... 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, ...

... THE OVERTURES FOR PEACE, (Frori the Itlhistr.ted London News.) The rumours of renewed negotiations for peace, on - which Nye commented in our last week's ?? have acquired addlitiontal strengoth and Cons istelcy eawitilin tlle last few (1ays. Thie lwintly weatietr thiait Y impedes both naval and military operations ix poI)pi_ tious for diplomacy. Whcn the sword is ille, tile tongue becomes ...

... Plaou- sanit- On Saturday last, as the steam-ship Glow-worm' 11hllai Captain Thomas Brown, of Ardrossan, was ou hler pas- ly of d all sage fiom Londonderry to Glasgow, wheti off Ballan- | Jnder trae Bay, she found the finc ship Advance of Glasgow, look- from Quebec, timber lallen, in a very dangerous posi- pro- tion, rolling heavily withi two anichors allead. Seeina ?? the positioit of the ...

... In Important Foreign Post Regulations.-Postmasters l o n making up mails for foreign parts are directed to treat g e~n as unpaid letters all those upon which an insufficient t amount of postage may have been paid in postage . me stamps. In the case of letters insufficiently paid in ikemoney, they are directed to surcharge the deficiency Lnd upon the postmaster at whose office the letters may ...

... SCOTLAN ND. Subsidlenec of Groundl in Parliament Squarc.-Onn Thursday a subsidence of the causeway took place in Parliament Square, from the giving way of the key of some old arches alboult ten feet below the surface. Oi l cleariig out the cavity, entrance was effected to cellars w which had evidently been disused since the ancient buildings that stood around the High Church had been remove(d, ...

... (From the Times.) i- A public meeting was held on Thursday at Willis's Rooms, it St. James's, to give expression to a general feeling 1that the I- cervices of Miss Nightingale in the hospitals of the East demand n the grateful recognition of the British people. W The attendance was numerous and brilliant, and long before II the hour fixed for commencing business there was not one scat ,_ ...

... CITY PAROCHIAL BOARtD. ELEWTION -OF 3EMUIIERS. yesterday, the election of members to this Board took place, and was conducted by Inspector Adamson, and Mr. Donaldson, Asseseor. The following is the result:- ?? WAIID. Mr. Thos. Gebbie proposed, and Mr. John Miller seconded, the following gentlemnen:- AIr. David Black, 28 Gallowgate. James Wilson, 28 Salttmarket. David Gilmour, 37 Ormune Street. ...

... e (From the Spectator.) T1 e IThe memorial of the Guards burst upon the public Wti e tbis week in its full magnitude of length ; but by thisti I- time the public has extracted from thle mass of words in rthe grain of argument which lies at the Centre. Evenm nt that is a fallacy. The Colonels beg, onl behlflof their n brother officers, that they may be placed onea level- if -with tile Line; ai ...