... LErTER FROM INDIA. t Thb followtig is an extract froin a letter by an offiaer to his fridhdB in Eldiubu-gh:- : Banidlur, Shd;rapoor, Febroary 16, 18S8. The Rajah of Shorapoor evacuated his capital withal his a R.ohf ila hnik Arabs on the night of tho 8th at one o'clock, and has 3 gone, 'ihel-tbay, to Hyderabad. A Bombay hawker came to Cap- r 3tain W indliam's campI on the morning of the 9th, ...

... CDRaval RIO Roilifilry ?? ?? The following General Order, addressed to the army at home and abroad, has been issued from the Horse Guards:- His Royal Highness the General Commanding- ?? directs that when prisoners, sentenced by court-martial, are temporarily placed in garrison or barrack cells to wait admission into a military prison, they are not, while thus confined, to be deprived of their ...

... INDIA.-THE BOMBAY MAIL. (From the Times' Correspondence.- a On the 1st of this month the Commander-in-Chief broke -up his camp at Futtyghur, and marched for Cawupore. H. e himself, with General Mansfield and other officers, pushed -on in advance of the army, escorted by the 9th Lancers and a troop of Bengal Horse Artillery, and covering from 20 to g 25 miles a day, arrived ?? onthe 4th. A ...

... ouR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE. (From tiw Conftinental RcSviec.) Louis Napoleon has behaved well towards us; but if the French chose to overthrow him to-morrow, and to set up in his stead a new Republic or a new Monarchy, no one in this country would be called on or entitled to raise a hand either directly or indirectly in his favour. We cannot as a nation look upon attempts to overthrow him as ...

... SCOTL AND. DUMrRIE-MAsoNs' STRIKfl.-Themasonsformerly employed on the Dumfries portion of the Castle- 3 Douglas and Dumfries Railway have at last, we are glad to say, come to terms with the, contractors, after I a cessation of labbur extending over nearly three Lmonths. About forty men commenced working on Monday, and in a week or two, when matters have been put in order, there will be ...

... iasi HIE fcri eil nil aVS Ice .id unI riii m0 ofAI :11 nit in inI the sif Lii Thi Ish or (110 is tiol 'Al Loi Sin 010 Vall Ic Du ,iii drE rsr aft a , Ia~ ab] in hl~ abi Al: WIv tal hi an SU, Al fs of ti ii 2d di H 51 I mB a5 Al el POST OrFIC-DirFAULTING LETTFR CARRIER.-On I Wednesday, John M'Nee, a letter carrier in the em- r ployment of the Glasgow Post Office, was tried before hI Sheriff ...

... Dublin, Thursday Morning. The following description of yesterday's commemoration of the patron saint by the mob of Dublin is supplied by Saumders's Newsletter:- The Castle-yard was yesterday morning a point of as- semblage forcrowdsof pemsonswhowere desirous of witnessing the releving of the Castle guard on the 17th of March-St. Patrick's Day-a matter whlich, although not in itself very ...

... EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE AND SUDDEN DEATH OF THE BRIDE. A highly respectable tradesman of Dawvish. namied Oliver, died somne years since, leaving to his widowv bv will a con- siderable property; with the proviso, however: that in the event of her re-niarrying, the whole should revert to their- children. During her widowhood, Mrs. Oliver, it appears, became surety to the amount of £400 for a ...

... BY ELECTRIC TELEGR.APH. l FRANCE. I The pension list has swollen by various causes to 68,000,000 francs-theannual recipients being 122,000 persons, 67,000 of whom are military annuitants, and absorb for theirshlare 38,000,000 of the whole. Rudio is said to have indicated very many re- fugees in London as fit objects for French vigi- I lance. CHINA. MIARSEILLEs, Friday.-The news by the Valetta ...

... I BY ELECTRIC TE LEGRAPH. FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Tines believes there is no doubt of M. de Persigny's resignation being finally accepted. He wvill probably be suc- ceeded by the Marquis de Moustier. INDIA. A return received at the India House, dated Port Saugor, February 2, shows the number of persons in the fort to be 173 men, 67 women, and 130 children. CHINA AND CEYLON. ...

... - MERCURY OFFICE, TCESDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCE. CHINA. ?? llv s, 'March 21-This evening wve ,:Ile ?? tile Com-rier tie Chie'l 'I'The blockl- of Canton wvas to fillishl on 10th Februayv, e citv ,vill then be accessible to foreigners nllt- er certain conditfions. whichl will shortly be pro- h,,jlted. Thle statC of siege is to continc10e InL- ,vt, the period of occupation. The allies hadl or- ,.sed a ...

... AGENTS FOR THE CALEDOXIAN MERCURY. Aberdeen .-A. & R. Milne,jGlasgow _W. Love, S Athenam I Enoelh Square Do. IL. & J. Smith. Greenock .._IMrs Owen. Do. ._W. Panton. illaddiagton ..J. Millen. Do. --D. Wyllie andl Do. -G. Smiles. Son. JIfawvick __r. Black. Aberlady ..r F. Mitchell. I Do. --J. Daigleish. Alloa --J. Lothinu. Inveresk__J. Gordon. Arbroath James Stnith. inverkeitilgTihs ...