... PARIS, MAY 7.. The Patrie of this evening says We lo ,rn thai; General Garibaldi has left for Sicily with an expedi- tionary corps d'armee. The Patrie adds General Garibaldi, by acting thus,, commits an action which falls under the application of the law against piracy. The same journal further says: The Sardinian Government has ordered the- Sardinian vessels off Sicily to oppose with armed ...

... INDIA AND CHINA. ■, I -j., MARSEILLES^ MAY 3. It is reported here on the authority ot letters received. ttoni bombay to the 11th ult., that orders had been given in Lombay and Madras to suspend the dispatch of troops to China, hopes being entertained of an amicable arrange- ment of the pending diiiiculties. Khan 1! ah ado or nad been hung. The disturbances among tne indigo planters appeared to ...

... CITY, MONDAY, MAY 7. Demand for Money has diminished, and rates of discount rather given way, there having been many arrivals of the Precious Metals during last few days. There is more business doing in Public Securities, Consols are 95 j-f; and Three per Cent Reduced 95|-f. ...

... THE REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY. — Earl GBANVILLXS moved the second reading of the Bill-for the Repeal of the Duty on Paper, a tax which he stated to have been imposed, in the time of Queen Anne, and was stigmatised in both prose and verse by Swift. In 1832 an agitation commenced against the tax, and in 1835 the report of a, royal commission recommended its reduction by one half, which was done, ...

... BRUTALITY ON BOARD AMERICAN VESSELS. It is gratifying to know that at least one of the tyrants of the quarter-deck has received something like his de- serts. One George Dawer, mate of the ship Humming Bird, has been convicted of manslaughter, and sen- tenced by Justice Smalley, of the United States Circuit Court, in this city, for causing the death of a sailor named James Humphreys. It was ...

... THE PROGRAMME FOR THE CON- FERENCE. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY. The great Powers having nearly agreed upon the' assembling of a Conference, there only remains to fix; its programme. The Court of the Tuileries has framed. one which is now submitted for the acceptance of the other interested parties. France thinks the object of the Conference should be' limited to simple examination of Art. 92 of the ...

... glisdkiwrai feral fUta. A COOL REQUEST.—We clip the following ad- vertisement from the London Times London Rifle Brigade.—A respectable young man, travelling for a City house, is very desirous of joining the above corps, but under existing circumstances cannot pay the first year's expenses, and is thus induced to ask if any one will enable him to do so. He is a married man, 36 years of age, ...

... A DISAPPOINTMENT.—The last down train from Mon- mouth, on the evening of Wednesday last, was unable to proceed further than Dingestow, on account of a nut belonging to one of the valves of the engine being lost. Another engine was sent for to Pontypool-road, and the passengers after waiting several hours, made the best of their way home. The train was heavily laden with pas- sengers returning ...

... Personal. THE MYSTERY I-Two darkies had bought a quantity of pickled pork in partnership; but Sam having no place to put his portion in, consented to intrust the whole to Julius's keeping. The next morning they met, when Sam said, Good mornin', Julius! Anything happen strange or mysterious down in your wicinity lately ? Yass, Sam, most strange thing happen at my house yesterlast-night. All ...

... The Scotsman records the trial in the High Court Justiciary, Edinburgh, of Elizabeth Smith, or Walker, for the murder of her son, under the following singular circumstances :—The_ prisoner's child, born in 1857, wa% placed by her in April, 1858, in the hands of a Mr. and Mrs. Innes, Greenside, Edinburgh. Site hersejf went into service as a nurse, and remained as such until January last, when ...

... THE IRISH EXODUS. The continued reports in the Irish papers seem to prove that there has been little or no exaggeration with respect to the extent of emigration during the present season. One of the latest Cork papers (the Constitution) contains this announcement:— The tide of emigration from this country to America appears to be steadily on the increase, and bids fair to at- tain a magnitude ...

... The Archbishop of York died on Friday evening, the 4th inst., at half-past 8 o'clock, at his grace's residence in Btlgrave-square. We are informed that only a fortnight ago his grace complained of a dizziness after entertain- ing a select eifele of friends at dinner, and although no importance was attached at the time to his indisposition, he gradually became worse, and it ended with fatal ...