... Guardian Office, Saturday, 2 p.m. This morning's London papers contain no new feature of the Ministerial crisis. The Dissolution, according to some, will take place before Easter (the 10th April), and is supposed the elections will be over in six weeks afterwards. The Times says a new Plenipotentiary will be immediately sent to China. He not to supersede, but to advise with, Sir John Bowring. ...

... 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 ...

... MARCH 14, 1857. article on Working Men's Benefit Societies, is reserved lo next week. Reviews of New Books and Periodicals, are also deferred. have no recollection of the paragraph Howden AmaUr Saxhorn Band it must have been mislaid. ...

... The Government, it is stated, have received four days' later news from India, to the effect that Delhi had been assaulted, but the troops were repulsed. They were waiting for ...

... Guardian Office, Saturday, p.m. THIS MORNING'S EXPRESS. Pabis, Friday.—The Spanish Government, after some hesitation, has accepted the offer of mediation m the Mexican question, made by Lord Howden and the Marquis de Turgot, in the name of their respective Governments. Italy —Twenty-oue persons have been arrested at Leghorn, and sent to Lucca be tried by the Cour Roye. -eizures of arms and ...

... Nine Years, Al, at Lloyds. Apply to HUNTER & ERICHSEN. •QUALITY—STYLE—FIT—PUNCTUALITY GUARANTE ...

... the mid-day sky; Come where the kingcup and cowslip are blooming. And the cuckoo shouts as he hurries ...

... TO PURCH ASERS OF THE GUARDIAN. be rocurea weekly of the several tow news -agents throughout this town,and »Hj &ni >llages of Northumberland, Durham acer »t counties. Where, however, any . 8 cx cr ence d in obtaining copies regularly transmission of postage stamps to diate est Clayton Street will secure immes^ «enti en . ...

... 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 ...

... Gray, tichard Hoyle, Esq , Geo. , Esq., John Todd Heppel, Joseph Heald, Esq, John mes Montagu Lange, Esq , - eter Hansen, Esq. having read her Majesty's projt t immorality, and prufaneuess, 4PTON proceeded to address the Grand «c was unable to meet them on Monday he had expected, in order go into .uar, which for the town was large,—he under a, larger than usual. would not, however, upon it, ...

... These assizes, which lasted for several days, and did not terminate till Monday, even then Win- a prisoner untried, were taken up with, for the mos part, comparatively u ...