... . - .1 ? 1? . - -, - aDR. GUTHRIE the teiaa a eeting of th Free r f Church Presbytery of Edinb-urghi half-jooulailysnggested c 3the propriety of selectitigrthr o'f the wisest minist'ers in o :the Establishmeit,' threedibtt'b in' the Free Church, three ti )in 'the Scottish Episcopal Cbunrch; and three in the .United a Presbyterian Church, and shutting them up in aroom, b like a jury, without ...

... '- .4 9111AI, n SPRESENI'TIVE PEER 'FOR, The election of a representstiveP.ee.ifor Scotlandshmstlesroom-of Lord Sasltouan has Been -oiered&tn-tak,-plsce at'olyrood Palace o 1n Wednes day, lath Nov.' TnE VACAVTcJ4UDGRE5Hp..-It has been stated hi the Lon- daa and several of tbe.Srotcljouinals, that Mr Inhis Dean of Facelty, would be the successor of Lord Anderson. This re- port is erroneous, aa- ...

... . IN'DIA AND CHINA. TMu news from thbe ast is not. at all satisfactory. The Burmese war, which we thought at an end, is about to r be recommenced. The country is teeming with armed Ihordes, which the Burmese authorities say consist I of dacoits, but which, the British soldiers know too well, are only- dacoits when . it suits their; conve- nience, and are really Burmese soldiers. It is now ...

... ; . .-MISCELi.ANEO U S CCON VEossItNS JO MAHOMMEDANIsm.--The Bisbop~.- of.the ICape of Good Hope menitions one.truly.asstorinding feet-that some Elnglish emigrants have actually leeu converted to Isahom- medanism by certain Malsa' settlers I WITTY RETORT. GnrlZaeb ad a-vet-y long Polish name. The king, having hseard'of it, onedayiek-edhfimngood humouredly - Pray,- Ziaiemiba, what. is your ...

... WbeDNeeD , so0brn*1 'WEiDN;ESDAY, Noveanber 23,1853,1 ...

... T: EI D - O D - ;5 !I OLD DIGGINGS. .- : . j . . . - TunE gold regions of Australia have ceased, for many. months, to monopolise public attention with tbczt'ezcl- siveness with which. they ook posgsession of it a'.coupie of years ago.. Privation and su{ ring are not such' pleasing= sbjects ofconatemiplation as the wonderful tales of fortunes made .y the. tdrning of a stone, gold dug out in ...

... A~R PAIqDAV. it DEPARTIRF ,OF, TIIE EINrORCErIE]NTIntelligence from ]h d DevonporbtonTuesday niiht is to the effect tbat thefollowinig at U1 - sailed Imperieuse, 5l (ecrew), apV ai b d soll, C.B.; Desperate, 8 (screw), Captain (Chamberis Valor-i u ous, 16 (paddle), Captain-Bdekle.: Adlmiral'Corry's 9feet' is now I, redui'3,d toea quaidron of three ships of .the line, &e, 1 ,onsisting of tbe' ...

... To the SDITOR Of Zthe ABuRDEEN O1URNAL. SIR,-Your neighbour of the Herald was accused, two or three weeks ago, of having been in a slightly rabid state, but' the Sheaf from the Stock, pitched at him in your last, seems 1 to have knocked his wind out, his last week's leader being I composed in a much more temperate style than its two predetes- -, sors. He still, however, labours under a ...

... WEExLY C OD[PENDI=. h! i Jullien's farewell coneert. at N~ev York too~ld lace'on'the eve- 'ning of the 21st October. . This' conoser, althoughb lis forty- - ninth consecative one, was crowded to'6verfowt. ''' !The publie loss through the acts of fifteen pickpockets, whose careers have been traced by the Rev. Mr Clay; chaplain of Pres- ton gaol, amounts to no less than £25,000. ' ;It is stated ...

... PROPOSED bLlfE`6 R'AIAYRMBE I ~,, 7; ,, - bT PEnTERE~. Wu ,sare nqiC-ti 6d.-te-0announne . of :connecting-: Pete~rijead and the dxstriit ci! Sehan a . generally .with''A~been' bymnea&nBs 'aof line of rilVay, has assunmed a'deflnitetshapea . ea 3;t Hu ofJ railway 3n3 ithe -,kingdo~m ;, ,andthe followingis, Ie ;n bave-reason~to believej the proposed roate-. It is-i'n-con-' ...

... MIC LIND s Bi *:liwS FeOR THE -P SiWsoETY;Aiithoigh we have | 1l4( the Mmro of a Hundreo.3ght, we are prmised.a Sb ye -roian of a, thonsaud msais-Pv . : SU. : to : I ;:*'jOMIaN LTRN EILB. supplernent to the Victoriae- Ga1 ;i~ispaublabed oD the 11th. July lat which oftiiied 50L 4 -CobainnS oX rhe addresses of unclaimned .bitters.:. ..-W2T'RE fYE ._Et *s-ypg0R- Oa&k Yz or quick 7worene pint ...

... WEDNESDAY, No~'~i~ 9, 18- 5 WEDNESDAY, :Nio*efir S. 1858. -c FOREIGN APFAIRS. VREREz is nothing from Patio this week to speak of. 'General Bartguay d'Hilliers has left to supersede 1M. de I la Coni. From Switzerlajbd there is news of the disco- U very of a plot in the Canton of Ticino, but few partin- il lars. In the Lombardo-Venetian dominions of Austria, a 'the imprudent severity of the ...