... AUSTRALIA, We have received Melbourne papers to the 31st October, and we regret that on this occasion the prominent topic is not the gold, or the advancing prosperity of the colony, but an incident which has occurred in H. M.'s 40th Regiment, ample particu- lars of which will be found below. The financial position of the colony was never hi a more healthy state. The banks were doing a large ...

... iA porton of the following appoared in our Second I B ption yesterda1y] o The advices from l-long Kong by the last Over- a land MNail extended to Nov. 24. 'they brought in- k telligence, it Will be remembercd, of thle demolitiont n ,f the Barrier Forts by the Americans. The prescut tI mail brings the news down to the 16th of Ftccember. f 'rhe genera~jl summary of the Overhlted .Frentl Of ...

... CAMIBRIDGE, JAN. 30. 56 The followin- is the list of bhoours at tho Bachelor _ of Arts' Coizneneentent, Jan. 31, 18.37 : Willia Mgan 17 Campion, MC A., Queens' College; William Walton, MA,, 'Trinity College ; Sanmuel George Phoer M A Emmanuel College ; William Henry Besant, M.A.,S.oo'Cleg. 7 Wit aous~soas.'-FiiaehQueens' ;Savge 7e7 Grt Johl's ; Parez, Feiln, ; Walton, Johln'l ; kltonQueens', ...

... TIHE OVERLAND MAIL. lee [A ItortiolI 'f thle 1`1iug e patlh-hd in our Second tinl VWe have received our advices in anticipation of tnio the Overland 'Mill The dates are Blombay, Jan. 2 ;ah Calcutta, lDee. 22 ;Madlras, DeIe. 27i; and Hong ho' IKong, D)ec. 10. hl (oar China iintelli~eiicc' will be found in the hat s0cond page.) emj tilt na' fin THE PERISIAN EXPEDITION. --l CAP'TURE OF B3USHIRE. ...

... IBECE2 OF TS Tl.NTT,-REPtOIT Of ITAE JAGl ISTRAITES. SOUTHAMPTON, FtTmnAY. The followving is a copy of the relport of the jus- tices of the peace deputed to conduct the inquiry relative to the stranding of thi stoane-ship Tyne: Gusildhll, Southampton, Jan. 299, 157. My Lords,-Wo have the honour to inform your lord- ships that we have, wxith the assistance of Captain Walker, as nautical ...

... 2'IEL' )IEll CANTILE LA 1f CQNFlEi-ENCE. I tetettlty ittngthe (htlegat(' 'es AV10 ?tto~ldd ?? t Main''t v pi ci ioi~tt to rting upon lot d Pill- inuz'i'otlt. l',Ill'V te t-aliton nt unalinimusly rat' r-, aol ?? ri'id t SMr. G. AV. Rts i'.tgs by 'Mr. Heath, ~'t'i~i~'~liti'I hi 1AII' .'tIoI ('hamitor of C(nic rit c , on LeiILalf 11'i llth 11i ?? A% ith aI YI'rjuet thatt they lllitllt 110 ...

... NAVrAL AND MILITARY (FROM LA8T NIGOHT'S GAZETTE.) THE ARCTIC MEDAL. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 30. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to signify har commands that a medal be egranted to all persons, of every rank and elass, wvho have been engaged in the several expeditions to the Arctic Regions, wvhether of disco- very er search, between the years 1818 and 1855, both inclu- I sive, the Lords ...

... FURTHER DESPATCHES FROM TIHE PERSIAN GULF. The Ga;:ette of last nightrepublishes the despatches from the Bombay Governnmcnt Gazette, which we gave yesterday, and with them a merely formal com- munication from the Governor of Bombay to the Secret Committee of the India Board. Besides these it gives a new despatch from Admiral Sir Henry Leeke, which we subjoin, and a. return of the ord- nance ...

... EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICT LABOUR ON I DARTMOOR. TO THE EDITORL OF TiHE DAILY NtEWS. SIR,-With regard to the capabilities of Dturtmoor for cultivation and industrial improvement, I have to state that Dartmoor, although at present in the condition of a waste, is, by the nature of its soil, capable of being rendered eminently fertile, for it is notorious that such land, its base being granite, always ...

... 4P1PLICATION OF lfelCHIENRY TO PILE PO- I UCTIO-G Or MUWITIOS OF TVAy. I Do to Last night, at the weekly meeting of the Society et of Arts, IV. G. AItn ono, Esq., ?? in the chair, the In papor read was, On the application of machinery in the War leptrtmlent, by Mir. John Anderson, Inspector of Mla- n chinery, Royli Arsenal, Woolwich. During the last fov 10 years important improvements have ...

... IPOPULAR EIEROJS RESPECOTlyG THE LPURI| ?? orF TrH2 THfEs. I , 'The fo~0olving .is. an extract from the third queer- 'O terly repot en the health and srnitary condition of Soe '~ditch, by Robert Barnes, M.D., LRC.P,, or physicianu r.to the Seamen's Hospital Dreadnought, and medical'officer .0of health to Shorediteb. 1Moot erronenus assumptions still continue to gaide the exertions of those ...

... (lo VI A-, CDI-.SNrT) rest( (1'sioM ore owx eanwt:seoxnr() x) hap] [The follwshigg tppearctd ill our Lvening1 Edition of be f ~Yestera] PARITS, T'nuitsuAy EvENcING, thle Anl unusual Crowd was collected at the doors of mr ferci the Court of C(ansation at an early hour this morn- y ing, to hear the arginnenlts in the appeal of Verger UpO against the legality of his sentence. The public is dor ...