... '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 ...

... ALL HALLOW FAIR. ) ‘Tvespay, Nov. 15. This annual market was held in two parks at the south side of Edinburgh, on the farm of Liberton Mains, occupied by Mr Monteith. The day being good, and the stock being in fair condition, had a good appearance. The nambers were, in the market to-day, 9231, being nearly 3000 above that of last year. The stock was composed of short-horns, High- landers, ...

... (Fromt thre Times.) Southiampton, Friday, Nov. 18 The Rocyal Mail steamn-ship Solent, Captain Jellicoo, errived here just before noon to-day, bringing thle, usalt West India and 1,acitic mailjs, in charge of Lieutenanllt Plurver, R.N., Admiralty agent. H1cr dates are :-Ureytown 0i (Mooqiito) 18th Oct. ; Clha- !cs~e 24th; i tn (Jm ica), 20th ;Jaemel fileyti), 28tb Juainn (Porto Rico), 3lot ...

... Dubilin, Friday. FEARiFUL INUNDATION AND LOSS Or LIFE. The Co)-k- .dItaosinCi- of WVednesday evening coiitains the fol- loswing account of the disastrous effects of anl isiundation with which that city hils been visitedl, involviing thle less of sae-eral lives and great destructien of property:- 1Tile niost terrible flood which lies ever appeared iii thle city is howr raging, isot only fin the ...

... 'olica Committee met on Mondov-thip. Han- thn 1 The Police Committee met on Monday-tihe lIon, the Lord Provost in the chair. The standing committees were first appointed. Bailie WATSON reminded the meeting, that hfe had some time ago obtained committees to arrange for a large plan of the city, and for the connection of the different police-offices by means of the electric telegraph. lie was ...

... [ NATIONAL ASSOCFLON FORsTTE VINDICGATION | ~~~OF SCOTTtI'.rll RIGHT'lS. On ylednesday nighta ptbio meeting iii favour of the oljeets wit of ?? Nationa~l Association for thu Vindication of Sel.otitol has Iligilts' was hold in thle Mimoic II ill, Edlinburgh, which was sta, cro`wded to OSCOss, mnany hundireds htaving busids foiled to oh- ho1- tain admoission. Thle auditory COmpqrised at ...

... EDINBURGH GAZETTR AMINATIONS. John Bowie, writer to the signet, kelp agent, and underwriter and insurance broker in Edinburgh—to be examined in the Sheriff's Of- fice, Edinburgh, 10th November, eleven o'clock. Peter Clark, slater and contractor in Kilmarnock —to be examined Sheriff's Office, Kilmarnock, November, eleven o'clock. a Cowpar, spirit dealer, West Nile Street, Sheriff's Office, G ...

... Delta) was \aid on ‘Tuesday, on the site at the end of Bridge Street in that town. Lonp Broveuam’s Baxxrurtcy understand that Mr John Gilmour, the London Barrister, who has been meeting with parties interested in Law in most of the important towns of Scotland, met on Thursday by ap- poiatment a Committee of the C amber of Commerce—con- sisting of the chairman, Mr J. F. M‘Farlan, Mr A. Thomson, ...

... 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- ...

... BARONY POOR RATES-PUBLIC MEETING Yesterday afternoon, a public meeting was held in thle Exchange Sale 11r)oo1, to telec mecasures for opposineg thle action recently raised by Mr. ApiLellan aiid Mr. Baia wyith the view of havicig it found, tlht theL proc!eedings by which the inodel of rating for thle poor in, thle iarsoly parish was chang-ed fromt Meanis and ',Substance to 11eatal wvere ...

... it- ?? O}FicE, Mlonday Mornhig. Sa is ?? te ?? I ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. NY (From our own Correspodedots.) IV to ?? Sunday. th IWO received this forenoon, by the Royal Mail steamlship l iAsia, Lott, commander, Ney Y`ork letters, papers, and other advices to thc 2d instant inclusive. (- le The Asia brings 661 pussongors, 42 mail bhqS of letters ,Id i it1 papers, and Specie in freight amounting to ...