... - ?? 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, ...

... I XORNIVG CHRONICLE OFFIC'E, Mlonday, 12, Voon. THE UNITED STATES. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. L1OM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] [ LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. By the arrival of the Canada we have dates from New York to the 23d November. The steam-ship Crescent City had arrived from Havana. She was allowed to land her passengers 1and mails; but purser Smith, whowas on board, was ...

... AIORNING CHROXICLE OFFICE, Wednesday, 12, Noon. 13-pRESS FROM PARIS. [!1BOliM oUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.1 PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. To the supsrficial observer, there never was a time in which the political world of Paris appeared More calm than at present, and yet events are taking place elsewhere, which must rouse strong feeligs of irritation on the part of the new Erm- peror of the French, and ...

... MORNING CHRONICLE OFFICE, Monday, Five a.m. IEUXPRESS FROM PARIS. [FROM OUR OWN OORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING. The Moniteur contains a series of telegraphic despatches announcing the arrival of the Emperor at the chateau of Compiegne. The town of Compiegne was illuminated in ho- nour of the visit. M. Troplong is appointed First President of the Imperial Court, in place of Count ...