... I THE LONDO2V GAZETTE OF TUESDA ?? It JANUARY 2. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Toussaint Rostant, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Trinidad, and Thomas Parker, Esq., to be a Mem- ber of the Legislative Council of the Island of St. Lucia. CROWN OFFICE, DEC. 30. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TIlS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Norwich ...

... The adjourned meeting of shareholders, for the purpose of receiving the reply of the directors to the report Fof the committee of investigation, was held yesterday, at tbe London Tavern; Mr. J. B. CAsR in the chair. A voluminous report was presented, which stated that up to October, 1848, Mr. Stainsby had lent the company at various periods no less a SUm than 18,5621., that he was rnever in ...

... Yesterday afternoon, Lord Henry Clinton and a large party of gentlemen assembled at Blackwall, to wit. nesa the departure of the second Lindon detachment of the men engaged by Messrs. Peto and Betts, to constrect the e railway from Balaklava to the trenches before the beights around Sebastopol. They, go out in the fine new waase S he Hesperus, 800 tons, built in the Tyne, by Messrs. Mar i ...

... HISTORY OF THE ARMY MEDICAL DE2PA RTMENT. asi rofEZ n The earliest mention made in history of the pay ef sur- ti geons in the British army is 1557, when those employed at ti the siege of St. Quintin received Ia. per diem, being the same ti amount as chaplains, sergeants, drummers, and fifers, with h whom they appear to have been classed. At this early period h1 a surgeon was attached to each ...

... To those acquainted with the vast mineral resources of this country it is unnecessary to mention that the counties of Cornwall and Devon stand pre.eminent for the produc- tion of copper and tin ; whilst mines of lead, also of great richness, are to be found there-in fact, two-thirds of the yield of copper of the whole world is raised in ithese districts; but nature, so bountiful in this and | ...

... !1 FROM tho LONDON GAZBTTE-TEsday, Jan. 2. Li DOWNING STREET, Dec. 80. Bs The Queen has been pleased to appoint Touissaint Ros- DAv taut, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of m the Island of Trinidad, and Thomas Parker, Esq., to be a Jon Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of St. Jis Lucia. l Teo CROWN-OFFICE. Ta MDJIBZ8S HSTUBNED TO SERVB IN THUS PEISEET PAR- C ...

... AELAND. DUBLIN, MONDAY. COMMUtC S. SUMMAItY. The week after Chrlt has been, as usual, remarkable for the general t. riess of business in alnost all branches ; and we ve not, therefore, anything new to corulutuicat But ve learn that the country trade is in a i 1 healthy state, i owing to the comparative prospea ty of the classes connected with the land. NNo chasge of woment has ocensrrI' in the ...

... FA TA L RA IL WIA Y COLLISION. At an inquest, which, alter several adjournments, ternii- nated on Saturday, there transpired tbe following particu- hlrs relative to a collision on the South Staffordshire Rail- way near Walsall, on the previous Saturday, witich termi. nated in the death of Joseph Stretton, a tireman iis tho employ of that company, and which hbs also occasioned the destruction ...

... N0 THE ZDTTO3 OF TH3 DAILY 1tXSW SR,-I am delighted to see the manly, Ruglkh | tone of Zeta's letters on the Drilling Act. Itmay rto him sed your readers to know, that in June, I 64 1 Thomas Duncombe presented a petition to te C from a society in Sheffield, praying for a repeal of thv DThe petitionawas printed in one of the reports of the 4 mittee on petition. The following passages be oeteb ...

... COAL ANSD IRON TflADE. IManly would scarcely credit the statement we have often heard made, that in the upper ward, of Lauarkshire there are more individuals work- ing below than above ground. We believe it, however, to be correct. One firm alone in the iron trade has had earning their bread from this company no less than from 15,000 to 16,000 indi- viduals; and besides this firm there are ...

... ST. PETERSBURG, DBO. 23. By an order of the day, of Dec. 18, his Majesty the Emperor, desirousof manifesting his gratitude for the exemplary bravery, thezeal,and thesignal services of all the land and sea troops forming the garrison of Sebastopol, since the 26th of Sept. last, has deigned to order that each month of their service in the cadres of the said garrison shall be counted as one ...

... I THE MODEL OF KENIL WORTH cASTLE. i The followiug is a description of the model of Kerrilworth Castle, exhibited by Mr. Albert Smlith, in the great trausept of the Crystal Palace. An endeavour has been made to represent the actual visit of Queen Elizabeth to Kenilworth, in July, 1677-not the beautiful fiction of Sir WV. Scott founded on that visit. Tlhe authorities used are Lanehamn and ...