... COPENHAGEN, MARCH 15. The treaty relating to the Sound Dues was signed yesterday by all fhe Powers interested. ...

... Several communications arrived too late, but shall appear in our next ...

... j&ctentific, A NEW COMET.—The following letter, dated Redhill Observa- tory, has been addressed by Mr. R. C. Carrington to the editor of the Times:— Permit me to inform your astronomical readers of the discovery of a telescopic comet by Professor D'Arrest, of Leipsic, on the 22nd of February. The professor gives the following position as approximate: February 22nd, at 16 hours 40 min. Leipsic ...

... MARK-LA\TE, MONDAT. MARCE 9. A small supply of English WHEAT at this day's market, and millers pur- hasing with more readiness, fully last Monday's prices were obtained, and or prime qualities there was a small advance. White brought from 56s to i5s; and Red 46s to 56s per quarter; but a clearance was not made of ower qualities, Of Foreign arrivals are yet light, and previous rates sus- ained, ...

... MINCING-LANE, MONDAY, MARCH 9, SUGAR.—There wete many transactions to-day, principally by the home rade, and the prices obtained are rather above those of Friday, Mauritius ealising for very low to fine brown 41s to 50s; yellow 50s 6d to 55s; grainy, 4s to 59s; East India, white, 52s to 57s; grainy, 53s to 60s; Madras, native, Os to 46s 6d; other sorts 52s to 60s; Manilla, as to quality, 45s ...

... On Saturday parliament was dissolved. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH) which was read by the Lord Chancellor, was as follows: — My Lords and Gentlemen, We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that, in re- leasing you at this early period from your attendance in parliament, jt is her Majesty's intention immediately to dissolve the present parliament, in order to ascertain in the most constitutional ...

... Thomas Charlesworth, now in the 29th year of his age, owns and occupies a farm of forty acres in the county of Stafford, and pursues the ordinary business of his calling in those parts. In April last year he found that something ailed the milk, that things went wrong in the dairy, that the cheese wouldn't come, and that the dairy- maid was ill. For these facts he seems to have been at a loss ...

... (From the Leeds Mercury.) We must say that the very fact of the heterogeneous elements in the majority afford a presumption that in this,China question minis- ters are in the wrong; such a combination can hardly be accounted for on any other reasonable supposition. But, at the same time, the numbers show no less clearly that the conservative opposition is far too weak to take office. And when ...

... APPEAL. DIVERSION OF A ROAD.—Mr. Milman applied to the court for authority to divert a road in the parish of Caldicot. He called Mr. Musgrove, the surveyor, to prove that the necessary acts had been done, and the application, which was unopposed, was granted. ...

... THE EAST. MARSEILLES, MARCH 24. The Cydnus- has arrived with news from Constantinople of the 16th. „ Sir II. Bulwer left the Turkish capital for Giurgevo, in the Danubian Principalities. n i The fleet of Admiral Lyons was still in the Bosphorus. Great damage had been caused by tempests in the Black Sea. Eleven vessels from Ajaccio alone have been wrecked near Varna. The 350 Poles, Hungarians, ...

... LONDON.—Mr. Wigram Crawford has already issued his address, and Baron Rothschild will have the fall support of the liberals. Mr. Raikes Currie takes time to think about the City, and the City takes time to think of Sir James Duke. Mr. Masterman has formally retired. MIDDLESEX.—Tha Hon. George Byng will, it is said, be one of the liberal candidates for the county of Middlesex. Mr. Bernal ...

... Scotland DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—The Dundee Courier says:—Tha well-known and much-respected Patriarch of Mill o' Machie, Mr. David Renny, departed this life on Tuesday morning, at an age rarely attained by man, having at the early part of last month en- tered upon his 103rd year. Notwithstanding the weight of years, his faculties were good, and his intellect was clear to the last, recognising ...