... _; - . . . . The union of the British Telegraph Company with the Magnetic Company, under the name of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company,seeuma not only . to be a happy one in' itself, bat deetined to produce advantageous results for the community. The company . has done credit to its new title in the accomplishment of a feat which strikingly exemplifies the thorough dis- cipline ...

... pabt sant Lititaq. N.AVAL APiOINTMRNTs,_The following appoint- ments were made on Wednesday afternoon at the Admiralty: -Masters-W, J. B. ialliard, to the Royal William; C. J. A. Noddall, to the Fisgard. As- ?? 0. Synsons, to the VIipier. The authorities at tile War-office having decided on sending out an additional force to India, exclusive of the troops svho are now under orders or on their ...

... LATESTT NEWS. HERALD OFFICE, Fridacy Moriiig. BY ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE.-The Post's PIaris correspondent writes on Wednesday:-Iniportant despatches have reached Paris from China. The authorities of Canton are preparing for a de. fence. Prochauations have appeared, ordering all Chris. tian and foreign dogs to be killed. I do not know the date of these despatches, ...

... THE DANISH DUCHIE3S. FiANKFORT, Dec. 30.-The commission entrusted with the examinatioL of the affairs of the Duchies wilt present its report to-morrow. The report coincides greatly with the views already expressed by Austria, Prussia, and Hanover. WEST INDIA MAILS. The La Plata has arrived at Soathempton with the Wesb India mail, and 1,120,00)0 dollars in specie. The islands are generally ...

... The weekl y meeting was held yesterday. Present: Messrs. Dover (chairman), Shedl, Crollin, Gladstone, B eckwith, Godfrey, Crosthwaite, Johnson, Haydock, Barton, Bowring, Stitt, Verns ...

... CAPPURE OF EL[WVECN RUNAWAY NiEGlROES. I.R)SUtll thle IM11t Week We I IIZLI, ?? Ugh1 at gen~tle- A11101 ttvtiil near lthis City, 1 ho 'ol1towi og iuturcostitig account of, the C~apturwe of' elevenl runaways :-AIbiJII at tortniglit since, it gen tlem ani stayed ait oar inla0y- inant's lionse oii his tetrnil front lowa, whither tie head beenin fit prsuiit of t he FugitLives above alluded to. ...

... Natal muf ?? 30fltipce, The follo-ing: 6nvalar, dated lbeember 23, Ias-4. been issued fbami th&erecruiting dbpawtment, Hors s iGuards8: : Until farther' ordow the approvall of recruits by , inspecting field-officers 9f districts is mtshe considered i flial; commanding offleems and surgeons of regiments aortinuing, as aotvpresent,. to make anyrn zmarks upon the attestation of warecrni! before ...

... UNIVERSITI AND CLERICAL. SUNDAY EVBNING SERVIOBS ZN WxSl7eMaTsn AeBBY.-It is positively settled that special Sunday evening services shall be given in Westminster Abbey. In reply to a memorial by certain laymen, the Dean, the Rev. B.. C. Trench, Sa yB that, after mature considera- tion, and weighing many reasous against the proposal, it has been determined, as an experiment, to eommence such ...

... RELIEF OF LUCKNOW. The Indian papers and letters arrived on Monday morning. The following is from the summary of the Bombay Timnes:- Sir Colin Campbell, having reached Cawnpore on the 9th N~ovember, joined the force at Allumbagh on the 11th. On the 13th, aotive preparations commenced, and for the next six days, there was a constant series of severe and bloody struggles with the enemy. On the ...

... (From the TIl11R' ( ?? the Tinies' correspondenlco.) se Berlin, Dec. 26. Iy The approaching mariiage of Prince Frederick William with the Princess Royal forms just now a most prominent *e-topic of conversation, not only on account of its interesting :e, character in itself and its high political importance in future ad years, but also because, in the present unhappy state of the as its ...

... On Wednesday evening last, in the ?? of St. Paul's parochial district, situate in Oxford-atreet, Soul- coatea, in this borough, an interesting ceremony was Performed in the presentation to the Rev H. T. Cattley, B.A., of a silver tea and coffee service, by the members of his congregation, on his retirement from the curacy of that parish (of St. Paul), which he had held for seven years from his ...

... orr o g t eCt. HO.McEO PATCHY. TO THE EDITOR Or THE CALEDONIANM ERCUIIY. SIR, - While reading a London paper the other day, I happened to meet with a little anueedote on homeopathy, which appeared to me so good and so arnusing that I think it mseay not be amiss to give it a place in your columns; for while it completely illug- trates the maxim, Similia similibus cnrantur, it at the same time ...