... E N G L R N D. SiLEmBR. LEONE.-The Government. have conferred, a pension of £'200 per annum UpoIn Norman William AMacdonald, for selvices as Governor of Sierra Leone. The office of Queen's Advocttte ii that colony is still vacant, the office having boon declined by Thomas O'Brien, Esq., who formerly was Secretary and Su- preme Magistrate inr the West Coast of Afioiaa.-Givil Servicc G'a;.ette. ...

... EXHIBITIC) OF THE ROYAL SCOTTISN: A: ( A D, E I Y. The rooms of thc Royal Scotish Academy were opsned on Monday for reeoptionof the pictures intended for the I ensuing Exhibition;. and as usual, the streets were thronged [ with parties emiployeds-in carrying pictures, all wending- their I way to one cominonitcentre-the Exhibition Rooms. F roln the unhappy habit of broeraestiation to which ...

... 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 ...

... FRANCE. The following is the letter of the listei' Paris correspondent,. dated Thursday, 6 staf. The anagr ofthe pectateur (formerly Assernlde Nati'n aile) has addressed a circular to its subscribers, informing them. of the suppression to which it is conidemined, and stat- ing that forthle remainder of the period of subscription they: will be supplied with the Union:- Founded (says the ...

... LETTrER F-o-M ~A SOL-D-ER IN --THE FORTY- SECOND. I . . - . - The following letter, from a soldier in the 42d Highlanders 1e to his friends in Glasgow, though not of late date, is inter- me estiin, as giving the personal experiences of an observant t and intelligent man in humble life :- I DerCamp at Bithoor, l6th Dec. }657. Dear Friends,-I write to let you know how we have been s-getting on ...

... EN GLAND. INDIA.-.The gross total area of the regulation and non-re-gulation districts of the North-Western Provinces of India is shown, by a late return, to amount to 117,586 square miles, and the population to 34,265,876. The number of souls to each square milewas 291; the land revenue amouitedto4, 59,86,052 rupees, the ablaree to 23,02,654 rupees; stamps to 1,4132,126 rupees, ...

... I -. (From the Times.).. | It is a long time since the public have heard anything of A their old friend the Leviathan, which lately occupied so rlarge a share of their attention, and the bulletins about which 'chronicled alnost hourly how many or how few inches she bhad progressed towards her final destination-the water. IThe fact, however, is that very little has been done in the 3 way of ...

... (Fromn the Times.)Qc We publish to-day an admirable narrative from our special correspondent of the first operations against Canton. The departure of the mail leaves us s~II] inle ignorance of all that followed the first two days' attack, free but there canl be no doubt that. by the end of the yea r - b 1857. Canton -was in our possession, or, at least, inl our, power. It is impossible not to ...

... -VITAL AND EcONOMIC0 STATISTICS OF GLASGOW. - tJaAi-UV VY. Wehave been fa~voured with a copy of the Report-on the tiveS a nd Economic Statistics of Glasgo, ?? LL.D wichwe hste topresent to our readers. Fr ~~ ~~l e osered hatcerainnewandimportant features yea5, ~0to~ued ntothi vauabe dcumntfor which we are ~ ?? Paoos'rMAGISTATESAND COUNCIL OF fo -LAsow. ?? dthe u J,,Lrd and Gentlemene,-A ...

... AYRSHIIRE ANNUAL SOIREE. JrA-..A. # V l E ?? m ?? - l. Ad 1 D: On Wednesday evening the' annual grand soiree of. the G-lasgow inhabitants of Ayrshire ;took place in the Mer- chants' Hall. John M'Gavin, Esq. .occupied, the chair;; and among. those present on the platform were Shleriff Steele, Counoillor -lirew fDr. Moitgomery, Messrs.' R. Young, J. Stehlens9 thoin .Farqtshar, H.. *iton, Jolmn ...

... r, We (Morning} Po.t9 have received ou-papers in anticipation .of the Overland Mal from Bombay, dated Jan. 23. We t take the following from the general summary of the BombaI Y1 s. Times:- * I The, progress of Sir Colin Campbell has been marked by 1; t no hard fighting since ourlastadvices, the insurgents having - e retreated rapidly across the Ganges into Oude, leaving the a. Doab in our ...

... (From the Timies.). Nobody will be suirprised to hear that the East India Company is 'in want of money. The events and transactions with 'which the world has been familiar- ised during the last twelve months threaten a deficiency of funds in the ensuing financial year to the amount of £8,000,000, or thereabouts. - As the Company does nbt possess this money, it must be borrowed; as. the need ...