... 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 ...

... To the nDITOiiof thOe AD~rnDEBT JouIxAL. - 1 - I . . . - . - - - Slit,-I have been a subscriber to your Jotirnal for the last oe* twenty years or eo, and to your friend, the Herald, ever since. iet wassa leralZdsince the days-of Old:John, the Chronicler. I like yomboth; but for different reasone, but I do not conceive of aiam bound to telleither of you why; and Idon't-suppose either th of ...

... . , The Cornstantinople correspondent of the ifernineg Chronicle writing on the 14th inst., says that on the 13th three British and n French war steariers left for Odessa; anid adds that some line- of-battle ships were to-follow. He also states, in a postscript, that Omer Paede has advanced with all his forces (40,000 Y men); and that Ismail Pacha has pushed on'from Kalefat, and Lt has passed ...

... : 0 f THE last week was in some respeots a memorabil one in .reland. It witnessed the elosing of the 1ixhijbiton- which has been so fondly regarded as the first fruits of' :I st a better time for the country; and the occurrence of a . most disastrous flood in the southern counties, :such s's h has never been equalled~in the memory of living'men. The season has been wet all through-the crops ...

... TOWN .COUNCIL PiROCEEDINGS. ma E .. :-Yi'idayj Novernba4. - i --'. 1 The first Meeting ofithit-New Conficit' was held tis 'day. I All: the Members were. presentt. There was also a large ntten- i. dance of tbhppublic. ,- At t com'mencemest of the proceed a After ptayerby 'Rev. `MrOgilvie,6f~the Eat' ~hareh the' t ings, Ralile Am 9iolasthne-pre~n'lis, 6'l of - 'lds ...

... La, .~ * ,. . .' E . Si- - 'eter fr~ heEASTERN WAR. Princ i a I t te .ieis state that;'n unase Vhs0.beea-pu: bished granting permissionh to the Port of 'O4dOs* to Vsohtinue its 'comumerce '-with geels sailimg , under. neutral flags. vs saili'g .The Bosnian 'corps, 'o 10,0001men, were preparing to cr~ossthe Bervian'!eritory,:in.order to',join the Turks, although no answer had been'received ...

... I RE L-A NO. gg the exertions of Mr Pollard Urquhart, a letter f Tb InobtaiGed from the Income-Tax Commissioners, upolo.f bDi fber the rudeness of the local officer, who addressed the E giSiOg Catholic Bishop of Meath as, the Rev. John Cant. a amend instructing him to send in a new Income-Tax paper f vell 1 Iarsperierbed. Mr Pollard U~rqnhart Forwarded this: I properb'sunesto Dr. Cantwell; ...

... ROBERT GORDONS 'HOSPITAL. r. T~ii balf-yearly~Visitation-for~the~distribution of prizes took - as place on Thursday,- in presece, Of -the -11resident and a good! many of the-Governors.,~ There were also, Present a large nuni- )f ter of~th parentas-ad fMonds of-.tfiehoys..' After devqtional, L.exercises, Rev. Mr WsoNrt.aiheggninpray&r,,, a report.. The Institutioil, h e wes-glaId to s~tate, ...

... DQMo STiiS. MINCH. Her ajety ~nd~tli Ro~ f~iily,, witho..a circle of.,distiu. kuisled viedsit;' itit expefed t'd. r'~mavd fromj Wsp-dsbr t Osborne, Jsiq of .Wight, onT~~* ~seia) osjiliouristill1 thecaslethi seso, .ook~I~h~nng The pieces se.I lectedon ths Oo aoi were, A, comedy,: in three acts, by Mr Slhngsby Lawrenceentitled the &'o 'ta lion,.and a comico drama- inonatly ~alsM t 1W* ntte Lste ...

... DOMtE'STIC.6,- INTELLIGENCE.i 5 -' I 'V i ' ':: -: -I 'I The birthday of thef 'Pencess Royl h a ~an ed her 13tliyear, was cdlebretea on Monida~y Tl an-o the the morning, on tha south terrace of tim CssA111tkiit1indsor, immiediately btienstlih e rohwnosso h'~scs, of4q usid wass'disp6snsNed W ifl y coninhd of. her Ilet~ O cosqe~~ftheB lnimenQe death: of, the Qut~eeeoY P ,l the Doobess of ...