... TOWN COUNCIL PROCE EDINGS. or z3osday, Jl,3. The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was held 'e this day-the Lord Provost presiding. kt PRESENT:-BailliesSim,LediughamnWitson, and Smith; it th Dea of uild theCity Trea'surer; Mesers Laing, Webster, Henderson, Gibb, Berry, Bothawell, Duncan, Gordon, Jamieson, and Leslie. Mr William Cruickshank, Bookseller, was admitted a Bar- ~.gess of ...

... Mr Gladstone has undergone much labour and mortifca- tion in carrving through the House of Commons a bill which, witil all its faults, may be the instrument of rendering the University of Oxford a nopular and widely useful institution. I Those who desire to maintain Oxford as nearly as possible unchanged, viil have reason to be thankful if the present bill pass the Upper House. Whether we have ...

... FREE CHURCH PRESBYTEP.y OF 1II D.BURG-. | The monithly meeting of this Prcss- ytcrr took place rester- iday in the School-rColol under Free St JoltuX Churcl-31-: ;I Thorburn. Moderator. THE FREE ?? EDZC.Ckriex Sen1tirE. Mr T. BRnowy, in reporting oil tile Seholemas:es Snsica- tation FPrnd. stated thr:t last Month ?? was a vcrv slight diminution in the contributions to it writhin the Prcsbvten, ...

... ACCIDENTS IN COAL WINES. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the causes of the numerous accidents in coal mines, with a view of sag- gesting the best means for their prevention, have made their report to the House of Commons. The following is an ab- stract of it:- Your committee have especially directed their inquiries to the state of the coal mines since the year 1849, in order to ...

... GLASGOW, JUTLY 3. The Late Tlunderstorm.-During the thunderstorm of Wednesday, while four men were engaged in re- moving some trucks on the Caledonian and Edinburgh Junction above Cow lairs, they were struck down by the lightning, but happily they escaped without sus- taining any serious injury. The Late Spurious Brandy Cases.-We understand that Messrs. Rutherford & Mackay, who were fined for ...

... S COTLANI. We understand the probability' is, that John Hili Esq., advocate, will be appointed SecretarY toths ''et Board of Prisonsfor Scotland, in the room of the late Liuvie Colquhoun, Esq. advocate.-Caneiuncian fesrcsrti PnoduxAxTo0s FISCAL.-A return has been laid befdre`tie .e House of Commons of the names end plaeds of residen, i:61 the Procurators-Fiscal in Scotland, stating tCie smout ...

... (From the Times.) On Saturday, the following regiments were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark immediately, to reinforce the British army in Turkey :-The 2d Dragoons (Scots G(reys), 4th Light Dragoons, the 20th, 21st, 34th, 46th, and 63d Regi- ments of Foot; and the 1st battalion of the IifleiBrigade. Each Regiment of infantry will embark 1000 rank and tile, be- sides officers, ...

... STIIATEDON, July 3.-Scarcely does any one in the Strath remember a period so falvourable to the crops as the past moth. By the following abstracts from Meteorological Tables kept at Newe House, Strathdon-(north let. 67 deg. 11 min. 44 sec.; west long 2 dog. 2 min. 43 sec.; 698 feet above the level of the sea; ard 35 miles direct inland from the same)-will be seen the highest, lowest, and mean ...

... AUSTRhI AED RUSSIA. tht A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated the 2d inst., an- fox nounced that Russia would resist the summons of Austria till ivs her last man and her last ronule. It is the first positive in- wi telligenee received of the fact, but it has not taken the public en here by surprise, as it appeared, from the language of the La German papers which arrived here yesterday, ...

... I (From tke Lonclon Journals of Yesterday Mllorning.) FrJAN C E. Paris, Wednesday. General Baraguay D'Hilliers leaves Paris otl Friday. He emtki.rks with a division of the army under his command for the Baltic. England provides transports. The Funds closed at 73 francs and 98 50. In Paris, ol Wednesday, Rothschild's bank refused to dis- count the coupons of the Spanish debt, as they had been ...

... Tnii most important part of the week's news is the v confirmation of the intelligence-of the week previous, a which described the Russians as in fall retreat towards their own frontier. Of course, there are various sur- mises afloat respecting the object of this movement. It is a question apparently, whether it be to be looked upon as the positive retreat of a -vanquished army, or a mere ...

... I 'I ? . M . Allilptrial -, m4inu (iY .. ?? HOUSE OF LORDS. TrntasnAy. JurNE 29. LEGISt.ATlvE COr-NCIL (C.ANA.DA BILT. On the motion that their Lordships gso into committec upon the Legislative Council (Canada) bill. The Enrl of DER BY moved that the committee be post- poned for three months. Ile contended that Parliament lied not had sufficient opportunity to consider a question of so much ...