... BUsINEs OF T~lE POST OFFICE.-O1 Saturday upwards of SO,000 letters were received at the General Post office by the West India mail, which arrived after the dispatch of the morning and mid-day mails. These, and an extraordinary influx of newspapers, kept the ivhole estab- lishment in full work till near nine o'clock, when the last of the bags were dispatched by the night mails. ReOrEtNING OF ...

... THE POTATO DZSEASE, Although the most universal failure ef the Ptt baa net yet been much Lelt by the humble PoaCO)q society, in consequence of the abondnore ofcabbas of 05c1.a,,a rota, and ether vegetables available at thie season of tl,~ year, yet it to to be feared, as the %iateraparoacf~e, the peer will be great ou1lterero by the C5fsmiae 1 Funnell of Ssoutheose, near this town, who bhafo ...

... C, O YD)/ IJ U 51f y .6, PI, fl()I I o ?? Octobeir 1. ~ir- I ant t'd uceil to ?? 11c, tile Icliowillig bsur\'t-tilt5 to yOU, its I anit confl','ic ?? 1is to tawitti~ii the lni o. rlles mid tenantI, of Ix land I ( to adopt sou nI measures asE wii itieni to theire iulitel prospe'rity. j ?? ,ill tlrii ?? fitch tflat crijuir. tlebir I'Jivelzi'' I il ii tile vS r iiV 1it`L't.t'tsrit ta' D~on ?? ...

... NA VAL INTELLI GENCE. (IROMi OUR CORRESPONDiNT.) PORTSXOUTH, OCT. 8.-The Admiralty having deter- mincd that there shell1 not be any more shell or shot practice at the Swiftsura hulk from the Excellent gunnery ship, the admiral superintendent of this dock yard has received orders to sell her by eontract as Ole lies. She is in a crcek about 1.700 yards from the Excellent- The terms of the ...

... -4 Towards the end of the week, heavy falls of rain inter- rupted harvest labour. On Monday and yesterday fore- noon, however, all hands were busy wherever corn was in the field, whether uncut or in stock. A few good days this week will suffices to secure the bulk of the crop, unless in the higher districts, where a fortnight wore is necessary. Little fear is now entertained of the potato ...

... WINDSOR iLECilON. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EYvsNriNa.-AIl speculation as to the probabitly of Mr. Walter,of Bearwcodl, coming fbrward as a eandidate to reprcseit Windsor, in the room of the ite Mir. flanisbottorn, was set at rest last evening, by the publieation ofthe following handbill, whichwas extensively circulated through the borough:- T To the independent Electors of the borough of New WXindsor. ...

... DRESDEN, OCTOBER 8.-At the meeting of the Cham- ber of Deputies to-day, several petitions were presented, demanding the union of the German Catholic church. The deputy Brockhaus inquired why so many foreign lite- rary men bad been sent out of the country, to which M1. Falkenheim, the minister of the interior, answered that the state could not acknowledge an inherent right in foreigners to ...

... La WINDSOR, THuRSDAY EYvNiNa.-The intelligence of Lii the death of Mr. Johln Ramsbottomn, which has been daily Li, expected during the last fortnight, reached Windsor this Lo morning, and within a veryshort Period afierwalds, the D D following handbill was pasted throughout the town:- Lo SIR JOHN Dr, BEAUVOIR F'OR EVER ?? 0 Firee and independent electors of Windsor, keep your Le powder dry. ...

... A NEWI ('IJURCH, FINCHJLEY. I 0 \,l. i . l( r. Io.- On this day IrasIa hi( at East Emi, hik ji.ih anid diocese of London, Middlesex, the lobn- ?? 'oiiv of. new elichreh, dedicated to the lloly Tri- liV (leOlgt' lelyg', iEal., IM.P., who has also liberally l'r lotei noards its erection £100. There vas at heavy i ;rl ill tilt' Ilnornilg,, but happily the clouds dispersed, il!, o n '1 forth, some ...

... THE FASTEST FUNERAL ON RECORD. -Hurrahhurrarh! thedead ridefast, Dost fear to ride with ?? Leonora. I jlidjust crossed the long bridge leading from Boston to cambridgeport, and was plodding my dusty way on fool h that not very agreeable suburb, on a sultry afternoon in July, with a very creditable thunder-cloud coming up in my rear, when a stoat elderly gentleman, with a mulberry face, a ...

... ?? --7 -?I? ? - - m ?? -,q- - r UE, OLAT Det. ITr31rtiSCL1 `xt o ?? OIsI~y astill ofuwards of (sue lth sossanl eibt ?? 'which these all .i5Oit vary a at I a -ii whit b~akJ as St iaaUstscripis, alarieta byli Is, le ci llt ,hs fathrr, arid grandisalhItZ. ias, jolte sight lby.i ?? atthf ebe bt' T bt url thilgto ianear, far lisa very law stint sit 35 ha- ti )riatibl' library; will be! Btan ...

... IRLND. DUBLIN, OCT. U. [FiaOM oUR CORRCESPONDliNT.] nATE OF r1 LLND-3 AL A FAIR. The intelrgfnCG from Ballifasloffords most ?? evidence ofp the steady improvement Of the agilure interent r anhi d, generally, Of the advance of a], and ; ita IexpectdI thttore iwul e pronsperalyt classes towards at yondition of compara tiv y ofperty, hih Annogtai bheforese long to reach tof e poor wvorkikyg mvlc ...