... Lord Henry Clinton and a large party of the aristo- cracy assembled at Blackwall, on 'Tuesday afternoon, to witness the departure of the second detachment of the men engaged by Messrs. Peto and Betts, to con- struct the railway from Balahlava to the trenches be- fore Sebastopol. They go out in the Hesperus, a fine new vessel of 800 tons, built in the Tyne, by Messrs. Marshall. Her engines are ...

... I' ¢ Vl` IO1D RAGLAN. ...

... MILIThRY MATTERS OF THE WEEK. The labourers in the Tower, assisted by the fatigue parties furnished by the garrison of the fortress, and upwards of one hundred extra workmen, have been ac- tively engaged in despatching commissariat and mili- tary stores to the Crimea. The stores principally con- sisted of warm fur clothing, flannels, blankets, pre- served meats, Minie rifles and rifled ...

... ARMY STTONS, JANUARY 1,- i,. 1stLireGuardsRegent'spk. 41st, Crimea; Te.temore. 2nd, Hyde-park. 42nd, Crimea; Stirling.I BM.G., W adEor. ' 43rd, Madras; j hatbau; Ist Dragoon Gds., Pierahill. 44th, Crimea; Walmer. 2nd, Dundalk. 45th, C. of G Hopes; Chathsjn~ 3rd, Dublin. 46fh Turkey; Winmhester, 4th, Turkey; Newbridge. 47th, Crimea; Templemore. 5th, Turkey; Newbridge. 48tb, Corfu; Carlisle; ...

... The results of some analytical investigations which have been made would literally astonish persons who have never had their attention directed to the estab- lished system of adulterating food, not merely by~neu. tral or innocent materials, but frequently even by the admixture of unwholesome and deleterious ingredients. It is bad enough that our daily comestibles and drinlk should be spoiled ...

... LENTERS FROk THE. BESIEGERS, A mags of correspondence from the Caimealiee be- fore us, tellieg of the doings of the expeditionary army before Sebastopol. These letters, without exception are oqually as creditable to the hearts as to the heads of the writers, who are mostly men in the ranks. They tell their tales simply but graphically, and scarce one bttfnds time to render a prayer to the Most ...

... IilSIFE.g0 O . TER CZAR ?? - __ir_ _ _ 1 1 . An etraodinary supplement of the Journal de St. Peteraburgh of the 28th of December brings us the following document: - By the Grace of God, We, Nicholas the First, Em- peror and Autocrat of all the Buassis, &c,, c, &e., make knownm-. The causes of the war, that still lasts, are well an- derstood by our beloved Russia. The country knows that, ...

... CIUR OPPOSITE NET~R'BOUIRS. THE NEW YEAR IN PARIS. January 1, 1855. Gaily the new year opera in Paris. Oar concierge has bought a baetle of bhandy that he may give peoits verres to all who approach him. The servauts went to bed at five O'block this morning -everybody is wishing a happy new year to everybody:-bt mostly with the best eye deliberately turned upon the expected 6trensses. The goodl ...

... THEGARDEN.---..-, ?? a . 1- -- ,,Z .SEASONABLE GARDSNINiG. - Atthe begimfihmg of the new year we may perhas remind the amatear gardener of the ,oaitiou in hich all his etoek .ehould be fbund,; 'ed it he, upon looking round, finds himself wrong he must get te rightse aseoon as possible. Inr the kitchen gaidep thpre should be endive and celery c.E v for nofgnimitiorn eame ef the f Prmer heinv ...

... NEW BLOOD FOR THE ARMY. When a citizen king or a Louis Napoleon disarms a few regiments of .the national guard of Paris Eng- land is instantly romied to anger. Without a national guard England sees nothing possible in France save mob law or despotism. We believe in that institution of tailors, bakers, bankers, poets, painters, and cabmen, because we see that it is the best part of the people ...

... -O aO . SPONDEIMT& - - 100 - - ,. fJN;.- mommnmictions Eo Correepondents who do not fjld ?? °t tieed, may infer that te cannot answer then, Or decline te do so. W.e farther cannot, wITDRB Asnt ?? ?? eS CHA~ea OURaLYS5w!TH~ A aXTUVAN or MSS. COWELSad Cad -te The 1S4. sent by the Sority faym Workng Bokbider'White Horse, 1600 Heiorn. have been forwarded te~ Sir.Cowell's potdreele.M.~ Southworth, ...

... DESTITUTION cIN THE WEST HaIGHrADs.-Sseveral extensive districts of the west coast of Inverness and Ross-shires are at this moment threatened with a famine, which will be as severely felt as that of 1846. The potato crop of this season has tiuned out almost as bad and scanty as that of 1845-6, and the oat and barley crops have in many places proved a complete failure, owing to the want of fair ...