Glasgow Courier. — 1858-02-18 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

LONDON. FEBRUARY The Earl of Lincoln, M.P., who has been on a tour in Italy, arrived .in town on Wednesday from the Continent, to attend to his duties in the House of COMMON!. Captain Sir Henry Havelock bas been appointed Town Major of Calcutta, and the refugee ladies from Lucknow have arrived under a royal salute. The Governor-General went out to meet them. The c. lebrated Lombard sculptor, Marchesi, has just died at -Milan. The death of the Marquis Beccarrin, the son of the celebrated author of 'Crimes and Punishments,' is also announced from Milan. He was 80 years old. _  It is stated in the Faris correspondence of the Globe that the projected marriage between the Duke of Calabria, the heir to the throne of Naples, and a sister uf the Emperor of Austria, is now spoken of. Tux CoNSPIRACT BlLL.—Last evening a very crowded public meeting was held at the Freemasons' Tavern to protest against the b II introduced by Lord Palnserston on the subject of conspiracy to murder. The assemblage was a mixed one—a number of those present being foreigners of various nations. The Earl and Countess of Essex received the mournful intelligence of the death of their second son, Lieutenant the Hon. Randolph A. Capel, flag lieutenant to Vice Admiral W. P. Wallis, on Friday last. He fell a victim to yellow fever. An illustrated newspaper in the Syriaco-A rabic dialect, spoken in those parts, is now published at Beyrout, and the Charivari is requested to exchange with it. I presume a copy has been forwarded with the same polite request to Mr Punch. The confirmation of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will take place this spring, most probably in the early part of April. Fo'lowing the precedent set by the confirmation of his sister, the Princess Royal, this solemn rite of the church will take place at Windsor. A Parliamentary paper, printed at the instance of Sir F. Smith, gives a detailed statement of the actual force that was in India at the time of the outbreak of the mutiny at Meerut. In the Bengal Presidency those of Europeans, 2,271 officers, 1,602 sergeant., •nd 18,815 rank and file, of whom about 1,800 were in Pogo. The native troops numbered 2,325 officers, 5,821 havildars and 110,517 rank and file. The total number oisick was 4,784. In Madras the total force of Europeans 10.194: of natives, 49,737. In Bombay the European 9,589, and natives, 30,940. NOBTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM DISTRICT I3ONK —At the Vice-Chancellor's Court to-day, it was decided that the bank should be voluntarily wound up, and that the liquidators should not compromise any call upon the shareholders without the sanction of the Court. The New York Journal of Commerce says that it is understood the government has declined to entertain any negotiations for a renewal of the mail contract, which expires in June, with the line of steamers, and an officer in the service company went out in the Baltic, on the 16th- ult., see what could be done towards effecting a sale t. the vessels in Europe. Report says that the losses of the company have used up their available means, sod that their bankers, Messrs. Brown Brothers & Co., have declined to make further advances without additional security.