... ' M IS CELL ANEOUS. I- IA handsomely chased silver cup, with an address epesv ofesteem anud affection, has beenp resented to r Brevet-Iajor W. P. Golliugwood, 21 Ft Esileers, by lbe di ollicers of the ?? battalion Land Transport Corps. st The shipments of specie to India on Jan. 4th willw again be large-C300,000, principally in silver, being a'ready ar engaged. The news from Olsina may limit ...

... The death of Dr. Paris, which we recorded last week, has rendered vacant the office of President of the Royal College of Physicians of London, and very much anxiety now exists amongst the fellows and licentiates of the Col- leg,, as well as in all ranks of the medical profession, as to 1Who will be his successor. By the laws of the Collego the person eligible must be one of those known in the ...

... 3 WEDNESDAY, DEcEMBER 31, 1855. h So far as regards the peace of Europe, there is b everv prospect that the year 1857 will open tl auspiciously. It is generally understood that the 0 dispute relative to the 20th article of the treaty of ta March last has been adjusted, and that the representatives of the several European Courts will have nothing to do but to indorse the arrangements s: ...

... TH-LA4TE MR. M-1AN, A.RA. We recollect well that year of grace, 1839, whose most notable event was the famous Eglinton tournament.. 'Wo recollect that beautiful Wednesday morning in golden August, giving promise of a beautiful day, when, one. among thousands in all costumes and from all Parts of the. oountry, we wended oue ra' tO E1iVICn-pirk; an4 wre uviwlnt iqesl the terrible ducking we had ...

... A STRANGE STORY ABOUT CRTMEAN STORES. Tt has just been discovered at Newark that a large amount of stores-consisting of hams, bacon, wines, spirits, porter, ale, cheese, tobacco, warm clothing, &c.- which the townspeople had subscribed for, in order to send out to the Crimean army in 185-5, have never been despatched, but have been lying ael this time in one of the rooms of the Town Hall. ...

... TEE ORYSTAL PALACE. _90- IETURES ON GEOLOGY BY M. WATERHOUSI ,t HAWKINS. An experiment in a new direction was yesterday made al the Crystal Palace, by the commencement of a series of lec. . tures, illustrative and descriptive of extinct animals, and 4 of the strata where their remains have been found. Foz W months past the huge restorations which Mr. Hawkins mc- y complished with so much ...

... TEE RESOLUTE. Yesterday the compliment paid us by the United States was completed by the final handing over of the Arctic discovery ship Resolute to the hands of the representatives of the English Crown. At a quarter to one o'clock Captain Seymour, flag cap- taiijo the Commander-in-Chief, went on board-the Reso1ute to receive her on the part of the nation. sr. renn, the 'master of the Vic- ...

... CONTINUCD FUO11 OUR SEVENTIT rAGE. BARN STAPLE. DsPEXS~n'Y.-PatientS admitted this week, ]5 ; accidents, 3. Diseharged-cured, II; relieved. 4. Died, 1, THEt HARMONIC SOCIETY.-The Barnstaple Hfarmonic Society intend having tbeir inaugural dinner in the Music Hall on the 12th instant. The attendance is expected to be very numerous. Sour KITCHEN.-The preliminaries have been arranged: and new ...

... -6- ItTUBN OF THE LORD-LIE'BNANT. ord Carlisle arrived at Kingstown at eleven .cock on Tuesday, and'proceeded to D bli , Oasge. id MOVERT AGAINST THE INCOME-TAX. I Since our last the requisition at the Chamber of erce callin upon the Lord Mayor to- con- VenUetle citizeusof Dublin, to petition Parlia- sent for a reduction of the income-tax, has re- geied a large additional number of signatures ...

... INNS OF~0OUMT ?? Th', following is a prospectus of the lectures to be delivered during the ensuing Educational Term by the several 'Readers appointed by the Inns of Court T CONSTITrUTIONAL * AND LROAL HIORY Ti piugd ?? to be dellvor by the Readek on Con- stitutiaonl LAw and Legal History will comprise the follow- ing iubject:t' T~he Reg u aad Qc 'WiUi'u IaI, the aeigrief Queen Anqe, and the ...

... TO T1E EDITOR OF THE DAILY NES. N SIR,-The eyes of Europo are at this moment turned towards Switzerland. It is a splendid spectacle-that of n people preparing to defend its independence. Therefore it is _ that all mcn of heart make no secret of their warmest sympathy for the cause. This sympathy is manifested with an unanimity and an energy which all but extinguishes the malevolent ...

... THE LEEDS MERCUJRY. it a THE YEAR 1856. B. e, Tna year which has just expired must be a noted a happy one, inasmuch as it saw the end of Xs a great European War, on terms eminently favourable 3;to the future independence of the Continent. The osstruggle of the Western Powers to curb the dangerous is aggressions of Russia had been altogether triumphant. athe bong-cherished projects of that ...