... iRELAND. -OFFICIAL AIVPOIXtTMENTB. HiB Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has bean pleased to approve of the appointment of John Butler C. Wandesforde, Esq., to be a Deputy Lieutenant of tbe ceunty Kilkenny, in the room of the late Marquis of Ormonde. * C0ONMER0IAL PROGRE8S. .The Belfast AIercery compares the etate' of Ire land during the nearly past gear with the state during former years, and ...

... [T'he following appeared in outr Tihird Edition of Satur- day ?? THE SAIE ]GE OF2 S1 ISEASTO POJJ OFFICIAL DESPATCHES,8 ?? THE sUPPrLEMENT TO TilE LONDON GAZaTTE OF FRIDAY, DEa. 29.1 War Department, Deo. 30, 1854, 10k o'clock a.m. His Grace the Dake of Newcastle has this day| received a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the L~ord Baglan, ?? ...

... T:HE CXUJIMI:A. . The Courrisr of Marseilles publishes the follow- a ing from before Sebastopol, dated the 12th: as The Russians have made two sorties against u- the French batteries. The first was in the evening Is of Sunday, the 10th, at about half-past eight. The e night was very dark and stormy-in fact, the wind f blew like a hurricane. The enemy in very strong 3forc left Sebastopol by the ...

... CHANA'RL LS'LAND& GALLANT ACTION. On Monday, during the prevalence of the strong wvesterly gilo, a ?? was descried by some of the artillery at Elizabeth Castle, Jersey, about eight o'clock, drifting to. wards thes rooks go the St. Aubin's side of the castle. A man was seen seen in it, standing up, and making signs of dis- tress. A patty ismmediately ran down to the water, and waded towards the ...

... ECCLE,?3JASTIQAL. Thresdn Re,. pedwrdn irl esA F aiutone, M A , ha Rben. ;$ iiud by36d the B eish p f loce ste pnt andB rkti o lee to theol Pr5D!:A CaTenonry Bin bo the Ca th d al hurch ofitl Brisiltiolol vaca t by deadh of~e °fke°Dd ?? ao FUr-y ;on Extheproleset~ {)O Farest thea Queen.o Coreleyr Saelop, dM A., of Herefondo;e value , Ox' reid n e ar n r. A F H ralib rt n; e. S l~o .l tI btton ...

... bCO TLA ND. TflE LATE COLONELd MAULJE. At a general meeting of the county of F'orfar, held onl the 3di of October, 1854, a vote Wras unioni- moasly agreed to, conveying to Lord Panmure and the other mnembers of that family, their deep and heartfelt sympathy on the sudden death of Colonel the Hon. Lauderdale M~anle, surveyor-ge- neral of the Ordnuance, and assistanlt adjutant- general, who died ...

... lT~hE :MOTRNI CHRNICLEaj. LjONDON:e MIODA Y. JANUA'.RY I, 1355. The history of the year which has just closed t possesses a perfect unity of interest. Twelve e months since, the minds of all men were fixed on a the imminent struggle which is now at its height s .under the walls of Sebastopol. Before the end of the winter, came the final rupture with Russia; and in the early spring, the first ...

... WALEs f, a THE' SOL W.? Y. The Dunifries papers announce that on Sunday night the johaijitants all along the shore of the Boiwvay, near Annan lWaterfoot, were alarmed by an awful sound, as that of a great many steamiers, proceeding from the Firth. On the ebbing of the tide in the morn ng it was found that a great shoal of whales of the bottle-nosed ipecies had comne ashore. They were scattered ...

... Li PERPOOL. STQOCS OF CO'sTTON The annual returnl of stocks of cotton in this port was made public official on Friday morning, when it appeared that the actuanl amlount was 3(5,779 bales less thau the estim ated amnount, vrhich was 5811,119 bales. The following is the naumber of bales of eachl description held on the 29th Decern- her, 1854 and 1853 ;-American, 18fi4, 295,720; 1853, 286,170. ...

... N~AVPAL AND JIILlTARI' NEWS, g ! .APJOISTMRNTS. l Lie utenaonts-J. M,. Jaeksou (1540), Iromtnhie Horntio, 24, Blsorew steam-guard-ship, at Sheerness, to the Blenheim, 60, screw-steam-shlip, at Portsmouth ; H. B. Crofter, (1842), from nthe Cruizier, 17, screw-steam-sloop, to tho Horatio, viee Jackson ; J. WF. Newport (1850), to the Cmesar, 91, screw- *esteamu-ship, at Devonport; Jobn Ward (a) ...

... F ?ANOE? |IFRO M O1UR OWN coRRtE5PONDMNT.I P.ARIIS, S.ATUntD.~Y E{VnNING. Telegraphic despatches from Vionna have been received here to-day and yesterday, speaking of a conferecue wvhich took place in that city between the Co unt de Pool, Lord Weetniorland, rad Prince Gortsch1akoff, ol the snlbject of the four guagrantees. The ?? of this interview had the effect of raising the fenlds hero ...

... SIR DR LACY RVA?? R.C?R. e6 The gallant membter for Wtestminster has again landed ia d Old Englandl, and, weitre gla d to learn, is recruiting his shat. d tered constitution at Folkestone. We understand that his r-broken heslth has been asucch restored by his voyage home, re alithoughl there is no chaince that hoem cans fay resunte his d Crimean comnmand. The climate of the East, in autumn and ...