... NA VAL AND MILITARY. or ADMIRALTY, DyC. 2I.-APPOINTMENTS.-Lient. tW A. R. Pearcse (l81)f It the Ajax, 68, screw steam flag to I ship of 460 ?? the b::ce Sea. Masters W. C. Pyperr, toshe PersOWe ftCe, iroop-ship, at J.. , Sns~,an . Court, to e e1 8, sloopat atich a Clerks Assistants ?? Shott, to the Star-, 8, slcas b Itheerness and A.F. Gain, ?? theGecyeer, 6, Pa'ddle. ea r PORTSMOtITH, DEc. 21 ...

... The followig moving letter bas bqen received by the friends of W. Wright, a drummer in the 47th Regis lment. We find it in the Iteern Flyings Foat:, it a InV Camp outside the Fort of Senbastopolj e- November 7. id My dear anal valued Friend,-I hasten to embrace thec present moment in writiog to you, acknowledging the te- . ceipt of your kind and welcome letter, which I received a- Inst night ...

... RESCUE OF A WVOIAIV BURIED ALIVE. We read in Galignani:-The excavations and searches in the ruins of the house which fell down on Sun- day in the Rue de la Tannerie were continued all Sunday and all night by torch-light. In the afternoon of Sunday a pa cel containing jewels, plate, and about 40,000 fr. in securities, which the occupier of the house had deposited in a cellar before going to the ...

... NA VAL AND MILITA RY. at ADMIIURALTY, DEc. 8.-APPOINTMENTS.-Lielats. to E. F. Kvrby to the Geyser, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop of Sd 280-horse power, rat Portsmouth; T. C. Bruce (1846) te the qe Excellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth; and N. B. Bed- le ingfield' (1816) to the Victoria and Albert, 2, paddle-wheel be steam yacht of 430-horse power, at Portemouth. a- Matter G. H. Hills (1845) to ...

... (FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ELECTRIC TELELGR ArR COMPAcNY.) TuESDAY, DEC. 19. Stations. Course of Yind. State of Weather. Greenwich ?? N.WV . , Cloudles. Lothbury ?? ?? Hard trost. Dublin ?? . N.W. . Cold-Unsettled. Liverpool ?? ?? Foggy. Holyhead . , ?? . Fine. Bangor ?? S.W , Fine. Staord ?? N ..N . Frost. Burton-en-Trcnt ?? . F., .Frost. Leicester ?? . ?? Frcsa. Chesterfield ?? , S.W . Fine. De ...

... l 1i~, l0 THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. is SIR,-Allow me to thank you in the name of all I right-minded Englishmen for having trumped the last card awhich the Tfmes has played in favour of Russia. We wish to send our forces into the field as fully prepared ea possible. We desire that when they meet the enemy, they shall be Imasters of their weapons, and sailled in those details of r their ...

... F.ROAt ilia L OVN ON GAZE TT-TT uesday, Dec. 26.1 FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dsc. 23. The Queen has bcen pleased to aplrive of Mr. Augustus l Kaufmann as Consul at lilelbh*urue for th* King of Hanover. The Queen has also been Pleased to approve of Mr. Ed- ,ward Fratzscher as Consul at Mlelboarne for the Grand Duke oi Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Binns Were ...

... THE E CCLESIASTICAL COURTS. A TO TBU EDMtOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. wSI,-I addressed a letter to you about two months ago, which you klndar paublished, exposing a case of gross C cruelty in the Consistorial Court of Landaff. I regret to say that, notwithstanding my exertions to obtain the dis- f charge of the poor woman, Charlotte Jones, she is still in b custody. Her imprisonment commenced on the ...

... FROA ?? LONDON GAZETTE-Friday, Dec. 29. 1 WHITEHALL, DEC. 27. The Queen has been pleased to present the Honourable and Reverend John Thomas Pelham, B A., to the Rectory of Saint Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, and dia- ease of London. void by the death of the Rev. John House Spry, D.D.] The Qaeen has also been pleased to grant unto the Rev. W~illiam Stone, MA., the place anid dignity ...

... :, . .; i* In the newlytormea Spanish ministry there are but two new names, those of M. Luzuriaga, the Mi- nister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Agnirre, Minister of Grace and Justice. The DLbats says M. Claudio Antone de Luzuriaga is a particular friend of the Duke of Victory. He has filled with considerable distinction several posts in the high magistrature. For several years past he has ...

... SUICIDE OF AN ENGLISHMAN AT NEW| ?? We find in the New Yo62c Daily Times, of Nov. 16, the following statement respectingthemelancholydeath of a gentleman, who had many friends in London. Coroner Wilhelm held an inquest on the body of Mr. William North, at the house of Dr. Banning, No. 7, Bond- street. From the evidence it is clear that the deceased hadi contemplated suicide for some time past, ...

... CORONATION OF THE MADONNA BY THE I POPE. t The extraordinay soleltltli~ ROME, Dfo 10. t I The extraordinaryr solemnnfy, which has called to f bether so many catholic dignitaries iom various parts 3of the world to this centre of catholiciun, took place .at St. Peter',s on the morning of the 8t& inst., with tall the pomp and splen dour for which the papal court tis so justly celebrated. The ...