... l T-; very Reverend the Provincial Synod of Aberdeen met st B=ff, yesterday, when an able and eloquent sermon was preahledlv the Moderator, the Rev. Dr Pirle, from 1 Cor. Li. 14, verse 40, Let all things be done decently and in ° eT~resafr, the roll having been made up, the Synod pro- eded to elect a Moderator, for the ensuing half-year,when the ev. 3,. W. Grant, of Boyndie, was unanimously ...

... On Tuesday week, a public preliminary meeting of the Health of Towns' Association was held in the Hall of the Mechanics' Institution-Sheriff Watson, President of the Society, in the chair. The attendance was numerous. The Chairman, having shown that the object of the Asso- ciation is to promote both the social and physical health of the community, and would chiefly interest the working classes ...

... LATEST NEWS (TFroi our Special Correspondent) LoNDoN, SArTRDAY E-s-aamG. The political aspect of affairs in Italy present no new fea- ?? since my last communication. The enthusiasm of the people has in some few instances led them in to excesses, similar to that of which his Holiness had to eomplainl and the result has been, that at Regglo seven were arrested by the authori- ties, and that at ...

... l ThC , T(d i FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER S. I The pressure on the money market still continues, and, we regret to say, without any symptoms of speeds abate- 5AAfA_ m.t1P - _ - . _ I - l I te ment. The most favourable items of intelligence are, that the commercial bills due in London on the 4th have re been met far better than was expected, and that no re new failures were announced on Tuesday. ...

... G-LASGOW, OCTOBER 22. Asidersoaiian University-D~rf-fnloaer'sletes-P aill the Courses of Lectures on Popular S cie~ne~o annouca ed for the enisuing session, we- see none more lilkely to coin- Ii snand th e patronage of the public flian ta hif Eli' D. Hunter, late of London, onl I-L.1a-tL Anatotiy and hbv~i lojgy. We hail with mucli plasure the Doctor's return to l±' former c field oif labour ...

... / - -m . I -1 x. A to (From the Morning Chronicle.) ?? advice, from Paris announce the adjudication, on the 10th I ion of Norvember next, of 250,000,000 francs of the new French losa; .mpe the remaining 100,000,000 frtnes belng intended to reduce tlis. lim. part of the floating debt whilgh arises from payments oe teainsy ain, in spite of the assertions Of the late Minister fail have thne, 1. ...

... ARDROSS.ix COUaSING CLUB. at r5JiivtJOI.L\ C L IftS ING CLL13. the The Coursinc contests of the Club tooi place on 'Wednesday, Icl Thursdlay. and Friday laist, the 13ti. 14th, and l5th current, over of their accustomned grounds. The reoult is as follows:- 'lie TI TIEi Crr.-22 Soes. ted 1. r.J. Dunlop's fd The Sterrv Monarch beat Major Mar4 tin ns wv andl bd d Monarch ; Mr. J. Sharp's bd d ...

... ROYAL CALEDONTIAN If1NT AND WESTERN M&EETrNG. r Vnt.- A FOtIDAY, OCT. 8. This was the best days ssport of any of the three. The weather in the morning threatened rain, but it cleared off and kept fair throughoutt the day. There was avery large concourse of specta- tors on the groand. Tlre CArEDONIAN HANDICAP of 25 SovenenEsos each-15 for- feit, and 5 if declared beforethe 30th Sept., with 150 ...

... T9s monthly meeting of the St. Nicholas Parochial Board, was held within the Girls' Hospital, on Monday last-Bail.. lie Forbes, Chairman. PLAN OF NEW POOR'S HOUSE. A detailed corresDondence which had passed between Mr Fovrlia and the Board of Supervision, in Edinburgh, rela- tie tothe plans for the New Poor House, was laid before themeeting. Designs of the buildings had been transmitted to the ...

... This Synod muet on Tuesday in the Tron Church, Glasgow, when the Rev. Mr Kinross of Largs was elected Moderator for the ensuing half year. After a fewv words from Dr Sym, on the Supplementary Orphan Fund, the Synod took. up the REGISRATION OF ]5ARRIAGES, &C. DILL. The ex-Mederator, Dr Lawrie, said, that he lad trans- mitted the petition agreed to at last meeting of Synod, with regard to the ...

... IGTGHLAND DESTITUTION COMMITTEE. Ai totn o ?? section of the Centra or for the Relief of the Destitution in sthe Highlands sad Islands, of Scotland, was held on Thursday in the committee rooms, Hanover Street, Edinburgh. The meetingl was chieffly held for the purpose of considering and determining upon the seventh and concluding report of the Edinburgh section. Thle Lord Pootocpied the chair. ...

... (Daily News.) Thle Romlan magistrate who treated thle people to tile cruel, but all-interesting, gailes of thle circus, in wh'lich me luhtered each other for public amusement, was always present at the spectacle, ande preeieled from a con- spicuous place. WVe know not whe, ther it was a simlilar sense of pro- priety whlich prompted Sir Robert Peel to visit Liveri-ool at a moment when thle ...