... The Times' correspondent, writing from Paris on Tuesday, says:- The dearth of news from the Papal States other than such as is obtained from Piedmontese sources, continues almost complete. The Sardinians, according to what is here stated, allow no letters or telegrams to pass, and the motive imputed is that they do not wish any other version than their own of recent events to get abroad. ...

... AdvlcGS received in untidpfltlon of the overland 111ai1 brio? letters and journals from Hongkong-, August 25, and Shanghai; Aufrnst IS. The London and China Telegraph publishes the following letter:— OFF THE PEIITO, AUGUST 12. My last was dated from Tah-lien-Whan, and we were then in expectation. Our hopes had indeed been cheered by the advent of Lord Elgin, and we looked forward to some ...

... A STRANGE CHARACTER. We have this week to record the death of Mr. James Macdonald, M.A., a remarkable character, well known in Stafford and the neighbourhood. Mr. Macdonald graduated at the University of Edinburgh, taking the degree of Master of Arts, and for some time dis- charged the duties of sub-editor of the Edinburgh Courant. Here is a sketch of his life About thirty years ago he came to ...

... INDIA. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 24. Captain Grepn, of Bombay, an invalid residing in Neilgherry mountains for the benefit of his health, has. been murdered by his servant. Another Wagheer rising of an unimportant character has taken-place at Kattiawar. ...

... VYe arc now ia possession of the principal details of the above battle. It appears that the royal troops were advantageously nosted on the right bank of the Yolturno, where they had erected formidable works of defence. From San Clemente to Cajazzo that side of the river bristled with guns skilfully masked, strongly constructed redoubts, barricades, and abatis. An entrenched camp of 20,000 ...

... We give one or two letters which have appeared on the other side. Senex writes as follows Far be it from me to deny that the Great Unseen can, and may at any time, will to communicate with his creatures by means that may be seen as well as heard, and felt; but I must see something superhuman in the object, as well as in the act, before I can ac- knowledge agency, divine or devilish, before I ...

... THE STEPMSY MURDER. COMMITTAL. OF MULLINS, On Tuesday, the inquiry was again resumed. Mr. Wontner said he proposed to follow the movements of the prisoner to such a period as was just antecedent to the murder. Up to 8 o'clock in the evening of the 13th, he was on his way to the Grove-road. They did not trace him beyond that until the witness Mitchell met him the next morning at 5 o'clock in a ...

... NAPLES, SKPT. 29 (via, GBSOA). An order of the day of Garibaldi published at Caserta says:— Brave Soldiers,—The Sardinians are about to enter Neapolitan territory. Very soon you shall have the happiness of clasping their victorious hands. The ofliciallist of the new Ministry is as follows Inteiior-Conforti. Public Works—Giura. Justice —Scura. Marine—Anguissola. Public Instructlon- Desanctes. ...

... PARIS, SEPT. 30. The Moniterur contains the following:- The Emperor has decided upon immediately reinforc ing the corps of occupation at Rome by sending a division of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry, and a battery ot* artillery. The Sardinian Government has been informed that General Goyon has received instructions authorising him to extend his action so far as the military conditions to ...

... Cfje fcc. A iWr.-to Am'eed. —• A reached us from the Paarl showing that boys will be boys even though they be the sons of royalty. The bed- chamber of the young prince and his two companions, Mr. Gray, and Mr. J oeelyn, both of the Euryalus, was in an opposite part of the building to Sir George Grey's. His excellency, being fatigued, retired early, but it was not to immediate rest. His ...

... LONDON, MOKDAT, OCT. 15. There is less doing in Colonial Produce; arrivals are on the increase; but at present scarcely any variation in prices. Im- portant public sales are announced of Tea, Sugar, and Spices. In the markets for Russian Products less briskness, and more desire to sell Tallow and Hemp. A more ready sale for Metals, and fully last week's quotations realised. Few orders for Dye ...

... GARIBALDI'S POSITION.-THE NEAPOLI- TAN HOSPITALS. t In the letter of the cot-respondent of the Times, dated Naples, Oct. 10, we read' No fact of any great importance has occurred at Santa Maria since the 1st of October. Skirmishes among the ? advanced posts occur daily, and the Royalists and Gari- baldini shell one another continually. A friend who has returned from the lines tells me that the ...