... ) ~~MONDAY, NOVpMBeR 10. As the 9th of November occurred this year on Sundlay, the first general meeting of tile now council, fer tho election of mayor, the appointment of committees, end the usual formal business, was held this day, in the councllreom. T rews lao-go attendance, including the whole of the new members. ELECTION OF MAYOR. 3 The retiring mayor, Sir Jolln Bent, took the ehair a, ...

... 0 (From tis Edinburgh A dcertiser.) l Tn` state of India is tranquil, but, as we said a fortnighlt go, we believe astormn is brewing on the north-western frontier. Our general reasons for thinking so are as follows:-Firstly, Ythere have been disturbances in the Yoosufzaie country, and the ir Commandant of the Guide Corps has applied to Government for reinforcements; and there is a report that ...

... T.. R1AILWA&YS;-We are happy to perceive ?? the long- wished-for railway communication with the docks at Gloucester is about to be provided. The works wvill comprise the widening ., of the Gloucester and Berkeley canal at Lantony, to the extent a. of about 60 feet, and for a distance of about 360 yards, and the formation of a branch line, of a mile in length, from the docks to the main line at ...

... : E t - X - 4 . - 1. I PARIES, TiebspsD.h Ab, members of the National Assembly met yesterday their bureau' before the public sitting to nominate air presidents and secretaries for the present month.' Ijb nontinations art considered decidedllc hostile to the rit of the message presented the dy before. ' The folp 1wig .are the names of the gentlemen elcted:-1st 1 Preau president, M. Baroche; ...

... Cr ite Vres. TIE COLONIAL SECRETARY AND THE KAFFIR WAR. (From the Times.) LonD GlrEY has, so far as England has been con- cerned, had full license to do (in the Colonial-office) as lie pleased. Ile has indulged, without let or hin- drance, in every crotchet that his fjncy has suggested. Ile has exhibited every phase of his variable temper with respect to the unhappy colonists, and has finished ...

... GIBRALTAR-THE MOORISH PIRATES. Oua accounts from Gibraltar are to the 31st ult. No further intelligence had reached that place from the Riff coastrelative to the Moorish pirates who had beaten ?? steam ?? (as mentioned in the NeIVs-Lettsr of Friday), except that the five men taken by the Moors, and now held in captivity, belonged to the British brig Nelson, which was laden with Indian corn, ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN. SIR-As YOU never fail to defend Catholic interests, I feel convinced yoU will not refuse to give insertion to the following remarks in your truly valuable and independent journal. Bat before entering upon the subject in question, permit me to say I am animated by no rancorous or splenetic feeling, neither am I influenced by anything resembling the hateful spirit ...

... hals been communicated to iis by anl J.,itld correpondlent, of perfect veracity, that tile .,,Ia StudentS of Gl1asgow College have resolved to t Coulni hoc Kollar, of' the FCirsut Ward, to be Lord gte'of the(, Unliversity !- Gonstsitoionaol (sC,,stiitg. -T[le Ridgway Club hldc( its Autumn IJeeiag Lythamn in Lancashire, onl thle 6th and 7thl jet. whle ti~ th Autumn Produce St~akes were run ft, ...

... (Froin tile Morning Chronicle.) Monday was Lord Mayor's Day, and the city-as usual on those occasions wihen the great show takes place-was the scene of considerable commotion. Barricades had been erected every- where, and in all directions the necessary precautions for the preservation of order hled been taken. The result was, on the whole, satisfactory. The inaugural banquet in the evening, ...

... (From our own Correspondent.) Saturday Evening. The Royal Mail steami-chip Africa, Captain Ityrie, sailed for New York shortly before 11 o'clock this forenoon, carrying out 90 passengers, and the usual mails for tile United States, &e. IThe steamer America, which was to leave Boston on the 29th tolt., is cxpected here in the course of to-morrow. The United States Mail steamer Atlantic, Captain ...

... |, it FRANCE. st PAnrIs, Sanday. a ig Saturday, being All Saints' Day, the Paris printing officesP rewere almost closed , and few journals were publishled on 0 I-r that day or yesterday. As the Assembly meets for the firat tims on Tuesday after P the recess, all kinds of reports were in circulation respect- I' iding the course of conduct to ?? byt viosI political Parties connected with the ...

... THE SUBMiARINE' TELEGRAPH. The communication by electricity between Paris and Eng- 'Y land is now open to the public. We say Paris and England, Dr-not Paris and London, because the wires crossing the Channel and traversing the edge of the cliff to Dover have not at present been joined on to those of the South-Eastern Rail- 50 way, nor, indeed, has it been yet decided whether the South- is ...