... [Froe oUT Correspondctt] The evidence given by Sir B. Hawes before the Commis- smissioners appointed to enquire into the manlner in which the military clothing depot at Woedon had been conducted, so far from throwing light upon the subject of the ?? gation, serves to increase the obscurity in which much of it was already involved. Some of the statements of the l Ummder-Secretary-for-War are ...

... jortiou THE SIKH MUTINY AT DERA ISMAIL KHAN. The following account of the mutiny at Dera Ismai Khan has been forwarded to us (Tinmes) for publication:- PDEnI% ISMATL KisAic, August 12, 1858. 1 My dear -, We have had an excitemsett here which has kept us on the stir for the last three weeks, and I Wanted to see how the thing really stood before I wrote. You know, I dare say, that among the ...

... RlOYAL COMMISSION ON THE ARMY i CLOTHING SYSTEM,| The Comnnissioners appointed to enquire into the management of the three great military clothing deptts at Weedon, Woolwich. and the Towereasseinbled at Weedon on Wednesday, Mr. Selfe presiding as; ceairralc. They devoted nearly three hours in the early part of the mornl- ing in completing the inspeetion of the intereal economy of the depot ...

... V? 11 hl p a 0 T- i 0, ?? f. unums , am AIR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1858. Time proverbial difference between doctors, and the corresponding difficulty of those outside the pro- fessional pale coming to an unanimous understanding, have rarely been ex amplified in a more striking, or, to the public, a more important manner, than in the dis- cussion at the Society of SArts, London, on Wednesday ...

... MR. BRIGHT AND THE SATURDAY REVIEW. In the last number of the Satueerday Revites, a writer, in a most violent article, accused Mr. Bright of the grossest ignorance with respect to parochial rating. How the tables have been turned on the self-satisfied Reviewer, will be seen fromt the follo wing letter, addressed to the Slta', by Mr. Tocelmin Smith :- Sir,-III the Sate-sdal Revites of last ...

... it NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. All etters intended for pubticatioa msnt be.accompanied by ?? names and addresses of ?? iaritera, not necessarily for pubtieAttosn, Mu for the ihfstssrtien of the Editor. OorreTpondnts- vho set any special valee upon their com- munteations must keep copies of ?? We cannot under- take to return untsedecontributiotm. . Cradley Heath.-It is not the actual amount ...

... sonip 1.1balhig. INSOLENCE IN INDIA.-One of the most respectable of the Calbutta journals gives prominence to the following recommendation :-It is very desirable that natives of all classes should be made to salute Europeans. Should the proclamation, which must come out some day or other, have a clause in which it would be said that natives are to salute Europeans as a mark of superiority of ...

... IT is officially announced that the forthcoming session of Parliament, which is destined, apparently, to have most important results, will be opened by her MAJESTY the. QUEEN in person. For this purpose the Court will remove from Windsor to Bnckingham Palace on the 2nd. The usual Ministerial entertain. ments are also announced. There is something very instructive, if not noble, about the way ...

... pistrut ge5s. DUDLEY. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE DUDLEY BOARD OF GUARDIANS v. THE VESTRY CLERK- SHIP OF SEDGLEY. Gentlemen,-The subject of a Vestry Clerk for Dudley has been the all-absorbing topic during the weak, as evidenced by the feeling manifested at the town's meeting, pre- sided over by the Mayor, and afterwards on the following day by a vestry meeting at the Parish Church. The great ...

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... d.art W Ofucial. The Queen held a Privy Council at three o'clock on Tues. day afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by the Prince Consort, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Mat- quis of Salisbury, Lord President; the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Privy Seal; the Earl of Derby, First Lord of the Treasury; the Right Hon. Sotheron Estcourt, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the ...

... (From the Gazette of Tuesday Night.) Wa.nI OFFICE, APmr, 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to confirm the grant of the decoration of the Victoria Cross to the under- mentioned officer and private of her Majesty's Army, which decoration has been provisionally conferred upon them by the Commander-in-chief in India, in accordance with the roles laid down in her Majesty's warrant insti- ...