... VICE-CHANOELLORS' COURTS. (2-ofore Vlce-Chancellor Sir I. T. RiWDEBs5LfY.) CLAVERING V. ELLISON. This bill was filed for the purpose of vuttiug a con- struotion upon the will of George Clavernng, dated the 9th of January, 1793, whereby he left all his real and p ersonal estate to trustees upon trust for his son, Thos. John Clverin. (afterwards Bir Thomas Jobn Clavering), for life, and after ...

... The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, who are at Alawick Castle, with a select partv, have caused liberal benefactions to be distribute d tdihe poor on the family estates in Northumberland and Yo kihire. The Duke of Cleveland has boen receiving his friends at his seat, Raby Castle, in the county of Durham. During last week} fifty covers have beeu laid for din- ner, and his Grace s hounds ...

... THE WAR,. ATTACK UPON THE, FRENCH POSITIONS AT BAGA. itl ICCRILL78, Tueedtay. S.10o p.m. The Osire bes arriu-i with adrivces from Coalstalrti.. nople of the 14th, and from the Crimea of the l1th inst. A letter, under date of 'ICamp before Sebastopol, D~ec. 11, says ~ The Russiaus attacked the French positions at Esga On the 9th Of Dec., but were repulsed with the lose of 70 killed and 20 ...

... TO THtE EDITOrS or THE NE.WCASTLE COUtRANT. GENTLEMEN,-Will you allow me space in your oo- lumna for a few words apropos to the disposition of the Virgin Mary Hospital funds, discussed in the Town Council en the 12th. Our late excellent mayor, Mr Bell, expressed an opinion that the School of Design might very properly benefit by the fund. Perhaps, many of his colleagues would agree with him if ...

... NORTHIUMBERLAND. MOOT HALL NEWCABTLE, TUESDAY, DEc. 4. Mr JUsTIOz WILLE took his seat in the Moot flIl, on Tuesday morning, at ten o'olock, and the following were sworn of the o GRAND JuwY:-Hon. Chas. Bennett, Lord Ossulston, MI.P., foreman s Sir Uhas. Miles Monck, Bart. ; Sir Edward Blaoektt, Matfen, Bart.; Sir Matthew White Ridley, Blagdou, Bart. ; Chas, William Orde, Nunny- kirk, Req. ; ...

... LONDON, DSCEMBER 27. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. A Marseilles despatch of the 25th states, that General ]&ouravieff has directed a column on Akhalteik; a part of the garrison of Rutais has gone to defend the passes which command the entrance into Georgia. belim IPasBa, with 12,000 men, is at Trebizond, waiting the arrival of the Egyptian division. In the Crimea the banks of the Tohernaya are still ...

... The following correspondence has passed between Dr, Jackson, of Darlington, and Mr Baron Martin, in refer- ence to this mysterious case: Darlington, Dec. 17, 1856. My Lord,-It is with intense pain and anxiety that I feel compelled to approach your lordship on the subject of the Burdon poisoning ease, tried by you at the late Durham assizes. As the principal medical man examined on the case, ...

... RUSSIA-IEAMBuiRoH, Dco. I2th.-(roi terost.) | -A ?? loan of 50,0G0,000 of roublee, m-cly I ;8,00.000, is issued at 82, beooin g per cent. interet. nseney panic has ccmmeneed in Russia. At MoAecow, llishai, Novogorod, Astralear, and other placce, ba-.k motes are retueed ; people ame hiding money. BE1Li.N, Wednesdny.-Y1oterday thO house of !&en- delssohn opened subscriptionit for a newv Rusoian ...

... THE WESTERN ALLIANTOR - (Ar1on tho wanminer.) It is certain that neither of the groat Weste Powrers can Carry on the wvir witbaut the other, ma& it follows on neceesitq that when either ia of opmiaow. that the ohjle's of the war are attained, peace mustb& made. be pacific countel% must be dominant, am wlhichever side of the channel they tirst prevail. Thai agr9eemnent and combination of the ...

... TYNEMOUTIT COUNCIL, A meeting of the Tynemouth Town Council, was held on Wednesday, the Maycr in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed. The TOWN CLxoox read a letter from the Town Clerk of Gateshead, acknowledging the receipt of the memo- rial in reference to the new dock; a letter from the Ad- miralty; a letter from the Trinity Houme, and also another ...

... BY ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH. TnE EAsT.-Advices by the Jourdin state that the teathei in tbe Critue Yad betn Eovere. The Tchernaya bad oveitlowod. A aucceasoln of tempests had levelled some of hie buts, but no lose of life had ccourred. On November 141h, General NioutiaviXff summoned Kara to surreuder. A ?? Williams residint. They Tequeeid delay, end sent Calonel 'ebom Ts,n to Eraer.um. Se'imn Pasha, ...

... RECORD OF IRECKwS. titia .nln I, ?? g &it of vess els Br~id eogn opreI sdistrnct, is 9iapiled from (laily reports, whih hac op- psrd in the SpigGzte rnjtc ihbal v inclusive : Iip~s~aetfiup As to the 30th Oov., tlcbi~zod ktcclloBalX of ant fromi Rye for Sunderland, Aletrsnde r brig, or Whitby, wrecked at Aldborough. Aoimorr, ol Shields rkcdked near Inearvlcl, Atatants, lTaetet, of ...