... I. r Before enteri 'mon any detailed criticism of a Lordi Palmerston's scheme for the 'fqutbre E r govereisnt . of'. Itidia, we must express our i astonishment at the extreme 'Weakness of th'e I a rkguments w thh islordshlipias been,:con- r tented 'to: Addgce; on its behalf. We doiubt ,. whether Parliament was ever .sked to assent i . to a miesisu~e aUt' a~llppro ,diing in importance .%V and ...

... WEST DEkB BO A OFGUARDIS. I The weekly meeting of this board Was held yesterday, at the West eb workhouse. sn r dwards ~ ?? Robers, Ababsans Parkin, Pitts, Taylor, pur Mawddele I. Edwards, Richmond, Sage, Roecoe, and TLint.- on .hqesis Potthus, £13 out-dor relief were gpanted as follows. -Mr. ,bt ott, 918Mr. Olney, £14; and lir.-Lytligo., £24 :-Mr. Ini Gough, the governor, reported the number ...

... 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 ...

... 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 REV. H; GRATTAN GUINNESS. Mn. GuTJNESs preached on Sunday at nooll and in the evening in York Street Chapel, Dublin. The at- tendance was greater than on any former occasion. In the evening it amounted to about 1,600, and, if there were a place large enough, so that the dcmannd for tickets could have been supplied, thereis no doubt that five times the number ?? have been pr-esent to bear ...

... A OK N Q W L E D G A E N T S. GuJERATI Nlw TESTAnsIEx FUND,-The Rev. J. M'Kee gratefally acknowledges the following contri- ?? MurphyEsq. (formerly omitted), £1, Per Rev. William Mag-ill, Cork, £2 7s. lOd.-viz, J. Dowden, Esq.,i1s.;, S. Johnston, Esq., 8s. 10d.; Mr. E. Dowden, 29. Gd.; Mrs. Dowden, Is.; Miss AL Dowden, 6d;; Mrs. Beggs, 5s.; Mrs. Colbeck, 2s. Gd.; Mi's. Ken- mis, 2s. Gd.; Mr. ...

... In anticipation of the arrival of the Europeans who were so long pent up in Lucknow, the following notifi- cation was published in a Calcutta Gazette Extraordi- nary :— Fort William, Home Department, Jan. 6. Notification. Within the next few days the river steamer Madras, conveying the first of the ladies and children and of the sick and wounded officers of the Lucknow garrison, will reach ...

... AtID-L~d2D B.AIL WA Y. Lrhe The half-yearly meeting of this company was th held yesterday, at Derby; Mr. J owo ELLIS in the chair. 4 The report and statement of accounts, which were taken it as read, have already appeared in the Daeiy News. ho The CnAomxAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said ble he could fairly congratulate the proprietors upon the position he of their affairs. go ...

... 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 ...

... HBE MTOP TIBI jilrA I! A-I Ior Sir Ben jamin Hail is failousI for i Inprovenients whenfirstproposci alil IItr 23, aiding in carrying them out 'iNs tIII, ted, nounced in their favour. But .; r liciis ont, ractsrs Like tile acter who strisf0 jillIai~ il-as a king lie is grand oi the t1 2,serable, poor devil at ?? trk, Sir -Benjamin Hall in I'erliasi Mbe the Government, and Chief Co lay, Works. ...

... DALY-AND PERIODIOAL PRESS. THE LEADER.-It is greatly to the credit of Lord Palmereton that he has diminished party feeli ig in Ireland by making his government honest and impar- tial. His measures have been wise and his appoint- ments good. He has discouraged Protestant bigotry and repressed Roman Catholicoutrage; he has curbed offensive Orangemen and prosecuted riotous priests. That his merit ...

... LATEST FROM IS Xjp) FURTHER SUCCESSE,'S Ix IN e The ?? Telegran fosi A ?? ii General Greene was receia'cd t t! ?? 0 nI Office, February 14, 8.30 pai' ALEXANDRIA, FEI. 10, is ?? Pekin arrived on thc 5th llltilwitj 5, obrings Bomay (lates to the 2:3d lime 'ih, under Sir Janmes Outrani at Alill;,:F 4i k strong, was attackedl by the CiielflV ?? i'th',yl December, on the 12th of JanTarM, . ll the I ...