [FRAOMOUR OWN CORILESPONDEN.1 CONSTANTINOPLE, MA& 22. The latest news received here from the Danube announces that the Russians have surrounded Silis- tria, and that all communication between that plaoe and Schumla is out off. The Caradoo returned here from Varna the day before yesterday, with General Tyldei on board. ...