... ,,WAIm L\ 'A-Y COMaIISION- . In terms of adjournment, th.e Commissioners appointed hy Gorern o atot~tu investigate and report upon the several railwaY ?? fo. crossing the Glyde, and forning zt General Central 'errninasuin .Glsgow, ni t on Monday in t.ile Mterchaents' BUI-, iluteiatul belreet, when Mr Terant, writer, On tile part of the Glasgow, Blirrheal, anid Neiiston direct Line, also, the ...

... SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE OF TRE OLD SCHOOL. (From the Edinbnrgh Post.) ni Those who frequent the west end, of George Street must almost daily have met there of iate an old woman of fe very peculiar appearance, and whose character was still BP more peculiar than her aspect. As she died some days Pt ago, at the age of about ninety, we cannot but favour our m readers with a short sketch of one who ...

... * (From the Times.) The last advides received fro'n America confirm the impression that was made upon o ur minds some weeks ago. CMorbined with the accounts whickh are ?? daily ar- rivinig from different parts of Europe, and onr own pri. vincial markets, they remove the extreme alarm which once prevailed, lest the supply of food' during the ensuing year should he insufficient for the wants of ...

... LONDON, NOVEMBER 2]. The Quaen accotnpaoied hr Prince Albert, the junior arremozers of the Rual familv, and the Court, have re- noved to the Isle of Wight, where, since Wednesday, her IMajesty' and the Prince have been taking their accustomed exe-etse. Sumornonses were issued yesterday to all the Ministers to attend a Cabinet Council at the Foreign-office this day at twelve o'clock. We believe ...

... TflE WAR AS-D STATE OF PARTIES. - 3 If Mrt. Presideg 'ntti snapc~ ' con .1dutt 3n'tricraeinfornli-t to our predictions,>lie eoul&~ - bave more entirely andiaccurately fulfilled them; aud we are now not without hopes of seeing the j-ust retributiorn which his rash and nrgressive policv calls down upon hii- head eventzlally crush the democratic leaders arnA tie pred sent Cabinet of Washington ...

... STATISTICAL TABIE'OP RAILWAY ACCiDENTS. The -following is given by the Daily News, from a work just published by that eminent statistical writer, Freiberr Von Reden ( Eisen b ?? rbu ch). The liability to accidents is created almost in exact pr6portionnto the nnmbprof iran. In this view, con- sidering that the number of trains in Engi'nd is immensely greater than on the continent, thesafetv of ...

... , LONDON, Sa&trday Evenbin-g. cabinet crouncil.-A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office to-day, at 12 o'clock. The Council Was attended by Lord John Russell, ?? Palrncrstorn, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the MaLrquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Campbell, Lord Moripeth, Mr B. Macauley, andl Lord Atiliand. The Lord Chancellor joined his col ...

... . MERCHIANTS' II1OTSE. A meeting of, the Merchants' Hous; was held on Friday-4h6 Lord Dean. of Guild Bogle in-the chair, His Lordship informed the H1onse that the meeting had been called for the purpose, i rmong. other matters, of meeting with a deputation from 'Liver- pool, who bad requested a conference with the Mlerchants' House on the subject of the duty on tea. Mr. ?? Cogan shortiv ...

... EFFECTS OF STRIKES AND CO3BINATION, perflwrmance vf their oneefamili1cs ?? ?? 11-1d made e2sy and xgree thle rendered iri;*so:zz! and Opy,7ressive hy tile ?? artsing from abje,; e ;nd n-glect. Tlle stlry thnaght of labour must }* b -r.izonsoltle Elesctrl+l :tn:;tt!l:g utlicll tfley has! previ- | >us-v evreriellcedS ?? s leh t perit5fl *>f unennstrained har,-s ,rSs; arnl 3rofitless ...

... A numerously attended General Meeting of the Pareoclia Board of this Parish was held yesterday, in the Parish Church pursuant to n1otice duly published, for the Election cf Committees vt M-aniagement and the other general purposes of the Poor-law .lnecudtrment Act. [luooll TENENT, Esq., of 'Wellpari, was unanimously called the Chair. The Chairman on taking the Chair. tharnked the mvetinz for ...

... i ~(From the Liverpool Mail of Saturday.) About three o'clock yesterday morning, a gale comnmenced blowing from the sotith-wAest. It kept increasing in vioteice du- ring the forenoon, and from twelve to two it was at complete hbr- ricane. Ito tide was unusually bigb. prlobablir from itte swell owitsile, and the river presented a terrific appearance. Tlie ferrv steamers, notwithstanding the ...

... Momudy EveSimug. Owing to the more favourable aspect of the news from ]'oriu. I ,al, together with the ?? of France and England on the l affairs of Cracow. the English funds have sho \n much fi mness thronghont the *lay. Consols opened at 94, to A fur money. ;dnd without any great amonunt of business having been transacted, left off N4g for money and 947 for the opening in January. Re-duced ...