... SIR HICXAY MONTGONfERy LAWECEXc, wvhose death in a sortie blelieatl the wvnlls of Lucknow was announced in our columns, on Saturday, among the Indian intel- ligence, was a very distinguished officer of Irish blood and extraction, and one of whom the sister island may feel justly proud, Ie was the clder brother of Sir John Laird Muir Lawrence, ?? at present Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, ...

... THIE INDIAN MUTINY. BATTLE ON THE 12TH BEFORE DELHI. A CORRESPOINDENT of the Lahor'e C'lu'owdle, writing, on 12th June, before Delhi, says:- I will now en- d deavour to give I description of to-day's attack on our lines. It commenced about Six, AM.), and lasted aiwist two and a-half hours. I was in camp, wheen I heard very heavy firing at the flagstaff tower, our battery there firing round ...

... MIESSRS. Thomas A. Shillingtfon & Son, tortaC0nl state:- Heavy rains have fallen, but in the intervals the vweather has been fine and dry, accompanied by a high temnlperatle, until Monday, when the weather became cooler, ?? this (Tuesday) moiling w-e hlave had Copious rains. It is now dry, but rather cold for the season. Some tlfields of new grain, haive been cut in thiis neigbourhood, and ...

... LATEST NEWSi YESTERDAY'S DESPATCHES, [BY BRITISIU AND IRISH MAONETIC TELTWRIAPIT.] THE MUTINY IN INDIA. SUMMARY OF DESPATCUES RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. The dates are-Bombay, July 14th; Calcutta, 5; Ceylon, 14; Hiong Klong, June 24. The intelligence is still of that varied character that has marked each successive arrival. On the 27th June, Dclhi remained in the hands of the mutineers. This, however ...

... ?Illptriat varlaillull [BY BRITiSTI AND IRIS1 31AGN'TM1' TELEGiRiAP}I.] HOUSE OF LRODS-YESTElRVAY. Tfier COm'msOnS having been smildmoned to the Bar, the Royal assent was signed, by the Royal Commis- sioners, to the Divorec and Matrimonial Causes Bill. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH Was then rcead' by the LonD CHAN'enELLOi, WhiCh Wfvas as follows:- ., ilY LoaDs AND GENTLMMIEN-We are conimiandeil by her ...

... LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S last appeal ance this season in his favourite character of Friend of Israel was finally hissed off the stage, or rather off the floor, of the House, on Monday night. In announcing his ownl failure for the present session, Lord John has actually had the effrontery to tell a large as- senmblage in the Theatre Royal, Westminster, that he hopes to have the pleasure of appearing ...

... LIGHTS OF SlIPS AT SEA. SoMiE time back the Admiralty appointed a commit- too of naval officers to consider the expediency of altering the system of lights established for steam and sailing vessels. It consisted of Admirals Chads and Becechy, and Captains Salivan, Ellerby, and HIar- ris, and it examined several witnesses, and finally ar- rived umanimollusly at the following conclusions:- ...

... ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF TIHE GROWTH OF h'LAX IN IRELAND. TDsi monthly mnecting of committee was held in Belfast on the 5th inst.; William Sharman Crawford, Esq., in the chair. Reports of the flax crop were generally favourable. Although seldom of an ave- rage length, it was stated to be thick on the ground, to appearfall of libre, of a better apparent quality than ...

... THIS D)AY'S LONDON NEW.i. EB Y X A G N L T I C T 1 L E G r A r U.] NEWS-LETTER OFFICE, I o'clock, P.sX. REPORTED DEATIf OF TIIE KING OF DEL.Ul Calcutta, Jueic 22. It is reported in Calcutta that alter the Queen of Oude had left, siec was to be stopped and arrested at Gallc. Anothier report says that the King of Delhi had been poisoned becansc he could not agree with the mutincers, but probably ...

... THIS DAY'S LONDON NEWS. [BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.] NEWS-LETTER OFFICE, 1 o'clock, P.M. DEATH OF MR. MUNTZ, M.P. Mr. Muntz, member for Birmingham, died yester-i day afternoon, at four o'clock. RAILWAY DIVIDENDS. It is confidently reported that the forthcoming dividends on the. North-Eastern railway stock will be as follows:-Bcrwick, 5 per cent. per annum; York and North Mlidland, 4 per ceut. per ...

... YESTEIRDAY'S DESPATCHES. [BY MAaNETIC TELEGRAPH.] REPORTED DEATH OF THE KING OF DE]LHI. Calcutta, June 22. It is reported in Calcutta that after the QUcen of Oudc had left, she was to be stopped and arrested at (allc. Anothecr repor t says thiat th linig of Dclii had been poisoned beclause he coll(l not agree with tile mutineers, but prohably lhe has been assassinated. Another report declarcs ...

... TiIE following letter, written by a youth of eighteen, from Benarcs, gives a very graphic description of the struggle at that place for supremacy between the native and European soldiery:- X BENRIES, JUXE 10TII.-WC are atll at the Old Mint in safety, the only European officer killcd here being Captain Guise, of the Bengal Irregular Cavalry. On the evening of the 4th, about five o'clock, the ...