... 1 -_ L- The first news of the discovery of gold in our Australian colo- nies came to us fronm Sydney, and, in the commencement of the emigration movement, the strcam of adventurers from this a country was directed to the coasts of New South Wales. Thle gold fields of that provinee, which for, a few months excited so much interest, awakened so many hopes, and attracted so many s eager and ...

... T'rr flioulti are extracts from letters just received from a .r is etetgrlterd to Australia a few years ago. They C I' lit ted to his muther in London :- Melbourne July 30, 1852. toldl rou of my start for the diggings, wvith mIy stores, &e., * i of the 2Stl oF April. On1 my arrival cur compnly Q Upi rad II joining wvith Dr IMC., w0orked there till the rd eof June (il the most part of the ...

... DOMIES IC INTELLIGENCE. QI L AI D. Cnot -'nd the Prince Cosrt it' Tnr C.1~ ~e iljt -1 to remove from WNind- tire ~ iloys I'tst y gte'e C eq. pea ire ensuing month, Fo301,0 inot.o 1 -Pirirarornt will aseorniule after. eriod Of I Inl~ of ebri ayfnd that will protidoig he lbs 'p tile ocrival Of thle Court in London, shortldatr tihVv, ti xeted, will hold two levees, Officiating for the 1 breen.t ...

... Feents. - . UNITED STATES-TO INTENDING EMIGRANTS. wi A iAyo uug man who left Aberdeensirire irs thre spring of tire frr is past year, for the United States of America, writes us, udder JO ;e the dite of tire Ist Dec., ise follows :- Sir,-.-- take the liberty of sending you the following br'lef. re- an marks for :insertion hin your widely circulated Journaie. To those who-intend emigrating to ...

... THEm COMMERCIAL YEAR. Ina- . the (From tits TimeZ.) e. ure'; Although 1852 hbs -been the first year in whbic the great I cp changes that are impending over all the relations of property eon- have come to be distihitly knowded, its commnercial inci. ing dents have not in detail- possessed *sufficient importance to pre- Itax, vent a foemal record of them frtoar- being tedious. A glance, X alted ...

... htn.¢trs. ,ta. o._JA ..7 leg TheQuen 2las eencrat of UeH SOfflce, Dec. 1. fine Tbe boo been Orac~~iously pleased to appoint Colonel E verard jan, it William IBoouvrOf the Royal Regiment of Horse 6uar-ds, to be rice Equerry in, Ordiulary to Her Majesty, in the room of Lientenant-Ge- on nieral William Wemnysa, deeasedi. sails Elr Wlar Offlce, Dec. 20. silt: He olsO o ee rainlypeae o approve of ...

... I FOR CLAIM OF THE FREE CHURCH | FORIRE-ADMISSION TO THE ESTABLISHM NT. lE, The Free Church Presbytery Of Selkirk met on the 15t~h ult. E-The question for consideration was Mr Nichol's intimation that PARIS, he would propose an overture to the General Assembly on' the inatic air propriety of bringing the Claim of Rights and Protest and A~,rd E peal again before Parliament.Ap etrod . what the ...

... ITE YEAR 1852. a tde - ~~~~~~eve Times) ~~~~~the ffot The year 185! Wms Pronounced eventful,- for so it wee by the Au 01151 the ordinance of man, and. when it wes ov~r they vholwitnessedl- tAn- the great- trifimph -of art and Congress' of nations concluded tin that tiseymight nowrest awhie from excitement and changje. tibl teIV is true-that much businese was to he done initlie Lekilatture, ...

... I R E LA N d. OF Lori EGLINTOe.-Thle outzgohig Lord. groi I the Countess of Eglinton will hold an undress tim' t tile Castle on Taesday, and the following day foul ! 1Cod les e will take their departure from Ireland to I 1+1a PITC of alp political and religious hues, combine in m IM105 Olc f reoot+ that the break-up of the Derby Cabinet, m il ...

... ST. PETER'S CHURCH SCdOOL, PETERHEAD. in This seminary of education, under the superintendonce of to Messrs Lazenby ancl ardeastle, held its Annual lixamination ne on Thursdlay the 23d ult. In the evening, the chililren attending the above seminary, and the initiatory departmcnt under the charge of Mies Shives, amounting to nearly 200, were entertainod to tea and a dance, ay both of which they ...

... A cn eponentofthe Ageiv r~irk Hertd- givesa~n accoluit of te catur, byherMajesty's frigate-Vesbal, of four. shlvdt-i, maon ihc sv~lenbtgt into Havannuab - K ,,~ ison gveiravparkoes Of slhaves hav been landled within the last R01de fwweeks; 'and the British frigavte Vestal lieas 'broujikt ititof Ither thspert no less than four prizes for adjuidication, vessels which. hidfite oat for tile ...

... I- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~fe( lie if ~~~~ENGlLAND. to to A Cabinet Council wvas heldI on Thurs9d ay afternoon at the ,r Foreigni Office, Downing Street. The Ministers present were- ha k tl]C E1arl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chisncollor~ Lord Granvill~, tile de, qDuke of Argyll, thle Marquis. of LansdownRO, Viscount Peluer. wi n ston, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancel. pa is ...