... 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 ...

... I The second exhibition of this Society for the season was held in the County Rooms, on Wednesday. Notwithstanding the late ungenial weather, the show in all departments wetls not only goad, but greatly better than could have been anticipated. Its distinguishing feature wvas, undoubtedly, the Greenhouse Plants, of which there was a large mluster, embracing many very excel- lent specimens. ...

... WEEKLY COMPE2NDIUM. I I - . I eir it eIt is stated that the prosecations against the delegates, Aessra l Co., concerned in tbe Presrn strike, hns been with. esdran, nd consequently they will not have to take their trial as, at the:Lierpool nssizes. - i A quantity ofburnt bones, supposed to be those of- martyrs, icijhave been dug-nlp at Smithfield. - n Duing a recent thunderstorm at Paris the ...

... THE following is another letter from an Aberdonian serving~ in the Baltic Fleet, whose interesting communications have on fornwer occesions,- appeared in ~our columns H.M.S. Desperate, off Cronstadt, 28th June, 1854.' DrAR FATHSERt-My, last letter left -us off Sesicaln-wel lay there'all lnat Sabba~th. The heat was oppressive Tbe Bulldog. captured a vessel laden with wood for the* Rnssian ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 1Pranc-e. eThe Hfoiteu'r of Tuesday states that ordershave been forward- to the Admirals of the combined fleets in the Blackl- Sea to establish immediately the blockade of Russian ports in that sea and the Sea of Azoff. The commercial world will he sabsequentlj informed of the precise date at which this blockade will have become effectual. The Emperor and Eimpress of France leftParis on ...

... , DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCB. d CO~ AS av Cocoa-leQueen elek a Court n and Privy Couincil at three o'clockt on Monday afterngoon at la Buckinghjm Palace. :At. the C~owst, $ir..George 13Boahani ~. .C.., at he Ma~sY's Peiploteu'tiry. to 'China, wa po a sented to her Majesty at'an 'audienics on hIs1 reur fro Chin,r, ,e by thOE rlriof Clarendon, Se'cretary nIStetetfor For-eign Affairs. tThe Thght Rev. ...

... It If Downinng Street,AJ4l1 1. e Tlbe bag been pleased to appoint the .on. John Henry Thmas Manners Sutton to be Liestetaat-.Governor of the province of New Brunswiok. tThe, Queen. has beeln pjieased to coenstitute sand appoint Mjr ieMajor. 0 ,, t . ,, ,;: b . ., ' I ,o, ' i lo be ,S, Geferlh6iAal hms rlyso aLieistenant.Govenro h ~Tl~dof Guerceep, in thed iooto of Lieiiteriaist;enG Svir Johnl ...

... 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 ...

... TWar Offlce..July 21. To be Captains without purchase. A 4th Regiment of Foot-Captnin W. B. Saunderson, from half-pal 050th Foot, repaying the difference. . l8thFoot-Captain J3 R. Collharst, from half-pay, Sub-Inspector of Militia in the Iosuian Islands. 20th Foot-=Captain A.- Kyle, from half-pa* 94th Foot e 30th Foot-BreViat-Major S. Cane, from halr-pay 18th Foot, repay. 'a ing the difference ...

... IR ELAND. - LOwD DvYERsMLINE 4F D THN IrneiD ENCsrsPaj Estate's.-The payments to creditors in, the Irish :Enumb Esae or1out of the produce of salevi ore now very I' and several English and Scotch mortgageee have been paid the fillamount of tleirencumbrances. The largestpaymentbiad ; best week was £40,000 to Lord Dunferinlinei the amount ofa ebarge upon the estates of the Earlof Portarlinwton-. ...