... THE SIGNING OF THE CHINESE TR.E ATY. (Front the Triems.) At last-we may say there is peace with China. We to- |day publish not only tire fact of tie Treaty having beei siiigned, but also tire mode of signature and the details of the ! ceremony. II that isolated jose-house, on the steppe one ; mlile beyond Tien-sin, which has been several times men- I tioned in connection wvithl these ...

... VIOLENT THUNDER STORM AT THE COUAST. V ivii.1ii' 1LUlUIN`l2 COX .tI nmvi a t Ifr, DU Vat1. p The atmosphere during the last few days seems' to-have o, been densely charged with electricity over a large portion of v the West of Scotland. On Tuesday night, as noticed in oult- last, there was a good deal of thunder and lightning in ova o inriediate neighbourhood; but the storm was not severe: a ...

... ING. I[DO.. AIrEIS PUNCH.] One evening not very long ago, there was held a very briyht meeting on1 the subject of Parliamnentary Reform. The assemblage was evidently one that needed a great re- formation, individual and collective, and therefore highly appropriate. On the platform we observed a Member Of Parliament, an intelligent Glasgow Bailie, two notable Councillors, three complacent ...

... - ?? the Times.) Ba it was not without reason that the Secretary for Of War and the First Lord of the Admiralty took occa- wa sion, at the Gu~idliall Banquet, to con~gratulate the get professions which they respectively represented on the CO accession of a Royal Prince to the rolls of each. all Every fraternity or calling prides itself insensibly onl Li, the distinction of its members, and it ...

... (The following appeared in or trdte -dition of Mondia,7/:) BN - Q U T. TO T -DU. OF . AL ?? BANQUET TO THIE DUKE OF M~ALAKHOFF. (From the Times,) Another of these cordial reunioans which mark- the real sin- cerity with whbich the Anglo-French Alliance is preserved in this country in all its truth and spirit took place on Thurs- day evening, and the officers of the two services who are members ...

... GOVAN PAtROC1HIAL BOARD. e Tlte wohly mieeting of the Geleeral Committee of the , Parochial Boardl of Govan was held yesterday in the Board | e Room-Mr. \WTilkie in tie chair. *k Mr. Kirkwood produce(d a license by the Commissioniers it of Lunacy, autitorisiug the use of a portion of the promises F le for the reception of pauper lunatics. TIhe CHiaIRMAN read a letter from the Home nSecretary, ...

... (Thle following appeared in our Late Edition of Illonday;) ?? - r - -- -- I (From the Times.) hitl The opening of Michauelmas Term has resuscitated the litigation of the affairs of the Liverpool Borough Bank; anti g6 la-g7!reat case of Scott r. Dixon is, it seems, doomed to lundeirgo anotlier ventilation in tle public vicwv. As to what ,iav hiappen to the particular parties in this ...

... LETTER FOM A SERGEANT IN THE 82D REGT.! I TO HIS BlROTHER IN GLASGOWV. Shajehanpore, 10th June, 1858. My dear Brother,-I enibrce this opportunity of writing a few lines. You will see an! account in my last of all about our affair in this place on the 3d May. Wre have had several minor affairs with them since then, which resulted in our ousting the rebels from their position, and our entire oc- ...

... e (Front the Greenock Advertiser of yesterhay.); DAMAGE FRLOM THE LATE TaUNDmIRSToiR.- During the d( L thunderstorm of Wednesday night considerable damage was qc e done to the powder works of Messrs. Curtis, Harvey & Co Iat Glenlean, head of Holy Loch. The rain was excessive' I r and the torrent of water which rushed down the glen swept Ti away masses of the soil in its codrse, and ultilmately ...

... To thze Editor of the Glasgow Herald. I Glasgow, Sept, 24, 1858. i Sie,-i observe reported among the mriscellaneous local news in this day's Hlerl~d a pragrapl headed The Billetin System, wherein it states that yesterday at the Justice If ] Peace Court, Alexander Dewar, hotel-keep~er, 16 Bridge Street, was fined in the suim of £2 and expenses for refusing I to accommodate a sergeant and ...

... MONCUR v. M'FAIULANE AND M;INTYRE. I TILE OLISGlow FATR SATURDAY. The following interlocutor has been pronounced by Mr. ~IbShriff Steele in anl actioss at tile instanice of a young manl named Moncur, concluding for damages for having been Struck by MI'Intyre, anl officer of the Clyde Police, at the isteamboat quay, on the Fair Saturday: Glasgow, 25th March, 1858.-Having heard parties'plrocn- r ...

... T.HlE CO.LON.Y, OF VICGORIA. 11116 U UIA5IND4X, UtF V I UT I itIA. tlt (Ercen-the MAelibornie Argesofl15th Dec.) I TI The EVVP6tea 1n11 ssal'to'iciorrow with the mails, andavel pa thrfor suoiusasmnryof intelligenc-e for trans. an THlE GOLDFIELDIS. pr The interval that has elap)sed since the delparture of the of las miail Vas' bes one of 'steady prog'ress ohl the goldilelds, Ti s' raletaof ...