... ,We find the following in the Paris correspondence of the IndependanceBelIge- * Every year, at the time of the vacations, several duels take place between the pupils of theschool of St Cyr. This year, the duels-have been more numerous than ever; nearly 80 having-taken place since January last. Ona of them, which . occurred at the close of last week, had a lamentable' issue, and 'originated ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-THURSDAY.D THE OrIUM TRADE. In reply to a question from the Earl of SHAFTES- BURY, relating'to the opinion of the law-officers of the Crown upon the legality of the sale of opium in China by the East.India Company, : The LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that, accord- ing to his opinion, there was no illegality in the manu- facture and sale of opium, but that it might be expe- dient that ...

... I - SECGND EDITI WN OF SATURAyw-. *p:. *, - LL)NDON-, Oite,,~ ?? Bombiayportion 'of the 'Indian mail has' noe ,arived.. This,,isis occasionne cousiderable ineon. n; -7euiene,-' It may, however, be epected 'this after- The' Sarah Sands steamship, .wbich waes :to have embarked the head-quirrers of the 54thW'teginent; ae Potttsmoutb, 'has been reported incapable ;o! re~- ?? qcivingithe.troope ...

... AGENTS FOR THE CALEDONMAN I1ERCURY. Aberdeen .-A. & R. ilne, Glasgow -.W. Love, St it Athenaeum EnochSquare. ri Do. ?? & J. Smith. Greenock .._Mrs Owen. Do. W. Panton. Haddington .J. Millel. Do. ..D. Wyllie & Son. Do. -G. Smiles. Aberlady .^-Mr F. Mitchell. Hawick -R. Black. Alloa -J. Lothian. Do. -J. Dnlgleish. Arbroath -.James Smith. Inveresk -J. Gordon. Do. -G. Sutherland. Inverkeithg.. ...

... DIA:BLICAL ATTEMPT ON ITHE LONDON A1D N - -ORTH-WESTE AIWAY. (moMW TriE E1ANCIESTER~ GUARDWA.) FiAn outrage: wya perpetrated on Saturday night last on the London and North-Western Railway,, at Penwortham, near. Prestoin, but wasy hatppiy mani- companied by injury to a~ny person. , When tlimrain that was due at Preston from Manchester at 9.50 p.m. had passed the skew bridge about seventy yards ...

... TOTAL LOSS OF THE S.S., ZOUAVE, OF .LEITH. Intelligence has just'reached us of an unfortunate collision in the North Sea, between the' screw-steamer, Zouave, of Leithbaid thescrew-steamer,Elf, of Grange. mouth, by which the former fine vessel has become a complete wreck. The. Zouave was on her way to Stettin, laden with grain, and the Elf was also per- forming a' voyage from- Grangemouth to ...

... BY ELECTIRIidTELEA PH. HOUSE 'OF LORDS-FMiY. - A petition was presentedi Lid ST EON DS ?? pers on. nadi~d: C EOA ; fre. aperon naed ompton, complaiaitpg thiata suit instituted in the Court of Cbancery in '183 3 had not yet been decided. The LORD CH1ANC tLOR. said, te' naptiti 1heunselve6 very. frequentlycctsioqd, dlay by! yper- mitting causes to sleep,'-instead -of -taking steeps, Co ?? the'. ...

... THE £MO E-, i -A ORT Of the Banffshine moors, says the ara4,4;the J I rts'are ge 1as favourable ad ?? t . is' Grace the Duke of Riehmoed's '8 sehotiwg. quarters in Gleniddieh,'tIie' Earlfiof-Coventi, an 'tlie 12th, k~ied'.'0::bracgkjaud Oolbnel'dNspfer 27- 'birac&. Both getlerneh shdt togeiliei Ir 6i1be*)as t .,pn the.,jothS bagging . brace Fridiyi:Swhiit- day were very wet, with ...

... ,ftrtip FRANCE. On Sunday afternoon, at the Palais de l'Industrie, the Minister of State publicly distributed the prizes .awarded to the artists, exhibitors, &c., for 1857. The grand medal of honour was given to M. Yvon.. M. Winterhalter is nominated an offider of the Legion ot Honour. ' Medals-of the first, second, and third class Were given ?? many artists. The. list of decorations in the ...

... SUMMIARY. Parliament is pressing forward business with a view to prorogation on Saturday or Monday next. The House of Commons had a inid-day sittingon Saturday, when the injustice done to this country by the withdrawal of the vote for the National M~useum in Edinburgli was brought before the members by MIr Caird and AMr Glad- stone. The Chancellor of the Exchequer attributed the withdrawal of ...

... ot , 00, .; 1; - 4; #? ?? V, . ? Aft ? --3RESH- AIR ~FOR SALE. TO THE EIDITOR 03o' v T ALEDO ME~tatRy. SIB-In a recent number-of yourjournal there was pointed out the injury 4onie to the iifbabitants of New. haven and Trinity by the railavay exel ding theinhabi- tants from, the sea beach, anid the propriety of- the re- openingof the footpath outside of the railway and west- ward of the ...

... D ~5vidtrit tilt Vat OUR HOME DEFENCES. (rucarrit: T11 -;S.E According to Lord. Ellenborough, the efforts abso- lutely necessary to recover India leave us almost de- fenceless at home. We 'have now 38,000 fewer.C armed men in this country than we had during Xhe Crimean war, and that when, on all ordinary; rules, I we are mfuch more exposed do European attack than r we were then; for however- ...