... TOWN COtNOCIT PROCEEDINGS. ?? of ?? - . I ., . a_ -. -rv -^ A mieeting- of Council was held yesterday, the Lord provost in bin the Ch;oir. bet Afle` tiemnilmites had been authenticated, thi A eominitsiicatiop was ?? stating that, at an adjourned quar 5e terly mreeting, of the Directors of th.le Town's Hospital, it liedm beeni resolvedl that the oldl Town's Hospital should he disposed of, 50 ...

... TIHE MIELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT HOUNSLOW. ; r v:. . I ; I L . _ - - - I Saturday took place the further examination of Lieut. Kirwan, of the 4th Dragoons. for having stabbed Quiartermaster Tarleton. Qoartermaster Tarleton took his station in the witness box. t He is a much taller and more powerfill Man than Lieut. Kirwan, I arid although he looked rather tnale, exhibited no weakness from i ...

... DRE.ADFIUL STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE. (Fron the Ts ?? o' Great Journal.) Tina-i- Tt is this weeki ouir painfu~l dultv to rni-ovid a fexirfitl visitaxtion o-f die pr Provid.ti -c III ..oti our shores, liv whit. ixhothi lf and i reportys )IIZI o lox six Poed(. (On Ttiesdna, ev-cnin g Oct ib oats iircx-edeid tos1 liet Khzlcxii 'iNeva ?? toil maixio of thle solts rxxtclt-td, the iEi'llt~ u lxiv lx.ux ...

... E N GLAND. The Dulke and Duche-s of Sutherland and the Ladies Levesen Cower are not expected to leave Scotland for thc s''atb until after Chri;tnras. -lis Graces' ancient patri- mniryal seat, Dunrohin Castle, is not expected to he coin- pjlte in its improvements aal enibeilishments for two or three rears. 0( hi/et C7oacii.-A Cab)inet Council was held at three r £lo'ek on Thursclay afternoon, ...

... AGRICULTUI. ItRVtEW OFP H BRITISH CotlN TRADE D)URING THE2 PAST At (Erotic k Lace E~rpcrrs qf Mccr-rlccii) Tinorr'til etinrcccer-arlroir ~littic yrain icc ,31alen inl the ?? c atn iclt ot L. anti it r1-i i-fg tlie a, enKIc, ail cvrc--t her ciplpci~rt-L tolhave ti TIII 2 been quite as.IRircarcourabl, in orther c-ic-r of the ks iinlt -m a., I-c sire. iut Tire ac-rtitiiit from ironme of the ...

... THE VINTAGE OF i84. - .- -, -. - ta- LO*d I (From L'Epoqte.j Now that the vintage is nearly finished in the countries of western Europe, we can, according to the reports we have received, give a general table, as exact as possible, ofI the principal results obtained. Everywhere, or nearly so, the produce has been middling with respect to quantitv, but rather below that of moderate years; no ...

... TIE1 ARCTIC EXPEDITION. Every particular coneectei with this expedition will be readl JL -i ith i grat biterect. Tire rolr!vtir rg is at extract af a lo1ttn-r floree an rmttieer of tire Frohbrs, tgirri an tde Ist July, lat. Gil N., and finictred at Whale ?? Islan1ds, 10th July, t449 :_ T Tihe fair wi ridl wlich liii.lI us from or ilt firilenrs e s.t-rniers diil art list lonrt andi we hadr orse ...

... ?? ?? GLASGOW. DU-MFRTES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. A gene ral meeting of the subscribers to the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Ranilay was held on Wedresday. at one o'clock, in the Black Bull alla to receive the report of the Provisional Coin- mittee of Management, and to take into consideration the decision of the Board of Trade in reference to the competing lines of rail- way between Carlisle ...

... S C O T L A IND. ic lord J7o/n Russe/l.-This distinguished statesman, ac- companied bly his lady, arrived at Douglas's Hontel, on a Saturday, where they still remain. On Thursdaty the in Town Council un1animo'usly resolved to confer on his re Lordship the freedom of the city. The presentation is to l rtake place ait one o'clock on Monday. With the view of rv allowing the presence of a larger ...

... REMINISCENCES OF WLL1AM PITT. (From Memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope.) It is wonderful, said she, what a man Mr. Pitt was. Nobodv would have suspected how rnuch feeling he had for people's comforts, who came to see him. Sometimes he would sav to nn, 'Hester, you know we have got such a one coming down. I believe ihis wound is hardly well yet, and I heard hin say, that be felt much relieved ...

... ltik A Boat Lost.-On Wednesdlay morning last, a smack co was found wrecked on Slidderie shore, Southend, Arran. en It appears to be the property of John M'Gumerie, mer- ob anl chant, Camphelton. The morning following a corpse ai was found within a few yards of the boat. No account by can be riven how the accident ?? be Joun al. M ( Steeenston.-Suicide.-On Monday evening last, about al half ...

... (Fromn the SpectatoW.) The Irish Repealers are strange people. Talk of Ire- land's disordered state, and you are angrily told that no country is so quiet: say that it is quiet, and you are more angrily assured that it is agitated. Ireland, says the (Queen's speech, is tranquil: the Town CoundrcMk dl tlklt resolves that Ireland is agitated! Some little time baclk, M1r. O'Connell thought that ...