... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... TME- I M-HfTY D:EAD' OF THE YEAM:lB.7? (FROM 'rtWsIV.) More than' half of the' nineteenth centwry: hhs-. pessed'away,.-mnlthe men wiw-'aehieved an lEsnourn- abl6 reputation-icearlier years,.are now rapily re- tsinogs from thxe stage of li&etP;- theatre, leai'ng. a yGsnger' generation to inherit, the 'result of their works, the glory.-of their nzsnes,.ansl the ben.t' of thsir exatmples.. Many ...

... I. - ?? , - - - -Z ?? ; , , I ? : I ? : - , fl-ortiffil lit fligeirre. FRANCE. The Emperor is somewhat indisposed, and in con- sequence a revie.v which isas to have been held on Tuesday in the Court of the Tuileries did not take place, and the grand sitting of the Council of State to discuss the question of the usury lawvs is post- poned. ITALY. The Court of Rome, says a letter from that ...

... TIME OF TRAINS LEAVING EDINBURGH FOR UNDERMETlNT0XD PLACES. JANUARY 18- . V The abbreviations within parenthesis(Catl), (9. C.), (E. and G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signify Caledonian, Scottish Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow0 North British, and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectively, and intimate that the trains start from the termliai of these railways in Edinburgh at the .ears ...

... GERnAlN AND THE BALTIC. (-aO* fOutO OWN COR SoNDENT.] :j14 unG, Dcc. 28, 1857.-The anticipations whiobh-lvere ventured to be indulged in when the last coiitilnication was sent- are now happily in the _co; i'of being completely realised, the state of the money rmarket having' undergone 'a very decided and favourable change. The present position of monetary affairs. here, indeed, quite verifies ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I . - . ,I AIBRIVAL OF THEE CALCUTTA MAIL. The Evessing, Eerald publishes the letters by rthe Calcutta mail. -The accounts of the relief of L'ucknow, which had reached Calcutta to 24th P November, were very meagre. Losswdescribed as very heavy, but numbers not known. c The 32d mutineers had been. pursued, but the greater part got clear off. 'In Central India, the most ...

... (:FION PUNCH.) Well, I'm sure I What nest, I wonder! But it's like you men. Inquisitive creatures! I Talk of woman's curiosity ! What is it to you, Sir, Wby I wear my crinoline? Getting up statistics, are you ? Well-if you're really serious-now, promise you won't laugh-I don't mind telling you my reasons why I wear it. Yes, by all means, if you like. Take your pencil out, and write down from ...

... . The following letter from Captain J. S. Castle, the commander of the Sarali Sands screw transport- steamer, has been received by Messrs Walton, ship- brokers, of Gracechurch Street, relative to the partial destruction of the ship by fire and the escape of the troops and crew:- . ' At about 3.45 r.M., on the I Ith of November, I discovered a very strong smell of fire arising from the after ...

... The Parochial Board met-yesterday at two o'clock -Bailie Blackadder in the chair. The CEHAIRMAN called attention to the letter laid before the Council from Dr Gairdner at its late meeting, in regard to the health of the town. Dr Gairdner seemed to think that a disease of some kind was brewing over the town, which would burst over the whole community, and advised the 'adoption of measures to ...

... x (FROMS PtNcil.) the In order to promote, as far as lies-iniour power, 91c the highly constitutional views of the archbishops, Mi schoolmasters, judges, and other distinguished parties an who have proposed to the Government to give eda- D cated persons-that is, persons who. have learned of some Latin and some Greek. and some history and tai some mathematics-a separate status in, the common ...

... The annual general mee'ing of the members of the Art Union of Glsgeow was held on Wednesday in the Fine Art Gallery, 119 St Vincent Street. . The Hon. Andrew Galbraith, Lord Provost, occupied the chair. Mr CHSARLES HAMILTON, Honorary Secretary, read the report for the. past year. The following is an abstract:- 7In submitting a report of their proceed- ings for the. year which is nowv concluded ...