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A Royal Proelamation was published in the Gazette of Tuesdak; direct- ing that Parliament should be further prorogued on the 15th of December to Tuesday the 24th of January, then "to assemble for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs."

The Gazette of Tuesday contained a despatch from Lord Canning en- closing a minute from Lord Elphinstone recording the great services of a host of civil servants under the orders of the Bombay Government. Lord Canning concurs and remarks "that to Lord Elphinstone himself, foremost of them and above them :di, is our debt of gratitude: due.".

Mr. Thomas Duncombe has publikly expressed his hostility to the rifle movement, having no confidence in amateur rifle corps, and much in the Emperor of the French.

" As to the secret and hostile designs attributed to the Emperor of the French, I am convinced that next to Franc; for whose honour and welfare /believe he would cheerfully lay down his life, there is nothing that he is not anxious to do to advance the interests, the peace, and the prosperity of England."

The Queen has appointed Mr. Walter Aston Blount to be Norroy King of Arms. This leaves vacant the office of Chester Herald, hitherto held by Mr. Blount.

Major Esmonde, late of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment, and nephew of Sir Thomas Esmonde, has been appointed to the office of Assistant Inspec - tor-General of Constabulary in Ireland.

Prince Alfred, during his excursion to Catherine and Mount Olympus, had special attentions paid to him by the superior officers of the Turkish Cossack regiments. Sadik Pacha, the Commander-in-Chief, issued the ne- cessary orders for receiving the son of her Majesty in a worthy manner. A squadron accompanied the Prince as his escort.

Lord Brougham is shortly expected in town from Brougham Hall, West- moreland. It is said he will, make but a brief sojourn in town and then will depart for Paris, on his way to his chilteau at Cannes. Admiral Hope arrived at Hongkong on the 9th of October. He had com- pletely recovered from his wounds. Mr. Bruce was at Shanghai.

It is reported that Lord Ebrington is to be raised to the Peerage.

Mr. Henry Fitzroy, M.P., has removed to Brighton for the benefit of his health, and it is reported to be gradually improving.

Commander William Watford, who fought in the Bellerophon at Trafal- gar, and who was senior on board her when Napoleon surrendered to that ship off Rochfort, died at Ipswich on the 24th, at the age of seventy years. Mr. C. W. Hick, formerly a leading member of the Court of Common Council, and for the last quarter of a century sword-bearer to the City, died on Sunday, at his residence, Acre Lane, Brixton, at the ripe old age of ninety-four, of pleurisy. The Lord Mayor has appointed as his successor, pro tem., Mr. R.. W. Sewell, who for some years past has discharged the active duties of the office.

The Paris papers announce the death, at Elbeuf, of a Madame St. Amend, at the extraordinary age of 103.

The Governor-General of India has made a progress into Oude on his way to the North-West, escorted by a force of all arms larger than that with which Sir Charles Napier conquered Scinde.

The officers of the French and English war-ships at and near Gibraltar have been interchanging convivial courtesies of a marked and hearty kind. The .Preeurseur of Antwerp states that Baron J. de Rothschild, at his re- cent visit to Brussels, offered the Belgian Government a loan to pay for the execution of the projected fortifications of that city, and that his proposition has been accepted.

The Government has authorized Sir William Codrington to give tempo- rary assistance to the refugees from Morocco, at Gibraltar, by affording them a bread ration from the commissariat. The French Government will receive into Algeria those.who wish to go there. &The , brig St. sy,,Johnson master, from new York for Martinique,

arrived at Si. 'I ..Mlakelf, West Indies on 16th of October, in tow of her Majesty's .steamer Gladiator, Captain Hickley. Captain Johnson reports ehrWen the-5th of October he encountered a hurricane, in latitude 30, lon- gitude 70, when the ship was thrown on her beam ends, dismasted, and lost deck load. On the 11th he discovered a steamer steering for him, which proved to be the Gladiator. Soon after Captain Hickley came on board in his boat, and asked what assistance he could render. Captain Johnson said he would like to have some spars to rig jurymasts, when he replied, "I have no spars that I can let you have, but I am from Bermuda, bound for St. Thomas, and if you like to go there I will take you in tow." Captain John- son said it would take his whole vessel and cargo to pay him for such ser- vices, and he could not think of it. Captain Hickley tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Never mind old boy," pointing to his vessel. "that is her British Majesty's ship, and it is my duty to assist you in distress; I will not charge you a cent. Have you any hawsers? if not, I have." And he went on board, and sent hawsers to the St. Mary, and took her in tow. Two nights before they arrived at St. Thomas ; it being rough, both hawsers parted during the night, when the gallant captain of the Gladiator imme- diately dewed up his sails, turned his ship's head for the brig, and hailed Captain Johnson, "Never mind, old fellow, I will not desert you, but lay by you until morning," which he did, then took her in tow, and brought her safely into port, having towed her nearly 800 miles. Such gallant and meritorious conduct on the part of Captain Mickley is deserving of all praise. --Hampshire Independent.

It is reported that the French Government have received permission from Naples to lay a telegraph from Gaeta to Corsica. It is supposed that this wire will facilitate the communication between England and Malta.