... Vp Rfflttropo-45. THE NEw LAW RELATING TO MARRIED WOMEN.- From Thursday next the act passed in the late session to enable married women to dispose of reversionary interests in personal estates will take effect. It is enacted that after the 31st December instant, it shall be lawful for every married woman by deed to dispose of every future or reversionary interest, whether vested or contingent ...

... INDIA MAIL ABRANGEMENTS. The followig isa statement of the new India mail ar- rangemants which will come into operation next ser:- ; Mails made up in London: For Bombay-2c, Ith,- 12eb, 17th, and 20th,*of the month. For Calcnte-2nd, 4tb* 9:b, 17th, 20tb, and 25th of the month. Telegrams- due in London: Prom Bombsy-14th and 30th of the month. From Oaloutta-10th and 25th of , the monlb. Mails re ...

... IRAILWAY ]INTRLLIGNGE. Thetrffo etunsofralwas a ?? Kingdom, Ie ber 19 amounted to JolJ £425,S0, and fbori gbd oeespon°ding~week of 1856 to Nor £48,0,Lhwing ?? of l306 .a wAYWEEKLY FETITLN. oa Name of aUlwy. Thb San. KW yes same Maes Jan Week. 18B6. T~OMa. 1856. open. of 11 B and Baljynsusa. 11 1127 812887 28621 as ha Blhadur * 1ot 982 22774 ,299 8281 sea 2512 214 781 0 3 82 Bristol and Ex r ...

... THE LIVRPOOL NERCURY. MONDAY, DBCEMBER 28, 187. FALUS POPUL! LEX SUBMMA.' ?? ?? .. ?? SUM MAP.RY. The Observei, in noticing the preparations for t the marriage of the Princess Royal, says- The. d Court will come to London, from Windsor, on the N 15th of January, after which tile several royal i and distinguished visitors will begin to arrive from day to day, to be present. at the marriage of ...

... ffirobuwal THE PRESTON CORPORATION HALBERDS.-—A municipal custom is yet observed in Preston, which may possibly have descended from the Roman period. The mayor and members of the corporation are preceded on state occasions by two officers in livery, each bearing a halberd. These weapons are placed outside of the door of the residence of the mayor for the time being, as in- signia of his office ...

... ST. DAVID'S SCHOOL.—The nationa) schools connecte with St. David's Church, broke up on Wednesday last when a grand treat in the form of a Christmas tree, was provided for the childien by Mrs. Campbell and other ladies, and great was the enjoyment of the juveniles on the occasion. WESLEYAN RBFORM—Tbe Wesleyan Reform Chapel situated in Thomas-town, has been sold to the Calvinistic Methodists for ...

... pp,' LIVINGSTONE AND AFRICAN DISCOVERY. (From the Daily News.) .Wile the Frenich Government ace engaged in .11,h1asinlg negroes onl the West Coast of Africa, and violatinn of tlie solitary clause in the r etyv of' 1S5, which still subsists-the African -le trade, the Enoglsh4i Government havc resolved o ;e'1 J)r. Livinglstone oni a voyage of discovery up el'o %~ ot. itbesi, on tile E3ast Coast. ...

... e L - - l A- A!. _ I: - IL A - - . A _O c At a time of rejoicing and holiday like the present, it is ret freshing to hear that our afflicted brothers and sisters are not forgotten. Dr. InApllogh, the worthy superintendent of our Lunatic Asylum, at ?? anxious to introduce any innocent amusement which might afford a happy hour to those under his charge, readily accepted an offer made to him by ...

... !LA'A E ?? AT N E W HImRALDOf FEl=, Friday Moning. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. IN D-IA. THE RELIEF OF lsUCKNOW. Alexandria, Dec. 19. The telegraph announces the arrival at Suez of the Pekinj. with dates from Bombay to the 4th instant. Sir Colin Campbell joined the force-at Aluinmbagh on the 1Ith ultimo, and on the 19th, after a series of severe struggles, the garrison of Lucknow was relieved. On ...

... --LflV:ACIEiAl$ STDAMBU1lz -. *lhtlaunchiiisg:,if t ?? ill not he aseismed&nlil , the xt',EirirjD, A'Vi Ici hsppfnl.t.ithelelqae of the yiar thowtelc~igiieai sean~emplyed in~dsrivnji 'll3e 'for the ezection of frosh buttresses nearer the cridfet.i Tbehydauh~poe'ewbih wl A_ VPILoied-onthe ifesiimp- ti~nof te opraho - Whtbeidig': ?? %ublej hat to .be twelvq {additionaI. hydraln lruns,'t ...

... ~IND1IN Th~d~lowiig i a1ateg dieusfd to the Murkariznews- ~I~R~humher~ of~indi~icontate -an ?? ~ are nidd%- fr~m -the 'Riltisa tUeerfetW cbi r iihes. df-`hh tif~ country ~ IS~I ~Ee~h~A&-Orioulta 'dotiiily propf~spi th t~t~ltr# tibgm Ifi~tive rb~ ...

... NE'WS FROM INDIA. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AT CAWNPORE. -SIX DAYS' BLOODY FIGHTING. COMPLETE ROUT OFTHE MUTINEERS. RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. GREAT REINFORCEMENTS OF TROOPS. We received early yesterday afternoon, through the Electric and International Telegraph Company and the British and Irish Magnetic and Submarine Telegraph Company, telegrams announcing that Lucknow had been 'relieved, and that the women ...