... -,Fiat F.NGLA.ND. Tim FurNCII IN Ct11NA.-A letter from Toulon announecs that a Company of the 4t'i Regiment of Marines bave received orders to hold tihemselves ready to embark in the Imperial corvette Duranee, which is to proceed to China. Two gunboats, fully equipped for war, are about to sail for the same de- stination. D'URrEY's TAnLET.-Iul enlarging the Church of St James, Piccadilly, they ...

... ?? - , liailWA W18. I Gakixf80 SOUusiam AND WscsmaN.-1turn of t Ird fr the B -week andhig Dee 27, 186t -o t . d. ae, '.Passengers,.parcels, &c.; amount £3971 12 6 o Merdbasl 15ansi eattl o 1 1518l15- 1,490 7 6 Corlespending week in 1856 (203k niles open:- i Passengersi iulsils, &c.; amount 3981 7 7 A aierohandizeand cle .. .. 16CM9 T ?? 14 9, I RISa SOUTH BASTESON (Carlow to Kilkeenny, 25 ...

... ' 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: ...

... I-ortigil 411ttIllplue. . , THE BOMBARDMENT OF CANTON. Advices from Alexandria render it possible to ob- tain a tolerably complete and connected view of the recent occurrences at Canton. The intercourse between the British authorities and the Governor of Canton has for some time been embarrassed with growing difficulties, the result of the unredressed grievauces of British rucrchauts. On the ...

... (The following appeared in our Second Edition of iesterday.) STUTGARDTT, '30.-Thee 31oniteur publishes the re- -port of the commission relative to the passage of Prussian troops. The commission, relying bon the positive right of allies, refuses the demand of Prussia as a political intrusion. SWITZERLAND. rBEnSe, 30th -The Councillor Turrer is charged with a mission to the Courts of Southern ...

... 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 ...

... The following appeared in a Second Edition of yesterday) by Magnetic Telegraph:- The Moiiifeur of this morning announces that the plenipo- tentiaries will meet tc-day in Conference at the hotel of the Minister of Foreign Affaira to put an end to the difficulties which have obstructed the execution of the treaty of Paris. FRENCH ARAY OF OBSEiRVATION ON THE FRON tIERS OF SIV17ZERLAND. It is ...

... 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- ...