... |1 Tb HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY, Dna: iS. C THANKS TO THE. ARMY, NAVY, AND ALLIES. w The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved a vote of thanks to rsj the British forces in the East for the gallantry and hero- Hi ism which tbey bad displayed during the recent struggle trc in the Crimea. The leader of the land force (Lord tin Raglan) was one in whom their lordships -took the wc greatest pride for the courage ...

... CHRISTMIAS-TIDE, 1854, ANOTUEa unit is wel ;nigh added to the score of the I1 nineteenth century; and once again time-honoured sa Father Christmas, crowned with his coronal of ever- d greens, is at our doors, prepared to smoothe the Old al Year's wrinkled front, and enliven with cheery counte-u nance his expiring days. As of yore, no exhortation is la needed to induce us to throw open our ...

... RESULTS Or IE RIOT'S- [IOSPITAL SCIHOOLS. O HEl 1lulTTURt O'st' !jiS qT2st'lSttlC ' j 'ro Tim Cot~on or TtI dinbsl-ghg D 2ec. 22 1285,4. | S[Ra,-W.Vilon lateW itt London, 1 received a letter, iln refer. CL c j tO edtoeatinnal matters, front a gentietnant of censiclsrablc inflitenco. wvhiieh induced rme to ecpapiu to him the riLnage- I ?? and results of the free schools int this city, crectued ...

... 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 ...

... RETURN or SIa C. NAPIER FROM THE BALTIC.-The Duke of Wel- lington, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier, arrived at Spit. at Portsmouth, He left for town on Monday evening. It has been officially notified in the ' Gazette ' that the blockade in the Baltic has been raised. With a few exceptions, the ships comprising the Baltic fleet have reached the British waters, and are safely moored ...

... 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 ...

... TOM'N COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. 'IUtY2, UtVUi\INIl biiUtlLUlPUO. The Town Council of Glasgow met yesterday-the ion. the Lord Provost in the chair . The Crrstic read a letter from Principal Mfaefarlan intimating that two bursaries fur divinity students bnd become vacant. The letter was remitted to the Magistrates with powers to fill ups the vacancies. THE ED)INBURGHIf AND GLASOOW RAILWAY COMIPANY'S ...

... CYNGHOR I TAL ER GWELLHAU'R GOUT. TALHAIARN, neud barn mewn bawd,—yw y Gout Tren ei gwing a diffawd Haled friw, i'th aelod, frawd Yw hallt dan ei herchylldawdi Un dolur, ar draed a dwylaw,—ni fu O'i fath i'n poenydiaw Ac yn ei ddig gwn ni ddaw,—dan haul nef Hyd y bo goddef yn debyg iddaw. Er galv'r beirdd wyr gwi w lon,-a'nhen wi Mewn hynaws argofion; Yn y dirwyllt flinderon, Hynod leag yw'r ...

... ?? . -:77 77~ . 'The wa h in Nyich we are now engaged willi necessarily i thrqw a gleoa over many a fainily cihcle ?? season, causing anxiety as to. some who must spend the. dar in the' trenches before Sebastopol, and regrets for others who can neyr minore return to their native land. k .Owing to such causes .Christmas will wear a mnore sober, .'though, we trust, not less cheerful,: an aspect ...

... The 8,llowiog are the receipts of railwaya for thie past week;- J3iles opened. 1 8b64, 1233 720 72A 373 37 i 32 32 26.3 26), 1 3 13 1033 S.11 13.03 10.3 20 20' 63 6113 25 25 31 31 67A 873 417 417 813 813 142 142 78 78 t,931 ISMt 232 2()2 283 283 1SS IS 742 320.3 210 - 101 10, o0 90 '26:1 2G0 65333 333 174 17:10 267 251 2S. - 30 813 (;3 g11 171' 1677 2S 2S 4I38 1.9S.3 128; 126,; 702 . 6. 146A ...

... L ON DO N: TUBSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1I4. We published yesterday, in common with our contemporaries, our latest correspondence from the Crimea; and many private letters, written by soldiers and sailors of every rank, will also be widely circulated by those to whom they were addressed. From these various sources the public will obtain ample information as to the condition and hopes of the allied ...