... 6oretgn bitetfigence. THE OVERLAND MAIL. DEFEAT OF THE SIKHS. (IFrom the Times,.) MALTA, March 17.-We have received India news yes- terday by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Oriental, although she brought no mail, of the following dates:-Calcutta, Eebruary 7; Bombay, 15th; and China, January, 1846. Sir Harry Smith's division, having reinforced Colonel Godby's division at ...

... 4 THE PIRELUDE ON THE CORN - LAWS IN THE I II. - HOUSE OF LORDS. y The fatutity tlhat is said to be the forerunner of of destruction would seem to have taken possession of in the lords Anything more damaging to the consti- imi tutio al privileges of the national peerage than the irregu]ar skirmishib whichl recently took plaee on the F. corn-laws in the upper house, we cannot well eon- AMo ...

... RAIMWAY COMM5TTEEss-The several railway committees of the house of ?? have, since our last publication, decided that the following railways have complied with the standing ?? Union; Shiropsihire Union ; Ani- bergete, Nottinlglnftm, aind Boston ; Tail V7ale; Cork, Blaek- rock, and Passne ; Direct Birmingham and Leicester; Shirewsburcy'anid Ireford; Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland Junction; ...

... TIIR REPEAL FUrND.-The editor of the Du bliai Even- apr ina Muat, who has backed the Nation in demanding an oft account of the expenditure of this fund, describes himself An, as 'being assoeioted with the Nation in effecting an b exposure, and is very proud that a common subject Alt has arisen in which he can make common cause with the his contemporary. But the editor of the Nation ...

... vonmi6 - An-. ?? 'The Chambero Feoi~RANCE, ,Ont A PrPOaftin f~o'r ~~jt~~has beea -otetpled with the dtsosussion exceedingly nueserou )? , t governmenfnctfioalo (who are temotion. Tuo debu. 15 the chamb~ep The government opposed irk a ey ulhos.u ' g~iht toea close on Wednesday week, ?? ahaaless It, r'3 divislon tho nusmborswere-..For the mm In aganst It 232t ajority for minises 8 ?? iof the ? ...

... ViHIETIE S. Berli 3 Lady Olivia Spar row hats presented X700 to the Missionary Hen' -snd Scripture Readers' Society. estal The reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha sit$ out thi bandI -month on a tour through Spain. and Portugal. in and A jesuit college is about to be established, by subiscription, pi at Montreal. One gentlemen, M. Oliver Bethlelet, has con- it is atributed £1,000. the v Y There ...

... CHILD BuRNENE TO DEATH. - On Tuesday last ?? inquest was held on the body of an infant child, about twelve months old, named Edward Ratcliffe, son of Sinmeon Rlatcliffe, Westleiglj, which met with its death under the following circumstances :-On the previous Friday morning the child was brought down stairs about nine o'clock, by one of the family, the mother being unwell. It was placed on the ...

... FRIDAY NITION. LIVERPOOL SPRINC7WSSIZES. CROWN COURT.-THfIS DAY. (Before Sir John Patteson.) RIOT AT W GTON. John Xirkham, aged 26, SW iret, 21, William Savage, 23, James Clarke, Wnd t'es Dalin, 32, were indicted for feloniously ton, ?? James Jones, and with a sharp l on struck him on the head, with intent to do ha o levous bodily harm.-Verdict: Ktirkham and B lsn'st, guilty of a common ...

... Ii 1'OLITICAL. - STArroaD.-A new writ was moved for, on0 rlday night, for Stafford, in the room of Mr. Carnegie, who has accepted the office of Lord of the Treasury. He Is opposed by Law- rence Hleyotih, Esq., of Liverpool, a tnember of the Anti- aornolaw League. RSaa IoNG ATlo The Dutblin Manil announces the resigns. tiotwby Lord Granville Somerset of his office of Chancellor of the Duchy of ...

... ?? ?eabJ?ttUIUS. ion UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Mix aid In a second edition, last week, we published a sum- this be mary of the news published by the packet-ship Sheridan, me! the purport of which was, that Mr? Buchanan retained it 1 do- his neat in the Cabinet, and would resume the negotietioifs the tire on the Oregon question. By the arrival of the packet- bee: a- ship Patrick Henry, on ...

... . REPEAL Rertr.-The repealers are still demanding an ic. cnunt of the expenditure of the rent. Their organ, the Nation, now openly avows that the account ought no longer to be withheld. These repeated calls are now making an impression on the public mind, and are creating alarm in the tepeal camp. A Romau Catholic Priest unequivocally, though not very wisely, claims for O'Connell, ...

... DISTRl CT NEWS. a 1 I - ?? p CHORLEY. ca CISonEr FAm.-This fair was held 6n Thursday last, when there doe was a goad show of all sorts of stackf for which there was a very dan brisk demand. A deal of businesswas doneetlimproved pricesi ro cIIoREY PETTYESStONS~-TUEEIhAII` LAS8T. golt Befor J. Ma5rts l'iq tiss 11ev;6. to' KtanO ,ALI B. G. bALDWiI?', Puri ,J. 14. itasbulare ?? E evte. ilsq t~u ...