... PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTiENTS. PREBENDARY. The Rev. T. Brancker, 1X.A., to Henstridge, in Wells Cathedral. HONORARY CANONRIES. The Rev. IV. E. Brandreth, Rector of Standish, Lanca- sbire, to Manchester Cathedral. The Rev. J. E. Jackson, M.A., Rector of Leigh-Delamere, Wilts, to the Cathedral Church of Bristol. ASRCTDEACONRY. The Rev. H. Moore, MLA., Vicar of Eccleshall and of Penn, to Stafford. ...

... THE TONTINE* PRINCIPLE APPLIED IN AS- I SOCIATIONS FOR LAND INVESTMENTS. InI consequenee of the vrrious societies which aire now in ythe course of furmiation mnder the Limited Liability Act, by teaplication of the Tontine principle, we consider it will - e dantageous to our readers to lay before them the views set forth onl the subject by the Nvell-linown authority on life contingencies and ...

... v- I -D P -O - The C'oseac,7,, 20, screCp.J darquis defects. t ae9o Ig pre 'The Sane Pin ej, 71, Screw, Capt. u Oration steamoed cut of harh'our and anchored-.' J. W~iano, Joeh Friday, and is destined to proeead to Le Ound th a gold remain during the winter,. I ehtre Ct comene, The .Altsoi,,, 90, Ca~pt. lI-fn. J. R~ )V'anbntoof c ?? en 'Satuoday, fran, the Black Sea Mlaand Gibreltari, a hthom ...

... I (From tiie Afm.'n- % (From the Morsineg Chrsonicle.) The juretion of new adherenrts to the great league formed by civilized Europe against the Czar is now a topic of almost daily announcement. On Monday last Baron Seibach, Saxon Envoy in France, left D)resden- for St. Petersburg, on a mission which is officially stated to be s connected with the negotiations for peace. The Baron, it ie' ...

... -A PLEA FOR TE CIMEAf ARMY. 1 ?? .1 , s s ~ S . { i R tha Z) . it' a), gi- )ats ng Cla or de lie of II, II, MFrateAorlzing Post.) au It is by gtippling iijh IL new danger that the new art Oodmmasuder-in-ilhiefin ?? signalises hisassoump o inf fauhrity. In these first relaxations, after So t ong a t~iipon every facultyt . of mind and body, the ibreathinag-tivie of a compiltted vict'ory, the ...

... DUBLIN, FRtIDAY EVENING. C1 Tnine BIBLE BURNINGse TRIAL. The Rev. Father Petcherisse was put upon hie trial this morning at the Commijulon Court, The Attorney-I General, in an able and temperate speech, stated the i case for the Crown ; the Solicitor.-General alao appeared on the same aide. The evidence for the prosecution closed at three o'clock, when Mr. O'Hagan addressed the jury for the ...

... WINCHESTER, SATU1TDAY, DECEMBER S, 1S.55. MaERCAx'rhL G3AZETTE, t Frd.te/a Lvenlnys. I. The moderate supply of English wheat at Mark-lane 7 on Monday mst a Very dull sale, so much of it being in 4 bad vend scion ; and another cause of the Suspension of trade was the report that fresh negotiations had been t, entered into for peace. A few parcels were placed to d needy buyers of the driest ...

... ADVANCE OF ON1ER PASHA. t CONSTANTINOPLE, DEc. 10. r The newspapers announce that Omer Pachs has- Inglit another battle and taken the fortified town of y Koni, situat-cd behind the river Ksheni-Khal, five and a 1 Ualf lrsezca from Kutais. He found there 12,000 elties. t4 Omer Pavha is said to have marched to the banks of p The Rion or Pbhiis, and to be preparing to attack r xutais. b The ...

... : A Special Meeting of the Town Council was held on l Monday, the Mayor in the chair, to take various motions t into consideration. There were present Aldermen Scale, i Robbins, Orange, Owen, Batchelor Crassweller, Levv, t White, Smithers, and Gauctlett; Councillors G. Shep- ti Vard, H. Ford, Vallancey, RI F. Jolliffe, Vandenbergh, e Eurnby, Hannam, G. M. Wells, Howell, Dore, Rind, n ...

... BOTLEY A?D SOUTH HA?TTh FARMERS' CLUB. I A,, ?fnnA?., +h? ? On Monday the Annual Root Show of this Club was bold at Botiey, and was very suoseasful, The competi- 1 don was spirited, and possessed of great interest to Agri- I culturiass. Subsequently the usual dinner was held at the Market-hall, when about 100 gentlemen agrienianrista, tt- and others of the locality ant down. Thomas Warner, to ...

... THE SEA-BOQNE MYIAILS. POST-OFFICE, LONDON, FRIDAY. I Mails Next Packet DESTIN'ATIONS. despatched Due. from London. SOUTHAMPTON STATION. (B a D Mail' Lisbon, Spain, and Gib-( 7th, lih, and ?? of every Dec. 26. --ta -- ?? rmonth. Qhbraltar, Malta, Egypt, ! 4th & 20th Jan 4 Ceylon, India, &c. of every mnth Penang, Singapore and 4t of every Jan. 4. China, month. British Colonies in the West ...

... RE1ADING. DIED.-Nov. 21, Ellen Ann, the beloved wife of Mr. C. J. Andrewes (of the fi-in of Barrett, Exall, and Andrewes, iron-fouiders), Grey Friars' House, Friar-streot, Rending, aged 30 years, -Nov. 28, in Groy Friars'-road, Reading, aged 89 years, Mr'. John hMace. TUlE LOCAL BOAItD OF -I-3ALTITI AyD TIlE GAS CO)ePAINrES. -At a meeting of the Board on Thursday, Nov. 22, it was determined to ...