... SCRAPS FROM RUTSSIA. An Am rican journal c jntains the foliowicg under the heading Scraps from the Journal of . A ,rnercan Ex-Conbul is Roossi. 1: - I P; EEP AT C5LONSTADT-1.10 first visited Croustadt,a and found this Place no strong as it lied been r, pro- ISented, but mere So from thle natural ?? than from b anything extraordinary in the defencees. He feand a there an imamense foundry, ...

... hilE KING OF SARDINIA AND THE ANTI- PAPAL DEMONSTRkTIONS. Among the numerous public addresses presented to i.e King of Sardinia during his visit to this country, was one from a public meeting hold at Edinburgh, composed ,hicily of the frequenters of Anti-Papal demontstralliotis. ILi -lie course of the duacumeut referrod to, thes King was told that 1 the blessing of God has descended upon ...

... 1' in LONDON, I Saturday, December 29, 1855.5. fit THE WNAR IN ASIA. tb bt MARSEILLES, DEC. 28. U Advices from COustantinople to the 17th have come in to band. Ths Crimean submarine telegraph is broken. fu It will be very difficult to remedy this if the present -L( stormy weather continues. ot Several Eughi3h guu-boats are cruising in the Sea of th Azoff, destroving, where the ice does not ...

... TW.E SEA-BORNE XAILS .I POST-OFFICE, LONDON, FRIDAY. I DESTINATIONS. SOUTErAnMPTON STATION. Lisbon, Spain, and Gib- raltar ?? Vibraltar, Malta, Egypt, Ceylon, India, &c. Penang, Singapore and China. British Colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras) Foreign Colonies, ke., in the West Indies (except Havana), California, Venezuola, N. Granada Chili and Peru, Grey Town (St. Juan de Ni- caragua ...

... SOUTHAMPTON, I SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1855. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship . Pera, Capt. Soy, arrived on Mlonday from the Thames. 'On This fine ship was built by Messrs. Mare, of Blackwall, 3or ) and is about 2,700 tons burden. She is fitted up in the -ace nmost beautiful manner, and her engines contain the mont mlid recentimprovenments. Hertotalcost was96,0001. She eted will ...

... IAUAUAV';5 ±11fSI'UKY UF ENGLAND. The 3rd and 4th volumes of MIacnuiay'c Elitory of *ngue England were published last week. The account of Ire- tow a land in 1689,the description of the Popish outbreak and l last devsstations,the ?? Fioench allitEs, ur- isden priae of the French officers at the devastation and bar. tated barism aroun d them ; the quarrels and intrigaos of the ace. Irish Court ...

... Till' jq V E,( c , I, , (bl. bl Ee s culs- e.0 | (Vi-orit ie IS/} ct-ele.) 1 By sme th.e Plalr:ilnof ii-i r i.r -t.-sem, the beciueC the talking powver Is ?? sidnoteja d, md t all suth monsters, the bugbear has no terrors if it be by looked at ateadf..stly. Talking is a liability as well as mnd apower; and those whom it draws out may expose of themsolees, as well as attack their adversaries. ...

... The Lord Bishop of Chichester will hold an Ordination PI in the Cathedral on Sunday (to-morrow), when the 0r number of candidates for Holy Orders is expected to be CO larger than usual. bi On Sunday last the usual Annual Sermons in aid of as the Funds of the Irish Church Missions nere preached fs by the Rev. S. -K. Elliott, Rector of lBroadwater, and W the Rev. A. B. Hill, Rector of High ...

... Prom Tuesfty's London Oallefte. ?? . FoRmq OsFrICF, DEC. 11. Thse Vnrl of Clarend:on has received II lespatci: l'rom Major-aeoal W olltis ;.a , her i aj-siy'o (m- t missianer attached to the Turkish army in Asia, of s, which the following is a copy ?? . al ?ly Lord,-In my desrnteh of the 3rd itt, in I e, which I had the honour t.o i etill the movements of the battle on the heights of Kars, I ...

... Is I FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD i 1856; dil wa BEING IBISSEXTILE, OR LEAP YEAR. Lo I i {i1 0 X I 1 2 t 1O } 5 t Ei| ^ Fi1 9| 9 be ml JANUARY ?? ?? ?? ?? 1 2 3 4 5 Tu Sun rise 8. 8 0 7 S 9 10 11 12 taiu Neiv 91on 7th 11.17a. 13 14 1S 16 i7 18 19 th, Full Moon 22nd8.29m. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 80 31 RC FaBituARY ?? . ?? . ?? . ?? . ?? I 1 2 S un rises 7.4 3 4 6 7 8S 9 p N.ll. 6th 10.36 m. ...

... From Friday's London Gaa#eG. . -- 0 - rogi DowNiKG-STREET, DEC. 26. mai Tbre Qu, en has been pytased to appoint Lloyd Evans Meshanm. Esq., to be Resident Magistrate in the District of Natal, in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. b brol WAR OFFIcE, DEa. 28. the Coldstream Guards-Capt. the Hon. H. W. Camp- quo bell, from the Rifle Brigade, to 'e Lieutenant and Cap- brol tail, by purchase, vice ...

... COt RIS MARTIAL a court-martial, of which Captain Sir Thomas Mtalt- s! i.,,o Her Mlajesty's ship .Ercrlletea. weas Presi- ~ea~sbled on board the Slag-ship rictor y, on ! rt last, to try Mi- Jam~es Driver, Acting-Assis- ' Egiaeer. na->, of the first class, serving en board I- itajuoty's steamn gunboat .Halide, for having, on the ,,Q'October. disobeyed orders and behaved with die- t a:st his ...