... BY ELEICTRIC TElLElGRAPIr. r is INDIA.-THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, June 27, evenhng.~.The Taurus, s,s., has just arrived frolm Alexandria, bringing what follows:- 100l ALEXANDRIA, June 23. mi S The Bombay mails have arrived, with intelligence to the 4th thl iust. The latest news of the Cornmander-in-Chief are to the St It25th May, when he arrived at Futtyghur, hiaviing marched from cot ...

... V'ANCOUVER'S ISLAND. * ?? ,* V - , I C L Al N LI. (Fruom the Times.) [i the Spanish and Ennglish adventurers of the 16th *entuly could see the present state of the. world they would regard with a mixture of envy and satisfaction the realiation by a remote posterity of their own TI-A gorgeous dreams. El Dorado is not, indeed, shity sining with roofs of gold, but in the West snd the South there ...

... THE PAPER. DUTY AND THE CONDITIONS OF ITS REPEAL. (Ftoil the Economist.) No one was follud in the House of Commons on Monday night to apologise for the Excise duty on paper, or even to deny that it was one of the first which ought, revenue permitting, to be repealed. But we must insist most strongly on the point that, if we are to do away with indirect taxes, however ob- jectionable, we cannot ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-ION DIT, JUNE 28, Their Lordships met at five o'clock. ib Lord R AVENSWO RTH, in bringing up the r-port of a v select committee on a private bill, took occasion to complain ti, of the impure state of the atmosphere in the committee rooms. The Duke of GRAFTON asked if ?? in- tended to take any immediate steps for purifying the river? r The Earl of MALNIESBURY said the Government ...

... FRANCE. The Coitrrkr de MfarscilW publishes an article on the resolr- tion adopted by the King of the Belqians to fortify Autworp. It says everybody is astonished that King Leopold, who was re- garded as the most pradont and reserved monarca in Europe, should associate himself wvith nmanifestations which tend to endanger the peace of Earops. . The fuiaur publishes the decree appointing Prince ...

... SIMAMARY. In the House of Lords last night the business was of a routine character. The House of Commons, at its early sitting, was occupied with the Galway Freemen Disfran- chisement Bill, although little progress was made with the measure. The House, on resuming, re- solved, on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that Government orders of the day shall have precedence of other mo- ...

... TOWN COUNCIL PnoOCrEDINGS. * 11ronday, June 28. 0 rA Special meeting of the Cou~ncil was held this day-the 81 Lord Provost presiding. PRESENT :-Baillies Smith and Oswald; the Dean of I Guild; Dr Christie; Mestrs W. Boss, Shepherd, Cruicsekhank, H. Boss, Henderson, G. Jamieson,a and J. Jamieson. t THE U3NIVERSITIES BILL. 1 The PnOVOST said--Gentlemen, having at the meeting of the Council in ...

... 6, z it r t a it b 'If, a ? 4 i 3 it. Mr Rtarey, accompanied by MIr Goodenough, had tlhe honour of exhibiting before her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Ring of tile Bel- gians, their Royal IHiglmnesses the Duke and. Duchess of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, Princess Alice, Prmicess llelena, Prince Arthur, and P'rince Leopold, and the ladies aand gentlemen of the ...

... INLDIA AND CHINA. AL=XAND .T. June -21.-The Calcetta and China mails left this day, with intelligence from Calcutta to May 18; Madras, May-26; Ceylon, May 31; and Hong-Kong, May o. Shahljehanpore was relieved on the 11th May by Brigadier Jones. Lucknow was threatened in General Hope Grant's absence southward by 25,000 men under the Begum. On the 15th, Sir Colin Campbell, leaving a strong force ...

... The following isa letter from Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, commanding the British West India squa- dron, to Captain Joshua R. Sands, of the United States navy, recently in command of the steam fri- gate Sasquehanna, which vessel, it will be recollected. V some time since, with yellow. fever on board, put into Jamaica, where prompt and efficient aid was rendered by the British naval authorities ...

... (From the Daily News.) t There is something not readily intelligible in the 2 present state of the Havelock Memorial Fund. Three I months ago one of the most important meetings ever E held in London to hail a great reputation assembled I in Drury Lane Theatre. A Royal Duke was in the k chair; distinguished Ministers of the Crown, with re-f nowned generals and admirals, delivered enthusiastic t ...

... TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICTIMON WITH INDIA.I The following appears in the city. article of the Ua Tsimes of.Saturday-- ear The cbhie oratorioal function; of the present: Mo Ministry. seems to be- to boast ofze Vbe things they mac have done. It would be well if they would occa- sionjally. refer to the things they have, not done. No. 1one wi'. dispgte that at tbe time of their taking. :office the ...