... The draft of a new arrangement to supersede that irained at Vienna has been approved by the English urnd French governments, and is now on its way to Constantinople. It was in connexion with this ex. oedient that the recent meetings of diplomatists at Vienna mentioned yesterday in these columns, and which the Russian ambassador has attended, have taken place. There ;s no fresh intelligence of ...

... DINNER TO MAR. CRAUFURD, MRP. -4- A compltrmcintarv dinner was -iven at Ayr, on the 2.5th instalit, to mr. Craufurd, the member for the Ayr Burghs. Upw ards of 200 of thp princ~pal iahabiteats of the iistrict were pres-nit; and Mr. A. V ]LLIAnOXOO OC- Cupiod the chair. Aftcr the usual tosots, 1Tie Csr.&le: i.\- propowcd, in a very fiatterin? sreech, the health of tswir representative, and hlr. ...

... f1TSTRALIA~ X Z.eru:x E GOLD DIGGE Esu^i ; >(PROM;'OrRw Onzr coars51sO1U3BT) q BALLARA j 9hXlF, 1863. . Itisinaw rexvactly~an veeka~iaee-~t,. sighted the Port Phillip Heads, with a cheav gale blowing on the land, and the seqabreaking; over the, ?? Sacramento, close under our lee-no very pleasant sight for a stranga captaiuvwithogt a pilot boat in sight, nor diit any appear in answed'to our ...

... PROGRESS OF STEAM NA VIG-A'ION. (Frost A OCOURBSPONDENT.) There is to be seen in Southampton Water a steam vessel about 20 feet long, and 30 tons burden, with a funnel no bigger than an oak sapling. In a few weeks a steamer will be seen there above 360 feet long, 3,200 tons burden, and with funnels as large as cathedral pillars. Southampton is a great place for steamers. They are there of ...

... GAME IY THE ARCTIC REGIO.NS, Mr. Henry Marshall, of Thorpe Hall, has furnished lu an interesting statement in the form of a return of theR tquantity of game, &c., killed in the Arctic regions by Cap. tain M'Clure, Lieut. Cresswell, and a portion of the crew of her Majesty's ship the Investigator, when discovering the North-west Passage, in search of Sir John Franslin. The return extends from ...

... GRBA T INDIAN PENINSULA BALLFA Y. a, The eighth half-yearly general meeting of share- is holders in the above company was held yesterday at the y comepany's offices, 3, Now Broad-street, for the general y business of the company, and subsequently an extraordi- Lt nary general meeting was held for the purpose 0t obtaining 1. the sanction of the shareholders to the terms of a contract e to be ...

... Flo1IGN INTELLIGENCE. I FRANCE. P croo'a, 80, 6 P.m.-The Mosikter an- un that the French government haa received an a ci3 despatch from its Ambassador at Constan- electic rg date the 21st instant. Prince Gorts- 1le; replv to the summons of Omer Pasha was con- fa~ sal. Nevertheless, on the entreaties of the ai00enedtoti5 of the four powers, the Ottoman government ~reP ted orders for the ...

... (From the Delhi Gazelt.e.) Preparations for the construction of the electric telegraph from Calcutta to Lahore, with branches eventually to Lucknow and Simla, are now in active progress. Mate- rials for 1,000 miles have already reached Allahabad, from whence they will have been forwarded before the end of this month, to the different depots along the line. The telegraph, at first, is to be put ...

... DUBLIN, OCT. 31. Letters and requisitions to the Executive Comn- fnittee of the Exhibition are coming from various quarleiE, calling on them to keep the Exhibition open during the next month, or at least for the full | period of six months originally promised, and which awould not terminate until the 12th of November; but whether these entreaties be to any extent com- plied with, the formal ...

... FOREIGN INTELIGENCE. wh FRANCE. of .On Thursday Inst the emperor and empre.s returned to wit Paris from Compibgue. Ott The Jfoniteser publishes two Imperial decres, founded I on a long report from the minister of war, for the en-dr couragement of the cultivation of cotton In Algeria. By Ks thle first of these decrees It is declared, let, that cotton cei seed shall continue to be furnished by ...

... cm- A matter of considerable importance to the consumers I shes, of gas in Liverpool came before the recorder, on the con- be I ing, elusion of the business of the sessions, on Friday last. To- was Mr. Reay, the secretary of the Liverpool Guardian nea r to Society, on Friday made an application, on behalf of son the himself and Mr. Baugh, the president, foi the appoint- and the ment of an ...

... TOWN. COUNCIL .PROOEEDINGS. and lase MONDAY, OzeToBE SI;; bad A special meeting of the town council, far the purpose of Enad winding up the business of the municipal ears, was held to-day. ron DEATH OF MR. ALDEMAX- HQLMAES, t Ito The r n d s bbminutes of tho last me~ieting been read, TeMAYOR roseeand ?? inom wbt panultte ht Im, at the last council over which I shall have the, honour of pro- ...