... SEB&ASTOIOL DocKs.-A letter from Karniesch says ._ The docks of Sebastopol are to be blown up on the 9th. The destruction of these great woras will be the signal for a war without mercy. ' It seems to mle,' said a general, I that in blowing up the docks we shall blow up the head quarters of negotiations.' MONSTER SHELL.-A monster shell, 9 feet 5 inches in Crciremerencs, and 36 inchses in ...

... Rumours of an impending peace are more rife than ever- Even tbe very terms on which it is to be proffered to the Allies are now specified by some of our daily contempo. aries. Austria proposes that Sebastopol shall never be re-con- structed-that no Russian fleet shall exist in the Black Sea-that no other road shall be open to the Russiaus to Constantinople-that the mouths of the Danube shall ...

... Tbis happy event took place at Brandon, near Coventry, on Tuesday last, which is the seat of the bride's brother-in-law, J. Beech, Esq. The bride was given awayby her brother, Colonel Madocks. There tvere beautiful triumphal arches in the village, and over the lodge and church gates. The school childreu were collected, and strewed flowers on the bride's pathway, as she left the church. After ...

... PARLIAMENT.-THE PREMIER'S PO- SITION. At the Privy Council held on Friday, it was re- n, solved to prorogue Parliament from Tuesday last to C the 31st of next month, d then to mieet for the de- cc spatoh of business:` and the delay in assembling the Legislature-(which, it was announced a few, e weeks back, would meet between the 18th and, 22nd: ea of January)-is variously accounted fer. We, ...

... Christmas is a great equaliser. The genial, hearty, friendly feelings that rise, or ought to rise, in eveiy breast at the return of Christmas, tend much-more, perhaps, than anything at any other season-to knock down class distinctions, and make all feel, for that one day at any rate, that be our station what it may, mankind are brethren after all. Yet while we live upon this matter-of-fact ...

... CARDINAL WISEII kN UPON THE AUS FRIAN CONCOIDAT. On Sanday last Cardional Wi!enan deliviored from tho pul- pit of tile Rloana Cith(lic Clrchl of ?? Mii v vs, M rfield., an address in vind.icotiiloft ofhe Auetrian Coi'ee.- T i.e charch was crowded on the occasion, cod the ?? lot wai by mona y tak.,n ?? the do ,r. After veospi-rs mvr ovser T'ie OGARDINAL ?? thre pulpir, and c , m ncc d his ...

... TEIE EASTEPNT COUNTIES RAILWAY.-STAIRTLING STATEMIENrS OF MIIS'ANAGMI§ENT. It isl not ofton bhat Ornt is tmlnpled to peiC:e- mossrs Of E:vi- dece~c. Tile -ery sight of a biun3 book, with its etidl'ts Columns of quoution and anoteer, is enough to discounr:e even thu fli-tt painstaking, bot there avre ousosions when extraor- dtiuary repri-st aro utlte w hen it is nec-weary to ascertain sehattir ...

... IINCl D ENTS ( THE WAR. VJ | The Sardinijan railway in the Crimea progresses very slowlv, as tilccr are only five men laying clown the rails. e Nic .kolajfi is described as having been pilt into a stite u of deteinc vry satisifatory to thosc interested in its not d being tadkte, alc it is inteuldedi that the winter shall 1)e turned to g6od account in further strengthening it, as well as ...

... In our enumeration of the statesmen of the pre- sent day, who have contributed to lower the charac- ter of public men amongst us,-we have omitted the name of Lord Palmerston, because we have some- thing to say of his lordship individually, which in- timately concerns his honour, as it does the national welfare. We have before alluded to it; but it is now brought before the public in such a ...

... INFLUENCE OF DIFFEREN V OCCUPATIONS UPON HEALr H. I The importance of vital statistics can scarcely be overrated I -without these the system of life insurance, which has saved . hundreds of thousands from want and penury, could not have existed Without the aid and light they have afforded sani- tary science would have been unknown, or at the best been but mere conjocture. But since they have ...

... I. TI-HE PROBABLE COURSE OF AUSTRIA. ti Several journals at home and abroad, in discussing the b probable course of Austria, lay considerable stress upon P certain statements which have been made respecting the n reductions of the Austriac army. It is argued that these fr reductions indicate the resolve of Austria not to co-ope. p rate actively with the Western Powers under any circum. Is ...

... We regret to learn that the Bishop of St. David's has given his assent to the removal of the College of St. David's from Lampeter to Brecknock. The pro- ject still excites great opposition ; and every legiti- mate means has been adopted to induce those local authorities, with whom the matter rests, to forego the determination to adopt a measure which, it is considered, will be detrimental to ...