... THIE DUTY ON TEA. f P@1,- 11. n: 7 -- T (Fromn the Dallq News.) In the United States tea is imported free of duty in na- tive vessels, which of course monopolise this article of freight ; in Great Britain a cUstoms' duty is paid upon tea, ranging from a rate of 650 per cent. on the lowest kinds of black to 200 per cent. on the average of Congou. In the United States the annual average ...

... fedallions of the Queen and Prince Albert.-The lib ratrv committee of the corporation of the city of ionde: have directed i flattering letter of thanks to be written t 3!. Lequine, of Panton Street, who has presented th library with a pair of medallions of the Queen and Princ Albert, executed bv himself. The Governor-Generaz o India.-An article on mdi. in the Standard of Wednesday contains the ...

... (irons the M1orning Chronlele.) the Iupgeendt to our inquiry into thle condition of the onople of th lglnsand Islands o ~ctad oeacuto h tt or he opuaton n tleeast coast may lire interesting, and instruc- tive. If it should appear that the fishermen who lione thre coast from the Scar Nose,1 at Cailen, to the '-Red Hlead at Montrose, together with the inl and population immnodiately ...

... Osborne Hoa0use.-Unon the arrival of the Courtin the Isle of Wight nest weeik, the planting of several thousands of trees, consisting of oak, elm, and chesnut, will take place upon the grounds around Osborne House, and at Barton, under the immediate superintendence of her Ma- iestv and Prince Albert. Various additions will also be made to the ornamental shrubberies in the immediate vicinity of ...

... ENGL AND. On Sundav morning, the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service in the priv ite chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Cour- tlnev officiated. ?? as/m Pahzce.-We hear that the greatest es- ertlens wviil be made to expedite the new erections and improvements at Buckingham Palace. Mr. Corhett, ...

... Base Csrown .Pieceas.-In a recent publication 'we quoted a paragraph fromi a contemporary staitig that spu'olon s crown pieces were circulated to a 00s51 lerahle extent i)n Alazichester, and added0 that similar counterfeits had been detected in Glasgow. The following incident will Illus- trate the enode of operation adopted by the utterers of the bad coin, and may serve as a salutary caution ...

... ; PROPOSED RAILWAY BRIDGt ACOSS THE CLYDE- PUIBLI MEETINGo Or TBE INTdAEOTANTe. On MNonday afternoon last, a meeting of the inhabitants, called in compliance with a requisition presented to the Lord Provost, was held in the Trades'lflail, Glassford Street, I'for the purpose of considering a bli at present before Parliament for carrying a rail. way across the Clyde over Glasgow Bridge, called ...

... FRIDAY MORNiNG. SEPTEMBER 4. The foreign news possesses few features of interest, but ! it alone attracts any share or public attention. The mis-t I - . ' AS . A .I_ f creant, or maniac, Henri, found guilty of an attempt on to the life of the King of the French, has been sentenced to sthard labour for life. I-ie has applied to his MLaiesty for a t: commutation of his sentence; but it seems, ...

... TA -1 IT 1. I rx s; .nL it. Thc folllving ?? of the itef events at Tahiti have been ; reiived byihe I'rench GecsrmcTieAt from C0eptain IBruat, dated Papctti, Juje 3, 184_ IijTiTiet; le A nistrc ...

... SCEtNE AT THE SEA OF MARMORA. (Feoe a c; . Db2aa , by Clirisaia AnderseW ) We steered over towards the coast of Asia and the great City of the Dardanelles, on the fortress of which one great cannon was ranged by the side of the otber,-they did not n Salute US. Soldiers in E aropean uniform, yet with red, h high-crowned fez, peeped forth from between the port- holes. Boats, with Turks and ...

... INTERCOURSE WITH NEW ORLEAS AND THE GREAT VALLEY OF THE WEST. ( From the Liverpool Times. I A plan is in course of execution for improving the corn munication of New Orleans, the sole outlet of the great valley of the Mississippi, with the sea, which, when exe- at euted, will be attended with many advantages to the IaT rapidlv-increasing commerce of that city and the region I Lk of which it is ...

... UVNITED STrATES. &c. The steamer Hibernia arrired rt Liverpool on Fridav, with dates from the Unitel. States to the 1TitL instant. The 'var with ?? still continuec, and still *without any irn- mediiate or important results. The Presidenit has offered nego- tiations with the ?;exican Government for the restoration of peace, and the adjustment of all qnestiona at issue betw een the ti-o ...