MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 347, 27 February 1856, Page 8

MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Lord John Russell—,\i the !,,„•,! Mayor's dinner on the 9th of November, f,, e t»» lM „f the House of CoH.in.ms was counted witli Die "a.ueof Lord J. ]Wll. The' Daily Nero, says: Ihe announcement of the m.1.1e 1.,,,,)'* name excited a ir enei;,l <IN ap ,>rol,aiion, which rose t«. a cmplete 5i.,,-,,, „f , |lo:ms aui , hj when he .rose lo r.-spond to tl, e i«,ast. After 0,.» «'t»w«, attempts to jrain a hearing his l.or,]>hip was onhueiJ to rfsnine his S i-ii» ' I-ori) PALMKRsro.s- for JUK City.-A movement .S on f.,,,t , lmil|l ,. st v , arKe||l|l|lher ; f ret in L.,,,| p aim ,r«t,,« f«,r th« Ciiv ..f T.un.loii K-^i^rc1" CTi°-;^ ™,v ;";,","•■', Is;" t:iiii ;i1'»»!«•"

allied fleets (a tiling s-iiil to lie very easy), or fight the way iliriHis.li thorn (which was represented to be equally easy), to liiiul th<: 20,000 men in England vr Scotland, iind to inarch straight on Loiidoii., ;m exploit which, according to the Grand Duks, presumed scarcely any difficulty. Tin's mad selieuie was, says the letter, approved of, and w-iuld probably havo been carried into exscutinn, had ii nut been for the strenuous opposition of (lie Empress, who represented that it would lead to the destruction uf the il>;el, and probably to the iuvasiou of St. Petersburg. The same letter says, that several terrible crimes had been cortunitied in the neighbouring districts, that bands of recruits who had not joined their regiments had taken to the forests, and wore living afe bandits, that the nohics were grumbling, tije. population becoming refractory, and that inja word, every thing indicated, it' the wai was prulunged another year, a sanguinary outbreak, l'i^, letter further states: that an American had arrived in St. Petersburg to offer for sale a cannon of immense vanue and tremendous power. " The Ihish in A.mkuica.—A despatch dated from Washington; Ueiolu-r 25ih, vavs ; '■'J'hc British representative here has discovered a seciet circular oi the Irish Eniitjravi Aid Association, whose object \± to aid irckudto free her.^elf from England's rule, now, while the latter is engaged in ihe Emslciii War. Britain is seiiously alarmed, and beseeches thi' President to take insiaut measures to save Ireland from the Irish."

The .Romance of War.—The departure of the German Legion for ihe Crimea has, been marked by a roinaniic circumstance. On Monday night one of the privates was discovered to be a woman, hand-nne and young, French, the wife of a soldier of the iti>imon t, who is a Swiss. This gallant wife re»illarly enlisted,and passed muster, it would appear, afterward.-. On the discovery of lier st-x, Use fact was reuorted to the colonel, who ordered her to be landed ; but she begged so hard, and her appeal was so heartily ami generally supported i.y the comlades of .her husband, lir.u she lias ht-en alloyed to accompany him in her capacity as a soldier, pro tern., as she expressed her determination tJ j light and (iieiii the same service as her husband. The t-mhusia-.ni of the leiruneiiL is universal ;it this Miiloi.ked-f.ir episode in the outset of ilieir inarii.il career. So pleased were a number of visitors to the ship, officers and men, with her spiiit and prepossessing aiipearance, that a subscription was speedily raised l\,\- her nf upwards of £20. She .-luniluers her ride, and has performed her evolutions admirawlv. 'i'lie rumour of cousiderahie religious discontent existing in Ku.-sia is confirmed by a Government circular just issued to the Russian clergy. Jie who doubts the Czar lo be the sole protector of the orthodox chinch is declared to be an apostate. J'hc Belgian Government, ratlier than interdict die u«e of corn and fxuatot' starch in their manufactures, which would be to tloj) labour for the purpose of economizing food, has offered a prize of 10,000 francs f..r the discovery of a non alimentary substance to replace the use of starch in those industrial occupations in which it i.s now fMiiployed. The difference between the Western Powers and Naples has nut yet been .-u-ran-ed. The ministers of England and France have a-ain addressed notes to the Neapolitan Government or- (he Mazzar affair, but no reply has yet been The difference between Piedmont and Tuscany is on the eve of an amicable solution, i ledmout J.HO hinge,- ii, s i >ls ()Ii Cl)I1 |i (( j lir , t(( AI Casan, an Austrian refuse, a diplomatic post "« thec,:urtofan Austii.,,, Archduke, and is to •c represenied in future in Florence In a simple elK.^eu .HFa-res, in.ste.ui of a Minislcr I'leiiiI'olen'.iary. An aen.ient which may give rise to a diplona ,c eou:rov,.r>y has occurred. ()„ lhc , 7 th or 8t». vi. U,e Kug!,sh ciergy.nan attached to Lt.y.h.Unav, , W , IU fiumel6 »>V* 'l» •!.« country, by raiiwav, to dine with . end and he uas walking 1,,.,., the railway sun.... 1..w;,r«1 s Mucdiu,, whni he was Mopped ns on"'"! «? <l:Ulm'S Uh" -"•■••»»i.«lcdn|,is p.isspou, and, as he had llot lllo|ll ,, , w.is se.nehe.l, taken „„„ custody, and! i,, spite of »J tut jjcuaanufs a Lew weeks since.