... - ?? The correspondent of the Trieste Gazette writes al from Constantinople:-Prince Kallimaki, irritated at his recal from Paris, and the nomination of Vely Ia Pacha to the same post, due solely to Mustapha la Pacha's gold, has informed the Porte that he not pc only renounces his barren principality of Samos, but al also divests himself of the character of a Turkish vc subject. The Prince is ...

... iNATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASS URANCE. The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this society was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, RBOBERT WILLXOTT, Esq., the chairman of the board of directors, presiding. The report, which was read by 'Mr. Jenkin Jones, the secretary, stated, that during the year ending 30th Sept. last, there had been new assurances effected with the com- pany to ...

... THE RECENT HURRICANE APPALLING DISASTERS AT SEA. Accounts continue to pour in from all parts of the coast detailing the dreadful effects, both on sea and land, of the hurricane of Christmas-day and Sunday last, adding enormously to the long list of catastrophes which appeared in yesterday's journal. It is gratifying to observe, how- ever, that they report a considerable moderation of the ...

... I TI ES ON KNOWLEDGE.-DEPUT | TO THE PAIRES lMSTER. Yesterday, a deputation *aited on the Earl of Derbyt at the Treasury, for the purpose of presenting to his lordship an address front the Association for promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge. The deputation cbn- aised f alare nmbr o getleen ntrested in the sub- ject, iandincluded Mr. Hlume, Mf.P., Mr. Mimner G'ibsone ?? Sir John V. ...

... The fiollowinag address wfas agreed to at a mneeting 9 of electors favourable to the repeal of the taxes on know. ledge, held yesterday at the Gnifdhall Ceffecohouse Francis Bennoch, Bsq., in the chair: ;ADDRESS TO TEE RIGHIT HO5F. L.OD JOHNX IUSSELLI. My Lord,-We, the undersigned electors of the City of London, respectfully claim your lordship's good offaces 9i upon a sub~jeet which appears ...

... The anniversary commemorative festival of the Scottish Hospital Society, 'which is remarkable, among other thipgs, for commencag the dinner season at the London Tavern, was held yesterday (St. Andrew's Day). The company wvas unusually numerous; the stewards were plentiful beyond all precedent; and the announcement that Lord John Ruseell vould officiate as chairman, and that the Lord ...

... to LISBON, DEC. 20. The subjoined confiscatory decree was published this morning in the Diario de Goberno. If it does not create astonishment in London it will awaken indignation: tlb DECREE FOR THE CONVERSION OF re PORTUGUESE BONDS. Taking into consideration the Report of the vE Ministers and Secretaries of State, I am pleased to decree e) as follows: at 1st Article. On the 1st January, ...

... The Kreuz Zeitung publishes the text of the note by which Louis Napoleon's government announces ,the empire to the German courts. The French minis- 3ter states that the new Emperor of the French 3 ascends, by the favour of Divine Providence, the throne to which the almost unanimous voice of the nation has called him. In the fact that France has e chosen a government more in conformity with its ...

... THE LATE CONTE Sr FOR MIDDLE, SEX. Last night -about three hundred and fifty gentle- men oat down to a cold collation nt the Albion Hotel, Hammersmith, to celebrate the return of Lord Robert Grosvenor and Mr. Bernal Osborne. Sir JOHN SHIELLZY, M.P., ocenpied the chair, and was sup)ported by Lord H. Grosvenibr, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Keogh, MYF. , Sir A. Roths. child, Mi~. J. Williams, D. Simpson, ...

... , HOUSE OF LORDS.-MoNDAY, DEC. 27. THE NEW MINISTRY. The LoaD CHANCErLIOiR took his seat at 5 o'clock, when the house presented a very animated appearance. The galleries appropriated to the members of the House of Commons and the strangers were crowded, and there were also several ladies present in the side galleries, all on the qui virc to listen to the declaration of the Prime Minister, and ...

... I I t , The following appeared in our second edition C yesterday: - P We published in Tuesday's Daily News accounts in anticipation of the Overland Mail, received q via Trieste. Our regular despatches have since 0 arrived. The letter of our Bombay correspondent f confirms the account given in the summary of the 6' Bombny Times. We give the following portion of a his letter, dated Nov. 17: fi ...

... I I .? ; ? , ?, w -. I - ?? . I . - . I I ?? Zbe court,$. - ? OSBORNE, FrDAY. C Owing. to the unfavouiable iweather the Queext o and Royal Family wqre unable to leaveothe house yesterday t afternoon. The Prince of Leiningen, who remains on a visit to her Majesty, was the only additiorito the royal dinner party.; Baron de 'Brunnow, the Russian Miiister,-triasactod o business yesterday at ...