... THE 78TH JIMLAMDERM. i-It is not, perhaps, generally known that the 78th Iligh- e landers, the regiment which has so distinguished itslf at Cawnpore and elsewhere, under the gallant Havelock, is of 4 old renown in the East Indian warfare. The original denomni- dnation of the regiment was the Scaforth Highlanders, orthe 78th of the line, and it was raised in 1778, by the re- stored Earl of ...

... TTIlE CALCUT'IA NAIL, By thec arrival of the Calcutta sisail we have received our private crin'e-)(iii'leiieC ass il(ies of pipers frust Calcututa, to thi 24th of N ovosuber, anis fosm Jflos'gkong to itI,' 15th1 bi of -November. Tile following is from thLEE Tses' CorresponI- t cleat, and is dated Calcutta, -Novesmbser 23: Thle clouds are breaking rapidly. Time garrison of Luck- NrI saow has ...

... Mosuiee, Jass. 4. b The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held this th dlay-flhe Lord Provost presiding. th -Present - Baillies Smith, M'Hardy, Oswald, and cc Frasier; the Dean of Guild ; the City 'Ireasiirer; it, Messrs Gibb, Shepherd. Cruickshank, Watson, tie W. Ross, Nicol, Williams, H. Ross, Henderson, Ata G. Jacuieson, and J. Jamieson. Af The PROVOST offered thee members the usual ...

... the Mcd.T, Jisso. 4. sont. TiE Comnmissioners met this day-the Lord-Provost pre- siding. i 4 . . THMe QUE5TIO2; OF CONSTSAOTS.- There was laid before:the :Comatissioners a moemorilal which, in pursuance ~of the Board's, resolution of l9t21 November, hla& been sent to Counsel! for their opinioni On the question of contracts, the immtediate case in vien being that of Mr Thomnson, Dean of Guild.~ ...

... A U ST RAL IA. THE Australian mails arrived at Suez on ~tho 27th, ult., by the City of Sydney. The dates of intelligence are-Sydisey, Nonem- her 11:; Melbourne, 17th; Ceylon, December. 1. D u Tradle at Melbourne cositintses dupeceised. DI. The.Bills for the conistructing of xailwaya fromd Melbourne to Mounit Alexander, Benligo, and the Mulrray, and fsrom Geelonig W 0 to Ballarnt, have passed ...

... I : . . flS ~r- IN our telegraphic news last weelk was a brief announcement liqul of thcs burning of this vessel, and the remarkable Ipreser- PU1l W vtooftece.The Times gives the following su-tend vainoftecew -Dun Ic- mary of the details nian of The burning of the Sarahl Sands transport, alticougih an coul, at unfortunate event, is yet such a misfortune as inl itself held -ps would form ...

... ThsnREseNTArcOw OF THE Soc6TISie U1yrvVnsrIIRSs-M1,r A. lDnncan I¶'Laren has addressed a letter to-tho Edisbuergh tli ~sExipsess onl this Subject.- Ha has arrived at the conclusion apl thtt iemmers, directly or indirectly, to the Scottish pa TiUniversities, is unsound in principle, and unjust in its or, 1Poperation towards all other iuterests than thle one thus hero- 1\ pcoced to be ...

... BY ELEOTRtIC TELEG913&PH. Fri THE LrvIATHAN.-On Monday, abarque, coming up the river, she ran into the Steam barge which was anchored off the vessel, con- traiing a large portion of the windlasses eid~geOr to he useedin Ig hauling the monetrous hulk towards the rivbr,. which sank in- Moi stanter. Tise naused the postponemont of operatidus. andl ______T Dr. Forbes Boyle, the celebrated ...

... C ALENDAR FOR 1858. January. 2 rida 1 ' 15) 3Satnrilrry ., f dC 1); Sunda:y 1 :3 17 Ttion-daly.1 11 1) 'Xededay. 13 10 I -hurdav :. 7 1-4 21 lbobrneiry. 3,onldlay 1 S 15 Tt'rsm,;y. f 11 1 wTlnedayIv I( 17 ThmrstlltY '. .111 1 S unla . CC12 11) Satunlty li 1, 21) SnL 14y 7 13 2 MolI d lt5. 3\tl ZIN . .. 1 Mody I S; t'Vmu~d .v. ., 2 9 icil~uedly :3 10 Moinday . . STt ll2lay (i 1:; ...

... ARAMIY AND NAVY. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. T'ar OfQficc, Dee. 29. 2d Reginieut of Foot-Staff-S urgeon of the S cond Cla-s raniel John Doelhrty to be Surgeon, vice Bain, who ex, li cges. ( lmb Foot-To be Licut nenimts without Pircia 0 :-En'a-ign Aubrey William 0. Sinsoers; Eosign Thcomcas Bower. To bc EB:sagnlS Witl- out purchlcae:-Captain William Henry Wit.'on, vice Saunders; Edweard F rederick ...

... rFronz tile Daily JVcws.) While the French Government are engaged in parchas- ing Negroes on the West Coast of Africa, and reviving, in violation of the solitary clause in the Treaty of 1845, which still subsists, the African slave trade, the English Govern- ment have resolved to send Dr Livingstone on a voyage of discovery up the river Zambesi, on the East Coast. This, however, is not the ...

... - ~-S- ITLEC IDOMIESTIC INTELLIGENCE. at ENGLAND. a d 11cr Mai' sty's snnnul distribution of food end clothing to upwrr'rd of 000 poor persons of tire Windsor end Clecwer Cparreiree took place on Friday roomning, in the ridinig-Louse of the Castle. The distribution was onl an extensivo Scale-T ginvolving from £500 to £600. I c n Tirr SHORESSBUrIY PEERAGE.-Another claimant has new L: appeared ...