... 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 ...

... :4YAL AND mILI'ITART ?? i = ?? ; ! ' - : .t ,'',Aprnwar; ?? 18.-.Apkdmixya.-aOoni. to ucander J. E.: , HEadilctok (1855) to ib'e Gdlcouita' 154 at ! Portsmouth. ; ig LieutenantG W.arter(1856)to the Ariel, 9, screw a steam ploOp, of fO boese power, atDevonPore. 1 ?? Cadets) . U. IE Yorka to tbe Colossus, 60, ecrew steaoism-sipo400 bossa power, at Portswoutb; and W.'Willli td ?? W~ehoigtoe, 131 ...

... | ONDON, WDNESDAY, DEC. 19 I ('Or these extra-ranks, we read in the Memorial of the Guards, the one which has had the most im- portant influence on promotion is that of Lieutenant- Colonel, conferred in 1687-at a very early period in the history of a standing army; a time.whenon]y one-fifth of the army (es at present constituted) was in existence; and when no lea than seventeen of the ...

... From FAX LOYNDON GAZETT, Sue ?? De I . 8 I d = In, B fIE, w 3IL Geneal ?? Mrkhm, ad Leuteafl Geeral JamesLnntsay:01 Colone Jo~ntCel, alf pay hiatveldt beensge majo general. - coloneL 1ecntes Boyal North lunseun axlietio-Ywalte? Stewart Birown, gent., to, be lirutentitt, vice Measnt, appointed ensign 813d Foot; WHIllam Lon-OD EstaHes, Minnidet. tobeIlueosBIvierMoartyto, appnted enele 42nd ...

... I DESPATCH-PROM OHNERAL CODRINGTON I (26ov TAiQNxToS GASITTS) War Departmerit, Det'iS ?? . Lord Pauwifrhas' thia r'ed~ee am ptidh and its 4nulosureI, of which thc followinw are copies, addressed' to hb, lordship by .eneral Sir Wlliam Codrington, C.aB. . h D . . ?? atiol, Dec. 4. - M~yiLordlThe- enemy- continue td'ire' ftfmioatit ally, and 'sometimes heavily, on poerts of' the town. T~hey ...

... UNIVBRASITY lNYTLLIGBNUR. .. ._ ?? . CAMBRIDGE, D EC. 18. o'a}ZG 5OEUOTS . ?? HisB Royal Higbnesi the Prince Alber t, dhancellor of tle University, being pleased to giie ano ually a gold medal for the encouragement of English poetry j:- The Vice-Cbancellor gives notice that the prize will be given this year to such resident undergraduate as shall corn- ?? the best poem on Luther at the Diet ...

... AUXILIARY STBAAf POWER TO AUDSTRALIA. . i The question as to the application of steam-power to ves- Isels sailing to Australia eas hitherto proved one of difficulty, and at present the opinion of nautical and scientific men is, 'perhaps, In favour of sailing vessels for the voyage to the I Antipodes. Nor is this a matter of surprise when it is borne in mind that up to the present moment the ...

... THS LATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN THE KING'S One of the miscreants engaged in the attempt to assassinate Messrs, Ramebottom and Bealchftmp is likely to be brought to justice. A correspondent of Saunders writes from Birr:;- There was a W6mtao on the road to whom Mr. Ramsbottom gave trifling alms immediately before the occurrence. This woman and a little girl, her daughter, have been discovered by ...

... METBOPOLITAN COMMUNPJATIONB. , XB. aYi2S PLAN P02 A GLASS SiaM. (From the Builder.) Our professional readers are doubtless by this im pretty well acquainted with the various plans proposed ft the improvement of tbe metropolitan communications, es get forth in the report of the House of Commons eonirlttst which Investigated that subject d-uring the loat seseica'd parliament. It appears, however ...

... I got crourt* OSBORNE, Dec. 1B. The Marohioness of Ely hbs succeeded Lady NaW donald as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. A Cabinet Council warns held yesterday afterttoon ae the Poreigntoaloe. Theministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the MarquIs of Lanadowne, Earl Oranville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl:of Clarendon, Mr. Seere. tay Labounoere, Lord ...

... I-THE MORNING CHIRONICLE. LONDON: pri to l.BDiVE DAY. DRCROBUL 191 W A_ , . ho Honest, plain-dealing, patriotic men do not un-qor derstand refinements of State-oraft. What they qu !sa, they usually mean. If they once have com- mitted thersnelves fo ?? lineaof policy, or PU have professed a definite class of prinoiples they pal do not comprehend being wheeled abouts at the l caprice of a chief. ...

... 1GA VAZZI on the A UbTRIAN CONCORDA7. The second of Signor Gavazzi'' Popular Lectures in Bng- lishl, was delivered on Monday in St. Martin's Hall, en The Pope's Concordat to Austria, with the special object of re- plying to C ardinal Wlsem n's mINsatatementi. H e pro. pose? to divide his lecture under three heads; first, to re- ply to the three lectures of Cardinal Wiseman is reported ...