... Ther11v, I~fr Millr of Edinburgh Calstlebhas received, through Colocith Ho. . B. Phipps, a munificent donation fromo the Qooeete of tw hudrd and fifty guineas to the Edinburgh1 Blind School, to which her Maijesty has been graciously pleased1 to entend thle Ro0yal patronage. 'fur NEW SoLICeTOR.GsaOERnAi Awn D Ta COVNSTY Faa- ctscAT Rs.-At a general meeting of the Sorrety~of Procura- teof ...

... OuTT PAROCHIIAL BOARD.~ E==rs~~~- :.-. s. Tar iisiliP mntj e wieeig o the. ab*ve Board was beld tlis. y. Ball ilason presli'cng. Panswr -n-Mssr M'Lree~DrqharBRse, Midiio. t, ildawie,- Berry, J% Hen~rson,' Sutherlailid,, a Leslie,-~~~~~Ross, Gray, Campell, eid,4 Buyrs Eddie, an ilumsen.' WtVotumnons mjnttes of- the proceedfinga of the Board, and of rvariOnhCminittees, &cwere read anld-approved ...

... TIDE TABLE, &c., FOR T:ME ENSUITe WEEK. I..: , , , ; _ 6 5 - ' .. X ' : , lXS * - ~~ ~ TIDES AT' NOVEMBER. _____ :ABERDEEN_ O -Rises. Set. S Morn. Even.- o 0 s. . It. SitK. Rt . M. --. M. eWednesasy __ , 7 374 6 8 168 Ss .o 'Thnrsday, - -Io 7 40 4 3 9 27 9 57 , .'Fri dij ~ l l' 7 42 4 11010 22 lo 46 a .Stur zy 1 . 7 42 3 59 11'11 6-11 16 . Sunday _ ..1 7 46 3 67 12 11 i4 _ rMonday ., 14 7 49 ...

... LATE l NWS. V We had. neither a h- V Mall delive 4 a, Teleg ph least Night. * The folloifngt is fros t(he Edfiproh * . gAdweof ysstenf -; .USSI AND:TURKEY. * Thei iefeu.r of Sunday confrkms the news o -a (iyftol gtand: Ur thb Tarks on 'the' 4th instmgf at oltadftza~ Thip battldlo7k place iwitbin the triangle of land formed -b--the Dsanube to the rear, theO slyer Ardrish on tber rift, a-ad a ...

... ,L: .I . - PE..D.I.. I W. . ., , ,,, . P , i The .cultivation ofE .thettifie. so locg deemed an gricnultural a impossibility--has-at-length-been-accomplished-, the--discovery 1. was made atMacon; '-where Madame:Nagel, proprietress of a 3chateau in the neighbourhood,- has this autumn succeeded In producing a la'rge number.of trufflsegrtow in her. garden. -:,The..foundation ...

... i HARBOUt cCOMMISSION - g F THE first mheetaing of he Ha~rbour Bor` ucedn tei6 election of reuresentatives wFas held this- dayl thedLo ng Prvoti presiding. YtOLrPi'he The0 minutes of the Elieetioni of Burgesses' ofGuildi and of~ A Traide respectively-the -result of whchwa tated in oUrljast Ij -were read 7' .SALSO~ 02 A-1A~&iL ~ ISTi51 Communications wei~ submitted oiithe shove'subjctvi.-.' d ...

... 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 ...

... TIE WAR ON THE DANUBE. t THERE has been no arrival of minute particulars from the seat of war since last week. The letters from Con- a stantinople give us such matters of intelligence as we t had a fortnight ago; and as for the Vienna telegraph, I we are informed that it is positively prohibited from 1 conveying any news unfavourable to Russia, so we must t make -up our minds to th{ receipt of ...

... 'TOWN COUNCIL PREDiGS. - - -:.: :,:~~~~~~~~EINS *or Monday, Nogbr3. to TuE concludingnieeting of the old CouniToopcetida )l- Pulisfisr-Ball~ies Henderson~ Sha,' Boss, and Ledinglitints idDean of Guild, Treaoeur EoKmefy'; D Chiristie;a Mda$i Watson, Laing, Macallan, Berry, Gibb, SmithA eid- son, Leslie, an& Jamieson.~ er '.-COLLECTOR OF OHUinrOK SEAT, ]INRTS. - to Th hurches Committee 'reported ...

... A 7-or1 --Re- . IAGRICULiTUREr. r ARTIFICIAL IRRIGATION. IcN concluding some remarks. formerly offered on thisi subject, we promised to-enquir into the practicability ofa tryling liquild-manuringon a smaill scale, andby way ofOex- periment,- (1) by the action of gravitAtion, where --that' can be rendered available for the purpose; and, (2) by' a means of a force pump wrought by. hanld'power. ...

... WEEKLY COM~fl~DIUIM. re The penny postage stam rn has been introduced into theCape - Bat mespa havebeen biterdicted at Vauxhal Gardens by 5' the licensing magistrates . n lO The Minister of Finance in France has decided that the winter .pdrmisseiozi shall be granted gratis to the-proprfetirs of pigs to feed those animals on acorns in the imperialforests * the measure 0- w41 effet a- ...

... . AN announcement in our advertising columns to-day C will tend to revive the discussion of.the question as to t the advisability of farmers in this district giving their P attention to the cultivation of flax, as a part of their b operations. A considerable amount of information has f of late years been diffased, through our own columns. ' Fand those of other journals, on the subject; and ...