... MA&NERS OF TEE MIUT . [WA take the following from the Church and Stat} Gazette, but we are bonud to say that our own experience as to the Militia in this garrison, does not confirm the strictures of our contemporary.] We receive complaints from all quarters of the ill- behaviour ofour country militia-men, and our own ob- servations enable us to corroborate them to a great ex- tent. We ...

... e- e Yesterday was the day for her Majesty and the Royal t Family to leave Osborne for Windsor, to spend the e l. Christmas holidays. For some time past it has been 0 ' blowing hard from the eastward, and there has been a N heavy sea rolling between Cowes and Gosport, where the t Queen invariably lands onleaving the Isle of Wight. Two e or three days ago the royal yacht Edfn, in attempting S ...

... Camp before Sebastepol, Dec. 4. There has been a complote dearth of incident since I last wroto. We are in the status qua, possibly the mud is deener, and the Russians fire more than usuai upon the town. There is no change in the attitude of the eneusy. The storm of Saturday morning taxed the now hluts severely, and they are by no means bighly d spoken of; they are toe frail, and lightly built ...

... The Lord Bishop of Chichester will hold an Ordination PI in the Cathedral on Sunday (to-morrow), when the 0r number of candidates for Holy Orders is expected to be CO larger than usual. bi On Sunday last the usual Annual Sermons in aid of as the Funds of the Irish Church Missions nere preached fs by the Rev. S. -K. Elliott, Rector of lBroadwater, and W the Rev. A. B. Hill, Rector of High ...

... DESPATCH FROOM GENERAL CODRINGTON. (From tbe Ga-itle of Tuesday night.) WAR DEPARTMENT, DEaC. 18. L~ord Panmiure has this day received a destatch and 3s enriosuree, of which the following are copies, 3ddressed to his lordship by Genaral Sir William Zodr;ngtona X.C.B. S-bastopol, Dec. 4. ,v Lord.-The enemy continuo t0 fire occasionally, sd sinnctim- s heavily, on parts of the town. They must ...

... O.- ' Mr. John Parsons Cook, a sporting gentleman, age 4 28 years, residing at Lutterworth, Leicesterehire, was ;I the owner of a horse named Polestar, which won two of i the stakes at the Shrewsbury races, on the 1Ith and 14th '5 ult. Whilst at Shrew-bury, after the race, Mr. Cook 6 was taken suddenly ill. He was tubeequeutly r-moved I to Rugeloy, whre he had been Staying before the races 8 ...

... The First Concert of this season ofth SaTl,&credHrg monti Soiet' of this town, took plce on Tues ayth I 18th instanit, whenat large numbe of the gentry andf tradesmen of the town attended, and som pmlenid pieces of music were performed, which did credit to the Society, and proves that th~ey are progressing favour- bly, not only in funds but in talent. IAIREHAII SCuHOOL.-The pupils of this ...

... THE SEA-BOQNE MYIAILS. POST-OFFICE, LONDON, FRIDAY. I Mails Next Packet DESTIN'ATIONS. despatched Due. from London. SOUTHAMPTON STATION. (B a D Mail' Lisbon, Spain, and Gib-( 7th, lih, and ?? of every Dec. 26. --ta -- ?? rmonth. Qhbraltar, Malta, Egypt, ! 4th & 20th Jan 4 Ceylon, India, &c. of every mnth Penang, Singapore and 4t of every Jan. 4. China, month. British Colonies in the West ...

... ?? -f - - be+' W-- -- PRACTIQ L lllNT8 I - , FL 4MG~neatepresent statc ofte weathe, little Acan be done here beyon te prpI to by this time of cemotsyndweeig hsead manu'reupanath s rpsdpane whr ee gwl bhoe wantd. moses ihar ?? maybe rodadifay ofh , tharomore, read, ?? 0sie ,rad oruew enee .chese or. use fr heddiy stoc washd if nolead ?? fi en httere' mays beu thsy bs possible indraucoy with ...

... At the Leadon Farm~ers' Club last week, Mr. Baker, at the conclusion of an able paper on the above subject, I3 observed-- In tlie present day the letting and hiring farmns must p be rented and carried oust as any other commercial trans - a' action. The large amount of ca pital necesesary to rea-~ der them productive demands to be secured to- the te-' E navrt, and the neceseity of the ease ...

... ISLE OF WIGET, SATURfDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1865. N~EWPORT. LT 'hops at Newport have a goodly show of creature urzf.o!ts vith which to enjoy the festive season of :lmtalas, but we bare not had any of the mar- - fat meat presented some years since. 'l'he ..ila otf poultry at the WVheat Sheaf Inn, the catering *r. James Read, offered great attraction to the lovers ?? feathered tribe; they were ...

... y ESENTOMOLOGIST'S ANNUAL FOR 1855-This is uZ, . doubt. dly a book of valuable information to ell intereted is in the study of Entyrnology, and should be possessed by ,f every admirer of this attractive Science. TNE ART JOUItIAL-Decamber-George Virtue and Co., Paternoster-row.-This number completes the 17th is Annual Volume and the 1st Volume of the New Series, of this truly valuable ...