... THE CRIMEA. The lytest accounts statethat the banks of the Tchernaya bt are still flooded. The Mackenzie heights are surrounded el by strong gabionades. M The weather- has been. frightful in the Black Sea. Twelve merchantmaen, of varibus nations,hbad been wracked m ait the Sulina mouth of the Danube. The M1oicitcm', of Thursday publishes a despatch from E: Marshal P61issier, who reports fromn ...

... THE FALL OF ZJ90-,,13, (1Frons tile ies. frumhflud IHerdly a gioritus one, for tis Aeias Til brave sues wh [ose nomris woro latterly soenthoned t Iwith pride through these kingdloms are now prisoners of I war. The heroic defence, lyhich might be' numbered with Ml- miot Nrnscl- in Listory, has ended in anl inovit-r abaile and ?? snrv~fidc. Famine did the woik in wrhich Russian bayonuets f~iled. ...

... Ve regret state that authentic intelligence has been received, which leaves no doubt as ts tho fate7 of Kars. Isrnail Pasha (General Kinety), with another oQileer, who lurceeded in eluding the vigilance of the Russian outposts, have effected their escape. When they quitted Kars, General 'Williams had been compelled by famine to send a fleg of truce to the R1usstan camp, ffbring ea- pitulation. ...

... From Friday's London Yvette. ?? - FOREIuiN Orncz, Dxc. 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint William Miller, Esq., now her Msjesty's Consul-Gene- zal in the Sandwich Islands and other islands in the Pacific Ocean, to be her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General in tho Sandwich Islands and their de- pendencies. DtScn Fssa 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. E. ...

... THIE CONDITION OF RUSSIA. most No doubt, public opinion has its abuses, but if we was want to see the consequesces of its absence, they are to do exhibited to the world in the present cendilon of a had Russia. A wore awful case novel betel man or empire. s their Russia bee no one to advise her. Wrapt in his dark '5 ble to and solitary despotism, the Ctar has none with whom scenes he can divide ...

... VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA TO PORTSMOUT H. ThI. A ;, A C 0 - - A F . - .- X: nid The visit of the King of Sardinlia to Portsmouth took t ,he place on Monday. Thle King Was accompanied by their it Roy-al HImesisnes Prince Albert, the D)uke Of Cambridge no and Sir 61aries Wood, First Lord Of the Admirai1ty His Majesty wao attended by the Marquis ?? i ve Miuister at the British Court;- Count ...

... DIED.-Dec. 11, at Spelhibury, Mr. John Pratt, farmer. Ralph Ellis, John Ellis, and George Slatter, all of Great llollright, labotirers, wuro a pprehended and brought before the Rev. T. Harris, at Swefrtord Rectory, on the 8th inst., ?? and Piilice-constableYates, charged 'with having, on tile uight of the thl !ist., at Over-Nortoa, matliciously thrown down a certain ivall, the property of ...

... 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 ...

... BDEDINGTON'T. MARRhIED.-Dec. 10, at Lillington Church, Mi'. Mewis, of 6, Lansdowne-terrace, Leamington, to Louisa Anne, daughter- t of the late George Smith, Esq., surgeon, Doddington. HUNTING.-ThO Heythrop hounds met at Leudw~ell on Wednesday last, and, w~e udderstabid, afforded sportsmen Q an excellent day's sport. II Mr. J. S. Huron, printer, High-street, has been l1ppointed r distributor ...

... MA&NERS OF TEE MIUT . [WA take the following from the Church and Stat} Gazette, but we are bonud to say that our own experience as to the Militia in this garrison, does not confirm the strictures of our contemporary.] We receive complaints from all quarters of the ill- behaviour ofour country militia-men, and our own ob- servations enable us to corroborate them to a great ex- tent. We ...

... THE BRITISH ARMY- IN THE CRIMEA. (From the Sseppfemerat to the london¢ Gcreeftet of Tuse., day, Nov. 27.) WAiR DEPARTMENT, Nov. 27. lord Prnmure has thit day r. ceived a despatch and its enclosures, of w~hich the followting rre copies,i addreesed to bis Lordship by Sir William Codring- iton: SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 13. My Lord,-Having SO lately assumed the corn- I me~nd of the army, I h~ave rnot ...