... (The following appeared ibi our Second Edition of yesterday.) ,, 9 ViRNsA, January 19.. On the 12th inst., the T'wjJ sreasmer Asia, en her way from Trieste to Constantinople, weas lost off Valou, on the coast of ,Albanip. ,The passengers,. mail-bags, and. remittances were saved' VxaxNiT~ieiday.-The Archduke Maximilian of Austria is-appointed Governor General of the Lom- ardo-Veretian.,States, ...

... On Saturday night a public meeting in consection S with the. Freehold Movement was held in the Queen Street Hall, .Which iwas densely crowded in every part. AMr Willianri.Uhambers-of Glenermiston- was r calledito the chair; and among those in the plat- formn were Mr James Taylor, from.'Birmingham, Mr J. Beal, from London, Mr Duncan U'Laren, the Rev. Dr Be.gg Bailie Grieve, Bailie Blackadder, l ...

... S U M MARY. Last night the House of Lords had no business 'before it of the slightest interest. In the House of Commons, Mr Disraeli submitted his amendment on the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget. The right hon. gentleman repudiated all hostility towards the Government in bringing forward his motion, expressed his approval. of the abolition of the war portion of the Income-tax, took ...

... -prtiga 4-iomt. ,liti FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Tiames says The proposition presented to the Council of State for the grant of a pension of loo,ooof. to Marshal Pelissier hai been negatived by tile particular sec- tion to which it was referred. The casting vote was that of the President. The objection, however, is not to the grant itself, but to the form in which it was made. ...

... MERCURY OJpIGaS MONDAY. EW= en CWE. THE EAST. CONSTANTINOPLE, 4th Sept.-Admiral Stewart had sailed for Malta. The squadron of Lord Lyons was shortly to take the same direction. The Sultan is to grant two hundred piastres a month to every soldier or officer maimed in the late war. OVERLAND MAIL. BOMBAY, 12th August.-Despatches have arrived. Trade still dull, but the coasting trade will soon re- ...

... I5piril )of tit Ist5s. THE REDUCED EST1,9ATES.AND THE n INCOME-TAX. hi (FROM THE T1511aS.) co The reduced estimates have now been published, nc and we are enabled to lay before our readers the -sweeping reductions which are to lighten the burden ,of taxation and give once more free play to the na- tional energies. To begin with the navy ; the sunm hi asked for the expenses of the present ...

... 6?pxdf of Qt 'Orf9s. - ok MR BAXTER AT MONTROSE. (Times,) Mr Baxter's address to his constituents at Mon- trose is not so much that of a British legislator as of a citizen of the world. It is the outside view which an intelligent traveller, of fairly liberal opinions, would take of the state of things in this country and Europe at large. We sav the outside view, because from a man within the ...

... Lord Palmerston has resigned. At a Cahi- net Council held on Saturday no hesitation i'as exhibited or diversity of opinion ex- pressed as to the necessity of immediate resigna- tioin,and Lord Palmerston accordingly proceeded to Buckioigham Palace to convey to her Majesty the decision come to. It is reported that Lord Derby has been sent for, and there is a further rumour that his Lordship is ...

... CE]JEMONIAL To be observed at the marriage of her Royal High- ness Victoria-Adelaide-MarY-LOuisa, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, eldest da'eghter of her Majesty Queen Victoria and of his Royal Highness Albert Prince-Consort, Dnke of Saxony 4sad Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, with his Royal Highness Prince FrederiC-William-Nijhol-Ch'arles, only son -of his Royal Highness ...

... THIE ATTACKS ON THES AUMIBAG1I. Inl addition to what we gave on Saturday, from the Ben)gal Hurkatru, we take the following from the Tit} es' Calcutta correspondent:- The advance into Oide is still postponed, and the events of the fortnight, therefore, are not of very ex- citing interest. Such as they are, they are all de- cidedly in our favour. Onl the 12th of June Sir Janes Outram was ...

... THE COUNTY OF MID-LOTMIAN AND THE I LUINTACY ACT. In a communication to the Courant, Mr Dundas of C Arniston takes up and discusses the letter of Mr Duncan A'Laren which recently appeared in our columns. Mr Dundas agrees with Mr M'Laren as to the desirability of a moderate-sized asylum, and men- s tions his own views as to the mode in which the divi- sion should be effected. He says on the ...

... SUMMIARY. Two additional telegrams have arrived, con- firming the melancholy intelligence recently-re: ceived, and adding a few fresh and not very comforting items. The defeat of General Wind- ham is rendered more inexplicable by the reports now furnished. He had defeated the Gwalior mutineers on the 26th November-a fact not mentioned in the first despatch-and was himself obliged to retreat ...