... 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 ...

... RESULTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC- HOUSES ACT. The following statistics of the total number of cases of drunkenness which came under the nsticeof the police authorities in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leitb, and Invemess, have been prepared by the various of- ficials,uin answer to a return moved for in the House of Commons by Alexander A. Denlop, Esq., M.P., _=nd .wiich iz.i expectedL will! be printed -in a ...

... THE COUNTY OF MID-LOTMIAN AND THE I LUINTACY ACT. In a communication to the Courant, Mr Dundas of C Arniston takes up and discusses the letter of Mr Duncan A'Laren which recently appeared in our columns. Mr Dundas agrees with Mr M'Laren as to the desirability of a moderate-sized asylum, and men- s tions his own views as to the mode in which the divi- sion should be effected. He says on the ...

... FAREWELL DINNER TO DR LIVI4ST4ONE, A grand banquet w.es given on Saturday night to Dr Livingstone, the celebrated African traveller and discoverer, by the members and friends of the Geo- graphical Society, previous to the departure of the missionary traveller to occupy his post of British Consul to the Portuguese settlements in Southern Africa, to which he has recently been appointed by her ...

... (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 ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FRANCE. With reference to the appointment of the Duide' of Montebello as Envoy to Russia, the Times Paris correspondent remarks, that the Orleans party must indeed be in a ruinous condition when such mnen as the Duke and M. Dupin leave it for ever. The Times' Paris correspondent writes on Tues- day ?? arrest of the French refugee Bernard, by the English police, has given ...

... The following is a list of the paintings purmhased by the Fine Arts Association:. No. 9. Study from Nature, IDarnick. By Johea.C. Wintour. No. 19. Moonlight. By George Simpson. No. 24. Winter Afternoon-Curlers and Skaters on Linlithgow Loch. By Charles Lees. No. 31. Inch Colm, looking weat. By Sampel Bough. No. 51. Sketch on the Beach, enaly Hastings. By Keeley Halswell. Eo. 54. Pandy Mill, ...

... TLME OF TPRUNS LEAVLNG EDLNBURGH }FOR UNDEIMtlENTIO?wED PLACES. FEBPUARY 1S68. %. The abbreviations within parenthesis-(Cal.), (S. C.), (E. an, G.), (N. B.), (E. P. and D.)-signify Caledonian, Scottisb Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, and Edinbiirgh, Perth, and Dundee Railways respectively, and intimate that the trains stare from the termirni of these railways in Edinburgh at the ...

... I LOSS OF ThE SHIP ,DICE1 OF PORTtYAkDm | I0 IOF GIIEENTOOK. I I,; LI ?? ' ' . 2 - l2; I V&' A ((bvrenook Arfrerifse,') regrcnet to learn the los.of tb& M - slip Doke of 'ort~lam~l, belougiiig to llMessrs. Thonias Hamt- ct lin & 1'o , of this port. Full details are given in th'follow- ho I ing let~t-r fiml Capltain H'ardenl, dated Mauriti ,vwith : wh'xvich vwe have- beenl kindlly favonred hy ...

... coud and Her Royal Highness the Duchess of IKent visited her Ma- jesty the Queen on Wednesday, at Buckinughal Palace. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Mr Gibbs, went to White Lodge, Richmond Park, in the forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Sercne Highness Prince Victor of HEolienlolhe dined with the Queen. Viscount and ...

... 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 ...