... H WAR. cC will irge in. the tee fact nth 110. low THE ALLIED ARMIES. DEPAITUEX OP GENERAL SIrMPSOr. General Simpson Ias ceased to be Commander-in.Clhief of this army. All must feel sorrow for the circumstances under which a veteran officer like Sir James Simpson resigned his command. His simplicity of manners and singleness of mind never failed to conciliate the regard, if not the respect and ...

... T. (from the Economist.) n, The writer of sn article in the North Britishs Review says: o - In the present aspect of European affairs, who shall come t forward and assure us that ere long her Most Gracious Majesty g id will not be called, by the voice of the British people, to fight s ie the world almost single-handed in defence of the one spot on li k- earth where liberty-political, civil, ...

... PEACE WEGOCIATIONS. T aEsE'1Zegooiations do not appear likely to come to any- thingl It seems Russia bas U10ough9t it desirable to anticipate them, by a proposal of her own, viz., to de. v or olare the Black Sea neutral-at least in the Russian t' ad interpretation of neatrality, by excluding all vessels of v 38- war from its waters, except a certain number belonging s Id to Russia and Turkey, ...

... a3rjolu ENGIGAND. -4 MARRIAGE iN HIon tiFE.-It having been an- nounced that the marriage of the Marquis of Win- chester with the Lion. MiAs Montagu, eldest daughter of Lord Rokehy, was ?? at the parish church of St Jamnes's, Piceildilly, on Thursday at an carly hour the ?? of t~ hurch were besieged lfj' a large number of ladies, mbny of them of aristocratic familes. At half-past eleven ...

... L) rzl It [in Iltt1ltIgtte Tim HIaIOLAND SOCIETY'S Snow or 1857.-The Show for 1857 is to be held at Glasgow. The Town Council of that city have voted L.200 towards the expenses of the Sholw. SCOTTISII RECRUITS.-Sonlc recruits, mustering be- tween sixty and seventy young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two, were received at head- quarters ofthe loyal Sappers and Mhiners, atWoolwich, ...

... fllt XlIdflligenm ENGLAND. ArrnOAC retG MARRIAGE IN IEion LIFE. -We understand that a matrimonial alliance is arranged, and will shortly take place, between the Lady Emily Curzon, daughter of the Earl Howe, and Lieutenant- Colonel Kingscote of Kingscote Park, Gloucestershire. TIE DUKES ov NEWCASTLE.-The extraordinary and enthusiastic reception given to the Duke of New- castle on his arrival at ...

... THEP WAR THE BRITISH EXPEDITION. (Times Special Correspondent.) TRIE RUOSSIANS IN TIHE CRIME.t. CAMP BEFroRE SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 24.-There have been considerable movements and changes of position among the Russian troops at Mackenzie's Farmn and the Belbck for the last few days. My hut commands a view of a considerable portion of the plateau at the other side of the Tchernayc, and overlooks the ...

... OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA, - :, ?? . - 1 .6 . .. (From the Times' Speci&Coriespoidcnec-) Camp before Sebastopol, Dec. II. at The monotony of life in this huge military colony has been xs broken slightly by the appearance of the Russians on the y, heights of Ourkust, and by some demonstrations of an isten. Br tion on their part to try the strength of the French positions in e the Baidar Valley. It ...

... RELATIVE POSITION OF TIHE CONTENDING PU WERS. 2 ?? v r n-- 1From the Daily News.) With regard to the war in the east of Europe winter is the SRI season for diplomacy, rumours, projects-i1i short, for all kinds wei - of mavstification . Amid this hubhub of discordant reports- ave more bewildering than the viewless voices which assailed the al tadventurers, in the Arabian tale, who attempted to ...

... (The following appeared in our Late Edioton of Friday:) C ?? tile Tirncii' Correspolidencee.)an Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 18, G v-nt. I- The propositions whichl Count Valentine Esterhozy is carry- e ing to St. 1Petersburg are completely adopted by the three. W dt ltewers-Frantcu, Encgland, and Austria. I have alreadlytin- it formned you that whatever difference existed between th to er foriner ...

... a We extract the following from a letter, signed Amicus,' awhieh appeared in the Timtes of Wednesday:- ti I am satisfied that the reports ard opinions of thejurors will A prove, for example, that in our iron manufacture (one of the most a extensive and important branches of our industry), in the adap- b o tation of manufactured or rolled iron to particular forms and aS y purposes, we are ...

... (From Punch.) It Trbo floating froth of public prnline blown lightly by each random guot via Settle9 on trapllbe, bright lor datys, to lapee iii centuries of rust. gi The puiblic hearl t, fintt will lbe. fi-st hut hasi0 art its food to choosr, brc Coops whalvt ?? readicst, 6t( hles far bread, rather thao tast, will fan loat refiioo. ho Ilelec iero-ieoilip'5 hungry liuls takea maennest idols, ...