... HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAy. The House met at five o'clock. The Marriage Law Amendment Bill was read a first time, and the second reading fixed for Tuesday, the 15th inst. EN;D'*WED SOMOOLS. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that after Easter he would introduce a Bill to rerder Dissenters eligri- ble to act as trustees of Endowed Schools. ROYAL ACADEMY. Lord LYNDHURSr' called attention to the pro- posed ...

... ' FRANCE. The Globe's Paris correspondent says that from Vincennes, Metz, and every arsenal in Fiance, gnus and stores are on the move 'for the 'Mediterranean and Lyons. Swiss- volunteers are enrolling for service with Piedmont, and Ba- varla has demanded permission to place war steamers on the lake of Constance. War and peace rumours fluctuate considerably in-Paris. ITALY. A Turin telegram of ...

... TOWS COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. The Town Council met yesterday-the Lord Pro- ,ets in the chair. THE PRINCE5S FREDEERCK WILLIAM Or PRUCSSIA. After the reading of the minutes, The LORD PR!VOST callvd attention to the birth of a son to their Royal Highoesses the Ptince and princess Frederick William of Prussia, as an event pregnant with interest to the British nation. It has been suggested to me, he ...

... | MR J. BRIGHT AT ROCHDALEe Last evening a soirese was given to John Bright, Esq., M.P., by his Rlellow-townsmnen in the l public 13,11, Rochdale. There were upwards of' 1000 persons present-the ehair was taken by Mr. Andrew Stewart, Mayor of the borough. On the platform ?? Mhili psi M.P., for Bury; Mr George Wilson, of Manchester, and a large num- bar of the leading manufacturers of the town ...

... - 4--- HOUSE OF LORDS-THUESDAY. The House met at five o'clock. PIRACY IN TLOE CHINESE SEAS. Earl GREY presented a petition from Neweastle ?? of the prevalence of piracy in the Chinese seas, and stating that some of the officials at Hong Kdobgilre in partnership with pirates. -The Earl of CARNARVON admitted that; com- plaints had been preferred, but be believed tbhat they were very much ...

... LIvERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.-The Can- adian Royal Mail steamship :ung.rian, Cap- tain Jones, which sailed from Quebec on the 3d~instant -.has ]r~rive. -wi h I0l8.passengers, a(4 telegraphic advic, f. ut New York to thy Veni:Ig 'f the :i ?? TI.e fhilowijge As -.i arrived out at New Y'rk-Bavaria and Africa, and at Quebec, North Briton, A despatch received at Washington fromt Vera Cruz, states ...

... t, V it ft, IT' -am. - . ?? ar xgn , Tg DIFLOSIATIC RIIIJMOUIS. I1 - tz Ldeperedancc, ]3iqe says,-4 Thie, r ?? b -_h7~ kea .-sterdav e- 'jrviscd with reedto the4 fiE! uity otf C-Tilaininog the news rcl.ntieg toI b ~talna a tvs ae mre hanever justified to- -daykJ eythir Contradictory nature, now that we du. ace .apseahing the time when definite condoa- siens Witt be- arrived at, iF, indeed, ...

... THE COLONELCY OF TlIE 5Ta DRAGOON I ~~~GUARDS. _ ?? The ,Examniner thus notiCe8 the announce- re( ment that the colonelcy of the 5th. Dragoon p Guards, vacant by the death'of Sir John Slade,' ar is about to be conferred. upon Major-General tbe ag Earl of Cardigan. S The olonelcy of a regiment is a sinecure office, of worth about L.100Q a-year, and instituted as a d- reward for.old' and ...

... ' StBL ; ' 3 a- I I IO . S E - THRE t-T: wsR&gUF9 The following ?? betvween the 'Irish RPooorlaitConniideti Snils the lonian Catholic Chliapin ui of Belfis` W`6ikhbonc was read on Tuesday 'nt the-meeting of the 3NeIf.qst Boaed ?? Guardiins, mdnd, after a brle discussion, it was decided 'thnt the subject sliould be taken into consideration on a day to be Named hereafter, when- thel Poor-law ...

... 0lm~c~ in-e a. WANTED, MORE STEAM. TO TILE EDITOR OF Frau CALEDONIAN MEtCURF, * SIR,-I am not one of those who experience doily disappoinrnett because everything does not go on: to perfection in this sublunary sphere. . Hav;1,7L a ?? wkolesome sense of iimperfection6 in nqself.' I lare eharity wtthout end for a great. val ty of shoteormings, both in indi- viduals and corporations. Neverthelewr ...

... .0 ,Si aragit INDIA. Ad -L';ea from Calcutta, of August 8, announce that newilvy 6000 men of the local European forces sa've claimed their discharge in Bengal, the Z,;a th-west, and the Punjaub; and the re- tarns froma the Bombay and Madras presidencies will raise tie total! to lo,oo0. Of the Bengal Ariftery there are about 800, of the infantry, 3200, ated of the light cavalry probably 2000. ...

... MrTE CHANCELLORSHIP OF THE UNJ- VERSITY OF EDINBURGH. TO TH51 EDITOR OF TH5E CALEDONIAT MUERCURY AND DAILY EXPREss8. SIR,-In the end of this month the Council of the University, now. being formed under the pro.. visions of the University IBlll, must meet for tbe election of, a Chancellor of the University of E finburgh.. It should be borne in mind by all interested in the election that tbe ...