... ?. ? gowip Eatellf , . Sew. FRANCE. The important announcement made. of a contemplated' reduction in the postage between France and ?? is; confirmed by a,parsgraph in the Union, which states that ?? very shortly the postaget'on letters between Frrance fnd England is to be-reduced to 26c. being a diminution of .66c on the present rate. 1 PAIMse, SxrPT. 1S, 6 Pum-An accident occurred this ' ...

... , A special meeting of the Town Council will be I held to-morrow, to consider the propriety of I giving the usual Parliamentary notices for a bill )r t ro this important subject. The reception of the Report of the Improvement Committee of the c Y' Council was postponed at the last monthly meeting d i until the committee appointed by the inhabitants 1 at the town meeting had had an opportunity ...

... - UbUiwcti i web - - C . (CONTINUEzD.) - BURIAL CLUflB.-It is high time that measures were ?? to put at stop to the possibility of gambling upon the chances of death, and the opportunities of murder, by means of burial Clubs. A man is in custody at Stoclcport, at this moment, on Suspicion of having murdered two step-children -of Isis, 'who wvere both insured in burial clubs, one in three-clubs ...

... SCOTLAND,- e ADMIRAL Ws ?? for many years the t e membenr'offparliamentfor Fifeshire, is seriously indisposed o t at his shooting quarters in Glenesk, .Forfarshire. .- w e *Prnclqos.-We are happy to learn that the Queen has been Ca 5 graciously pleased to grant-adpen'sion 'of lI a year to Mrs. f Glen, widow of the'Rev. W. Glen, D.D. the translator of the th t Bible into thd Persian langnage. ...

... DEATHS FROM CHOLERA IN NEWCASTLE AND iaTS NEIGHBOURHOOD. (Fromn the General Board of Realiht.) NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY, SEPT. 17. Cholera. ?? Diarrhcea ?? SEPT. 18. C (Up to twelve o'elock p.m.) Cholera ?? 93 Diarrhmaa ?? 7 GATESISEAD. Total deaths from the 2nd to the 17th:- Gateshead ?? Heworth ?? ' -W fahi'kham ?? ?? ?? I Winlaton ?? Total ?? I 196 The proportion of the mortality in ...

... .1 : -- 1 a s -Al th ARRIVAL OF THE CMARCO POLO FROM AUSTRA.LIA.. .. la (From the Live;pool Tuimes.) .-for ti !dThe now world-famous clipper shi, MarcoiPolo, corn- Au b manded by Captain Forbes, which left this port for Melbournel At'b)i rts on the 13th -of Marob, arrived in' the Mersey, at '12-46 on 'Strece 'he Tuesday, her passage out and home ociupying exactly six the n led months to a ...

... LV TEMPERANOE LECTURE. l On Friday evening, Mr. J. B. Gough, the celebrated vi American orator, delivered a second lecture in advocacy rel iof thegpri0ncipt1e of'total abstinence, in the Concert-hall, Th Lord Neleon-streot, which was crowded to excess. Smith co Harrison, Esq., occupied the chair, and the following OE gentlemen were present on the ?? Rev. Dr. Aspinall, the Rev. J. Ogden, Rev. F ...

... 1%i. I ucon~ Go Th Y a NEw AsSEssED DUTY ON SE3RVANTS. - Under the new sixty n act the annual duty payable by masters on servants will be marc 3 XI. Is. on servants of 18 years old and upwards, and 10s. 6id. Na under 18. It will includewaiters of every description, except 9th. reoccasional waiters. One pot-boy, to carry out beer, although Ye' r be may occasionally wait, is allowed to every ...

... I CLLTHEROE. STEerPL JACK- This renowned individual is engaged In fixing a lightning conductor on the chimney of Messrs. Bulcock's factory. On Friday afternoon (having previously, by means of a kite, fixed a rope to the top of the chimney), he made an ascent to fix the conductor, with his usual agility, in the presence of a large concourse of people. We understand that he has another ...

... I ItTetropolitan pwwo- ? ? % ?? ?? ted On Wednesday, a court of directors was held at the E~ast LV India House, when James Thomason, Esq. at present 22 LT liteutentant-governor of the N. W. Provinces, wats appoinedhow Lnt governor of Madras, and the Bight Hon. Lord Eiphinistone por t igs ?? governor of Bombay. an Ic of sesionB tbe te TIEPRIVY COUNCIiL.-By. tnnoifeasleo, Ito, registrar of the ...

... Ilickingfs from 11 vuncf PotrIrct CAPITAL.- The only capital most Irish members ,a-e anl even that Is at a terrible discount. lialc ye WhirTrE vF BIOGIRAFRY OF A WOMIA I-Artimpudent ?? r ia Show me all the dresses a woman has worn in tho of her life, and I will write her biography from them. .c yin-:gS EFsEc'r.-lt is said that a cause is always followed by . but this is not the case at all ...

... IFORE~wINTMIGENOL :U LWI 'The Monfceer Of Tbush pblb et 0ie~ the duties on the lig no ateaduet ~eTI datles are to be-fW~nrbUl~-P ed orrXeW I and young cattle, ift; fo avs sep ot, n is to.;for lambs and suckig V~.10 o rs et to per 10 Ils ?? n o 511mal Th muiia ?? ?? Itsli sitting'R ot Wednsata ?? of SC broad ?? kiormesallikewise tu apytthcom esoftedprmnof the Seine. it andof he omune arun ...