... 'I'IE TRAVELS OF A SLANDER. SoiM mnolnths ago it eitered tile head of an editorial writelr in the 1fosrt/rer' 1Vlr& to revive tile Rev. Johin Scott Porter's oft-refuted ealuinnies upon the character of the illustriotus Calviin, and, iu doing so, to add some- tiring froom his ovil p'ivate stock of slander wherewith to assail the memnoryofr the other reforrmers. Thre article to which we allude ...

... LATEST,,TELLIGENCE. BY MAkGNT'ETIC Tl4L1 f;11Al'll. YESTERDAY'S LONI)ON NE'W'S. RUSSIANS RE-CROSSING TlHE DANUJIIE.1. PAIIS, T'i'csDAY MiOivNING-AccOliiits froes Vienna state that thoe Russian detachiment which crossed the Danube on the 7th and( stI has reptessed theo river, and re-entered Itnlail. BsRAILOew, JAN. 1°-The number of ]lussians wlho have enteredl the Doebrudseia is 20,000 t1een. ...

... efic arillp. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAn-Oricn, JANUAIRY 12. 6th Ro'rt. of Dragtoon Cunris--Stafr Surgeon of the Seeom Clase J1 P .Molin to be Surgeon, vine Taylor, promoted oil the Staf.T 2nd Dragoons-.] 17 Iololhr to be Cornet, without p0il loaw, vice NUa-git, p romitedl. I t.h libht Do.-Surgeon J 11 K Innes, from 56th, to be Sirgeonti. Vicit Grant. promoted( oi tio Staff. 11th Light Do. ...

... e TO 'THE EDITOII OF TilE BRI.FAST NRMiS-LElTTER' a Sin- have no wish to intermeddle in the contro- e versy on National Education which is now so whole- t somely agitating the Presbyterian body, yet I would is fain ask Mr. Knox, who, I understand, has the charac- f ter of a candid man, iomn', with the Report of the Lords' h Committee before hidi, we can jtetify his own repro.e 0 sentation of ...

... ' illsE I I.*RIP~iir II() 1Ui- T[IE PEOPLE'S PA1i -K~l;'ii)[1Ct'iN OFT 'HU E COAL DUJlE,-S. AT the icstuln of thle Harbour Commilissiolners, yeter- d iiy, n ?? ?? resolution was adopted-namnely, to colmitlle(teo ?? thn imllprovemnents ol the solth, or euoitY Domini, side of the river, whicih include the emiltatlkilent of thes slob recently purclhasedt by the Eleoird, onm1cr till atithority of ...

... 12 o rt i ril Itt GAIIL)ENIXING OPEICAlONS 1FOrt Tl1F WVEEK,; * PL.NXT Dr.Porritl.:sT.-olssi'vafOiy, &e.-iS ln necessarylet the ftoliagc of ecameillas, ora'ilglos, anlld Slic li1e broadl-leauved plants, be carefully washed, and get this do ne beioie tbe blossomis beigiti to open, ts it call- not be done aiterwards witilhoit iti1nnnigil tiLMi. It iS only in vory bad casts ihttt it i'iilI lie ?? ...

... RE-ORGANISATIoN OF THE. LIBERAL PARTY IN ]BEIFAST, (Fr'on thre Nort/her'n thlde.) WrIN[rqrcjrAY, a sneetinir, seas hold, ini the Music Ifiall, for the purpose of having a re-organisrition per-fected of thro Liberal party inl Blfai.st. Amnsig. the gentlemen present ?? Grlisliaw, DL., J.P., John Sinelaire, Warn. Dunville, James Barnett, J.P. (Ifl1gbd- Shrf.CarriClifergir); Conlway B. Griinehasev ...

... ARCIIIDEACON DENlSON. Archldeacon Denisont has published tiho followinig exsplatilotijl :- ?? The l oposition selected by the CleveLdon coM- inissiolers for special cotideintatiotn is this:- 'I'lTat to all who coein to tie l.orld's table, to tiose o hlo vat and1 drink wortlily, atndl to those Mho Vat and drink unwortitiv, tile body and lblood Ur Christ are given; andi t list by all vi'lio ...

... ?[grit c I II turc. t'I ?? Otltre S.LLI-FE'D ?? FiEnS.-As tu1rnips pct Scaree, beg;i It;iviligW the uit-cal-eo at MLte-.hleitiIi With small qlllilltilih'S sly, b1. aoli, sttewetlove' tile clt tiililips till thov get eetittomed to it, and theln *r- dually itlere-lse tile daily t ltioll, uip to tfouri or fivolbs.. ie1d -gl;llliallV ?? tlle ttlli-iS, ho WhiCh they Will lost ?? RI 'tiers (i'? ...

... LETTERS PROM TIIE CRIMIEA. TirE following intss'esting letter from ageirtleman who has lately arrived at Baja Kiava has been received by a friend in Dublin:-.- 4Bala Kmesa, Dec. 10. I have spent three days in visiting thle camp and scenes of action. I have been up-in tile trenches and in) the nearest English battery to Sehastopol, within 400 yards of the ?? batter-ies, antl under their fire. ...

... I CRITICAL POSITION OF THIE MINISTMY. 'ThI filte which impends over the Coalition Cabinet, the moment Pailiamtent ro eassein b] es after the recess, is no longer mere nmitter of conjecture. The rinuours which were current, alumoust immediately following the close of the short Christmas session, have been again revived with fiesh unction and positiveness, tuid it would seem that the ...

... (From the Corei''.podeit of Liverpool4t does.) TIIE cMOsiIiON 0,U11isrr AND TIM WAR. Thle 'Papery and TmdIoleIry Of thle Imbtecile and guilty, as thle caniton wits now call thle Coalition, arc quite frisky those ]last few days, big~ Will, a porteittotia somelhiiig or other that is to electrify the community very sliorttl; anti they Icnowinogly shlutke their heads, when., asiced wdlat so-rt ...