... pabt sant Lititaq. N.AVAL APiOINTMRNTs,_The following appoint- ments were made on Wednesday afternoon at the Admiralty: -Masters-W, J. B. ialliard, to the Royal William; C. J. A. Noddall, to the Fisgard. As- ?? 0. Synsons, to the VIipier. The authorities at tile War-office having decided on sending out an additional force to India, exclusive of the troops svho are now under orders or on their ...

... CAPPURE OF EL[WVECN RUNAWAY NiEGlROES. I.R)SUtll thle IM11t Week We I IIZLI, ?? Ugh1 at gen~tle- A11101 ttvtiil near lthis City, 1 ho 'ol1towi og iuturcostitig account of, the C~apturwe of' elevenl runaways :-AIbiJII at tortniglit since, it gen tlem ani stayed ait oar inla0y- inant's lionse oii his tetrnil front lowa, whither tie head beenin fit prsuiit of t he FugitLives above alluded to. ...

... Wti, have received a copy of' the Befilst Town Im- provement Bill promotedl by the iMayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Belfast. It contains a lengthened preainble, and firteen enacting sections, the substance of which has appeared already in the notice of the Bill published in our columns, Clauses six and fifteen it may, however, be necessary to give at length, The first refers to tile Sinking ...

... I TnF ?? letter from Captain J. S. Castle, the commander of the Saralh Sands screw transport- steamer, has been received by AMessrs. Walton, ship- brokers, of Gracechurch Strcet, relative to the par- tial restruction of the ship by fire and the cscape of the troops and crew:- At about 3.45 l..M. on1 the I1th of November, I discovered a very strong smell of fire arising from the after orlop ...

... TOWN ANLD TABLE TALK. C'IONE OUR OWE COIUESPOfUDEV.] DUBLIX, TIIURSDAY, Dric. 31. A nInL ?? been brought iii by tile Attorney-Gelle- rnl and the ChiefSecretary for Ireland to amend the laws for tile relief of tile destitute poor in Ireland, and to provide for the better distribution and manage- wcnt of medical charities. Several of the clauses of this proposed measure, which has just been ...

... NEWSPAPER WVAR. Tine NXorthCYerPn IFk/p of yesterdtay, tuider the heading which we hlave quoted, has somie goneral observations upon thei poSitioII or journalism in Belrast, and makes special rfrcrence, in ternis ?? indicate 'a little natural irritation, to what it calls 'three attacks' made in our coluimns uIp[0 thle Northern IF/p As a mattel' of diet; though not of great consequence, there ...

... THE NEWS.LETTER ALMANAC. WITH this day's parer ire issne anl Almanlac, Wlli('li, we trust, will be found acceiltable by 0111' readers. In add~itionl to a calendar, it containis local and general inltelligenlce whicis will m1akce it liseful for reference during tule year which beginis this (lay; and which, we trust, may be. a happy o110 for all of friends. WATer NiciT..-Seri'ces wveroeld( ...

... ANNUAL MEETING .OF THE ULSTER SOCMETY FORWTI PROIMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF. THE DEAF AND DUMB AND TIHE BLIND. YESTrRDAY, at twelve o'cloci, tlie annual meeting of the supporters and friends of the above admirable In- stitution was hbld in-the Music. Tllh. The mieeting was very numerously and respectabiy atteiidd-, and the deaf and dlumb and blind children, of both sexes, to the number of D3,. ...

... SCIRA.S FROM PUNClH FOR DEC. 30. IRulne ?? is extremlely 111(10whlen astrong robust fellow keeps bragging about in the presence of an invalid! CiImIMIeCA1, FACT F]AMILInRIS1D.-It has been dis- coverled that bread can be maiiufactured out of wood. Long before this discovery was made, all wood was known to have a grain in it. CURzE Fon CORi'UPENex .-Bribe a London postman to allowr you to act as ...

... (T )b t (1, ) (i ?? eI f (?l ?,f I ? it) ?? ?? ?? t f f t t. C. C? (ot-ATUBL1SiiED ANNtO 1737.) B EL F A S T: FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 185S. Tins morning We enter up)ol1 aI new year; not, we trust, to be so eveatful a one for Ohe United Kingdlom as that. ?? closed yesternight. TIhat India may be filily trancqiiillised before the year 185S his run much of its course, we sincerely hope and every ...

... OUR LONPON CORRESPONDENCE. (FROM OU OWIf CORItESPONDENt.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY Evttitxo. TIIE gradual subsilence of toe money panic, and the return of the trarling community to somethiing lilke a reasonable viow of their own aritairs, is regarded as the most hopeful )rospect of the new year. Every onc, with a grain of discrimination, wvell knew that the Indian mtttityvwas only a question of timae ...

... DEGRADATION OF BRTI~SH OFFICERS. (PROM THE STANDARD.) THE Indian intelligence which wre publish this day is only a slightly-extended account of tile various pro- ceedings of the different detached columns of our army, already commented uipon on the receipt of our previous telegramss We have a inore detailed re- hearsal of the fighting of the troops of Sir Colin Campbell, as tley won their way, ...