... HIGHWAY BOARD. YNBSeDAY. rol- Pirefing-Messrs. Birkelt, Kilisbaw, ae Wiiy Pions,' s of Aspinail, Tinne, Copeland, Procter, L~ytBd,, Horriby, Pltiptofl ,tie sad Guylon. Mr. Birkcett pre aIded. t ada'rI a had been disposed of, Mr. 3t'Donald, supnerinte cl fthe Harulngton Water Works, attended,' at the request Ofth el Directoro of that Company, for the Purposet of 0xplainlng anOP a to parent ...

... WRECK OF THE HULLAND HAMBURGH STEAMBIR MARGARET. STATEMENT OF THE SURVIVORS. The subjoined particulars relating to the melancholy loss of the Hull and Hamburgh steam ship M Margaret, during the late hurricane off the Dutch coast, have been furnished by the owners of the ill-fated ship. The 'Margaret was an iron vessel, 250 tons bur- then, 120 feet in length, 24 feet beam, and depth of ...

... CI~e wAt-D ?? ANIDD X2^ST RIDINO TIMES. I _b THIE American papers receivcd during the week, as will be seen by a paragraph in another column of the Packet, have some further accounts seof thae Mormonites, or Latter Day Saints It !seems that this Wretched company of ungodly and blasphemous fanatics, the followers of' the late Josephb Smith, an American, on whose pretended revelations their ...

... STAOGImm.-We have just heard of a company, some of the directors in which are very respectable, but being D. resident in the coUntry, the management has been left to some of the stag clan in London. One of the stags al- lotted to himself a large number of shares, signing the 1- secretary' name to the ?? Herald. 3, IsPOrTANT TO RAILWAY SOLICITOR8.-The Board of e Trade, by the direction of the ...

... A mleeting of the shareholders in thle above railway was held onl Thur~day, at thle Offices of mr. 1H. Brittan, solicitor, Small- Ia street, for the purpose of determining on the measores to be ~.adopted foropposing the agreement which led been provisionallY e. entered into between the directors of thie company and t11occ li of the Great Western Railway. in The meeting was summoned for twelve ...

... ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. DRBADFUL FIRE! AND. LOIS OF LIED IN FINSBURY. Monday morning, between the Isours of twelve end one O'clock, a fire of considerable extent broke out onl the premises termned the St. Agnes le Cair bsaths, situate at the north-east tigefi Tabernacle-square, Finsbury, and which, wve regret to state, was attended with thle lass of' two lives. 'rThe pvc- snises werp ...

... I A Til'XII' ARv LAsc;LoasD.-The otiler (lay I had the opportunity of visiting the estate of Mr. Carden, of Bernane. tC This gentleman on the falling bs of the old lease found the t1 land in such a wretched condition, and the tenants upon it so e miserable, that lie determined to buy them out and take the ft Lindt into his own hanids. They agrecd to ta1;e 101., and to 1' leave the lend. It is ...

... TEE POTATO MURRAIN. : The following extract from a letter from Dr. Lyon Playfair, one of her Majesty's Commissioners to inquire intowthe potato Disease il Ireland, to John Moore, Esq., dated Royal Dublin Society, November I l, deserve attention at the present time: , Pray impress upon your neighbours the necessity of liming the diseased lands, before they plant cereal (corn) crops oil them ...

... flSCOV1ItIES IN TIHE ANTARCTIC RECIONMS Trh Cape Tvr7 Gazette of thle 25th of July contains sotne ilihly interesting intelligence from the Antarctic region. According to these accounts the Magnetic Pole was nearly renched. It appears that an expedition was fitted out at the Cape and sent southward, under the command of Lieut. Moore, of the Royal Navy, who suc- ceeded in penetrating further ...

... ABINGDON, Nov. 0. MUNICIPAL E LECTIONS.-On the 1st of November the four Town Councillors going out of office by rotation, Messrs. John Harris, B. Collingwood, John Tomkins, and W. Salisbury, were re-elected without opposition. RAILWAYS.-NiCe beg to call the attention of our readers to a report in this week's Journal, of an important meeting, held in the Council Chamber, Abingdon, on Monday ...

... .1 G'ECIAI, orNRAL ?IWTTIN(I OF TrHE ?? ...

... RAIlWAAY MI EErTINGl A'T BTLAANDFOBRD. . -- . . A pubhic mccii hg, specialty convuntd by the lIlanr, t purisiinrit io a ri'qiiitioi, atnd adjourned tirm th, 18th I Ocober ilenlta-, Wss held iii Ih;. 'Pl'ven H-all, BViid. i 1n lII:iV hiSt, fbi the- pulrpose Ot receiving Li a lepnlims iin the pronnoiiuss it' the Bristol, Bath c nild Pioole tlnihliv ic silhenti', niit cnd i ile rintr their stnte- ...