... THE WEAKNESS OF THE VOL UNTEERS. I THE condition of the army and navy is being severely scrutinized, and there is another part of our defences which is equally deserving of attention' The 7 volunteers are a more or less effective body of 5O0,000 or 170,000 men; they are in receipt of Government money, and munitions; they are constantly flattered by the press and the War Office inspectors upon ...

... I -; I Thle Marquis and, Marchioness of Westminster. -will shortly receive a large party at Eaton Hall, Chvshire. - . It will be seen 'y the announcement in our advertising columns that Mr. Thompson, the well- I known writing master, commnieies his classes in / Birkenhead to-day. ! , . I Mrs. Ellen Cooss, Rose Cottage, Halewood-lane, Gatencre, riar Liverpool, has, at the present time, growing ...

... LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. I I COMMERCIAL. LO1NDON, MIONDAY EVENIUG. Except in the setvlement of balances and the ?? of accounts, little business has been done in the Stock Excharge or elsewhere. The bauks and discount houses, and all the great houses in every trade, have bt en occupied in this way, so that no fresh businets has been transacted in any depautment. Yet tbhre has been a most active ...

... CO RRESPOND) ENICE. e- THE WVOODBUILN STREA'S ANTD THE Dr JUGHTS OF THE BELFAST WATER MuM- or ISSIONERS, ., TO TSIC EDTrrO OF TrEE BELFAST NEW;-LETTER. le Sm-I have been informed since I came here that one of tie Belfast Water Comrissiouers (:orr. erer) ;D had lately made a statement in public. and in the og presence of the arbitrator sitting to atijnrdicate on .t- the claims made upon the ...

... .LATEST NEws. U uIEanD OFFCEc, Tv'esday Morniaq, TELEGRAMS BY SPECIAL WIRE. THE GREAT FIRE AT TH'E CRYSTAL PATJACID LATEST PARTICULARS. Crowds of visitorl Hooked to the Palace all this forenoon, to view the scene of the devastation of Sunday. Upon entering the building by the south end it seemed at first as if no donagehad been done. 'lhe well-known vista down the nave was complete, and had ...

... Tkr.E IR1h CHuiRCH' QUESTiON *, in ltt2ITOfl.O T-EF PiflrI9^w. ,,i ,Kiioasean,.CountitCorlr.'I)ec, J8.'18f bi. 8ii-R 'have just seen iA' ?? of'thoe26th ,inatit' the tlittoer of 'outherlt'' P 'kahS obseeves ,t3i1;atriay~~~af6Nisebdlpglti ,8,l~~f~ql,4v0 qUestion: iil Ireoland.are-firstlyo tblie tatpAli4sndOir,-, ;hent projeotg; in favoor ofi whibh~.the t:Nilohatl Associatipn has ...

... M/1ISCELLANEOTTS. The filigt lion. S. Walpole arrived in town on SatsirdIIA, horn Cambridge. Th~e directors of the Midland ?? have pro- hibited thle sale of cigrirs at all the refreshurent roomlsiupon their s~stein. 'Alto Upiifrd Stn fee 6'rrzeltr states, in regard to the Thirira mid Kirwcee prize ruoney, that [the rolls are not yet Corlldete, tatd ?? the distribution of the prize iib e b le ...

... LEEDS, JANUARY 1, 1867. PROrOSED ALTERATION OF SCHOOL TERMS IN ?? wve reported a fewl days ago, at a meeting of the principals and visiting masters of schools in Leeds and neighbourhood, a resolution was adopted in favour of the division of thae school year into threo terms, instead of into quarters, as hither to has beeni the general rule, and to-day a list of those who have ilticoatod their ...

... WE, WH g, FOR167 i;- i' *..ctr t. -J ?? - ' .i;ThlusueWiind'yer ?? 'b t~ioisa1 an -pb~ osition of evey'ndieideal of ONy rce n the cbuntiy.- It embraces the ltoyal Fais~lynd its r clieth'oyal Household, the Dobility 1-hf a histuia~s nd ?? and chief 'offi6esrs of Sthte the ;embers af :the Privy Council, the stnesbrms'of i~th. otnee ?? their ags andlpeitics. It nfdnnens 4d'~siathat the oletdk ?? ...

... in- TIHE COLRT. )er- OsBORN , FiuoAY. -The Queca drove out yester les day afvcrnuoll, auccomnpanied by Princess Christian and Prince Leopold; and her Majesty drove ?? on- this murnhig vith Princess Louise. PrincussBca- ty- tliee and Prince Henry of PruLssia WulceLI in the a g-rounds this uioisiing. Her Mfajesty held a Coulncil the to-day at one o'clock, at which were present the Duke Of ...

... THE INEVITABLE TASK. The Timies thinks it is almost idle to talk of other boons in store for us or other business to be done while the work of Reform looms through the mist, still larger, still darker, meeting us face to face, and refusing to be turned aside. How is it to be done; in what manner and form ? The Conservative opposition of last session took upon themselves to say that Reform ...

... BY OBDI2-ARY TELEGRAPf. i FOREIGN INTELLIGENORE j (BEUTER'S TELEGR_3M THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. Paris, Dec. 3L The Mfonitevrsays,-Letters from Massowak state Mlmo Vu Pnvt n ..It ZT, fRlaazui4 lyitl their friends, have been again placed inirons by order of the Emperor Theodore. The reason of this step in notknown. MAIL NEWS. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC M ,S. Southampton, Dec. 31 The steamer Shannon, ...