... CEYLON. —Lord Torrington, the new governor, arrived at Galle on the 28th of May in the Haddington. He reached Colombo next day at 4 p.m. He immediately proceeded to the council chamber, where he was sworn in in due form. One of Lord Toirington's first official acts appears to hare given (and most deservedly) general satisfaction. Mr. Smith, a member of council, having resigned his seat on ...

... are L »° n i S one of the most Powerful and influential chiefs m Kurdistan. Abandoned by his oldest and staunchest followers Bederhan Bey can make but feeble resistance. He still asserts that he will oppose force by force, and that if others are cowards, he is not, and will never dishonour himself in the eyes of his followers The Persian government has intimated to him that, the event of his ...

... the indemnity to which I alluded in my last. Under the original treaty Hayti was to pay to France: Dollars. For the five years from to 1,500,000 „ 1843 to 1,600,000 „ to 1852 1,700,000 „ 1853 to 1,800,000 „ to 1862 2,400,000 „ 1863 1867 3,000,000 Total 12,000,000 Under the new treaty France is to forego her claims till 1849; and Hayti sets apart one-half of the annual revenue from import ...

... not one exculpa:ory. We shall, therefore, recur to the subject. :urning to the report of the Commission on Charities, ippointed by the House of Commons, we find full letails of the wealth, government, number of patient, other particulars, with regard to St. Thomas's' ind some other London hospitals; and we are glad to find that our own view of the matter is that, which, , almost every ...

... The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Alice, left Buckingham Palace quarter past nine o'clock on Saturday morning in an open carriage and lour for Osberne, Isle of Wight. The escort of Lancers attended the august party from Buckingham Palace to the terminus of the South-Western Railway at Nine Elms. Her Majesty and her royal consort took their departure by a special train ...

... The annaal exhibition and award of prizes of the Royal Agricultural Society of England commenced in Northampton yesterday, and will be continued during the succeeding three days. The arrangements appear to have been even mere complete than those of preceding years. The directors of the various railways have liberally issued instructions to their officers at the various stations throughout the ...

... The Queen of Portugal has been graciously pleased t» raise Baron de Moncorvo, her minister at this court, to the dignity of viscount of the same title of Torre de Moncorvo. The Hon. William Ashley left town yesterday for Bushy-house, Bushy-park, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Lord High Commissioner of the ...

... Lord John Russell had an audience of her Majesty yesterdav at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured her Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The royal suites consisted of the Countess of Desart, the Conntejs Vaaderstraten, Lord Byron, Major de Moerkerke, Colonel Buckley, and Lieut.-Colonel ...

... to you as in meditation. 1. The amount represented these bills is 100,000,000 of reals. 2. They are divided into series, which will bear daily interest equivalent to 9 per cent, per annum, as follows —Series A., of 5,000 reals; 8., of 10,000: C., of 15,000 ; and D., of 20,00J reals. 3. The interest upon the bills will be paid by the Treasury on March 1,1848, and Sept. I of the same year, on ...

... Yesterday a court was held for the despatch of business. New Coal Market.—A report was brought up from the committee, to whom it was referred to take into consideration the propriety of erecting more commodious coal market. It stated that upon application to the Commissioners of Customs, that board had allowed that temporary building should be erected on the Custom-house Quay for the ...

... MITTEE ON SITES FOR CHURCHES (SCOTLAND). We lay before oar readers the third, and, we presume, final report of this committee. The evidence printed along with it fully bears out that published along with the two preceding reports. It throws a light upon the views entartaned of the relations between landlord and tenant by Highland lairds and Highland factors that possesses interest quite ...

... Mauritius the Bth, and Cape Town on the 29th of May, and brine' the latest dates both from that colony and Mauritius, for the contents of which sec Colonial. The Hindostan has been employed in the mail service between Calcutta and Suez upwards of three years. ...