... 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 ...

... (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 ...

... THE CRTIT4ELA lN ENd M[LAND. (From the Examitter.) Vth( When shall *we get to the bottom of the abuses and Lo ?? of our military systemn 2 Whenever we SOl seemi to have reached the lowest depth, there is always something deeper still, to which each ne'w t'l iuziniiiy is certain to conduiet us. Of all the disclosures MO ?? have yet lbeen made of the mismanagenlemnt of our op asonly, that ...

... 4- GL - ?? OW P O 0 THE .G'LAS(;OW SHARP-SHOOTEMS OF 1S03.| _1 _ ?? _ - A}Cs «Asa A., I+t ?? tA_+AsA.P ?? Wehave been indebted to the courtesy of our townsman it -* avid' 'ixnithi, Trongate, for the temporary possession of w~ wolxcsheets of parchment, of diate October, 183, benring mID ,h declaration of loyalty and engagement of a large body of 5ar citizens who then formed themselves into the ...

... FROM OUR LONDON CORbRESPONDENT, ?? . ?? Friday, IParliament has. now launched into a sea of business ileavydebates follow each other in rapid succession, and there ar~e other great debateall ques~tions-l1oomna n -Y Disraeli would say, inathe distande. The hot hasto.witkwhjeh [t L-ord Palmerston has pushed his Consipiracy-Bill uponi. the: iastage, to conciliate the Emperor. of the French, ...

... THINKS TO TIlE OPFTCERS OF THE ?? SERVICE. * I (Fromn the Globe.) A special general Court of Proprietors was held on Satur- day in the East India House, for the purpose of proposing a vote of thanks to the superior officers of the Indian civil and military service. R. D. Mangles, Esq., M.P., the Chairman iof the Board of Directors, presided.. The hon. gentleman, in opening the proceedings, ...

... AMERICAN POLITICS-THE KANSAS CONSTITUTION. I IAN 0 AJ. U LAVIN. | (FromtheTimes.) We are so much bound-not by geographical links only, I but by policy, alliances, and national interests-to the Old World, that even now, when the United States haive become a first-rate Power, and British America counts more than three millions of inhabitants, most of us skim over with in- diierence every piece ...

... COUNTY OF RENFREW.-MEETING OF PRISON BOARD.- as BOARID. of Yesterday a meeting of the members or the Prison Board n- for the county of Renfrew was held in the County Hall. Paisley, for the purpose of adopting the necessary measures ad entailed upon them by the new Lunacy Act, Mr. Sheriff of Glasgow occupied the chair. ad Mr. DUNN, the clerk, having read the minutes of last ss. meeting, which ...

... RE MINISCENQ , OF THE LATE AflHA EL i I ROWAND. I s (Fromi the Refesniers' Gazette.) The story. t~old last~ Saturday anent the pepplermint iozeii- gebetween the ancient accountant (If' the Sghip Thank anld 1abi Carirck, reininds uis. of onie somewhat analogosti, Tht -which occurred with the 'late ?? elmark~ Hunter, of 'the Glaee9Ogqc Ecertc. jind One of 'hisalrs, i have' days' f'yore, when ...

... L a_- _ r. _. r HERALD OFFICE, Mfanday Afornihg. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.. SPECIAL DESPATC'H. (From the Times of This Morning.) We have received the following telegram from our Malta. correspondent : Malta, Feb. 14, 2 P.M. The Valetta, from Marseilles, arrived here this morning with an outward mail and left for Alexandria, whence the Vectis has just arrived. She brings no tidings of the arrivaL ...

... M lONKLAND RAILWAYS.COMPANY. i'f AiA&N 1) itAIL WAY V CI>UOMPANY. The ordinary general meeting of this company was held esterday in their office, 6;4 West Regent Street-John Baini, ~sq. of Moryjgton Chairman of the Company, in the chair. T she report, of which the following is an abstract, was held' as read:--' Compared with the previous-half-year, there is a decrease of £891, 9 Gd. in the ...

... * A ~GLASGOWrSOLDI-ERS NARRATIVE OF THE - * SIEGE ~OF DELHI I Te ?? .; . . SIEGE GOF )ELHI. Thefollowing is from aw soldier: in the East India: Com- ha' pany's service in India-t6 his parents residing in Glasgow' He left 110 High John: Street, -Glasgow, on the 17th June, pa 1854 ?? Delhi, 23d Nov., 1857. ai My' dear Pnts-It is ionly D oW that I have got time to £1 write you a few lines since ...