... LATrEST NEWS. C(Fen o~rs Spccial Coreswepon'Test.) .LONDON, T11URSDAY Evaxneo. Great disappointmnent is experienced in Downing Street, in consequence of' the non-arrival of' the overland Indian mnail, which hais been anxiously looked for the last twio days. What adds to the fer- ment caused by the delay is the inmmense faline of° in the reveinue for the year and quarter, which is to be made up ...

... ROB1IERT OAVFEN IN ABERDEEN. Ott Wednesdady oovening, tlii trotoriors Rtobert (hien cormncned ta dccl 'fuiror( of lectures, is, tireI nil, ot' tile, lir,'ci I tel, Notwithstanidling A tint maire ciiilooity muss. haee led manyi .of tlte ourdinie to see ai par- soid sooi li wh o eascontrivedt to get hclimself' so cinch tailied olboot, thle lit. 'o tomintorce true very tluli . tfiro eltilr' %wa ...

... UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOWA. tSsAUOUI1A.T[oN or TUE~ lION. rOX SIASILE AS LORD RECTOR. Th'Ie lion. Fox Mfanic, sslro was elected Lord Rlector of this University inl November last, bry a ma~jority in all the nations, was on Thursday loian- gurateri in office in the Common hail, ill presence of tile Principal Professors, the students, and a large assembislge oft the public. '[isa galleries were oc ...

... EDINBURGHl. SAlTURDAY I, JAlN'UARkY 28. The gloomy anticipations entertained as to Mr DssuaslroNo) have been realisedl. That un- fortunate gentleman expired on W~ednesdIay forenoon, having been conscious to the end, and for the last few hours of his existence free of that acute bodily pain whlichl he had previously suffered. The horriti circumstances undler which Mir DRU.UUMOND has been cut ...

... TIlE BRAZILIAN TREATrY AND SUGAR | DuTIE*s. (From; thze Liuerpool 2t.erca~ry.) e Whethler the West Indian interest vvill get ano~ tlier year's respite or not, is is matter of sonme doubt. Keonving the anxiety of the commercial world re- gardhig tibe nregoeiations withl Brazil, we lbavc made it ns point of' pursuingf our inquiries in the be t. inlormned quarters, wishl tbre convietion that tbe ...

... EDINIIURGII WATER WORKS. oLrD AND NEW COMIPANY. W;IT TO rllE EDITOR 01F TrlE CALEDONIAN MEIICURY, l'ente SiuR-Observing, from tire insertion of Mir ?? math Laren's letter in your paper of the 18th of December| whee lasst, tile interest you take in the important question pater of a plentiful supply of water to the City of Edin-| tions tburgh, and the adjacent places of Leith and Portn. as rip ...

... TIhe Allgcoscssic ?? gives, ina a lnte number, some interesting- informationl from the inlterisir of Af'rica. Balgnt Arejn, it seems, hnd made himiself master, inl December iast, of 'rigrati, wvhere he had put an end to the plunidering- practices of as nlumber of petty chiefs, who haid ksosv'n how to turnl the dis- orders ot' the times to their advantage. Among othecr notorious characrels, a ...

... hell its ho Ljees~eeant.Cnlnloel. vice Lieets~nast.Coloael B3. Buaee, d ?? Lieutenant J. C. G. Cnurtis Adopte to he Coaptaloic ~pCamphe'll jsrusenotlz- Second Lteu. tenaot WV B. ?? Ilidler tahe First Lioetenant, vice The Osrortis, promoted..Gea~tsienn Cadlet J. Bunec to be of the Secoad Lieutenants vice Riler, promnoted. ri'ed tc BANliRUPTS. to0 ast W1. fl~re, 5stanningley, Terkahire, lintiog ...

... -lU'l ;tu ull u ls I IIU lIMM! ?? : I-IU ILI Ia TIlHE CIIURCH,-CONGREl;GATIONAI, MEETINGS. On Wednesdoy evenitm, the Rev. Mv FIoote delivered an address to j ItIs coiic regtin, on Ithe stiject of the present state of tbo Church, and ° the eourso which he had resolved to pursue uiider exitting cicum- an stanco. The meetinlg uvas tbin. 'T'he rev. gentenicitn divelt at somo1| i0il4th on the usual ...

... THE CHINESE WAR AND) I'S RESULTS. t ?? Bihtcktwaotla Migaozirse for January.) ,tl. Tii submissionl of the EMpleror of China to (or armes, Is all event cal- I ritlatael of itself to tilitinfluish the reign of our gracious goveteigis, Queent Victoria, far tcyontd those of most of her predeces.org. I t is ott event that from conicerns eand affecits the prospects noid I nievesto of the whole world ...

... IP £IV[1I-IIIL LOIU) VLW\'OST'S PLATE. It at Iti toll ?tl ?t11 ?Iii ftc Ito to 0111 a 'a tit Mt 'I To In 4' (I It I *1 - any l~ w ill be rrcoleirrll ithalt osoo after tbe Roya toh a 1 .ulaitlati5o oto 1.t on foot (or a tcesfltitotol do ho isO ?? Sittey, as5 Dn1 atilsol~lsdgt~l~tt of his mere1- DCsear rvitsl nltsrstatt'g rondurt on tht aus- ebt, so .0; I IW'li-l's. in a so ry short time the ...

... TUE MARQUESAS. The French have lately, as *re remarkedl in our [.last, occupied thze group of islands in the Pncifie called the Slacqoesas, anld the supporters of the Mi- n nistry have given them great credit ibr this opera- ,~ tion. Alreadly are they dreaming of commercial ees encp~it, asid other similair visionxs. The papers have entered into a minute detail of the historv of those islands ...