... TWE BURMESE WAR. k dripatch has been received at the East India House flro tle Governor-General of India in Council, enclosing the , otification of which the following is a copy NOTIFICATION. Fort William, June 30), 1853. In tile proclamation by which the province of Pecu was ?? to the British dominions in the East, the Governor- elleral is Coitail declared that he desired no further con- ?? ...

... REPRESENTA TION OF GLASGO W. On Monday evening, Mr. John M'Gregor, M.P., one of the representatives of this city, met his constituents in the City Hall, for the purpose of giving an account of his proceedings in Parliament, in fulfilment of a promise made to that effect at the late election. Bailie Macgregor pre- sided. Mr. MIGREGoR, M.P., who was received with much cheering, said he ...

... GLoUcEsrzTER ANDX ERBORD.-The fine weather has wonderfully ripened the grain, and operations have been commenced on large breadths of wheat and barley. Should tine weather continue, an immense quantity of grain and spring corn will be secured in the course of a fortnight. The rep will be about an average one in these districts- perhaps slightly deficient as on all the clay lands the wheats ...

... [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING. The feeling here to-day is considerably more in favour of the probability of a pacific arrangement for the Turco-Russian dispute than it has been for some days past. This is owing to the firmness of the assurances given by the Semaphore and the Cour- rier of Marseilles, that their private letters by the Caradoc, from a good source, lead ...

... THE C z1- I BIL -, -Tak- CSMS BILL. The following remarks on the above-named bill. are contained in a ciroular from the City Committeei for Reform of the Customs At a meeting of the committee, held at 19, Swithin's-lane, Monday, August 1, 1853, it was unanimously resolved :- 1. That the Customs Bill, printed' with the:, amendbeentg, proposes a more comprehensive title for the act, 2. That it ...

... THE. REBELLION IN CHINA. In addition to the intelligence which we pub- lished on-Saturday, we take the following interest- ing itnmsrespecting the rebellion in China from the figes of China papers. [FRON THE NORTH CHINA HFRALD OF THE 7TEH MAY.] VISIT OF HElR MAJESTY'S STEAMER HERMES TO NANKING.* The Hermes returned to this port on the afternoon of the 5th instant, with his Excellency Sir John ...

... THE CAMP AT CHOBEAM. To TUE EDITOR OF TH5N MORNING CHRONICLE. Six-I should say that upon no occasion whensoldiers were brought together in large masses, and living for some time under canvas, was thbre ever known a less degree of sickness than in the encampment which has just broken up, D 8,829 (on the average) men, exclusive of officers, having been a encamped for ten weeks, ,the nunmber of ...

... FESTIVAL OF THE TIRER CHOIRS. GLOUCESTER, FRIDAY.-We are now in a position to in- dicate the principal features of the forthcoming Festival of the three choirs of Worcester, Hereford, and Gloucester, the programme having been settled by the committee of the festival, and from the interest which is already excited in the event, there can be little doubt that the meeting will be one of ...

... WHE HARVEST. TnE LANCASHIRE CORN CRoPS.-We have had a succes- sion of fine weather, every way suitable for filling and ripen- ing the grain, from the 2d to the 17th August. The corn orops have made great progress towards maturity, and have also greatly improved in appearance. Many fielde of oats have been out, not only on the light sandy lands to the north of Liverpool and about Nlew Brighton, ...

... ~~iTI~ADE TRA TIES. ?? Th e ertrom ittee appointed to inquire hito the tren. 'a 0e1elet no~ between Great Britain, Spain, and tieA II ~oectig the sieve trdadthe suinas allowed Or Bianto those Gvrmnsfrtheiras sed~ai byscerrecetoabolish that trade ; also, to inquire trees or have beern carried out by the (3o- ht~~ t0fpei 5ai ortugal ; have completed the in. let th wt~r rferred to them, and brave ...

... GREAT NORTHERN. The balf-yearly meeting of this company was held on Sserdav in the London Tavern; Mr. E. Denison, N.P., Cirillean of the boanl of directors, presiding. The directors report, of which an abstract has already weared in Tote Morning Cluhronicle, was taker as read. The CiaRMwx said that the report of the directors Wired it such great length into their proceedings during iii Post ...

... - To TUE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sin-The select committee of the House of Commons, whose interesting report on the practicability and advantages of a decimal coinage is now before the public, having alluded to the difficulty of applying the suggested alteration to our present penny postage system, I am induced to offer the following remarks, which suggest themselves on the perusal of ...