... ?? - , 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 ...

... -,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 ...

... -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 ...

... 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 ...

... 1- ' THE-CATiL!O 4OHUROH. * ,I id MARLBOROUGH STR8RT CATHEDRL-LAsT DAY 01 THE he OLD YAR--SO0LB I 1 TE DSDdU.1P-Yeaterdheyi the last ad day of the year, now past, was solemnieed in this ehureibby ad j a grand Te Deum and public act of thanksgivio -to God *e. for the many mercies vouchsafed during tbe pastt twelve; ,y months, and by the offering up of the prayers-of the church: for the ...

... 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 ...

... 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: ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...