... NORTHUMBERLAND DURHAM DISTRICT BANK MEETINGoPSHAREHIOLDERS A special general meeting of the shareholders in this bankwaee held on Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock, for the purpose, ,as stated in the advertisement, of ' receiving and considering a statement of the effdire of tche asia cornsany; and of adopting such resolutions with respect thereto as may be deemed expedient; and, gentrsally, ...

... NORTHUMBER-LA'N:D WINTER ASSIZES. I TUESDAY, DECEMBEI 22. These saaiies were onened at en o'clock on Tuesday roorning, at the Moot uall. The following gentlemen were sworn as the grand jury for the county of North- umberland:- Rl'te- Hon. Charles Bennet Lord Opsuls'on, ?? Cbillirgbtm Casile, foreman; Sir; Chasles M. L. jgorckb Bart., BAleay Castle; Sir Edward Blaokett, Mart., MWarfen; Sir ...

... .NEWCASTLE, JA-4uA1Y 16. 'The Chinese rupture has assumed a somewhat mew aspect, according to the intelligence which Las arrived within the last few days. It is no longer a war between China and England alone, but a war between China and America also tle United States having become a belligerent, in consequence of the governor of Canton's con- duct in ordering the decapitation of some of the ...

... There is no certain intelligence of any settle- mient having been arrived at which will secure a peace with Persia ; but the hopes, and even convictions, that this will be accomplished are becoming stronger every day. Yet, so long as the matter remains unarranged, there is room for doubt concerning it; and this is, of itself, sufficient cause for commercial i and other opera. tions dependent ...

... NEWOASTUE, MiAcu 13. The fact of a peace having been concluded with Persia has been fully authenticated. There has not been any official statement of the terms of the treaty; but the probability is that the subjoined, vwhich the IndependtIance Belye pub- lishes from its Paris correspondent. will be found to be substantially correct:- I. The whole of the rersi.n tttri14rrv whieh is or may le ...

... NEW4A-TLE, MARCH 6. X parliamentary general election is at hand, andat theutmost will take place in the course of a few weeks. This appeal to the constituency of the 'United Kingdom is owing to a division in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, on Mr Cobden's motion condemnatory of the China war, which left the government in a minority of 16. The voting was after three nights' debate-Friday, ...

... The opening of a new parliamentary session will take place on Tuesday next, but not by her Majesty in person, who will authorize the royal speech to be read by commission. There is a considerable amount of work already cut out for the legislature to perform during the sittings of the present year, in nearly every department of the state. Law reforms are spoken of as certain of accomplishment, ...

... i n Monday afternoon a sppcial general meeting of the R aI aebolders of the 131Bth aned Tine Railway waa held n tee comnany's offices, in Neville.etreet, J. Carr, Req. iii ihe chair, for the purpopeof authorieing the directors to apply to parliament in the ensuing sesaion to obtain certain objects-viz: to relinquish theautborised Long- burstexienmion, end to subtlitute a brnuch to Wavk. worth ...

... ' DETAILS OF THE BOMBARDMENT& STORMING OF CANTON. ]KORE THEN FOUR HUNDRED OANNO TAKEN OR DESTROYED.' Bythe arrvl of the Overland mails, we have now the partioulars of the collision between the Britieh authorities at Oanton and the Governor eof that city, as well as the causes leading-thereto. * 5 The aubjoined documents, which Icafe been officially communicated, narrate the whole of what has ...