... Thee King of Portugal has officially announced his approaching marriage. There is another arrival from America, but still no ncws of a decisive struggle. General Be.uregard is reported to have stated that if the Confederates -re defeated at Corinth, they mney probably lose their cause. Holding that view, lhe ksm recommended concentration of effort at that point, where he is reported to have ...

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... I r. A4D~hATFSs LiB RARY, Parliament House-Open ',ity'to the public, free. -:;ANTIQAR1 MosituSr9, Royal Institution, Mound-` Opsen free, Tuodays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, from X0 to 4 and on Saturday evenings from 7 to 9. On nrsdlays and Frid~ays, from 10 to 4 ; admission, 6d. AoRICULTURAL IMrsEsux, George IV. Bridge-Open daily frol- 10 to 3, frec. ASsEMBLY AIAL OF THE ESTARLISHED CHURCnH, ...

... ST LANARK. His Lordship (Lord Belhaven) was requested 'I to put his suggestion into the form of a motion, and the following resolution was agreed to:- tr That while the Commissioners of Supply are ready t to support any well.eonsidered measures for the ic - provenient of education in Scotland, they find so many objectionable features in the present Bill that they ti have no hope of its being ...

... A telegram from Naples, dated the 14th, tl informs us that the King of Italy and Prince lapoleon have had a long interview. At a OF dinner given by the Prince there were, among P others present, Signor Ratazzi and General La nt bMarmora. n cl The Mloniteor, with reference to the advance F of the Fr .uch troop; oa Mexico city alone, explains that this has arisen from the Allied C ...

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... The French are now left to settle with the th( Mexicans; and it looks very like, as was stated lav in our impression of Monday, as if the Emperor fai were about to aggrandise and appropriate for we some yet undisclosed purposes. A telegram from su Vera Cruz informs us that the allied expedition fol had been broken up, owing to the resolution go teken by the French, and that the Spanish troops ...

... IRE.UTER'S TELEGRAMS.] DETAILS OF THE EVACUATION OF NEW Fa ORLEANS. Ew, Ed SURRENDER OF FORT MACON. FA RETREAT OF GENERAL BEAUREGARD. Gr THE WASHINGTON CABINET AND FRENCH MINISTER. Or Le ANOTHER THREATENED CRISIS. La Lo VOTE OF CENSURE ON SECRETARY * CAMERON. QUvaNSTOWN, Wednesday Morning. - The Aji Liverpool, INew York, and Philadelphia Com- pauy's steamship City of; New York arrived this No ...

... A statistical abstraet fir the UInited Kingdom o in each of the last fifteen years, from 1847 to 1861, has been just issued by the Board of Trade, and p e'ente(l to both Houses of Parliament. It embraces, under its different heads, the statistics in reference to the public revenue and expenditure in its several br.ucbes-imports and exports, shipping, excise, prices and sales of British corn, ...

... HOUSE OF LORDS-9TuURSDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. COPYRIGHT WORKS OF ART BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of the Copyright Works of Art Bill; and said it f was intended, under particular safeguards, to ex- tend to the painters and sculptors the benefits already enjoyed by authors, and to protect them from the very prevalent practice of producing spurious copies of ...

... PRO BONO PUBLICO. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, &c., FOR THE WEEK. WETDNESDAY, MAY 7. Annual Missionary Meeting in connection with Synod of United Presbyterian Church-Music Hall-C P.M. Royal Scottish Academy's Exhibition-Royal Academy -Open ?? 9 A.M. till 5 P.m., and from 7 P.,3. till 1Q r. . State Portraits of Her Majesty and IT.R.H. the late Prince Consort on view at Mr Hill's Fine Art VlallcriOs. ...

... oPALEDONIAN MERCURY. S.ECOND EDITION. MERCURY OFFiCE, FRIUAY, Eleven o'clock. AMERICA. Mr Russell, the Tines' late special correspond- ent ?? writes that General M'Clellan has expressed himself strongly in reference to Mr Stanton's conduct to hinsnlf and Mr uassell, and regrets the correspondent's absence. The Pera steamer passed Hurst at 6.35 A.-M. TIIE G4REAT EXUIBITION.-The London papers ...