... LETTER FOM A SERGEANT IN THE 82D REGT.! I TO HIS BlROTHER IN GLASGOWV. Shajehanpore, 10th June, 1858. My dear Brother,-I enibrce this opportunity of writing a few lines. You will see an! account in my last of all about our affair in this place on the 3d May. Wre have had several minor affairs with them since then, which resulted in our ousting the rebels from their position, and our entire oc- ...

... e (Front the Greenock Advertiser of yesterhay.); DAMAGE FRLOM THE LATE TaUNDmIRSToiR.- During the d( L thunderstorm of Wednesday night considerable damage was qc e done to the powder works of Messrs. Curtis, Harvey & Co Iat Glenlean, head of Holy Loch. The rain was excessive' I r and the torrent of water which rushed down the glen swept Ti away masses of the soil in its codrse, and ultilmately ...

... MERCURY OFFICE, WEDSzSDAy, ELEvsx ?? FRANCE. ST BzBt;S, August 17tb.-Their Majesties entered this- town amidst universal enthusiasm. An immense crowd rendered the streets almost impassible. There is to be a ball given to their Majesties this evening, and to-morrow they set out for St Malo. The Emperor having been visible for a moment at the door, the crowd broke through all op- position, and ...

... GEINERAAL POST-OFFICE-, DINBURGIH. 'Boxes Close. I ' el'very Genoral Ireceiv'g P. 0.1 Edin. P. Office. Houses. Leith. :&Leith. MAIYS. -I -- Aberdn, Dsundee, Perth,) -5 45A. 10 OP 10 OP 6 40A Stirling, Alloa, &c. . a720P 7 O - 7 p 630p Berwick and E. of England, 1 ?? }1 Or 1 OP 6 40A Berwick, Dunbar, Had-) dington, &c., E of Erg- t 5 15P p S4o0P 4 SOP 3 OP land ?? Carlisle, Liverpool, Mas-) 74 ...

... Subscriber is landing, ex published College, and the Ana.ys had better apply earl, Aberdeen, loth l^]'^ Waterloo Quay- ■Archangel Tar. Just Imported A CARGO of ARCf[ANrwT I SARELLA any extent will at once be cxociit Orders to JOHN Modei ' atc Price,by 57. Marischal Street, Aberdeen. TTO, SON, & CO. ANNUM for TEN SHILIINOS mediate application, enclosing a Postage im ' Anderson, Box 30, Post ...

... voru ?? A WOPKING AMqN'S FETE.-ThC numerous ens- pleyis of 0Msrs Kerr and Binns, the extensive porce- lain rnsnufactllrers of Worcester, had a day's holiday on Saturday last, of Perhaps as pleasant a character as 'they ever enjoyed. A short time ago the ?? of the French. wio is staying at Malvern, paid a visit to Messrs Kerr and Binns' works, and in addition to giving extensive orders, left a ...

... The Royal mail steamship Liverpool, Monday. The Royal mail steamship American, Captain Wickinan, - arrived this morning with the New York mails of the 4th r inst., and $725,641 in specie. The Persia and the Vigo, hence, arrived at New York on the 3d inst. e The New York Times has the following despatch from D XaVshington _ The Government is perfectly satisfied that the steps taken by Great ...

... ~ I - 5',C AN AiEralnlec N SIHP OFr THE ISLE OF Vf-.5r.T-Thc wreck of the American ship Abby Langdon, of N'I w York, at the back of the Isle of bight, has be, reported at Lloyrd's She was laden ?? 1o0 tons of rice. Tae ship and cargo are wallied at L.40.000. EN~rECTED i3551rRT; .OF VGOtnD;-The following is a '.St of the gold ships whichl are still at sea for the United Kingdom :-The Eagle, for ...

... BRITISH COLUMIBIA-ITS CLIMATE.AND RESOURCES. The discovery of gold in British Columbit, says the Canadian ANews, will give a vast impetus to the growth of our power on the western side of the Con- tinent, and will hasten forward the completion of that line of railway from New Brunswick to the Pa- cific which will be of such incalculable importaece to the commerce of England. In its ...

... AGE~NTS FORl THEl CALLDONDN MERCURY. Aberdeen .A. & IL. Milne,.Glasgow W. Love. C-. Athenaeumr EnochSquare Do. -L. & J. Smith. Greenock ..-fs Owen. Do. _IV. Panton. Haddington..J. Millen. Do. . Wyllie and j Do. -G. Smiles. Son. awick . BlacL. Aberlady .-Mr F. Mitchell. Do. J. Dalgleieh. Alloa _J. Lothian Inveresk-- . Gordon. Arbroath James Smith. LuverkeithgVijs CanpbelL Do. --G. ...

... LONDON. Tuiu Duke of Malakoff gave a banquet on Satur- day in honour of the Emperor's birthday. In the E evening he received a number of British Crimean I officers. THE INDIANr CoUNcIL.-The Tines ?? Frederick Currie and Sir Henry Rawlinson have accepted seats in the new Council. Mr John Stewart Mill, to whom Lord Stanley offered a seat in the Council, has declined to serve on the score of 1 ...

... l,. f,DA-.rn~TtA7 - , ?? ?? R .- ; HERALD OFFICE, Friday Mllorw 1iug. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. INDIA. The Indianiletters]have arrived. The Times' correspon- dent, under (late Bomlbay, July 19, writes :- Operations on any considerable scale seemn to have come to an end, owing either to the rainy season new generally set in throughout India, or to the exhaustion and dispersion of the mutineers ...