... I [FnOM OUR OWVN COamESPOiDmNTn] LOnDOX, WVEDNESDAY EvENING. TinE doings of the Court, the arrivals of the German Princes, and the preparations for the Royal marriage are the only topics of conversation here, if, indeed, we except some rather startling denoeeentents reslsecting the East India Company and the means by which they are seeking to avert their impending destrite- tion. Bit first ...

... Upe tc' D)EA'T'H OF SlR 1T. If, H ?? Tm'll natio w111ili reccOLvI with til 9(5 ?? Sorrow thle Ivws fthat Ifie gallant H aveloch is III) worl)1(. Thiis tis ileudd, Ito 1103111110114t loss. Many a hrave ema hias tr1(1 ibIJIVII1 i]tit MWb Sitll thav ilefllt; 1itlgd 01 th silli)an Iale11lory itS uile ginulal Mhm, onl the 25 th 'Novembier, s~li'cllillbiUI tI Iiillilst' brl'01t41t Oil bIV ...

... CII., 1) c j ,% ) I VI f a 5?- f 41, t t? ?, ?? tit c r. (ESTABI.ISHEI) ANN( 1737.) B3 R4lFAS ?? ]1 ON1).A Y, JA NUA R Y I 1, 1 85 8. Ti mEU arc furthter despiatci es frotn Imdia of at or. hanml usalttl cofulisi glharacter. GOlletel(gr aill, dated Alexandria, JanUary 14, tells us ?? ?? our troOpS have abandoned Luekiow, but tiat General Outtamn reall 1S at. Allutbagh. if this despatch stood ...

... For years to eome tbe Indian arilly mast bc eom- posed to a gleat extent ot English and the eontrol ol the llolsc Guards ?? be prot)ortionably ex- Tbe GloDe disbelieves tbat tile BEnister for hidi mnst be a peer. The Ministers desire botil in tilis cspeet and to patrolinge geuerally to securc the best mitteri:ll for the Goverililicnt of India. Tlic Daily >\'eles asks Xvily the telegrn])llic ...

... ?1?1Ivat aO Nflititarg.. PROMOTIONS AND EXCHANGES. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. S, 2nd Regiment of Life Guards-For MaNjor and Brevet Lieutenant-Cololnel FP. M. Martyn to be Lieu- teniant-Colollel, lhy purchasc, vice Iladdelev, who re- tires, which appeared in tile (Gi:ctk of 27ih Noveti- her, 18a7, read, Maijor and Lictenant-ColoniCl F. M. larltyn, &C. 3ril Dragoon Gliards-R. 0. Smith), gent., to be ...

... 9~ ra2 . AVESTlMINSTiEIR ABB~EY SlEIA EIqICS (FRO'M TlE' 'lIMES.) WI a at onto root au amiiable titisali tliropo wi'o said tlat, 'in Iris optinrio thle prer'ti~ttloll of' Chilrch NVOV- Mlp wNrS fiiichrl serv1 NI'iCV in ll Cathedral ona Avcek dav lie io his own peisoti rlfbrinr rig th whole Ci rg'(grtt1ioni Ilsit'dils fltilhe ofcat ing clet'yrpian. 'I'llt notiollsi tit ?? as to C'hill-lt ...

... T'1'HE ROYAL MARRIAGE. A VISIT to St. James's Palace and Chapel on Friday aflernioorn enables us to give the latest details of the irepalationis wfich tore maiking for the Royal mnnr- riago. Thle nuiptial cortege will approach St. James's l'alace by the usual drawing-room route. In ?? of the gardlel doortt spacious portico), f'orty yards long, has lieeii erecte(, covered in at the sides, and ...

... GERMANIY AND THE BALTIC. [FRO31 OUR OWiN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMBURG, January 4, 1858.-The proceedings of the Diet at Frankfort may for a short time have the effect of directing attention to the 'question of the Dtchies ; but, under present circumstances, when matters of more importance form the topics of the day, both in Germany and other countries, it can scarcely be expected that the ...

... (S.U rr t Sp z it ?t At f. I It THE SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHIURCM. TO THE EDITOR) OF THE CALEDOINIAN MERCURY. SIR-If .I understand the letter of Veritas, (which appears in your columns this morning) aright, the writer means to say, I will not belong to the Scottish Episcopal Church. I have got a tabernacle of my own, and I am lord of all I survey. I am very sure that no member of the ...

... A ;IKING-CONSORT IN ENGLANU. (FROM THE MANCHESTER EXAMINER.) There never seem to be wanting illustrations of that old proverb which calls upon us to put up a prayer to be saved from our friends. Of all people in the world, Kings, Queens, and great personages generally are those who seem to have most occasion to put up sueh a petition. The renewed circulation of the rumoured intention or wish ...

... Yesterday afternoon Professor Blackie delivered a lecture on the above subject in the Greek class-room of the University. The learned lecturer said-When, on a recent oc- casion, I set before the students of this university a very mild, moderate, and discriminating eulogy (for so it was allowed to be by the English press) of the Oxford system under the favourable influences of re- cent reforms. ...

... * We copy from The Labourer's Friend-a small t publication issued by the Society for Improving the a Condition of the Working-classes-the followinget- . tracts from an address delivered to agricultural ser-s vants by the Rev. E. ?? Beynon, President of the East Surrey Agricultural Association:- Ibhave heard the remark made, that the life of a 1 labouring man is a dead level from the ...