... DECIMAL COINAGE, WEIGHTS ANI 1MEASURBS. TO TRN IDXOR OF ThUtl DAMY PW. ISiz,-In an educational, u well M to mtoomercigl point of view, there b porhaps no subject of pgte impo- tese then the decimelisetion of our colasge, weights, end To abridge the study of the schoolboy, ac eil se the work of the counting-house, by being onbl to effoS *II arithrstl6al calculatione by the epplictlie' of the ...

... DEPPATPHEP FCOMk :IR ge L YONS. I - ADMIRALTY, Dio.M t. :Despatehes,,of which! the' follovwilnge are 'copies have beeu reelved fom AclmfrAm ,ir Edmuan Lyons, Bar., 9.Q.B. Comninder in ,COhief of 'eit M$aesty'i sips and' veseels in the 6'editerraneai mid' Black Sea: Royal Albestjissatch Bay1 Dee 1. .Sir,-I request that yon will* lav before the Lor~',s Commissioners of the Admiralty th ...

... I . iJOSEF IN ..z AceIW TE I )3I:; - B'NK,.R Cd,9 A, E$C A-'OT, 1,4. , i I;, .o TUX 23DITOI OW Tie ?? ftraw. - A : ug,_TbeYO i s omething remable inthehet -that, with the exception of the var, -the 'tw sUbjeetS . *orr 'the inametut ot ying .,the 1ttentioraf of -the tblij sre ,th,.'4rik Curter at ?? 184. s gn ;he , Mains of redering honour to i 'r0 Qiocit ~ -the late J. Humi, ?? -I avail ...

... I i MANCHESTER AND SA.OllD LICENSED Victuallers' Association. (nicX OUR OWN CORErSPOlDENT.) On Thursday evening last, the members of this association held -,their annual dinner at the house of Mr. Lone, the Bush Inn Deansgatc, about 130 persons partaking of the repast, Mr. Coon- I clor Goedsey kindly undertaking to preside. The worthy chair- man in accepting tbe office remarked that he was ...

... ?? question of the Danish sound dues isthau stated in the BanCers' Oircular:- There has been for some tiue rather anangry feel. ing expresed in several of the American journals rela. tive to the eustom of charging certain dues upon the passing of ships through the Sound into the Baltic in proportion to their tonnage. By the principal Euro- pean states these charges have been loeg acknowledged ...

... SERViCES 0F A LIFE.BUAT. - - -II An o i was FreJ.ted, at Tuby, of kly W=n, r the Irat time during a gale of wind from S E,,tb life-boat of tise ?? and the',resut- of the trial vws in every reepect satsfactory; indeed it was well it was go, for the next day both ee life-boat and crew were severely tried, b%* they behaved admirably. The undinching courage and untiring energy of the crew, in ...

... Baron Martin has explained to Doctor Jackson. His speech had been garbled, says the judge; Ithe speech was given verbatim, say the local reporters. However, we give the judge's own words from his explanatory letter to the sensitive, but nevertheless patient, Doctor Jackson :- The hubstance of what I maet to say, and believe did say, was this-that in a case of presumptive evi- dence ...

... : EALTII OF LONDON. It w shown at the last report that London bad 5 rd an increase of InOrtfity, the effect of cold weather. In the week that ended lat Saturday, though the rigour of the weather was not miitiated, but aug. Inuntd, the number of deaths regiseed rwas not quite equal tothat of the preceding week; the numbers in the two periods having been 1 2Y1 and 1,257. It is agreeable to ...

... I _ IA iIr. Allen, the unfortunate man who suffered a tap. rible fracture of both his legs in the accident whicb occurred on this railway on Friday week, and whese right leg was taken off imaediately after his admission to the hospital en the same evening, underwent ampu. tation of his left leg at an early hour on Saturdaq morning. The poor fellow was most uwillling to sub. mit to the second ...

... ., an fltlTorL 1\ iA WAP-OFFICE, Deo. 14, Royil Hogrssnt of Eorse Guards-Cor-set J. W. BaDele to ba Lieutengnt, by yurcO a e, viea G. P. C. A. Lord StaahcPe, who vetires. yprhv 7ih Light Dragoons.-Cornet R. X. Pedder, from theis1th Light Dragooso, to be Cornet, without parchase, vice lle, prooloted. 9th Light Dragoong.-Capt. A. W F, scett, from tbe ?? Foot, to be Captai, vice Trosoer, who ...

... I --9,,nLETTRWTER., . TERMS Op-PEACE. To ?? EDiroa,-Sir,-I am a bard workling man, and feel the preesure of the times; my expenses are heavy and my in- eome small, having always escaped the ieo asmtaL BRaton - no account would I for one, bad as things are, submit toc any terms of pewo but those moet honoerable to EnglandL Give UE a goverameat that VAil carry on the war with the ust- m ost ...

... THE~ ABRM' WAR OFF1C, DEC. 7. Oth ?? of Drwoon Guards-Cornet F. N. Aetley to he Ltetweeant, without pare0Aoee, vice Pelre, deceased. I0th Light Drngaas-;Cwruet S. Vyse to be Lieutenant, by purotsoe, vice Wiliams, ft'o retires. . * I 185kh Light ?? R. A, Clernent to be Lieu- Ceenot5 by pueroiriso, vioc Gosad, promoted. R~oyal Ar'tillery Fi3 d -Sureeon of the Second Class W. korry to be ...