... THE BUIDERS' DISPUTE. MEETING OF DELEGATES. On Tuesday evening the delegates of the trades who sympathise with the workmen who are locked out held their usual weekly meeting at Shaftesbury Hall, Alders- gate-street, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions in aid of those now outof employment. Mr. John Grant, compositor, occupied the chair. Mr. Noble informed the meeting that Mr. Potter was ...

... A LETTER FROM THE RANKS. To nm EDrron.-Sir,-In a recent impression I was very sorry to see you had heard so few voices from the ranks respecting flogging in the army; I therefore take the liberty of addressing a few lines on this subject. I have been in the service, both at home and in India, and have been a witness of a great many cues of flogging, and can saythat if itmakesany difference in ...

... flEZ.EASE I1XROM!K PRZSOx OR' THE SAILODLts | ...

... The Year that's A ?? AN AVrD SANG, TeeseIanD yr To A NEw TO'N, uE J. GRuA, Here's to the year that's awa', Here's to our ain freside- We'll drink it in strong and in And the friends that are here and sama' awn'. And to each bonny lass Wha' if need Su'd demand, (Ere we quaff off the glass), Gfe their heart an' their hand, That we i'edin the yeartbat's awa'. Nor depart like the year thet's awa' ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF REYNOLDs'S NEwSrAPLU. SIR,-The first Napoleon well knew that if ever his great idea of the conquest of England was to become a fact, Britannia must first be deprived of the sovereignty of the seas. It is but right to admit that the statesmen who then wielded the power of the British nation were fully alive to the vital importance of maintaining, in all its integrity, that ...

... SCRAPrBOOK COLUMN. GEORGE CRUITSHAIK ON RipLE ConPS.-The fol. lowing is from A Pop-Gun fired off by George Cruikshank in Defence of the British Volunteers of 1803 :-Not only did the men in 1803 form them.- selves into regiments of volunteers, but the boys of that day did so likewise; and my brother, and who was my elder by three years, formed one of these juvenile regiments, and appointed ...

... Intelligence was received in Liverpool on Saturday confirming the total wreck of the barque Lady Franklin, of Liverpool, while on her passage from that port to Marancham. There is little doubt, also, that all on board perished, save one of the crew, Charles Matthews, a native of the West Indies, who wea afterwards picked up, landed at Cadin, and made the following statement to Mr. J. M. ...

... MAZNHOOD SU1iRAGQE. The North London Political Union, which has for its objects the establishment of manhood suffrage and vete by ballot, was established last August, and on Tuesday even- ing a OChristmas evening party was held at PeDton Hall, Penton- street, Islington, in order to discuss the neces- sity of manhood suffrage. About two hundred persons sat down to tea, and at a later period ...

... LORD CANNING IN OU=E. The following is from Cawnpore, dated the 5th of November :_ The Governor-General left us this morning. There have been grand doings here. On the 3d a public durbar (reception) was held, which came off with great eclat. From twelve o'clock to two the principal street of the camp was filled with one continued procession of elephants, horsemen, and magnificent equipages, ...

... I i. SOUTH MIDDLESEX. -On Saturday se' night the usual weekly inspection of the members of this corps took place at Beaufort-house, Walham-green. The corps assembled shortly after three o'clock, and were then exercised in drill until dark under the super, vision of Lord Ranelagh and Captain Godbold, the acting adjutant and quartermaster. The ground was in a very dirty and muddy condition in ...

... TOWN AN;D COUNTRY TALK. A cab, belonging to Mr. Rhodes, of Bradford, and a pair of horses were fonud in the canal at Rodley near Rost-mill. The horses were quite dead, anJ there is nO doubt that the driver is also drowned. The Right Hon. T. M. Gibson. M P., in a letter received the other day by Frederiik Reyner, Esq., Ashton, states that he is in favour of the volunteer movement, and is ...

... TH:E VOLrUNTrER CORPS MOVEMSENT. FUaRTHEsR IssUE; OF ENFIELDa RIrLuas TO VOLUISTJt. Cosers.-13y a circular, dated 20th December, 1859, afr. Sidney Herbert informs the lords-lieutenants of counties that Government have determined to issue to rifle volun- teer corps, after the lst of January next, an additional supply of ?? rifles (pattern 1863), to the extent of fifty per cent. on the effective ...