... STAFFOIlR)SHIIIRE. N THE. FIRST REIN~ItEsT or KIN'G's OWN STAFFO500SiIIE t dt MILITIA. -Onl Mondny morning last this regimrent left Lich- Ill I-field for Perth, iri Edinburgh. The men marched from tile 0' o city to ?? Railway station, under thle command mn dt of Colonel thle Iron. W. P. 'Talbot, and were accompanied by 55' :0an immense crowyd of people. The train left shortly after sixc j ...

... ;@ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ TOWN EDI'T'ION. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1857. The glad tidings have come, and there is nothing (save regret for the gallant men who have nobly cast away their lives in the service of their country) to cast its shadow over the season of holiday. Lucknow was relieved on the 17th of November. Sir COtIN CAMPBELL, having brought his forces together in sufficient strength for the ...

... THE EXCISE CAMXP[PAIGN. What fruit might be expected from the theories of Maine Liquor Law lunatics is prefigured in the very judicious operations of the Excise Board, as detailed n the farlborough-street Police-court on Tuesday last. The system of licensing opens an avenue to all desirous of entering the victualling trade upon equal terms, yet the vigilance of police and penalties of law are ...

... ROYAL AGRICULTURAL IMIPROVEMENT SOCIETY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the membnre of this H society wss held attheir rooms, 42; Upper Sackville-street, yesterday, for the purpose of receiving tbo report of the so council for the past half-year, and for the transaction of other 5O0 necessary businels. The attendance was highly inflsential. re There were present:- W Sharman Crawford, Esq; ...

... LTEST fN L'L1ENCE, I oa-sr a4' r~ ?? TI rr1 , (BY AlC+NE'XIlt TlELEGRAPH) , MADRiD, Dkc. 1GTn.-The meeting of ?? C ,tS It postponed to the 10lb January, when the Qleet will the session in person. TuESKay.-The Potlie says that the Ottoratin it; it about to bring the question of the Occupation of pneri by England before the great powers at Constanticopl0, PAms, T~mu SDAY NGEr.-It is said tlat ...

... Unriversity and Clerical Ixiteligonceo. putunc oftl o the taut d Jnsittion ?? rofte Spanisl;Lngua, aen Elcio ill bee heldn FinTaniy Term, h Tenebe ofil beo apointer on te forpoicienc in thne Germ, a ~l nd ing 0oeothber~d Ln- guag tauh in th-elibe t Tayo nstitutino15. th otear, fornpro- ficienc ine rqethed Frech aend tbin somes ote Lanug tetimnaulh in ?? itufthioln. Tyrhte dy anlfrd plaebly of ...

... Thile Attnmpt at Lxatinohhg the 'lteviat.han. Ou Itednleedlay mornildg thi s lonsg'proti'aeted operateoen ?? resniucul, anid after coin e fvl ourli's' haxid labourl,. aud aL disis awl .so cessi 0 af in isbelp w, ing r dcizi ono par't afier anlother of tile uppe ci tos bltoke diowvn in the ?? ignol(ini nionls Ilnanlei' the wsork i~s disconstinlc~ ned ad fe rtl er pro- ceedings po.stpon~ed chic ...

... INDIAU The Overland Mail, with despatches ?? to the 3rd inst. ; Cawupore to Oct. 12 ; Agre. to Oct. 8; and Scinlde to Oct. 13, arrived inl London at nine o'clock on Saturday nlighlt. The chief items of newis relate to the position of ILucknowv, and to the pursuit of the Delhi rebels by Cool. (ireathed's column. LUtCK(Ntyt. The force at Luck~now, believed, when they left Cawn. pore, to be too ...

... THEl CALCUTTA VOLUNTEERS. (From the DaQily NVews' Cor respondenit.) Y'esterday wa~s a grand *lay for the Calcutta Volunteer Guards. 'i'llis ''moadern formation consists of artillery, ca^valry, and inlfantry, in all not fewer thanl 900 men, aiil, considleringa thet very short tiume the~y have been emboldied,. their martial I carinig is surprisinlg. Lady Cannui g pie sentedl the infantry with ...

... HEI?LEY-OI? -THAMES. The E;HhOi1 of Oxford pracheled a sormon; in Heneloy Churolh, otn Friday tihe 27th ult,, iu beha~lf of (he Society for the P~ropatgationl of tho Goapl.e The diseon rae was, as usulal, di it ego ishile by the po werfitil reasowninig andl fervid :lppeals wvhicl muark the addresses of this, the foremost champioti of the cause. Thle cougregation w^as lar-e, and ilci tided thto ...

... Nilymat vartiallunt. [BY MAGNETIC TELEf3GRAPH.] hIOUSL OF LORDS-YESTERDAY. TIIE IHouse mnet at five o'clock. THE LATE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY IN BELFAST. Lord DUNGANNON gavc notice that, onl Monday next, lie should ask the President of the Council when the report of the Commissioner's respecting the riots at Belfist was likely to be printed and laid upon the table of the House, INlIA. The Earl ...

... Ttill Colonab Observer, of Nov. 2, has the following from Galle:- ARRIVAL OF TIHE STEAMER JOHN IIELL AND SAILING TRANSPORT )VILLIAM IIAMMOND. Arrived, the steamer John Bell, Captain A. Orkney. Kingstown, August 6; St. Vincent, 20; Sinon's Bay, Septemrber 29. I'asseigers:-Lieute- nant-Col, Sparks, Majors Gloster and Sno(dgras, Cap- tains Dieking and Aadington, Dr. Wall, Lieutenants Barton, Hume ...