... I _ . [ We are glad to state that a medal will be promptly Issued to the troops serving in the Crimea. The medal will be given to all those who have been in any part of the present campaign. A clasp will be added for the Alma and one for Inkerman. The regiments engaged are tid have on their co- lours and appoiatments the words Crimea, Alma,'and Inkermau. The 18th Regiment (Royal Irish), ...

... , ?? A'i E TT'' NRI N. lj 1' * (From, ?? 5pecial Oorreppsadsut Iof ;,Ti : NovEmBun. 8.-T~he battle was' at ' its height A66i4 eight~ o'clock, and byv ?? ?? eaablis&ed themselves on~ the hejjighs o .e'rih. Dr, mitli, of. the! with him towardld th rn5 goetof the- exaot position. of th aenemy, got une iei h oand, th 6proxinmlty. of fragments of shell, th hrigo ht d the fz-ig of lusts, warned the ...

... i :? ?? ? .. .- - . I I., i;: I . I I 1 ! ? i z o as. b, C', Bit ?? 0 0 0 r?: i ;BSY MAGNL~2'1C TBL0GBA.T ,: . ?? Fr , ,Xeeman-. O~lee, .Monzday, ' O-One ?? ti THE S1IEGE wOF S1EBA~STOl (J0Xr : Adivices have': be~en . reeirve~d vxia'. Odes'sa '.from ' c ,&ebastopol. to, te.t ,28d;of Xovember.. 1;o;Iing 'h ' -imiportent 'had'- occtltr~d' !before! Seb'asopol -iup toh di ! ' The'Russian'. ...

... Wlbe4reeaitl:vs o a lat DUBLIN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1854. TEat LORD MAYOR-THE SMITF.rIE LD MARKET. Sir Edward M'Donnel on resigning the civic chain may say with confidence that hisI mayoralty has not been unproductive of good to his native city. On Monday he occupied the civic chair for the last time as Chief Magistrate sitting in council, and it was his good fortune to be able to announce ...

... . ?? G RA }RIQTI . MEIETING.. Thefolloiving correspondelnce has passad between the Prod .testant Desaol of klilmacduajh and Mr. W. H. Gregory, of C toolc Perlk:-- .1854.ri.,,, , -m eanery House, Gort, Dec 18F4. , San-I have been referred, by ?? Shawe Taylor in you for a reply~to my leti er to him, respecting the authority under w hich you considered fyourself ju8tified. in offiering the .very ...

... U ,be 4ee~uvtut'> 3i'utmaL = z . ?? THE PATRIOTIC FUND-THE DUKE OF NEW- CASTLE. l Whatever qfaults the Duke of Newcastlemayhave, he is at least no bigot; and we reprint with no ordinary satisfaction' a letter addressed by him to his friend Mr. Gregory, of Coole Park, in which he, in the strongest terms, repudiates the idea of the pos- sibility of the Patriotic .imd being used for secta- rian ...

... 1LmrwOuVE, TnuiasDAy EvENTNG.-The hired steam transport Adelaide, Captain Young, fromn Portsmoutb, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday evening, and is appointed to sail this (Thursday) night for Balaklava. She embarked at Deptford and Greenhithe 44 large guns, ordnance stores, clothing, and provisions for the land forces, ammunition for the fleet, and 44 guns, shot, shell, and ammunition for the ...

... I:f , Hey E i . i I .1 r, - .4 I .- .~ . - s , ?? C, a , V j L {E , r F ' HiHp, 4UERA15~TH AM Tlt~Io png order i e !66)Z h HadQnsie 8 soreSjjspoD.5,18. tpio in communioatieg tot~am w lptbawhichlhet reeived. yesterday from the iitrit ?? P ~D~ikeof Newcastle, ekpreaslig the Quieen's adadretion of-th~e. coniduct of txe troops engeged in 'tihacti'on ii'rti b o'f sB~litl(.. ,-~A lava on the 2fith. ...

... The rumoured disagreements ia the cabinet seem to re- ceive some confirmation in the strange tone of an article in the Tsimes of yesterday on the Austrian treaty. The Times, known to be Lord Aberdeen's organ, calls Lord John Russell to task for miarepressntivy the Austrian treaty, and appeals to the treaty itself-which it does not produce-to confirm its allegation against the minister. We ...

... I BY ELECTIC T'EBLEGRAPT. ENGLISH FUNDS-YTSTaRDAY. t LoNDoNi FUNDS, STOOIK, AND SHARE MARKET.-The English Funds have throughout the day ohown great general steadiness, and close at a slight advance, but were otherwise without feature. The few transactions in railways were ofa nature to impart steadiness to prices, -which generally show some recovery An advance of 2 percent. occurred in Great ? ...

... MR. BRIGGHT, M?4- -E WAR. I I , ?? .- . . 1~ ~ i WAI. . A public meeting was held on Monday in the Manchester Town-hall, which had been called to enable the citizens to declare that they do aot concur in the opinions of Mr. Bright, but aro fully convinced of the justice and ?? of the war, and earnestly hope that it will be carried on with the utmost vigour, until the objects for which It was ...

... GRAND CHRISTiA-SBAZZARST. JOSEPH'S ASYLUMI. The history of St. Joseph'b Asylum promises to illustrate In a very striking way the parablen of the igrain of n 0star . seed. Only the other day, as it were, the 'inmatesjof the asylum were lodged in one small house repted Jor thrir use. After a little while tbe institution grew apace,.aud annexed to itself somne of the adjoining houses: A little ...