... .THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30,1863. s.Ius PorUL! LEX SUPRBMA. 1058 t0 It is too early to write the history of 1853. comparf The retrospect is so full of depending events, that cus: in reviewing the past the future presses for con- The bar sideration its chronology can only be a tale half- torily fe told, an unfinishod picture, a register with a tablishn blank page. Abounding in ...

... I]?7 SA. M.v. X;--i .. rd 1 d (From Its San Francico Herald.) d The great basin in the middle of our territory, bounded'. i on the north' by the' Wahastch mountains and the settle- e meets of the Mormons in Utah', on the east by the Rocky r mountains skirting the right bank of the Rio Grande, onr e the south by the Gila, and on the west by the Sierra o Nevada, is a region still almost unknown. ...

... lat., North, 53 50'483. Lon., West, 2' 28'81. .. . .- ?? ALoa-#4 Mns tare /iA. CA Reseul of jieteorolegical Obecrsaxtons taken duing tha wee8 mn ending Tulesday, October 4, 1863. mr Sop.Y 24 20.714 54.2 53.1192.0 60.9 47.4 13.6 SW. 10.01 .272 29 29.875 49.2j46.3143.lS6.3 44.9 10.8 wSW. 0.6' .132 ler 30 29.981 48 449 41.3 863.82.5 13.8 WSW. B.9 .296 Ocl 29.592 42. 11.8 41.4349.8 37.1 12.7 WNV ...

... STRATHDON.-BALL AT NEWE CASTLE. ONr Thursday last, the whole of the tenantry on Sir Charles Forbes of Newe's Estates, in Strathdon, were invited to a grand Ball in the beautiful Mansion of News. The fete was given in compliment to the Lonach men, and Forbes Clansmen ge- nerally, who accompanied Sir Charles to Braemar this season. The preparations were on an extensive scale, the whole of the ...

... p wayI they iste (From thle Times,.) it isth ver-repeatedi Wonder of historians where the wrefehles; come from that suddenly appear ina timres of revelation Jo-and tumult. They must spring out of the earth ; they maust be rEs- born in the gutters ; hidden cellars utoefwWi I Odrd, they. must drop from unknown~ garrets, oveerfo wth them id in sewers,- like rats in time of inundation,' ort emerge ...

... 1NVERURY HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. as This Horticultural Association held their second competition for tle season, in the Town-hall, on Thursday week. The dis. us play-of specimens were not numerous, but they certainly wvere jll very select The proper effect of such competitions are being of quite observable here, there being an entire absence' of- inferior, re trashy specimens that are as ...

... ENGLAND. llr.R MAJESTY AND COUUT.-We believe we are correct in ;tatriia tfiat Her MIljesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al- it Pad tire youthful members of the Royal family, intend to law;e Windsor Castle on the 9th inst. for Buckingham PalAce, neo thc Court will remain about three weeks, ind then go to Osbavee for a short period. All the ne w appointments in the 1',)r1 bIaosoehold are now ...

... OLDIMACHAR PAROCHIAL BOARD. SaturdagSept. 23, t A special meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the f Perochial Board of Old Macbar was held within. the Poor's Office this day-Professor Ferguson presiding. a PRECAUTIONART .MiAS5RES AGAIXNT CnOLIERA. The COATUMAN stated that he had called this meeting with. - out any loss of time after the receipt of official documents, in order that ...

... 'iUE CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENUAM. To the nist of wars and rumours of wars the great peace In f t i5i is quietly progressing towards perfection at pir hthing seems to check the progress of the Crystal s qo matter whether it rains a deluge or blows a her- woae lVOrkls Whether out in the gardens or on the tops of tla5oo feet hi go forward with equal celerity. Yet, as ktors been expected from the ...

... TnE nsual monthly meeticg of this Board was held on Satur- oat e' day-Baillie Williamson presiding. ve ir PRESENT:-Baillie Lediregham; Messrs Urquhart, Mac- ~d ::- Laren, Rose, Henderson. Gildawie, Ross, Leslie, Berry, ih3 o, Buyers, Gray, Campbell, and Middleton. . S, -BREDUCTION OF DEBT. Z It was.reported that the Board's share of the Innes Street bo feu-duties, amounting to £1200, had been ...

... is The Times has been doing its best of late to matke that r2al,' 8. patriotic body, which calls itself the Scottish Rights I e- Society, look a little ridiculous. However, 'it has not goi Ah succeeded. It has kept up a brisk fusilade across the the %. border, but, fortunately, with much the same success WI to as the poor man who shot his pig by mistake for a Tu 1e housebreaker. The ...

... 9ING'S COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY, iont seat of learnis dsed O rday. Subjoined t J I.it of tle gentleulletl @ho have been successful in tak-t t It; j thle vafiOnS classes, as also the names of those who c ! the Degree of A.'. :- e r-OTO5F5SON MATHEMATICAL PRIZE-£60v. George M. Slesser, Rathen. ,t-SIMPSo-T rGREEK PRoi-g 80. x George Samuel, Stockton-on-Teese. III.-IEUTTON PRIZE1-Ril. a Angus Geun, ...