... : Wr have received from the Colonial Secretary of New Zealand a valuable paper, containing the principal results of the census of the colony, taken on the 24th December last. The colony of New Zealand is one in which we naturally feel a very deep interest. Situate as it may be said lo be on the farthest conflnesof the empire, its progress and advancement cannot but be matters of concern to us ...

... FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. (FROm THE TIMES.) ON Saturday last we puiblished, in our military intel- ligence, a statement reflecting on the extent to which the use of the lash liad lately been revived in Wool- wvich garrison, and to this report, which was based on the scandal or a particular and very recent ex- amniple we added some remuarks of our own upon tile system and its effects. This morning ...

... .-? ?, ?! , ? t . i . '. I ,;J I I .. P t, ? 1- 11- 1 . ,. 1. .1 , I I ? , ? I-, elf3d A tin-fdfler,4; - SETABLISHED ANNO 1137.) , ,BL;4LST;:- .. 'M0ONI)AY, 'SEPT. 12,: 1859. A -vnR dreadful ahd' fatal accident has occurred to mark the first'dayo6f'the, GreatEastern at sea, Onhe'r passagefroiithe Nore, a fearful eiplosion 'QCpeurred, in' thp funiel casing of the forwyrd boilers, 'andnb ...

... D. A. RUSH and James Edward Eolley, horse thieves, were armested attLonisville last week. They were from Cincinnati. They had deposited 300 dols. in the office of the hotel where they pat upn. Rush wore false whiskers, and had in his possession two pistols, a bowie knife, and a billy. There was also found upon hlim a letter from a man in Mississippi, in which the writer requests hint to ...

... A. VISIT TO, TIE VATICAN LIBRARY. Tels is anmAgnitlcent range of building, covered with paintings throuigliut; and more than a thousand feet long. Several. apartnents branch off from this grand line, which are also very beautiful. The Stanza de' Papiri, or room of manuscripts, in particular, pleased rMP very much. It is coveted withlfrescoes by Mengs, and, with a liappy'appropriateness; the ...

... NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant-Loulis Genoste, to the Topaz. Snr- geon-H. Clarle, to the Tortoise. Acting-Assistant- Surgeon-Dr. Samuel Little, to the Vulcan. Assis- tant-Surgeon-Charles B. Lamb (additional), to the Victory. Captain H. Dunlop, to the Iniann, and to be Comn- modore on the West India Station, vice Kellett, whose time of service has expired. The 27th company of Royal Engineers ...

... -THu- following statement, which would be incredible were it not vouched by tise highest autitorily, occurs hi the 27th annual report of the Inspectors.General of Irish Prisons, signed Corry Connellan and Felton Harvey:- In a bridewel1, certainly better circum stanced than tbe majority, and situated not in a remote locality, but in a large and populous town, were confinod on ons ocension a ...

... TO CORRESPONDENTS. AN Old Subscriber to the Nlewas-Letter-We would willingly publish the communication forwarded with this signature, in reply to the statements of a Sub- scriber, but, on inquiry, we find that the nsqe given as that of the Old Subscrilberi is not on our list. When the letter is properly authenticated by a siub- scriber or correspondeit who is known in this office, we ...

... DR. LIVINqSTONE'S EXPEDITION. Tar following is from a private letter written by Dr. Livingstone's brother, and dated Tette, Jan. 1:- On the 22nd of November we all proceeded up the river t( explore Kebrabasa and see if there were any cataracts. Leaving the steamer which could not stem th- current, at the beginning of Rebrabasa, with 12 MaIololo, we started on foot with provisions for eight ...

... THE BELFAST PIlFSBYTERY. Tuq usual monthly meeting of the Presbytery of Belfast was, held yesterday in Ballynsacarrett Presby- terianrChiirch. (Rev. J. Meneely's) for the purpose of holding a visitation of the congregation. The Mo- DBiAr it kRev. Pheneas Whiteside) presided. Aftr devotional exercises had been conducted, the biisiress of the'visitation was proceeded with. The MoDnAaroR asked ...

... PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR-OFFICE, SMrb. 16. 5th Dragoon Guards-Cornet J. H. P. Fitzpatrick to be Lieut. by purchase, vice Hay, promoted. 18th Dragoons-Cornet H. If. Harris, to be Lient., iby purchase, vice Ordo, who retires. * Royal Artillery-Xeut. B. C. Vaughan to be Second Captain, vice Boulton, who resigns; Gentleman Cadet H. Metealfe to be Lient.; Sergeant-Major J. Barnett, of Royal ...

... THE sunshine of the day is clouded by the gloomy tidings that Brunel is about to be followed to the un- discovered bourne whence no traveller returns by a yet tiore eminent engineer than himself. A compli- cation of diseases, dropsy and jaundice, has brought to (lath's door Robert Stephenson; and there now hangs on the frailest of threads the life of hieniself who o'erleaped the sea, and ...