... I a RFFECTS 0OF Tlir RUSSIAN WAIt.-Womalf-A three-farthling TI lairldle afy~u please? Chaudcler.-'ihey're apenny apiece now. TI Woiman Why, how's that ? Chandler-It's on accounit of the tion Allwean war. Woman--What I you don't mean to tell me an c 'they're-fleliting by candle light -Diogence.. well 'MR DISILABLI.-Whleu Mr Disraeli was a boy at school, he the wras asked. by..a companion, who ...

... DEESIDE-RAUNWAY COMPANY: THF Second Ordinarf yMeeting of this Comrpany washobld in op Douglas' Hoteli .Market-Street,.:onWednesday-, JohnDuncan, do E.sq!, Chairman of the Directors, presiding.. S gr :The niotice' calling the- meeting. having been read, thii RRpart 17 by-the :Directors, together with an abstract of th-e Acoognts, :of i _asaubmnitted to the meeting. The repor was 'as follows, mr ...

... I R E lND, 4 4 . r I LoRD.IE sTENAT OP .IflEAND.-The expense of the estublishment of the Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland wvas last eet 633- i ilnd'ng £20,000-as'salary to his Etcelleiicy. year '1ldestrit Eshibitionwas to be closed on Motidt the Tln EaelieCi.Y the'Lord Lieiitennnt. It iq understood thai bl excellency will confer ,the honour of knilithood upon h C. p. Roney, the honorary secretary ...

... RFEE; CHURCH SYNODO ANGUSAD EA,,RNS.' The Synod of'theFieChrhoAiusaleatsm'A a6 St ohnChurch,. M-1ontrose, on Tuekday. There hsuo ttl ie present T.kTid0,,: im itbdo be .koagpy U-hilei the. ', .r Oyeskinrthe, o le~~n'~fteE ltD liiab} is, 9UisTE5XATiONV rUanj~ The Rev. r Ewin, D ane , rad he bDrepore on the n Sustcntation Fo od; omthieh itiop r th r eamont of 11, inretoeasfor the lihal eaias ...

... ANGUS AND MEARNS SYNOD OF TH-E ESTABLISHED CHURCH. This Synod met in the Old Church, Montrose, on Tuesday, alia retiring Moderator, the Rev. Mr Ross of Dunniehe; preached -an excellent discourse from Col. i. 28. Thereafter, the sien aMr, Halkett of Brechin was chosen Moderator for, the ensuin~ half.4year. The Syriod; after some routine business, appointed Messrs Mcarus'of KinnefF, Spence of ...

... EXAMINATION -OP TIT TOWN'S SCHOOLS. meti TH an'nuaI visitation anid exhinijnatioit of the Town's P&isli bee' a Schools commenced onl Wednesday. The Lord Provost ind 'tha.( Magisttatw-a~sembked. ~ leCuclCana iteb)& byci ten,. A.M,, andi'prtoceedbd- in.prodession, as usual,'to the Gram.' morei mrar School,.wlt'sre they werepmet by the Ecaminers-including.I'1 Seve~ral of the ~rocsaors of ...

... FIt -EI 0 HT :: S. I I I I,^ F R-t I'd ]I e~ a 3 . (From Ik e~caur iii' HMee' #°°od42htw.X ...

... AO I.. . .: THE CRO, 0N CT-aD ,iE seisd 4'1 A,~t~rr8 h-irs't) . ,5 THE season of I85, .whichfis drawting ±o a.close, ba .been uin- favourablefor, producing and. uaturip0d the !ops. -Thev etness: of t:he qf soilJ4notoppi tpdwiiilterpreventle the usual byeadtti of. sp bin ,an hfat wasownwas generally in a cdaz~ WT6s4~ns of The seaogdn :told ,noo~6 eevereil~ n ';h~eavyeays, par'ticularlywhereS ...

... STTaATISLA- -GATHERING. dTaR'first Gatheringg of. -the Strathisla Association for the pre- motion of Ighioand. and: athletic exercises, was held outtil Market Stance,. at Fife-Eeitb, on Friday week. The nieetii::, whether as regards the attendance or thestyle in which ,La exercises were coinducted,iwass most successful. y In anticipation of'the day's pleasure, the inhabitants of HifC- Keith ...

... LoPD PALMERSTON AND NATIONAL FASTS. T.UB Presbytery. of. Edinbutrgh, in the be~liefj tbat Lord* Pal- iii, el sndrstq!n wou4ld agrece t6 a national fasi-a daly of humiliation go raihdjnyer on account, of the, viisitation o'f -Static cholera- tic asgent a creomauication to his lardshiiiiskink whvether lie felt go tit e inclined. The answer returned by th ore Secretary has wi .i taken the ...

... I CANADA AS ANwEMIGRATION FIELD. b LETTERT-a`IX. ' -SIR,-_In this letter, I purpose to thiovv' out- a S*-b! hits t6 those who intepd .omigrating;vtithmoneysnffiientb purehasei After arri'ving in Canada, the first thing inquiredfor b class is a-cleared farm for sale. They soon hear of plonby,-brt they wish to have a cheap one. Perhaps a fine-farim, with'goodr houses, and in a good state, of ...

... WEEKLY COMPENDItM. Aonog the II ish antiquities in tho Dublin Exhibition is a MS. of the'Psalms, written about the year 650, and ascribed to. Qblumba, the Christian founder of Iona. -Sir Edward Bu'wer-Lytton has mode a good bargoin with Mr R6utledge, a young and enterprising publisher. He has sold the copkrightof all his works for a period of ten years, the terms being £2000 a-yeaor FrRST ...