... I-''AVAL AND. MILITA RY. The usdermenloned ADMIRALTrY, DEC. 26. The nderentinedofficers have this day been pro- onoted, to the rank of paymaster in her Majesty's fleet: James Newton 'Robinson, Beq., John Bremnmer, Esq., Thomas Henry Levelace Bowling, Esq. Dxe. 28. AIPOINT-mEST. -inspectin'g Commander of Coast Gudrd. Henry J. Challis. WRDR1~ The Queen has appointed Stephen Hewitt O'Bryen, REq., ...

... | W ,I ., t);p9A¢(T;>E, TRI -. COMMITTEE. y1 1, i P p I; %rv * * . -1I: , -: h fortnightly meeting of ctw oonmmittee was held yesterday; in the council chamber at the 'Hown Hall. . (. Beloe presided, and the :othiler mbifrbers pre~snt vwere Messrs; Barry, 'Jh H; J~lgo, Jakson-:Etlt,, .h9elladew, W~., Wjlliamus lher, Rtigz, EnHarriso'n, Mlfy, i Re, Bonnett,' Bairetow, and jbicnun~te. t' Bennett ...

... The crowds who visited the Crystal Palace yes- i terday coulld hardly realise the fact that on theE previous day a great fire had destroyed a large and v-aluable p(rtiofl of the building unless they went up to the north end, and were permittedto peep r through the screen by the police. It will be re- E xllemlbered that this screen, or bed tick' as it was i contemptuously called, was loudly ...

... The vital statistics of the Punjaub, collected by Dr. Dallas, Inspector-General of Dispensaries, and given in the Homeward Mail, are one more instance of the futility of mere figures. They have been got up quite en rogle by the district officers, through the village police. The people gave information very readily. And yet the death rate through the whole country figures as only 1.71 per ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS.f SIr,-This parish contained at the last census nearly30,000inhabitants, composed of tradesmen, shop- f keepers, clerks, artisans, and labourers, with their fami- lies, all deriving their livelihood from work in the docks or the engineering and shipbuilding establishments in thea nieighbourhood. The majority of these labourers are of the poorest class, and ...

... Corrected up to the Ist of January, 1867. Where two places are mentioned, the last named is that at which the Dopot of the Regiment is stationed. CAVLRY, BAT. FOOT. LLE GuAnDs.-lst,Regent's- 18th, lt Mdershott, park. 2d N. Zealehd, Colchstr 2d, Rlyde-park. 19th, 1st Bengal-Sholliold. 11o-VAI, IloISE GUInSe. 2nd Buritth-Do. Wndseor. 20th, lst Bougal-ShIroalffe. DPoscOoN GUARDS. 2d Chumi-Do. Let ...

... I - , - -BAST INDIAN BAILWAY. . . ' 'I I! I a .The nineteenth half-yearly meeting ot tbhiacorn- ~pI.5y. ue~bed.yesterday at the Londosi Tavern; Kr., t .W CgAW~ld , jlp. in the bhaias. !Me report of tjie Ra dietos ~An btac fwli hai been publishiled, Was aaias rea ?? The C14AIR MAN 'said hd ivas 'lad to be able to congratis late the shareholders utpon thei-comipany's affairs. The largest of; ...

... R O- M- U---R - -O-R-RPO- -N - TF'ROM OURS LOND)ON CORARESPONDENT. LONDON, Monday. - 'llc ?? jonnals are swvainped with SUm- maxuics of the pakssing year. From long fnmiliarity with 1lees wonderful productions, 1 am disposed to think that lbey serv no liseful purpose. Forced to deal in generali- ties, they lack precision of statement, cud very rarely trouble theimselves wvith dates. Often, ...

... THE LEEDS MERCURY. illustrate pretty clearly the kind of liberty now enjoyed there. An address had been adopted by a number of the deputies for presentation to the Qummr, and some of those who approved the memorial endea- voured to gain admission to the Royal prosence to enforce its prayer. The Government, however, con- sidering this as an irregular proceeding, have ordered those who took ...

... SALUS POPULI LEX SUPREMA. DOMESTIC. The official declaration of the poll for Water- ford county states the majority in favour of Mr. De la Poer, the Liberal' candidate, at 497-qitite large enough, when coupled with the result of the late contest in Tipperary, to show that the Derby Government is thoroughly distasteful to the Irish people. The Tories, with their usual unscrupulous energy, used ...

... I ?? (FROM OUR OWN CaORESPOSDENr.) [A portion of the following appeared in our Evening EditionL of yesterday :] Ediionof e~trd~:] PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The stories, those of the Moniteur included, about the progress of M. Tonello's mission at Rome must be received with the greatest reserve. All this while the Pope has only seen him once. Cardinal Antonelli has not seen him since the Saturday ...

... LATEST NEWSj Pt LREIEmIs' TnG~hSU.1 PRUSSIA. la St enciiN, Dec. 31. st The semi-official Neo tl German Gazette of this evening pC publishes a leading article on Germany and the anti- German efforts of the Scandinavian party, which th concludes as follows :- We again repeat that it is to Oil be expected that at the settlement of the North it Schleswig question Denmark will have to give guran- ...