... Etc 9, WI 4trbttf- Tsnl EAS-_T TI-,mA Cit-xe. Stcavice'-Ar C. T. P. Muajo Metcaife, secoond clerk in the Military Secretary's De- 4th partment, hlome ]2stabli~imhilft. has been permitted apo to retire froif thle scryice ;and conlseqjueft thereupon, _ .1 Air J. Thorn will succeed to the vacancY- of second b5th Iclerk, Mir G. E. Coechranle to the third, Oticd Mr- John half-I Davison to the ...

... (rROst THE TIMES.) Sir Colin Campbell is to be raised to the dignity of the Peerage, as a reward for his great services in the suppression of the Iadian mutiny, and the cordial approbation and gratitude of his country will add additional lustre to his coronet. Granied that the great death-struggle was almost concluded before Sir Colin Campbell took the field; that the north- western provinces ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, MONDAY, ELEVEN o'C1oor;. lMPORTANT DESPATCHES FROM INDIA The following telegram, dated Malta, has been received at the India House, by H. D. Dickenson, Isq., East India House Matters appear to be progressing satisfactorily ,1; Onide. A ?? of the principal Talookdars have niade their submission to the Chief Commissioner, , ithcr ?? or by their representatives, and the Fetlement ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, T. UeSDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOCK- FRANCE. oseRTs, Mottday.-ThemailketforFrench railway shares is in a more favourable state than it was during last week. It is confidently stated that an advantageons combination has just been formed, having for its object to suspend the issue of any Stevw shares till the end of 1858. PORTUGAL. The Queen arrived on the 17th. The Marquis of Bath arrived ...

... THE PARLIAMENTARY IMBROGLIO--LORDS ELLENBOROUGH AND CANNING. - - - - - - - S4At USS IJ.4N ,iN ff. (From thq Spectator.) Truly England is draining the cup of legislative humiliation, anarchy, and confusion to the very dregs. The history of the past week has no parallel in our Parliamentary records since the revolution of 1688. There certainly have been times, before the present hour, when ...

... THE DUMVL RTON EXEMPTjIONS. -1* a e . 1 Z t , To C &fdkr' of the Glasyow HenHei Glasgow, 15th uay, .185e. SIR,-A Dunmbatex Citizen, in his answer n Dridzys Herald to my letter inithat of the Monday pnieeding as- iumes that my staten.wt as to the limited extentof the:ex- emption from dues here-on Dumbarton vessels prior to-the Act of 1825 was net l'hiom time iminmmorial, as I. statel, ...

... WITH SUPPLEM1ENT. MONDAY MORNING, MAY 3. e We lave furthier intelligence from India, dated. -Bombay April 9, and Lucknow Alylil 7, reprloduced I elselwhere. .hnm .1 .. A .n.n U t. 1 .. elsewhere. From these despatches we learn that the greater portion of the army was proceeding towards Bareilly, -under thc Commander-in-Chief; that a strong cohlin mnder General Lugard started for i Azimgh'u on ...

... THE BOMBAY MAIL. Correspondence and journals have been received, in anti- cipation of the Overland Mail, from Bombay to the 24th of April inclusive. The following is from the letter of the 1 Tanes' Correspondent of that date:- GENERAL SUMMARY. The hot weather has now set in throughout India in all its intensity, but the greater part of the British forces en- gaged in suppressing the rebellion ...

... SECONDEDITION. MERCURY OFFICE, WEDNESDAY, ELEVEN O'CLOcIE. INDIA. A Marseilles despatcl asserts that the Ranee , ,ilbansi has escaped, and is bringing back a lage body of troops to besiege the English. !isarmament in Guzerat is general. The Eng- ihnaen demand that all prisoners proved to be rebetj should be put to death. The Bombay Times denounces this proposition, Vaini in.vokes public ...

... TIHE OF TRAS LEAVING EDIANDURGH FOR UNDBRETEMiONED P.LCES. MAY 1858. ?? The abbreviations within parenthesis-(CaL), (S. C.), (E. anc G.), (N. B.), ?? P. and D.) -signify Caledreian, Scottisb Central, Edinburgh and Glasgow, North British, and Edinburgh, Pertl, anld Dundee Railways respectively. and intimate that the trains start from the termini cf these railways in Edinburghi at the hours ...

... Gff rtspff ab e. MANAGEMENT OF TRE TIIEATRE. b TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONI1AN MERCURY. C Sin,-In a letter addressed to a contemporary, I I find the following strictures on the management of tb the Edinburgh Theatre:-Not only is the style of to the pieces performed very inferior to those to which n lovers of the theatre had been accustomed under I former managers, but since the removal of the ...

... point ?Iltelllmltp. INCOME- TAX COLLECTORS.-T11 seventy-seven places re-assessments have been made to cover the dealca- tions of income-tax collectors, amounting to L.29,8 12. THE DUITE D'AUMALE, son of the late Louis Phillippe, ?? of France, has recently purchased an estate near Evesham, where he has taken up his residence. ANTIQciTTEs.-Her Majesty's steam- transport Supply arrived at Malta ...