... SIR. A. ALISON ON THE WAR. it The inauguration of a Iliterary institu te at Sealiain on Wednes- 111 dlay attracted a large attendance of persrons from, thle adjacent adtowrns of Newcastle and Shields; to hear anl address by the his. S-torian of the French Revolution, who wais one Ofa party enjoy- IleO iug the hospitality of Lady Londonder-ry at Wyiiyard P'ark. ?? ?? AmeoNr add ressedl the ...

... |LATE ST N E WS. mier LONDON, Saturday Evening. and te r, FOREIGN I NTELLI.GENCE. ady REIGN out The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says- this It is stated, on the authority of a person in a position to be very well informed, that Gortschakoff bas communicated the at decided refusal of the Emperor of Russia to accept the inter, has pretation of the four guarantees as agree(l ...

... DEATHS IN HOSPITAL AT SCUTAIII. D. - - -~~lttotntheTl in oa' Correspond en ce.) W. Subjoinod is tim oflicial returns of douths, andsisarvdwt t.Sick, snice the 20th :- Ovta, udhtsriod ih A. Lieutenant and Adjetatit Warren, 55th flegtmont, fevor, Dec. 22. Captain Canpephli, 5th Dragoon Guarids, dyseniery, Dee. 23. L. NONt-COMMtStOOIT~ED OFFICESco ANtD Maf,. Privaet George Crook, Royal Artlillery ...

... LOCAL INFOIRMATION FOR THlE WARl. Tue Augsbugy Gazette, in the course of an article on tilh S- tactical operations of the war in the Crimea, implies that there ntI nt was int Sut lieilnt accolteit tclkel of the local circmlilstalcces of - tile country. Its allusion at the close to the co-operation of tile - ristmall army andstajllustifies the expression otits opinionon tile point. One of ...

... THE BIRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE. T.---rnl 1 Liverpool, Jan. 4. The mail steamer Imperador has arrived, with accounts from Rio Janeiro of December 1; Bahia, December 6; Pernain- buco, December 9; St. Vincent's, December 19 and Lisbon, December 30. She brought diamonds valued at £25,820, and a small amount of bullion on freight. Buenos Ayres letters of November 12 state that an invading ,force, ...

... E N G ]L A N D. The First Loconiotivtr for tlie Gimnea.-The Great Northern stetllner is at ircenbiitbe having bter comi- p passes adjusted provious to proceeding for the Crimea. The Great Northern las01 onl board a locomotive engine for runnniig on the laltikilava line. Serious A ccilent oil the Great Northern Railivay.- A serious accidelit tookl phlcc on Wednesday night o01 the Great Northern ...

... THIE CRTIMEAN ARMY FUND. . A meeting of the comnnittce for raising subscriptions in 1 Glasgow towards the Crimean Army Fund w1as held on Friday in the Lord l'rovo-ts lloomn, City Buildings. The Lord t, Provost occnpled thu chair; and amongst the members of il coninittec present were the Very Rttv. Principal Maulfarlan, of Mr. Findlay of Eastearill, Mr. Jolly, Mr. MAurray of Monk- *r lands, Mr. ...

... AN ENGLISH ARMY RIFLF. At~sA Atl P ?? Ana0 e1- .A Pa. -_n it The following is a descriptioni of the English rifle, now being 1. manufactured tor our troops :-In almost every important 1, respect it is a vastly superior weapon to the Russian musket. d It is considerably longer, very much lighter, easier to clean k and to handle, ani of superior worimaishliip. The way in which id the barrel and ...

... ARRIVAL OP THE S.S NEW'YORK AT CONSTANTINOPLE. 1. V . - - v - le Intelligence arrived here on Friday last of the arrival, at Constantinople, of the magnificent screw steamer New York, a- of Glasgow, Captain Craig, on her voyage from Havre to the Crimea. She lias performed the passage in 12 days and four a hours ; and, considering that Ilavre is as far distant from the Bosphorus as is ...

... THE GLASGOW MAN OF ALL WORK AT THE DIGGINGS.-No. V. - I . . .. at Sunday Evening, 12 o'cloak, .30th April. -The steamer ?? Age is advertised to sail on the 5th of next month, and he if POssible I will send you a trifle by her, at least this letter, ur whether I can raise the money or not. Should I not hle ready he for this, expect a remittance by the Madras, which sails about ly the. end of ...

... S C 0 ?? 1, A N 1). 7'Ii i(lte Mr. Mfi1r-lay (f tie Theatre Royal.-A nomillonent has just been erected over the grave of the late Mr. Murray in the Cathedral Burying Ground at 3t. Andrewsc, bearing the following inscription:- 1 4 Saicred to the memory of WVilliailm Henry Wood lurrai, Esq., grandson of SirJohn Murray of Brough- t tnlil, who for upwards of forty years wvas the talented and ...

... - _: -- .. - e - I., I 1 _1i 1.: -:`lvdP.I- ?? The Himalaya having digembarkcd all her sickly freight, hauled off from Portsmouth dockyard jetty on Thprstday, and' w will proceed to Southiamptcn to refit. Those sick and wounded rnot ordered to belaccouinodatcd at Portsmouth Garrison llos- dpital left by railway for the invalid depot at Chathami. Some e horses were landed from the l-liialayo, ...