... FROM THE LONDON GAZETlE OF TUESDAY. WART OF1FICE, PULL AILL, JAN 26. 3d Regiment of Foot-Major-General Berkeley Drummond to be Colonel; Dec. 12. 37thlRegimentofFoot-Major-General JolinFraserto.beCololiel, vice Lieutenant-General Williamn Smelt, ?? deceased; Jan. 11. - 67th Regiment of Foot-Major-General FvanilciJ6hus Davies to be Colonel, vice General Sir Colin Canmpbell, ?? rernoved to the ...

... GRAND, RECEPTION IN THE CORPORATION HALLS. ThePnrbi, E i ?? r.l ?? -l.: M -_1- O ._ . The reception in the Corporation Halls, Sauchiehall Street was of the most brilliant diescription. The company began to assemble soon after seven o'clock, and by eight the Halls were crowded by an assembly which included the Elite of the city. The dresses of the ladies were of the most gorgeous kind. The Lord ...

... - ' DEMONSTRATION IN EDINBURGHL , . Tn .11 +h- V olta ?? n.. - I Injall the publ. offices,.Monday was observed as a holi- day, and a large number of. the shops were shut during the whole day, while by vtwo o'clock the closing was pretty gene- ral throughout the rity. At that hour the banquet in the ParliamentrJ3:ouse took. place. At one end, and along a portion of the sides of the hall,, a ...

... COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SOCIETY OF -l X . - SCOTLAND. The annual meeting of this society was held on Friday t night in the Stock Exchange-R. K. Masson, Esq.,'n fhe chair. The following report was read by Mr. Tolmie, the secretary:- 0 Thesugh unable to point to such a large increase of mem- berhoip as took place in 1856, it is not without gratification that the directors submit the following ...

... THE CRISIS AND THE REVIVAL OF TRADE. (From the Economist.) f With the close of the year the commercial and mone- r tary crisis has dlied out. The New York and the other N banks of the United States (those of Pennsylvania a alone excepted) have resumed cash payments, with an s amount of specie in their possession much beyond the t average which it is considered necessary for them to a hold :-at ...

... THE FUTURjC GOVERNMIEN-s1T or INDIA. - ~irrv mwsa~s.v A. ?? ?? _ SUMMG-TiuNS TLIEiEUP'oN BiY TILE REV. Ci{AMTES RLOGERS. LaL. Read at tire meetin in Glasgo w of the Scottish Litciary~i (nel~_titute on 14th inst. In tire panst gover-nment of India, the policy pursued by IItire tact1 Indiak Company seemned in muany respects wise ant pirudentiad. INot only, like the ancient Rom11ans~, clii the ...

... L LETTERS FROM IIN-DIA. --i THE SECOND SIEGE OF CAWNEOlRE. (From the Daily News.) In the follow Zing extracts from a letter, written by an offi- cer in the 88th, we for the first-time, catch a glinipse of the object proposed to himself ?? General Windham in attacking the advanced guard of the Gwalior force We ?? Camp, CaNi'pore, Nov. '27, 1857. We fought a battle yesterday with the ...

... The following is a copy of tte address voted by the Town Council of this city to her Msjesty, oln the oceasion of the marriage of the Princess A oyal:- TO THIE QUtEEN'S X 0arEfXEtLUN'T AT.AESt. 0 Most Gracious Sovereign, It- We, your Majesty's dutiful antd loyal subjects, t he Lord ad Protest, Magistrates, and Commio Cotuncil of the CitS- of g! Glasgsow, beg leave to approach the Throne with ? ...

... THE ATTE MPTED ASSAS'SlNATION' OF THE EMPEROR. (Frm he loe'sCorepondence.)- - arls, Friday Evenu-Ig.11 I sent you by telegraph every ittra of whlat tins transplredil W up to three o'clock this day of the attempt onl thle life, of Na- poleon and Eugenic. Three Italians, late fromt B'russels, itet-c th ,prous guilty, and our Minister at that COurtha warniedi this Govertnicent of thir il ...

... - _ _ _ I : .Tor On Friday night Professor Penny delivered a lecture to fhis popular class, in the laboratory of the Andersonian Uni- versityr, on The Chemical Powers and Properties of Prussic Acid The lecturer, before introducing his subject, said that he was highly gratiied at. the creditable and satisfac- tory manner in which the students had passed the examina- tion.of the! previous ...

... HERALB D OrFiCE, Friday M orning. BY 'ELE.'CTRIC TELEGRAPH. INDIA. GOVERNMENT DESPATCH. General Havelock, died on the 25th November, from dysentery,-brought on by exposure and anxiety. I General Wyndham's. division, in ani affair near Cawnpore, was forced to retreat by the Gwalior rebels, who burned ;i000 of his tents. - The 64th Reghient reported nearly cut up. Sir Colin Campbell afterwards ...

... tvrnoroS OF TH OPENING OF THIS YEAR OF GBACE, 1858.] a (From the Spectator.) o The grandest growths of history are not always si those of which it is possible to trace the origin or de- term,~le the extinction; or do we hold in much re- V pect that pedantry which amuses itself with imagin- it ja, periods or coincidences where they do not exist. t] OnI the other hand, it must be acknowledged ...