... MgIGR.ATION AND COLONIAL INTELLI- GE.NCE. GOLD AT VANCOUVER'S ISLAND. Mr. Dallas, of the Eeform Club, writes as follows AI'ow me to place the following extract of R letter latcyI, rerived fromn Vancouver's Island at your dieposal. It Was writter by a gentleman possessed of the best means of iniforrnation) and who is more likely to undersfrte than to exaggerate the etse. Frorn my owvn ...

... e FORNIGN INTELLIGENCE. Mel PARIS. E EPr~Ox OUL OWN CORRESPONDENT.] whi WEDNESDAY MOPNING. n E rea of all the speeches 'iver delivered by the b peror that of Monday bel decidedly produced the bys jeast favourable effect on~he public. Not only is it devoid of political siltoifloation, asa regards foreign policy (in which the Freneh take greater gisl interest than in their own affictr), but it ...

... I I We have now further particulars of' the great conflagration that laid in ruins a large portion of Charleston (South Carolina), on the 11th of December. The theatre of the fire embraced all the terri- tery comprised within the following streets:- East Bqy, on both sides. from Pinckney to Hazel, along Hazel westerly to Meeting-street, down Meet- ing' street on both sides to Horlbeck's-alley, ...

... ALGERIIN RAILWA YS. l1 I g The ordinary annual general meeting of this company g was held in Paris a few days since. The report of the directors having traced the early history of the undertaking, I proceeds .hus to describe the principal couditions of the E law of lOO:- r The Ainister of Algeria is authorised to pay, in the name of the State, a subvention of 6,000,000f. (6210,G00) t for the ...

... THE ROUHESTER MEMBERS. it. Oa Monday night, Mr. P. Wykeham Martin and Mr. 3d Sargeent Kinglake, the members for Rochester, addressed n ry crowded meeting of the freemen. and electors of that city, r held in the Corn Exchange. The chair was taken by Mr. S. Steele, one of the borough of magistrates. ; Mr. P. W. MARTIN, Who was loudly cheered, reviewed et the events of tbh past session, and said, ...

... MR. It'. P,. BAXTER ON AJfEl/ICA. 1 Mr. Bi-xer cttrn- a testivz.l if Ioe Gr(fcrs' lBenevo. lent Sciety on Wednesday. ^Ater a rnfmr nze to local h affairs, Rnd a garvgy rif continentral poltics, he care to the g |,fairR *i Alsler, i aying it down thatelave3ry Wage ii hjns e! etopro ;n'71. Re desire)d that soes considerations should not be overlooked d The lirse-xnd tver to my mind the ...

... [REU.TER'S TELEGRAH8.1 - I THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, The Valetta, with the above mails, left Malta ' x for Ma iseilles o n the 22nd inBt,, at 4 p.m. The P era, with the heavy portion of the mails, tl s ailed at eight o 'clock the same evening. She may be expected at Southampton about the 31st 0 instant. S INDIA. CALCUTTA, D EC. 30. U el The 2aras Atlienmu rn of the 29th instant b avinounes ...

... AUR. WINDHAM'S OASE. TWENTY-THIRD DAY. The investigation under this commission was resumed yesterday morning at the Sesioai-house, Westminster, A' tth sitting of the Court Sir George Armytage made a private communication to the Master, who said that he re- gretted much te hear from the foreman that several of the jury were complaining of illness. H e (the M ester) ehould be glad to receive ...

... INAVAL AND MILITARY INT.ULLIGOFOfC. The following aep ,intmenta were made at the Admiralty 4 yesterday evenling:- 7. Lieutenant Horace W. Rrchfort, to the Euryalus. d Masters'-A9sistante-Ailen Woaham, to the Euryalus * Francis Darbesbiro, to ditto. AsSistant-Sargeon - Richard C. KC019ments, to the C Hawke. II Engineers-J. A. Wilsom tn th. Indus, for Lee; J. Rose lo tbe Indos9, aS ...

... WEST AFRICAN MAILS, LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The African Steamship Company's screw steamer Athenian, from the West coast of Africa, arrived here this morning. She brings 25 passengers, and 2,200 ounces of gold dust. Her dates are Benin, Dec. 8; Fernando Po, Nov. 30; Cameroons, 29 ; Old Calabar, Dec. 3; Brass River, Nun and Bonny, 7; Lagos 10 ;JAvcra, 12; Cipe Coast Castle, 14; Cape Paimas, 16; ...

... VOLUNTEER COHJANDERS iety To TMIt EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. aia. Sic-On reading your excellent sammary of the past j year's events, this morning, I was much pleased with your remarks upo a the Volunteers. In those remarks you draw e attention to a very fruitful source of discord which exists Jer- in many regiments, and which, if not put down by the (id strong arm of the Press, threatens ...

... THE -MORNING CIVRONICLE, LONDON: TUESDAY, JANUAY 14, 1862. The new question before the public is becoming, mnequivOcallY national. What is to be the Memo- 2ia of Prince ALBERT I Mr. DAVID ROUTS, the accomplished Oriental artist, has caught the fancy of bringing home that prostrate obelisk into which the sun and the sands of Egypt have eaten for innumerable centuries. We are to have Ox-heads ...