... RAIL TAI YS. EAST KENT (DOVER HXT2NSION). The standing orders covamittee reported the followsiop re solution to the House of Commons ?? -Thai in the case of the East Kent Railway (Extenzion to Diver) petition the standing orders ought to be dispenqed with. That the parties be permitted to proceed with thoir bill on proyire before the committee on the bill the completion of tbe COOt tract to ...

... -4 Some idea of the rapidly-increasing importance of this port as a harbour of refuge may be formed from the comparative numbers of vessels which have anchored there during the Pt past and preceding year, namely, in 1864, 1,788 vessels, with Ia tonnage of 137,160 tons; in 1853, 1,293 vessels with a ton- le nage of 106,392 tons, showing an increase of 495 vessels dur- ing the past year, which ...

... IRELAVD. LORD CARLISLI'S TOURt TO CORK. The Earl of Carlisle, accompanied by several of the Viceregal household, left Dublin by special train at twelve o'clock on Monday a; route to Cork, for the purpose of taking part in the opening of the Athenaeum in that city on Tuesday. The journey was accomplished in less than five hours. A local journal (the Examiner-) gives a full account of his ...

... The following are the articles of capitulation for the formation of a Foreign Legion for the service of her Britannic Majesty:- Art. 1. Each recruit is to be enlisted for the duration of the present war, and until one year after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace. No man otherwise engaged will be passed at the depot at Heligoland, or at that at Shorocliffe. Art. 2. The recruits ...

... I THB PBARL FISHER Y IN CB YLON. After a failure of nearly half a century, the pearl fishery in Ceylon for the present year will, it is estimated, present a return to Government of more than £10,000 sterling. The scene that has taken place this year at Ceylon in the last month is an extraordinary one, as the reader will see from the following interesting account extracted from the Ceylon ...

... STA TISTICAL SOCIETY. The seventh ordinary meeting af the Statistical Society for the session 1854 55 was held on Monday evening at the rooms of the society, in St. Jamess-square, Colonel Sykes, V.P., in the chair, supported by Lord Overstone, Sir John Boileau, Bart., Sir Charles Trevelyan, ?? &c. Six candidates were elected fellows of thesociety. The followink paper was then read, viz., On ...

... IINSOL VFNTDEBTORSCO UR T-YESTEABDAY Before Ate. Commissioner PRILLIPS.1 IN TUB MATTER OF HENRY COE COAPE. This case, which had engaged the attention of the learned Commissioner on several days, wis concluded. Mr. Niohols, Mr. Dowse, Mr. Macrae, and Mr. Reed appeared for various parties ; and Mr. Sargood supported his application for discharge. The ease was reported on the 12th instant. The ...

... YHE HOSPI7AL AT SCUTARI. SCUTARI, MAr 10, 1855.-The numbers in the hospitals here have received a considerable addition within the last week. With few exceptions the invalids are from the Crimea. Of these, 180 have been sent to the General Hos- pital, and as many probably may have been admitted to the Barrack Hospital. It is gratifying to think that, although the diseases under which these ...

... j MOR.IVING CHRO.YICLN OFFICB, Thursdag, 12, Noon. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES. -MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The French divisions from the camp at Maslak, under the command of Generals ?? and Herbillon, embarked for the Crimea ou the 12th and 13th. The division of cavalry under General ?? was to embark on the 15th; and the Imperial Guard and General Regnault St. Jean ?? on the 16th. The destination of ...

... Ifj.,,N ~tET TO MR. DZtISRABLFS ,,~cis Baring has given notice of the fol. Sir gr015 amendrent to MIr. Disraeli's motion ,t this I1use having seen with regret that es of Vienna have not led to a termi- tbei f ities feels it to be a duty to deolare, j it *ill continue to give every support to her majestl the prosecution of the war, until her sha,11 in conjunction with her Allies, ob- for this ...

... le bh The following Order in Council has been issued of for the purpose of establishing rules for the exami- sh nation of candidates for the civil service P- PRESENT, ,e The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. - Whereas it is expedient to make provision for testing, I according to fixed rules, the qualifications of the young men It who may from time to time be proposed to be appointed n ...

... NAVAL AND MILITARY NEWES. ive ry- A!POINTXXNTS. a Lientenants-James A. Poland, to the Meteor; R. Daw- kiis and G. S. Nores, to the Glutton ; G. J. Malcolm, ad, ditional to the Pembroke, for service in the Stork; N. B. Beale, to the Neptune. Chaplain-The Rev. G. C. Williams, to the Retribution. Second Master-Dover Farrant, to the Cossack. ed AMiddhipmen-C. G. Fane, to the Euryalus; Hon. Ml. K. ...