... PRESTON PO-ST OFFlUE. DESPATCHES. Ro I extra closes. stamp. 2o the North (rdnl'ht mail) *ISm London, Manchester, Liverpool, -1oito* IOa m. Leeds, & ?? - , ?? ?? . 1 30 No t BlackburnAcCringconDarwenBurnicyl I 30a.m late Il~l kpoolleetwbood, Kirk.a.Ill ?? tte,. *Gootsnnrgh;; idog ton, Leyland, Long. 545a.m. 5 ridge, Fulwrood Park, &c.. . 5 ..a. Croston, Tairleton, Bamber B'ridg, &c.6 Oa.m. f a ...

... I - N This Christmais, says a writer in the Obwvers-, the beggars have neither heart nor funds to make merry L as of yore. They have seen the handwriting on the wall, end their hearts have become as water. On Christmas Eve, Westminster, which erst while rang with the sounds of revelry, was drearily silent. Not a stone's throw from the palatial thoroughfare of Victoria- street, and lying under ...

... - VTT - M-N A T A A . P T DAi'GMxymDDiAD MwN ARLAN A PHWm.-Oddeu. -tu dau fis yn ol arweiniwyd Mr. John Fraser, o Gaer. narfon, gan yr ysbryd mwnawl sydd yn wastad yn ei feddianu, i Beygroes; lie y darganfyddodd feteleedd arian a phlwrn o werth mawr. Aeth a pheth o hono at brif fwnwyr y deyrnas i'w broil, a'r canlyniad fi iddo ffurfio cwmni, gyda chyfalai o 40,000p. i'w weithio, ac y mae ...

... MARWOLAETH Y PARCH. DAVID JONES, (DEWI ARFON.) Erbyn dydd fy ughladdedigaeth yeadwoddhihwa. Dyna y geirisu a ddaeth gyntaf i'n meddwl wedi elywed am farwolaeth y bardd a'r pregethwr atbrylithgar uchod, ac wrth edrych ar yr arddangosiadau serehus a gafwyd yn ddiweddar c gydymdeimlad ac o ewyllys da ei gyfeillion tuag ato yn ei wendid a'i afiechyd. Yr oedd ei wrandawyr er's misoedd yn sylwi ...

... [FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Teheran, October 1st, 1869. It will be over a month before this reaches you. We arrived here all safe, but the journey was very trying, and my companion was regularly done up. A ride of close on 300 miles under a burning sun, frighjtfully bad roads, and abominable horses, ,was enough to try the best constitution, but mine having been tried often under similar ...

... ITROADA U YR OLWYN:j 37 0' Lull ~~~NE C, ei HELYNTION HARRIET LAWSON. 11 ci L~~~ENNOD XLVI. 0 a- ?? ouwylaw y gelyfnfiof etfe. w 'd Yr edd y dyhuryn liwn yn cymmeryd pleser i boceni cl tr mneddwl ci gytdymaith mwy enus, 9 id Paid a; siarad am bethan e'r Lath, Jack, ebe r Dick, tra yr oedd ohwvs oeraidd ye rhedeg i lawr el rr ei wyneb. IOs dylci rhyw an gaol ei grogi, y ti ce LUYdyw hwaw, ...

... t-ATEST INTEILLIGEN?CE ROUMANIA. T1 BUCHAREST, Dm. 30. M. Zulanfauscl'ial, diplomatic agent, h an- nounced to the Government of Prince Charles tue that Austria has proposed to the Porte the recog- th nition of the title - umilnim Prineipalities. Ji In the Ronumnian Chambers an exciting debate W ,rose on the ?? in reference to the oti Jewish quest'o, and the Goveinuient declined of to adopt ...

... Politic* in Texas make more additions to the lan- f roage. The papers there talk of White Cameiias, Black Cameiias, and Burnt Cork. For example, the Gftoeston Bulletin says:— To be a White Camelia, tike Fulton, is bad enough to be a very white one, -fca w Wheeler, is worse. But to be a very white one, attratted all over with the burnt cork of the Royal League, is simply intolerable. A Vienna ...

... NEW PERIODICALS. THE CORN HILL MAGAZINE.—The new number of the CornhiH is of average merit. From Shamrockiana we cull the following sketch of the great Irish orator Grattan: It was said he took Chatham for his model, and there were certainly many points of resem- blance between them. Still Grattan's manner was distinctive enough to reject all idea of imitation, and there were traces of that ...

... CHRISTMAS CHARITY.—Although the poor in the parish of Marshtield have lost a kind friend in the temporary absence of the Honble. Lady Walker, we are glad to learn that the usual quantities of blankets, &c., have been liberally distributed among them by the Right Honourable Lady Tredegar and Mrs. Pearson, of Graig-yr-haul. Mrs. L. Davies, of Llanarthan, also supplied about 30 poor families with ...

... FRANCE. Taoro, PARIS, Dec. 27.-The Official Journal of two beit ing announces that Senor Olozaga, who barid, summoned by his Government to proceed to t the was received by the Emperor and Empress a Tuileries yesterday. ...

... RENT AUDIT.-The half-yearly rent audit of this estate took place on Wednesday and Thursday, the 22nd and 23rd ult., when it is pleasing to observe that not one farthing was left in arrears. At its close the tenants adjourned to the hall, which was tastefully decorated, and rtook of a sumptuous repast, under the presidency of O. Wynne, Esq., assisted by the trustworthy agent, Mr Evan Rowlands. ...